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A Revolutionary “Tobacco” Pipe
by Mike Richard
Ahh … what to buy for the traveling hippie who has everything? TravelGearBlog points us to the Solopipe:
A lighter and bowl all-in-one.
“Solopipe is the revolutionary self-igniting smoking apparatus that combines refillable, adjustable butane lighter with a high quality tobacco smoking pipe.”
This invention was a long time coming and I’m glad someone finally took the time and money to put it together.
Yes, thank god for that. I love how such “devices” are referred to officially as “tobacco” pipes. Rrrrrright. With their tagline of “… all you need now is something to smoke”, I’m sure they only have tobacco in mind.
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Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.
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December 15th, 2007
the only reason that they advertise it as a “tobacco” pipe is because if it were explicitly for the use of an illicit drug, it would be contraband and therefore not able to be sold through any public means.
if you walk into a head shop (a pipe shop) and you look at some of the signs and warnings, you’re only allowed to mention tobacco inside the premises. if they know youre using it as contraband, they can’t legally sell it to you.
it’s like a “don’t ask, don’t tell” for hippies
December 15th, 2007
not everyone who smokes cannabis is a “hippie” I bet your redneck ass couldn’t tell the difference from a hippie and your mayor. Get your shit together and don’t group people when you don’t know them.
September 8th, 2008
Dear Shambhalite,
You are a moron. Thank you for your time.
Love,
negro_flash
February 6th, 2009
wow, mature conversation you guys :/
September 12th, 2009
Wow, i thought potheads were laid back and mellow…
As for the pipe? Once you buy it, smoke pencil shavings in it if you want to. But the manufacturer meant for tobacco only. Free country…remember? Except for you shambhalite, you need to move away…far away.