Masculinity disappeared with the pipe.

[Buck]

From a "Townhall blog".......
"Whatever happened to the pipe?
You know...the smoking pipe.
The pipe was the ultimate manly accessory.
The pipe was different.
It was a guy thing.
Kids didnt steal their dads pipes, they stole their cigarettes. Cigarettes got the rep of being the icon of rebellion and counter-culture.
Pipes had a totally different reputation.
If you had a pipe, you were intellectual. You were a thinker. You were not impulsive.
It's almost as if when asked a question, that you consulted your pipe.
It helped you bluff for a minute while you came up with an answer.
On top of that, it helped you illustrate your answer.
You gestured with it and it impressed everyone.
The coolest thing about the pipe was that it didnt even have to be filled with tobacco or even lit to be cool.
Just having a pipe in your hand while you were talking automatically increased your IQ about 25 points...or seemed to.
If you had a pipe and a beard, you were infallible. The was the ultimate combo.
No wait, a beard, a pipe, and a tweed sport coat.
You couldnt hurry a pipe. Nobody ran out for a quick smoke. If you didnt have 20 minutes to commit, you didnt go out.
Pipes made men slow down a little, think and ponder about life, work, wives, children, the state of the world."

There is more to this that is interesting reading......
http://happyhour.blogtownhall.com/2008/11/15/masculinity_disappeared_with_the_pipe.thtml

[flatwater]

The real test of a man is what he does and says without props.
Flatwater

[OzarkMtnDaredevil]

I was never informed that pipes had disappeared or that my masculinity was dependant upon them. Hmmm...
interesting.

[crafty2002]

I don't know, Buck. I always thought the pistol was the accessory that all men were made of way back.
Are you now trying to talk us into trading those in for a pipe??? *:o
When they come in the dark of the night, go ahead and try to get them to set down calmly and have a smoke with you.
It may not help my IQ in the least, but when they come busting my door down in the middle of the night, I will have a whole new world ahead of me. As soon as I walk through the hole I just blew in the sucker. It will be sorta like the "TwighLight Zone"........ ;D

[GoodDaughter]

It's merely an attempt to intellectually emasculate the unsophisticated redneck Americans. Who seem to prefer a good cee-gar to a pipe.

[OzarksJohn]

Howdy.

That WAS a fun blast from the past. Pipes and pistols are a natural combo. Same goes for rifles, shotguns, duck blinds, and loyal labradors that fetch your slippers while you fill your pipe. Men are supposed to smell like Hoppes #9, gun oil, AND pipe tobacco aren't they? *For all you Marines out there, remember Chesty Puller? Find a picture and you'll find a fightin' man with a pipe. How many Norman Rockwell paintings featured a pipe in some way? If only we had more of the things that were popular when the pipe was.......OzarksJohn

P.S.
Don't think for a moment that a good cigar and a snifter (or a snort) of brandy doesn't have it's place as well.

I think what was illustrated in the article was just how metrosexual men have become without realizing it.OJ

[MooseToo]

The real test of a man is what he does and says without props.
Flatwater

i believe, in texas, they call that "all hat and no cattle" -

[Buck]

Howdy.

That WAS a fun blast from the past. Pipes and pistols are a natural combo. Same goes for rifles, shotguns, duck blinds, and loyal labradors that fetch your slippers while you fill your pipe. Men are supposed to smell like Hoppes #9, gun oil, AND pipe tobacco aren't they? *For all you Marines out there, remember Chesty Puller? Find a picture and you'll find a fightin' man with a pipe. How many Norman Rockwell paintings featured a pipe in some way? If only we had more of the things that were popular when the pipe was.......OzarksJohn

P.S.
Don't think for a moment that a good cigar and a snifter (or a snort) of brandy doesn't have it's place as well.

I think what was illustrated in the article was just how metrosexual men have become without realizing it.OJ

Thank you for the only post thus far that isn't from every fringe member
on BWH. http://bestsmileys.com/signs16/19.gif

[madmac]

Metrosexual? I am just an old man trying to get by. I find that word rather strange. Maybe because it is used often these days and I am not really sure what it is they are suggesting. Sounds nasty,LOL

[jim]

Thank you for the only post thus far that isn't from every fringe member
on BWH. http://bestsmileys.com/signs16/19.gif


You are the fringe here. Everyone else is normal.

[DonnaKay]

I would like to say that I personally find a pipe to be sexy. I also like a guy that hasn't shaved in a week or two.

[flatwater]

Buck it sounds like you still have a chance , ya old dog you.
flatwater

[Dawgus]

It's been a long time since I've lit a good pipe. I'm sitting here staring at one I bought in my 20's, my dads old ones, my grandfather's, and my wifes dads. I'm gonna have to make a run out later for some tobacco....probably a good cherry blend :) I don't think it has a thing to do with masculinity, but it does sound like something relaxing when I sit down for my nightly read. Thanks Buck, for reminding me I had them sitting here buried and collecting dust!

[OzarksJohn]

Howdy

Maybe I shouldn't have used "metrosexual". My take on the word is one who is citified or metropolitan in his behavior, politically correct because he feels it's expected of him or necessary to his social/employment standing, afraid to be "manly" lest his testosterone offend someone, and almost on the verge of being effeminate in his mannerisms because it isn't "threatening" to anyone. It comes in varying degrees. Maybe my interpretation of the word is in error. Come to think of it, it DOES sound nasty doesn't it?!?!? OzarksJohn

[DonnaKay]

Howdy

Maybe I shouldn't have used "metrosexual". My take on the word is one who is citified or metropolitan in his behavior, politically correct because he feels it's expected of him or necessary to his social/employment standing, afraid to be "manly" lest his testosterone offend someone, and almost on the verge of being effeminate in his mannerisms because it isn't "threatening" to anyone. It comes in varying degrees. Maybe my interpretation of the word is in error. Come to think of it, it DOES sound nasty doesn't it?!?!? OzarksJohn

Actually I think that's pretty much exactly what it means.....

[Wyzyrd]

Hmmmmmmm...

pipe -- check
beard -- check
tweed jacket -- check
pistol -- check


Dang... Maybe I stand a chance after all :)

[harvester]

well i didnt marry lightly, having a real man was top of my list. granted i had to go 3000miles to find one, but yep, they do still exist.
he didnt smoke a pipe, he definately needed no props to prove his masculinity, nor does he now. Frankly i would find a man who had to lean on a "crutch" (the pipe) to prove his masculinity to be a very weak man.
My husband proves to me his masculinity each and every day, and no accessories are invited. ;)