bolivr Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Went up to Canberra for the 'Paintings from Paris' post -impressionist exhibition at the National Gallery (Must get back there with more time to have a smoke with some FoH members in the Capital) Anyway, picked up a book on Picasso by I. Walther and read about how Picasso very nearly didn't make it through alive as he was brought into the world. The midwife apparently had given him up for dead and was more focussed on looking after his mother. Picasso's uncle, Don Salvador, who also happened to be a doctor blew cigar smoke into his face which made him cry. To think we very nearly wouldn't have known one of the geniuses of the 20th century but for a cigar. Anyone else got a favourite cigar story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroo495 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 That's a strong argument against the anti-smoking lobby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
android Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I want that on a sticker placed on my cigar boxes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Some good trivia there Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Went up to Canberra for the 'Paintings from Paris' post -impressionist exhibition at the National Gallery (Must get back there with more time to have a smoke with some FoH members in the Capital)Anyway, picked up a book on Picasso by I. Walther and read about how Picasso very nearly didn't make it through alive as he was brought into the world. The midwife apparently had given him up for dead and was more focussed on looking after his mother. Picasso's uncle, Don Salvador, who also happened to be a doctor blew cigar smoke into his face which made him cry. To think we very nearly wouldn't have known one of the geniuses of the 20th century but for a cigar. Anyone else got a favourite cigar story? terrific stuff - would love to see a doc light up in th maternity ward these days. it would be front page outrage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samb Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 terrific stuff - would love to see a doc light up in th maternity ward these days. it would be front page outrage. Around here any doc lighting up asks for trouble, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buch0 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Not in the same category, but the sight of Churchill with a cigar walking the streets of london the morning after a night blitz by the nazis with the city in near total obliteration, still knocks me off me chair everytime.. To think of such diverse circumstances that one has smoked a cigar in over the course of its history, to me is beautiful.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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