Pipe Smokers - an increasingly rare sight?

[slowmotion]

Extravagantly mustachioed German hipsters used to smoke them in bars all over Europe in the 1970s, using ridiculously aromatic blends. It's probably quite popular in Hoxton.

 

[Dirk]

Even rarer than pipe smokers.......when was the last time you saw someone taking snuff?
I was in a pub on Bodmin Moor the other week and they'd got snuff for sale behind the bar - not seen that for a while.
My maternal grandfather, who lived in Bedford, was a snuff taker. He always had Hedges L260 brand which, funnily enough, was made just near where I lived as a kid in Birmingham.

 

[Oldhippy]

Einstein, Tolkien, Holmes, Ike......Drago

 

[Oldhippy]

Or nuns. Used to see loads, these days not so much.

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Even rarer than pipe smokers.......when was the last time you saw someone taking snuff?
I was in a pub on Bodmin Moor the other week and they'd got snuff for sale behind the bar - not seen that for a while.
My maternal grandfather, who lived in Bedford, was a snuff taker. He always had Hedges L260 brand which, funnily enough, was made just near where I lived as a kid in Birmingham.

Ah, but Dirk, you were "up Bodmin", different rules apply there.

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Einstein, Tolkien, Holmes, Ike......Drago

Never seen riding the same bike ... at the same time.

 

[tyred]

Even rarer than pipe smokers.......when was the last time you saw someone taking snuff?
I was in a pub on Bodmin Moor the other week and they'd got snuff for sale behind the bar - not seen that for a while.
My maternal grandfather, who lived in Bedford, was a snuff taker. He always had Hedges L260 brand which, funnily enough, was made just near where I lived as a kid in Birmingham.

It hasn't been socially acceptable to sneeze for the past eighteen months.

 

[Drago]

Extravagantly mustachioed German hipsters used to smoke them in bars all over Europe in the 1970s, using ridiculously aromatic blends. It's probably quite popular in Hoxton.

I'm currently sporting a big, droopy, Hulk Hogan-esque horseshoe moustache.

 

[slowmotion]

I'm currently sporting a big, droopy, Hulk Hogan-esque horseshoe moustache.

Very retro.

 

[Oldhippy]

I have been training my moustache handlebar style for a while now, goes great with a full Hagrid beard.

 

[Profpointy]

See now I'm imagining Tom Bombadil from Lord of the rings. Do you sit on a log telling sagas in song?

Wasn't "old Toby" Gandalf and Bilbo's favoured brand ?

 

[slowmotion]

Even rarer than pipe smokers.......when was the last time you saw someone taking snuff?
I was in a pub on Bodmin Moor the other week and they'd got snuff for sale behind the bar - not seen that for a while.
My maternal grandfather, who lived in Bedford, was a snuff taker. He always had Hedges L260 brand which, funnily enough, was made just near where I lived as a kid in Birmingham.

I believe other nasal stimulants are more popular nowadays.

 

[Drago]

Very retro.

Its a bit for a USP for the band - the big, brooding, bass player with the porn star facial fungus.

 

[slowmotion]

Its a bit for a USP for the band - the big, brooding, bass player with the porn star facial fungus.

Ah yes. The Derek Smalls look........

 

[Oldhippy]

Derek Smalls of course! Bass player Spinal Tap. 😎