My new Avatar!

[Jitterbugdude]

Well, I finally got around to uploading an Avatar. This is a drawing from the 1859 Tobacco book by Fairholt. The drawing shows "... the hand of death holding a balance, enforcing the lesson that the pleasures of the king's crown and the poor man's pipe are equal"

 

[darren1979]

Thats a cool avatar, and very poignant. Shows all men are created equal no matter class.

 

[johnlee1933]

Cool Dude.

 

[Knucklehead]

I like that. Very Tobaccoeyish.

 

[leverhead]

I like it!

 

[Michibacy]

Nice, you inspired me to change my own as well!

 

[istanbulin]

Well, I finally got around to uploading an Avatar. This is a drawing from the 1859 Tobacco book by Fairholt. The drawing shows "... the hand of death holding a balance, enforcing the lesson that the pleasures of the king's crown and the poor man's pipe are equal"

The pipe really resembles old English clay pipes. As said, those pipes were generally used by relatively poor people. When the price of the tobacco was astronomically high in Europe, the bowl of those clay pipes were incredibly small that all of the tobacco in the bowl burned out within few puffs.

BTW, very good and meaningful avatar

 

[istanbulin]

Nice, you inspired me to change my own as well!

Yours is cool too, also contains an advertisement.

 

[deluxestogie]

JBD,
Your new avatar is well chosen. Either pipes are made of gold, or crowns are made of clay. I guess that could also represent the ghost of George Washington, deciding which would be a wiser acquisition: a royal title, or a good smoke.

Bob

 

[indianjoe]

Excellent choice JB.

 

[BarG]

Definetly an original avatar !!!!