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Jediscroller · 09-01-2009, 04:10 PM

Hehehehe, well, just received an order for 20 pieces of.....wait for it.....small pipes.

I make them out of cherry and they take about 10 minutes each....$10.00 a piece. Now all I need is to get arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, LOL! But officer....I just sell 'em.
Whatever it takes to make a buck.

wood-n-things · 09-01-2009, 04:11 PM

HeHeHe....No testing the uh...paraphernalia....Congrats on the sale.

Cyrano · 09-01-2009, 04:18 PM

That's great! And yes, that would be a hard one to explain.

A few years ago, I was selling at a church fund raiser. The small pieces I had were going for $5.00 each, so I made a small sign out of 3/8 cherry - maybe 3x4 - and 1/4 aspen numbering ($5.00). At one point some guy walks up and asks, "How much for the sign." Um....five bucks!?! I didn't sell it to him because I kind of needed it. But what really puzzled me is why did he want it in the first place?

wood-n-things · 09-01-2009, 04:29 PM

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But what really puzzled me is why did he want it in the first place?

He wanted his cardboard sign, made with a crayon, that read $5.00 in the dumpster so he could look as professional as you appeared.

StevensonDesigns · 09-01-2009, 05:07 PM

What do these pipes look like? Purely curiosity...I would never use a pipe...um...where are the Doritos?

JimSawyer · 09-01-2009, 05:30 PM

Don't forget the little boxes to put the...um...pipes in.

scrollpup · 09-01-2009, 05:31 PM

This reminded me of a gas station right off the interstate in Malvern Arkansas a few years back. I go in to pay for gas, and on the counter is a box with small glass tubes.In each tube is one rolling paper.I couldn't figure it out! The clerk explained that by putting the paper in the tube, it was for tobacco products! Guess the crack heads had to roll their own smokes to afford the habit

Side note Kevin-- put a small bag of tobacco in with your pipes when you transport them.... "See officer, heres my tobacco for all my pipes

Jerry

Ellenburg48 · 09-01-2009, 06:30 PM

LOL y'all are nuts! Congrats on the order Kevin.
Christina

dragyn · 09-01-2009, 06:41 PM

Congrats Kevin. If it sells and the people wnat to buy them, go for it. I too am curious about what these tiny pipes look like.

Fran1942 · 09-01-2009, 07:05 PM

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LOL y'all are nuts! Congrats on the order Kevin.
Christina

Yep, that's what I like about this group. I feel like I fit right in.
So funny, Kevin, and congrats on the order. And I would also like to see one.
Fran

09-01-2009, 04:10 PM	#1
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,174 Blog Entries: 5	You'd be surprised at the things that sell Hehehehe, well, just received an order for 20 pieces of.....wait for it.....small pipes. I make them out of cherry and they take about 10 minutes each....$10.00 a piece. Now all I need is to get arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, LOL! But officer....I just sell 'em. Whatever it takes to make a buck. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

09-01-2009, 04:11 PM	#2
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	HeHeHe....No testing the uh...paraphernalia....Congrats on the sale. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

09-01-2009, 05:30 PM	#6
JimSawyer Laying into Inlay Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lincoln, RI Posts: 1,075	Don't forget the little boxes to put the...um...pipes in. __________________ Jim The limits of the imagination are imaginary. No task is too tedious for Art. Rock and Scroll My Website Featherwood Woodcrafts

09-01-2009, 05:31 PM	#7
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	This reminded me of a gas station right off the interstate in Malvern Arkansas a few years back. I go in to pay for gas, and on the counter is a box with small glass tubes.In each tube is one rolling paper.I couldn't figure it out! The clerk explained that by putting the paper in the tube, it was for tobacco products! Guess the crack heads had to roll their own smokes to afford the habit Side note Kevin-- put a small bag of tobacco in with your pipes when you transport them.... "See officer, heres my tobacco for all my pipes Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

09-01-2009, 06:30 PM	#8
Ellenburg48 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Jennings, OK Posts: 448	LOL y'all are nuts! Congrats on the order Kevin. Christina __________________ May all your days be filled with sunshine, happiness, laughter and much love.

09-01-2009, 04:18 PM	#3
Cyrano Vagabond Poet Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Park Forest, IL Posts: 44	That's great! And yes, that would be a hard one to explain. A few years ago, I was selling at a church fund raiser. The small pieces I had were going for $5.00 each, so I made a small sign out of 3/8 cherry - maybe 3x4 - and 1/4 aspen numbering ($5.00). At one point some guy walks up and asks, "How much for the sign." Um....five bucks!?! I didn't sell it to him because I kind of needed it. But what really puzzled me is why did he want it in the first place?

09-01-2009, 05:07 PM	#5
StevensonDesigns Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ionia, Michigan Posts: 38	What do these pipes look like? Purely curiosity...I would never use a pipe...um...where are the Doritos?

09-01-2009, 06:41 PM	#9
dragyn Local Goofball! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,665	Congrats Kevin. If it sells and the people wnat to buy them, go for it. I too am curious about what these tiny pipes look like. __________________ Dragyn (Oh my! Another Mike! ) It's a good thing my head is attached to my ... ... Has anyone seen my head?!?

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