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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Meerschaum #88767 12/05/2002 7:50 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 If I remember correctly, Sherlock Holmes used to be portrayed smoking a Meerchaum pipe, a large one with a sort of "S" curve, with bowl lower than the bit. I could never get mine to taste right. Always too much condensate, and tongue bite. meerschaum n. 5Ger, lit., sea foam (< meer, sea + schaum, foam), transl. of ML spuma maris, orig. used of coral, calque of Gr halos hachnc: name transferred in 18th-c. Ger to a variety of lithomarge6 1 a soft, white, claylike, heat-resistant mineral, a hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, used for tobacco pipes, etc. 2 a pipe with a bowl made of this Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meerschaum #88768 12/05/2002 7:55 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 never get mine to taste right Take some careful breaking in, if I remember right. I had a meerschaum lined calabash once. Didn't smoke it too much. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Meerschaum #88769 12/05/2002 8:13 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: Some smokers have tongues far tougher than mine. My father smoked a brier the size of his fist, and let it go out each time he went into a patient's house, and relit it when he came out. I tried that just once and wished I could spit my tongue out. The radiologist at CMGH smoked unbelievably bad cigars. I took one of them out of his coat, and inserted a rubber band a couple inches into it. He smoked it, and just looked puzzled at us interns who were choking from the burned rubber fumes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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