niles
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Ok, well, I have been wondering about something that occurred to me a month or so ago as I was smoking and contemplating the evolution of the "pipe", and how it has come to be known in the form that it exists today, sometimes as a vehicle for tobacco's basic charms, sometimes a collector's crowning aquisition, etc, etc - and what I thought was this: Was the pipe "invented" basically as a way to smoke tobacco (evolved, more likely), or may there be some older use - namely, as a method for transporting FIRE from one place to another over distance (and time) without having to resort to assembling anew at each stop the makings of a fire?
Picture this - a travelling band of mates, a family group, hunters, whatever, a travelling band of humans who need fire at each camp along their journey. One (or more) of the humans figures out a way to keep the fire at hand while on the move...Imagine the brilliant stroke when Ugg (et al) discovers that he can produce, almost at will, a roaring campfire to protect and warm himself and his companions! Genius!
I would like to open a discussion, historical or otherwise speculative, that looks for evidence or anecdote to support my "thought experiment". I realize that as simple and wonderful as it sounds, this idea may actually have some truth behind it and may have already been flogged, maybe even in these pages, however I assure the company that I have not actually ever heard this theory talked about and would relish expansion or historical data to support (or refute) the veracity.
What do you gentlemen think? Has anyone ever heard of something like this as a reason to explain the early origins of the pipe, or do we think the pleasures of the weed and burl purely that - pleasure only??
I hope this may spark some conversation!
Picture this - a travelling band of mates, a family group, hunters, whatever, a travelling band of humans who need fire at each camp along their journey. One (or more) of the humans figures out a way to keep the fire at hand while on the move...Imagine the brilliant stroke when Ugg (et al) discovers that he can produce, almost at will, a roaring campfire to protect and warm himself and his companions! Genius!
I would like to open a discussion, historical or otherwise speculative, that looks for evidence or anecdote to support my "thought experiment". I realize that as simple and wonderful as it sounds, this idea may actually have some truth behind it and may have already been flogged, maybe even in these pages, however I assure the company that I have not actually ever heard this theory talked about and would relish expansion or historical data to support (or refute) the veracity.
What do you gentlemen think? Has anyone ever heard of something like this as a reason to explain the early origins of the pipe, or do we think the pleasures of the weed and burl purely that - pleasure only??
I hope this may spark some conversation!