“I have a collection of pipes. I have approximately 365 pipes. I used to be part of the pipe smokers’ club. Every year we had a competition in a different canton. It was 3 grams of tobacco, 2 matches, 5 minutes to fill the bowl, and 1 minutes with the two matches – then you had to smoke the 3 grams for as long as possible. The French champion could make it last for 3 hours. I can make last for 1h30 – 2h while watching a movie on TV. I finished 8th in Paris once, we were about 100 participants. But now that we can’t smoke in restaurants… we can’t have competitions anymore. And outside isn’t possible, there’s too much wind sometimes. If we have to try and smoke for as long as possible, we couldn’t do it. My grandfather was the one who gave me the idea. I used to love dismantling and cleaning them when I was young. And that’s how I learned how to smoke pipes. First of all, it’s less dangerous than cigarette. And anyways, I’ve never smoked a cigarette!”
(Jonction | translated from French)
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“I have a collection of pipes. I have approximately 365 pipes. I used to be part of the pipe smokers’ club. Every year we had a competition in a different canton. It was 3 grams of tobacco, 2 matches, 5 minutes to fill the bowl, and 1 minutes with the two matches – then you had to smoke the 3 grams for as long as possible. The French champion could make it last for 3 hours. I can make last for 1h30 – 2h while watching a movie on TV. I finished 8th in Paris once, we were about 100 participants. But now that we can’t smoke in restaurants… we can’t have competitions anymore. And outside isn’t possible, there’s too much wind sometimes. If we have to try and smoke for as long as possible, we couldn’t do it. My grandfather was the one who gave me the idea. I used to love dismantling and cleaning them when I was young. And that’s how I learned how to smoke pipes. First of all, it’s less dangerous than cigarette. And anyways, I’ve never smoked a cigarette!”
(Jonction | translated from French)