"Duuuuuude that looks like a Sherlock!"

[The Smoking Yeti]

K, frustration time. Every time I show a non-pipe person one of my pieces they say one of two things "Woaaaah maaaaan! That's totally a Gandalf"! or, "Duuuuuuude that's a Sherlock maaaaaaaaan"!

In essence all my creativity and hard work has boiled down to my making Gandalfs and Sherlocks. Anybody else have that issue?

Hope this helps,

Yeti

[RadDavis]

No.

Rad

[Sasquatch]

Quit making calabashes and churchwardens, stupid.

[wmolaw]

K, frustration time. Every time I show a non-pipe person one of my pieces they say one of two things "Woaaaah maaaaan! That's totally a Gandalf"! or, "Duuuuuuude that's a Sherlock maaaaaaaaan"!

In essence all my creativity and hard work has boiled down to my making Gandalfs and Sherlocks. Anybody else have that issue?

Hope this helps,

Yeti

Must be the folks you are hanging around with!

[d.huber]

K, frustration time. Every time I show a non-pipe person one of my pieces they say one of two things "Woaaaah maaaaan! That's totally a Gandalf"! or, "Duuuuuuude that's a Sherlock maaaaaaaaan"!

In essence all my creativity and hard work has boiled down to my making Gandalfs and Sherlocks. Anybody else have that issue?

Hope this helps,

Yeti

Must be the folks you are hanging around with!

Yup. Most people who do not smoke a pipe or participate in the pipe community have very few frames of reference to relate to what you're making. They're just bringing up something that helps them relate to the work. Not a bad thing at all, but a good opportunity to educate those who are interested.

[The Drinking Yeti]

Knowing that this is your personal pet peeve just makes me chuckle in an evil, villainous fashion.

Could you make me a Gandalf pipe? PLEEEAASE?

[Jos]

Quit making calabashes and churchwardens, stupid.

Good advice ! Guess Walle never ever heard that guff about Gandalfs and Sherlocks ...
Be prepared to hear "Dude, is that thingy supposed to be a pipe ?"

Jens