Questions You Thought Were Too Dumb to Ask (Pipes Edition)

[LivingDeadGuy]

This first thing is to quit looking at the clock. Forget about time. True pipe smoking is leaving the material world for a bit, to unplug and reset. The world was here for a long time before you arrived, and it will be here a long time after we leave it. Enjoy your smoke. The world will be there when you get back. Businesses, governments, and other institutions functioned fine before you got involved. I assure you, they will not collapse during the 30 mins to 1 hour you spend enjoying a pipe.

Next, quit thinking about how you are smoking your pipe. Instead, ponder the Human Condition, solve the worlds problems, explore the limits of your mind, and expand them. Read, play chess, or best of all, engage in deep conversation with another pipe smoker. This is what pipe smoking is all about.

Do that, and you find yourself smoking slower automatically, and you will also be more relaxed, and your IQ, may not increase, but you will learn to use what you have much better.

Wish I could just slow down, but I only smoke while busy, woking on a car, plowing snow, mowing the lawn ect, but ill give that "thinking" stuff a try, though it sound like it might hurt haha

[commonsenseman]

Wish I could just slow down, but I only smoke while busy, woking on a car, plowing snow, mowing the lawn ect, but ill give that "thinking" stuff a try, though it sound like it might hurt haha

I actually find I smoke more slowly when I'm doing NOTHING else, just concentrating on the pipe. YMMV

A good exercise to try every now and then: starting out with properly dry tobacco, try just barely keeping the pipe going. Don't puff hard, just take very gentle "sips". Almost always, tobacco tastes much better when it's burning cool & slow. Make sure you're not filling the pipe too tightly, this will make you puff harder to keep it going.

[tmoran]

I actually find I smoke more slowly when I'm doing NOTHING else, just concentrating on the pipe. YMMV

A good exercise to try every now and then: starting out with properly dry tobacco, try just barely keeping the pipe going. Don't puff hard, just take very gentle "sips". Almost always, tobacco tastes much better when it's burning cool & slow. Make sure you're not filling the pipe too tightly, this will make you puff harder to keep it going.

I think it was @mooster who once posted on the old site a good exercise. Get your tobacco properly dried, packed and lit, and instead of puffing, just breathe through your nose with the pipe clenched in your mouth. You will be surprised how well a pipe stays lit with just a slow, steady flow of air. You don't necessarily have to smoke this way all the time, but it at least gives you a good idea how little you need to puff to keep it lit.

[mooster]

I think it was @mooster who once posted on the old site a good exercise. Get your tobacco properly dried, packed and lit, and instead of puffing, just breathe through your nose with the pipe clenched in your mouth. You will be surprised how well a pipe stays lit with just a slow, steady flow of air. You don't necessarily have to smoke this way all the time, but it at least gives you a good idea how little you need to puff to keep it lit.

I don't think it was me, but I wholeheartedly endorse this. It's an eye-opening exercise.