The briar brothers

(Scotsman.com) THE first rule of Pipe Club is you don't talk about Pipe Club. Well, actually, no. The ardent smokers of the Edinburgh Pipe Club are, in fact, more than happy to discuss their passion for tobacco.
And, in any case, the whole idea of "rules" runs contrary to the pipeman's philosophy, which tends to value independence, tolerance and free thought - fumito ergo sum, as Descartes might, between puffs, have had it. Continued