Back to the pipeweed discussion.... The reason I ever started reading the Hobbit was because my neighbor, whom I had shared many a bowl of "pipeweed" with, told me he was reading a book about Hobbits, who are really relaxed folk who like to smoke pipeweed and eat and drink ale. Got my attention right away! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
I'm sure the Professor equated it to tobacco as he smoked a pipe and surely the Eagle & Child was filled with aromatic blue haze whilst they were there. But to a younger generation who fueled the popularity of Tolkiens books through the sisxies, I'm sure the similarities of "weed" smoked in a pipe were not lost on any of them (us) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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