Mrs. Zarnicky
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Posts: 250
First Name: Anichka
Favorite Tobacco: (Country Squire) Hunting Creek, Black Arrow. (Sutliff) Vanilla Custard
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Post by Mrs. Zarnicky on May 4, 2022 8:33:03 GMT -5
I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just turned 11. It was winter in the old country and my friends Nikolai, Vladimir, Stanislav and I were all armed with snowballs. We were looking for trouble and adventure and we found it soon enough!
“Let’s go to Baba Yaga’s house and throw our snowballs at her”, I suggested.
“Good idea”. Nikolai shouted. “The old witch deserves it.”
Her house was a little more than half a kilometer away from us and as we approached, we heard her scream “Fire”!
We bounded into the house, laden with our snowballs, and stopped at the open door of the smoke-filled room. Something was burning alright; perhaps she had been careless with her pipe again. It was not the first time. There was no fire to be seen, only clouds of smoke and Baba Yaga smacking at the smoke with an old broom.
“Do something.” She barked.
And we threw all our snowballs into the smoke—I think we missed Baba Yaga and ran out of the house to the telephone box.
“Let’s call the police as well.” Vladmir said.
“And the ambulance”
“And Alexander Rozhenko, he likes fires.”
But we only called the fire brigade, and soon the fire engine came and three tall men in helmets brought a hose into the house. Baba Yaga got out just in time before they turned it on.
Did her smoldering carpet remind me of Holly’s Non Plus Ultra tobacco? No! I think it was the smell of one of the firemen who obviously forgot to put on his deodorant that day.
The memory still haunts me.
Zarnicky's Advice: Don't try it.
(Apologies to Dylan Thomas)
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Post by Plainsman on May 4, 2022 10:03:45 GMT -5
Приємний плагіат.
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Mrs. Zarnicky
Junior Member
Posts: 250
First Name: Anichka
Favorite Tobacco: (Country Squire) Hunting Creek, Black Arrow. (Sutliff) Vanilla Custard
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Post by Mrs. Zarnicky on May 4, 2022 10:16:19 GMT -5
Я так рада, что это приемлемо. Надеюсь, вам понравился пост. (So glad you found it acceptable. Hope you liked the post.) By the way, Russian is not my first language. My mother tongue is Pig Latin. - lol |
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Post by Plainsman on May 4, 2022 10:23:43 GMT -5
So sorry. BTW, that’s Urkainian. Pig Latin? Pork qué?
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Zach
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If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,042
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on May 4, 2022 11:01:51 GMT -5
I was sent Holly's Nonplus Ultra by JimInks. He said it was the worst tobacco he'd ever smoked, and had to send it to me. I thought it was pretty alright.
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rastewart
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Posts: 328
First Name: Rich
Favorite Pipe: Freehands, bent bulldogs, and the incomparable Peterson 303
Favorite Tobacco: Mac Baren's Scottish Blend (Mixture), C&D Mountain Camp, C&D Bayou Morning
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Post by rastewart on May 4, 2022 12:03:50 GMT -5
(Apologies to Dylan Thomas) |
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Post by sperrytops on May 5, 2022 12:44:03 GMT -5
Is this a contest to identify the worst tobacco in the world? My vote is for Haunted Bookshop.
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Post by Silver on May 5, 2022 13:01:11 GMT -5
Is this a contest to identify the worst tobacco in the world? My vote is for Haunted Bookshop. I agree! Wait a second...  |
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Zach
Pro Member
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,042
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on May 5, 2022 13:03:18 GMT -5
Is this a contest to identify the worst tobacco in the world? My vote is for Haunted Bookshop. I agree! Wait a second... He meant the best tobacco. False alarm.  |
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Post by sperrytops on May 5, 2022 13:16:40 GMT -5
I agree! Wait a second... He meant the best tobacco. False alarm. What I like about the Patch is people just 'say it as it is'. |
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Zach
Pro Member
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,042
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on May 5, 2022 13:36:11 GMT -5
It's all in good fun. We know full well people either love or hate Haunted Bookshop. Everybody has their favorites and dislikes!
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Post by urbino on May 5, 2022 16:52:00 GMT -5
It's all in good fun. We know full well people either love or hate Haunted Bookshop. Everybody has their favorites and dislikes! Dirty relativist! |
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Mrs. Zarnicky
Junior Member
Posts: 250
First Name: Anichka
Favorite Tobacco: (Country Squire) Hunting Creek, Black Arrow. (Sutliff) Vanilla Custard
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Post by Mrs. Zarnicky on May 6, 2022 5:38:37 GMT -5
Everybody has their favorites and dislikes! Zarnicky find there are two kinds of people: 1. Those who need closure. 2. |
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Mrs. Zarnicky
Junior Member
Posts: 250
First Name: Anichka
Favorite Tobacco: (Country Squire) Hunting Creek, Black Arrow. (Sutliff) Vanilla Custard
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Post by Mrs. Zarnicky on May 6, 2022 5:40:51 GMT -5
Chuckles stopped making mortgage payments.
For Closure.
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 6, 2022 5:44:25 GMT -5
It's all in good fun. We know full well people either love or hate Haunted Bookshop. Everybody has their favorites and dislikes! Right. That's one of the unwritten rules of pipesmoking. The other two are: 2. 3. |
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Post by sperrytops on May 6, 2022 11:08:04 GMT -5
3.
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Light 'em if you've got 'em.
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Post by urbino on May 6, 2022 15:38:50 GMT -5
3. 2. 1. Light 'em if you've got 'em. And if you don't got 'em, bum 'em off the First Sergeant. |
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Post by papipeguy on May 7, 2022 11:59:11 GMT -5
I'm the guy who sent jiminks that vile tin. Jim spent an hour on the phone with me sharing his thoughts about it in no uncertain terms. A fun conversation to say the least. By far the worst thing I ever put in a pipe.
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