PUTTING IT DELICATELY

The Netherlands got 20 medals, the United States 33. But the Netherlands is one twentieth the size of the US, and doesn't have an adult diaper wearing pedophile as its head of government. And they're respected internationally. So in real terms, they're doing quite well, thank you.

A friend moved to the Netherlands last year to get far away from our devolutionary return to feudalism. She and her husband are still learning Dutch, but sometime soon I expect her to start reading Brederode and Vondel, and belatedly realizing that they're in the catbird seat, culture-wise.

That probably explains the absence of an adult diaper wearing pedo over there, and why we do have one in Washington. Apparently the White House has an odour of busted toilet most of the time now.

But do please keep shouting that we're the greatest country on earth.
You ess ay! You ess ay! You ess ay!


The United States is indeed the greatest country in Texas.

In other news, I think I may have found a pipe tobacco that has been aromatized which is actually unnoticeable to my coworker Hecky. Samuel Gawith's Kendal Cream, which whiffs in the tin like rootbeer with slight hints of distant urinal cake and old lady's lingerie drawers. It's subtle, and a pleasing smoke, which surprised me. He didn't run away screaming that I was killing the planet and for heavens sake think of the children (!), or act in any way like I was viciously torturing him and trying to give him nightmares. I don't think he even noticed.

He may wake up screaming in the middle of the night now, but that won't be my problem.

Filled a GBD bulldog with it and slowly smoked it over a slightly more than hour and a half stretch, while dealing with some truly lovely old pipes. Somebody should do a serious study on the briar that Peterson used during the fifties and sixties. It had a particular look.
I don't think they have the same source nowadays.
Rather a pity.

I think I'll have another bowl of it after dumplings tomorrow.



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