Thanks for an interesting expression. Is it partly from Humphrey Bogart, who used to smoke in a peculiar way? As to crackpipe, which I was ignorant about, I found the following: >From Wikipedia on Crack (Cocaine):
Smoking problems - The task of introducing the drug into the body further presents a series of health risks. Crack cannot be snorted like regular cocaine, so smoking is the most common consumption method. Crack has a melting point of around 90 °C (194 °F),[1] and the smoke does not remain potent for long. Therefore, crack pipes are generally very short, to minimise the time between evaporating and losing strength. This often causes cracked and blistered lips, colloquially "crack lip", from having a very hot pipe pressed against the lips. The use of "convenience store crack pipes" - glass tubes which originally contained small artificial roses - may also create this condition. The hot pipe might burn the lips, tongue, or fingers, especially when shared with other people quickly taking another hit from the already hot short pipe. As to moderators, I tend to hate all the moderators. They police around otherwise enjoyable and useful mail-lists by applying their personal rules. Maybe that's the way they enjoy the lists - just quiet and peaceful, with no stimulating conversations. Not-honyaku is great in that sense. In fact, I may be slightly overjoyed with the freedom here. I take your advice. However, I believe I am not harming anybody physically. Just a linguistic fencing. Minoru Mochizuki ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Taylor" <[email protected]> To: "not_honyaku" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:40 PM Subject: Re: A clue to understand USA > >>Hooray for no moderators! > > Don't bogart that crackpipe! > > William > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
