I fondly remember my Dad (and as you said, everyone else's Dad) smoking a pipe back in the "old days". When I was a little kid, I liked the way that the bowl got warm, so I'd always want to hold it. As you can imagine, that bugged my Dad quite a bit, but he was a tolerant sort.
Nowadays, I personally know only two people who smoke pipes: one is an elderly fellow who was told to give up cigarettes by his doctor, so he started smoking a pipe (ha!); and the other is one of my pretentious younger (twenty-something) friends who thinks that smoking a pipe makes him look sophisticated. I don't have the heart to tell him how ridiculous he looks. :-)
Anyway, thanks again for the memories, Gene. A pleasure to read your column, as always.
Submitted by Demolition on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 16:57.
The image of the "Doctor" with row upon row of pipes being "presmoked" is one of the front-runners for the weirdest of Gene's offerings to date--right up there with the "Land Yacht" of several months ago. If you dare to disagree, go to "The Treachery of Images" at .
I first heard the old Prince Albert joke from my mother about 55 years ago, and I thought it was the funniest thing I had heard to date in my young life (I was, maybe, ten). Still think so. So does Bart Simpson.
Many thanks, Gene! I hope this all becomes a book some day soon.
Hi did you make these images, or are they something that could be used (copyright). I have a project that I would love to use on of these as a reference for, please let me know! Thanks!
fondly remember my Dad (and as you said, everyone else's Dad) smoking a pipe back in the "old days". When I was a little kid, I liked the way that the bowl got warm, so I'd always want to hold it. As you can imagine, that bugged my Dad quite a bit, but he was a tolerant sort. sesli sohbetsesli chat
Time period?
Are these mostly from the fifties and early sixties, Gene?
Time Period
Actually, more from the 40s and 50s with few exceptions. Sorry, I should have noted the dates for each one.
Prince Albert in a Can
Let him out!
Well I don't know whether
Well I don't know whether comics count, but The intermittent steampunk comic of Lovelace & Babbage shows Ada smoking a pipe rather frequently.
Can be found at:
http://2dgoggles.com/
Thanks for the memories
I fondly remember my Dad (and as you said, everyone else's Dad) smoking a pipe back in the "old days". When I was a little kid, I liked the way that the bowl got warm, so I'd always want to hold it. As you can imagine, that bugged my Dad quite a bit, but he was a tolerant sort.
Nowadays, I personally know only two people who smoke pipes: one is an elderly fellow who was told to give up cigarettes by his doctor, so he started smoking a pipe (ha!); and the other is one of my pretentious younger (twenty-something) friends who thinks that smoking a pipe makes him look sophisticated. I don't have the heart to tell him how ridiculous he looks. :-)
Anyway, thanks again for the memories, Gene. A pleasure to read your column, as always.
pipes n' such
neat article, i don't know who wrote it but thanks for finding all the cool old ads
Gene is a Surrealist!
The image of the "Doctor" with row upon row of pipes being "presmoked" is one of the front-runners for the weirdest of Gene's offerings to date--right up there with the "Land Yacht" of several months ago. If you dare to disagree, go to "The Treachery of Images" at .
I first heard the old Prince Albert joke from my mother about 55 years ago, and I thought it was the funniest thing I had heard to date in my young life (I was, maybe, ten). Still think so. So does Bart Simpson.
Many thanks, Gene! I hope this all becomes a book some day soon.
missing link
Oops, the web like I included seemed to have been stripped out. Simply go to the Wikipedia entry for "The Treachery of Images."
Prince Albert in a Can
yes! and is your refrigerator running? Like some of us,
that was an oldie but goodie.
Image use...
Hi did you make these images, or are they something that could be used (copyright). I have a project that I would love to use on of these as a reference for, please let me know! Thanks!
fondly remember my Dad (and
fondly remember my Dad (and as you said, everyone else's Dad) smoking a pipe back in the "old days". When I was a little kid, I liked the way that the bowl got warm, so I'd always want to hold it. As you can imagine, that bugged my Dad quite a bit, but he was a tolerant sort. sesli sohbet sesli chat
MAKING A COMEBACK?
I think that pipe smoking may be on the comeback, as people realize what was old is new again.
Moderation in all things.........