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Mar-14-2005 20:52

I'm sure a lot of you have seen this. Most of you men will find it amusing. I do not think it is a piece of gear that is very useful. Here is the link to go look at it:

http://newyork.hypoware.com/map/shop/item.spy?id=79

Mar-17-2005 10:29

I donno, I will think about it while I am smoking a cigarette. :)

Mar-17-2005 14:40

Amen, to that, Jstkdn.

Mar-17-2005 19:18

Hey I didn't mean the tobacco I smoke. Although I would like to add it is very bad for any kids out there. I meant the pipe coupled with what the name implied.

Mar-24-2005 09:44

I agree, but we are play a game where A LOT of people die in a rather violent way. I'm not a bit big fan of the pipe though, for all the above reasons.
Perhaps a large emerald ring with the stamp of the Green hand set inside it. Charming, yet a bit threatening.
Or what might even be better is a perfectly cut Large Diamond ring ($$$)with the mark and given by the Circle of Light.
Come on now, that would be cool to have and would be very charming.

Mar-24-2005 10:15

From the dictionary:

nymph ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nmf)
n.
Greek & Roman Mythology. Any of numerous minor deities represented as beautiful maidens inhabiting and sometimes personifying features of nature such as trees, waters, and mountains.

A girl, especially a beautiful one.

The larval form of certain insects, such as silverfish and grasshoppers, usually resembling the adult form but smaller and lacking fully developed wings. Also called nympha.


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[Middle English nimphe, from Old French, from Latin nympha, from Greek numph.]
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nymphal (nmfl) adj.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

Main Entry: nymph
Pronunciation: 'nim(p)f
Function: noun
1 : any of various hemimetabolous insects in an immature stage and especially a late larva (as of a true bug) in which rudiments of the wings and genitalia are present; broadly : any insect larva that differs chiefly in size and degree of differentiation from the imago
2 : a mite or tick in the first eight-legged form that immediately follows the last larval molt
3 : a nymphal stage in the life cycle of an insect or acarid —nymph·al /'nim(p)-f&l/ adjective


Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.


nymph

n 1: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
2: a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) 3: a voluptuously beautiful young woman


The game is set between the 1920's and the 1940's and that pipe fits well with the time period. Perhaps for a woman it's a little over done. Maybe a woman could have an ebony (or ivory) cigarette holder/filter?

Mar-24-2005 10:18

Now, after all that I typing I need a cigarette break!

Goes soo well with my coffee you know :o)

Mar-24-2005 14:18

I second that, Peter Gunn :)

Mar-24-2005 16:16

I agree about the cigarette holder, it would go so much better with my outfit than a pipe.

Mar-24-2005 16:29

Thanks a lot, Gunn... I'm a non-smoker, and now I need the pipe more than ever!

Mar-25-2005 10:43

Art is in the eye of the beholder. I prefer realism not to the extreme of the pipe mind you.