We’re back, thanks to heroic struggles from Snuffhouse administrators!
Is there a medal that we members can vote them, even figuratively? The Order of the Silver Snuff Box, with Rappee Clusters? The Most Excellent and Chivalrous Knights of the Nostril? They deserve something along with our eternal gratitude!
An honorary Doctor of Snuff.
The Pipe hobby has a Doctor of the Pipe title bestowed on those who’ve advanced the field. I think Doctor of Snuff honors should go to those who keep the community strong and growing.
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Maybe both, a high order for the best and a Doctor of Snuff for subsidiary experts.
Maybe both, a high order for the best and a Doctor of Snuff for subsidiary experts.
The next step though is, who gets to bestow those honors. Typically honors are given by those who previously reached those heights, to recognize new peers (ie. Doctors), or somebody in a much higher position with the recognized authority to elevate another (Knighthoods, Orders). When those in a lower status elevate someone, it is an election to something like a representative or president, but that doesn’t seem like what we are talking about (or is it?). I know we’re having fun, but for this matter of honors to mean anything more than a joke there needs to be a protocol of some sort.
Well in the UK the Prime Minister - who supposedly represents the people - can award honours so in theory it is the people who award them.
In the case of all the work that has been done in producing the temporary Snuffhouse.net and and then in resurrecting this forum I don’t think anyone here would argue about honouring those involved. So it would be by democratic acclamation.
I think many non snuff users regard us as somewhat eccentric so i think we can make our own rules!
@chris - Well said old chap
@MisterPaul Thank you - I don’t think I was breaching our no politics rule there with the merest hint of sarcasm.
@chris said:
Well in the UK the Prime Minister - who supposedly represents the people - can award honours so in theory it is the people who award them.
In the case of all the work that has been done in producing the temporary Snuffhouse.net and and then in resurrecting this forum I don’t think anyone here would argue about honouring those involved. So it would be by democratic acclamation.
I think many non snuff users regard us as somewhat eccentric so i think we can make our own rules!
I agree, and it will indeed have to be democratic acclaim. So there remains to figure out a good title, and how to elect. Maybe a poll?
Great idea!
If we are going with democratic then a poll would be the right thing to do.
But can we set up polls on this version of the site? It would be silly to award the hard working team honours but making them even more work re setting up polls.
Thanks to the people that took the time and effort to make this forum a thing. It’s nice to be able to read about people’s opinions and experiences with those little questions that have popped into my mind along the way. Snuff is cool - you guys are cool.
Gentlefolk, the British Prime Minister drafts an Honours List as suggestions to Her Majesty the Queen, who has been known to strike figures off of the list.They are Royally bestowed honours.
Snuff’s venerable aristocracy may be our oldest manufacturers, at it longer than many noble families anywhere, but we mustn’t ignore our artisans who may become tomorrow’s earls of snuff, nor our modern tehnological da Vincis or Escoffiers or Edisons or Fords. The Snuffhouse leaders may be embarassed at nominating themselves, while reluctant to turn their website into a parliament of snuff. I thus propose that we members jointly nominate them as Doctors of Snuff (not medical but like Doctors of the Church) to be passed without objection nem. con, unless there are any who disagree. Later the wise doctors may discuss amongst themselves and choose to nominate others, perhaps once or twice a year.
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@smasty - I suspect that is exactly how Doctors of the Pipe started. I find what you suggest a good approach. Perhaps initially elect a certain number of them (five? or leave it open?).
I give a heartfelt thank you to the dedicated souls who keep this board alive but prefer not to elevate them above us common snuffers with honorifics.
I quite fancy being a ‘Count’ of snuff, or a Regent of Rappee!!! :))
How about a hardy and heart felt THANK YOU! for starts?
Are all snuffer BROWN NOSERS ? My choice is cstoke4 for his quick acting setting up .Net.He took it upon himself and purchased .Net without asking for anything. It nice to have reference to historical posts here at .com But you have to admit .net was cool while it lasted. Hopefully someone will take a course and study Vanilla ins and outs to get Snuffhouse Up to Snuff.
I appricate everyone that makes this site what it is. I really enjoy listening and putting in my opinions as well. I enjoy the company of like minded people in this chaotic place we call the world.