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Britain’s most famous
astronomer is a man of few words. Here’s a few of them on smoking.
JL: Where did you start
smoking?
PM: I started at the age
of 16, to keep awake at night when I was driving an ambulance
through the Blitz.
JL: What do you smoke
now?
PM: Three Nuns pipe
tobacco.
JL: Have you ever smoked
anything else but a pipe?
PM: I have only tried two
cigarettes in my life. And one cigar, I think.
JL: What do you say when
someone asks you to put your pipe out?
PM: I never smoke anywhere where someone would object.
JL: Who would you most
like to share a smoke with?
PM: Edmond Halley, the
English astronomer and mathematician. As he died in 1742, I think
it is most unlikely.
JL: Is smoking cool?
PM: Yes.
JL: Why?
PM: Why not.
JL: Do you smoke after
sex?
PM: I’ve never looked.
JL: Ever set fire to a
bed?
PM: No.
JL: What is your
favourite smoking moment?
PM: When I am sitting at
my typewriter working.
JL: Have you ever lit up
your pipe to celebrate a cosmic event?
PM: I don’t think so,
really.
JL: Whose doorway
would you like most to smoke in?
PM: My own.
JL: Have you ever thought
of giving up smoking?
PM: No. |
