Unkilted comment

[Streetcar]

Last week my family was in Colorado, visiting with some old friends of my wife. Now my wife is tolerant of my kilt, but as many of you know, that’s a far cry from being actively enthusiastic about me wearing it. So as it was her friends we were visiting, I agreed to leave it at home.

Well, about the third night we were there, I was sitting on the back porch of the house a group of us had rented. I was smoking my pipe, waiting for the grill to heat up. About that time, one of the women from this group (whom I had only met this trip) came outside and said, “All right. That’s enough.”
I looked at her quizzically, and she explained that when she first saw me, she was sure I was either “English or Scottish.” Her perception was strong enough that, she couldn’t reconcile an “American” accent coming out of my mouth. Now that she saw me sitting and smoking a pipe, it just reinforced the image. She went on to say I should really be wearing a kilt!

I laughed and told her I couldn’t agree more!

[Blu (Ontario)]

So where was your wife when this transpired? Within earshot, I hope!

[GMan]

Great unkilted comment Streetcar. These type of tales just reinforce why I wear a kilt.

Just out of curiosity where were you?

[Verlyn]

That is just too cool.

[macwilkin]

Pipes, like kilts, seem to attract people. When I was in university, a friend of mine and I used to smoke our pipes in the "quad" outside of our class, we always got a lot of compliments, especially by the female students.

I still smoke a pipe on occasion, mostly at Civil War & Spanish-American War living history events (I have a nice Petersons Briar that "looks" 19th century, as well as a German "Black Forest" pipe with the metal cap on the bowl), and folks just seem to love the smell of pipe smoke (I smoke a brand called "Highland Whisky", btw!)

Smoking a pipe in my Civil War reenactment unit earned me a nickname -- "Teacher"! :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

[Doc Hudson]

I used to smoke MacBaren's Golden Extra in a short bulldog pipe,

[sav]

I smoke a local shop's blend called "Dutch Treat" in my collection of pipes...I have at least 20 different pipes, all handmade. They are pieces of art, each one. Like Todd said, they are a chick magnet, and when combined with the kilt, make me irrisistible!

[Streetcar]

Cajunscott - I happened to be smoking a Peterson myself! It's the Aran model - straight stem, slight bend at the bowl. I had something mild from the local Tinderbox, but if you get up around the Seattle area, there's a tobacconist at the Fisherman's terminal who mixes up something he calls the "Mariner's Blend." I understand that it's very popular with the commercial fishermen.

Gman - We had rented a house in Breckenridge. Absolutely beautiful there! 85 degrees in the day, a comfortable 55 at night.

And Blu - my wife was unfortunately not in earshot, but the woman was kind enough to repeat it to her later. My wife got a sheepish smile and wouldn't comment. ;)

[Alan H]

Ah, the little lessons will pile up and up...LOL!

[Verlyn]

So how many of us are pipe smokers too? I have about 60 pipes; some that never get smoked, but looked cool. I get the local tobacconist's blend and add latakia to it. When I was younger, it did seem to be a chick magnet; they'd never seen anyone young smoke a pipe. Now, the only comments I get are that it smells good (from non-smokers) or it stinks (from, of all people, cigarette smokers).