Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:23:18 -0400, DSK wrote:


But, I do not allow smoking on board.

Totally makes sense on a gasoline fueled boat

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

How the hell can you tell any decent story telling without a good
cigar to emphasis?

Easily.


Says you.


Or the long answer, by using one's intelligence to develop
one's language skills such that communicating ideas, events,
stories, or jokes, can be done with a minimum of extraneous
verbiage and no distractions.


That's the whole point of telling stories - you develop a certain
methodology of telling a story and in my case, I use a cigar for
emphasis - kind of like how a comedian uses body language or facial
expressions to get a point across. It's just a prop.

My father, who was a syndicated columnist in his day (King Features
and Hearts News), always used to smoke a pipe when he was writing. No
other time did he smoke anything - just when he was writing. It was
part of his "gestalt" for developing and explaining complex business
ideas and commentary on business issues of the day.

In my case, it's just a "part" of me - part of my "identity" if you
will. When the good stories start, the cigar comes out and it becomes
"one" with me - it's just what I do and how I share experiences.

I stopped smoking cigars for a couple of years and hated every minute
of it. Finally, I quit even trying - it's ingrained in my soul.


Or to put the same concept into the current vernacular...
If you gave a cigar to a turnip, would that make it a better
story teller?


Damn straight. :)

If they could only come up with a non stinky, smokeless version.
Wait a minute... what about those chocolate cigars you pass out when
your kid is born?