Aye, the pipe used to be as obligatory as the tankard, the beard, the sweater, the sandals and the pink polystyrene dummy hand clipped onto the side of the head. I suppose the new anti-smoking laws will put a stop to that particular 'avenue of pleasure' (to quote Basil Fawlty).

AFAIR, most of these people didn't actually smoke the pipe, they just used to have it as a prop like the other items above. But I wonder if that will count with the Smoke Police - maybe having the equipment will count just as badly as if you are smoking with it?