An Academic Dissertation on the Necessity of Chimneys

There comes a time in every man's life when he must stop and consider the vast variety of smoke pouring devices he has encountered during his mortal coil. Chimneys effect all of us in subtle ways we could never understand. From a simple methane leaking bathroom vent to massive smog spewing smoke stacks we owe our gratitude to them all. For without chimneys, Santa could never bring us presents. In fact, poor African children are never visited by Santa Claus because their straw huts have no chimneys. Do NOT argue that the huts have holes in the top. Irrelevant! These holes have no flue nor place sufficient for hanging stockings! But alas, I tangent, digress and have moved away from the issue at hand. My central point is, chimneys not only help factories not kill their workers from carbon monoxide poisoning, they also look cool. (I just noticed that "look cool" is almost a palindrome and is at least phonetically). They call to mind a more genteel time, inhabited by things like the steam locomotive device. They impress us with their endless variety of architectural designs. In this blog I will show the glory of the chimney and fire place. I shall post many photos of different kinds of chimneys. Please, I invite you, dearest reader, to come with me and  experience the joy, the majesty, and splendor of our friends of brick and mortar. I will soon open a way for you, too, to share in the magic by sending this humble blog your own photos of chimneys. Together, we will make the excellence of the chimney known to all on Planet Earth! Eff yeah, Chimneys!