JimH wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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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?



(WARNING, ADULT CONTENT)

If it is strictly for emphasis, he can also pull one of these out of his
pocket and end up getting a lot of attention (especially from the woman and
the guys always wanting folks to have 'spectacular' days). ;-)

http://tinyurl.com/f3b8l



Tom would probably look cute fondling one of those. ;-)