177 Half wheel needs help...PCA who's not going? and the generosity of Uncle Skip
Episode Summary
Episode 177 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast is a hosts-only news and banter show with Mike and Mike, opening with the usual sponsor read for the Case Elegance Octodor humidor (this week the military-grade green edition) and a running gag about a new mic stand that shipped without its weighted base. The guys catch up on pool days, an insane 360-gram bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch at the gym, an overheard Bitcoin argument, and the Texas soap from the RoMa Craft Weasel Fest swag box that briefly gave one host a Southern drawl — which spirals into an extended running joke about Robert Holt of Southern Draw actually being French.
The news block leans heavily on halfwheel's coverage of RoMa Craft Tobac's first Weasel Fest, held May 29, 2021 at the company's Austin, Texas headquarters. The hosts read through two nearly identical articles on the El Catador de los Petit Gordos sampler ($100 pre-sale, $110 at the event) and complain that neither piece actually describes the cigars — including the Intemperance EC XVIII "Husband," a 60-ring-gauge Brazilian-wrapped release given a small early run through Havana House in Texas ahead of a 2022 launch. They also touch on the Intemperance BA XXI "Ward," Neanderthal, Aquitaine, and Cranium, and razz halfwheel's Charlie Minato and Brooks Whittington over who covered what.
Other news: the Henry Clay War Hawk Lonsdale store exclusive for Stogie's World Class Cigars in Houston ($7.75, Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, Connecticut broadleaf binder, Honduran filler, limited to 180 boxes of 25); Ken Mansfield leaving 11 years at Gurkha to become national sales director at Blanco Cigar Company under David Blanco; and North Carolina's proposed tobacco tax bill that would cap cigar tax at 30 cents per stick while forcing out-of-state online retailers to license and remit state tobacco tax.
The hosts then run down halfwheel's list of companies NOT exhibiting at the 2021 PCA Convention & Trade Show — including Altadis, Drew Estate, Fable, Foundation, RoMa Craft Tobac, Powstanie, Southern Draw, Ted's Cigars, Viaje, Casa Cuevas, Maya Selva and more — before closing with a Florida story on the state's annual Burmese python hunt and the weekly $25 Cigar Hustler gift card giveaway.
In This Episode
- 01Case Elegance Octodor Sponsor ReadThe hosts run through the new military-grade green Octodor humidor with its patent-pending hydro system and front-facing digital hygrometer.
- 02Mic Stand Woes and Studio UpgradesA mic stand that arrived without its weighted base kicks off a gag about upgrading gear to keep pace with Skip and Rosales.
- 03Weasel Fest Swag and Texas SoapThe RoMa Craft Weasel Fest goodie box gets inventoried, and the Texas soap sparks a long running joke about Robert Holt of Southern Draw.
- 04halfwheel's Weasel Fest Coverage CritiqueTwo nearly identical halfwheel articles on the El Catador de los Petit Gordos sampler barely mention the cigars, and the hosts call out Charlie Minato and Brooks Whittington.
- 05Intemperance EC 'Husband' and Other 60-Ring ReleasesDiscussion of the Brazilian-wrapped Husband, the BA XXI Ward, and the pre-release boxes sold through Havana House in Texas ahead of a 2022 launch.
- 06Henry Clay War Hawk Lonsdale Store ExclusiveStogie's World Class Cigars in Houston gets a Lonsdale instead of its signature lancero — 180 boxes of 25 at $7.75 each.
- 07North Carolina Cigar Tax BillA proposed 30-cent-per-cigar tax cap plus new licensing and tax obligations for out-of-state online cigar retailers shipping into the state.
- 08PCA 2021 Exhibitor Drop-Out List and Blanco HireWho's skipping the 2021 PCA trade show, plus Ken Mansfield's move from Gurkha to national sales director at Blanco Cigar Company.
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Transcript
All right, ladies and gentlemen, coming to the main stage! BDP! Put your dollars and hands together, and inside be the king. Welcome to episode 177 of a Cigar Hustlers podcast.
That was last time, I went to it one more time. You broke my mic. No, I didn't. We're trying something new.
You broke my mic. You look like one of those old-timey radio guys, man. Oh, really? So tell me, Mike, tell me, how was that experience?
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com for more information and purchasing. I feel like a bloated Bob Barker. Da-da-da-da! Alright, people have been saying that these microphone setups block your beautiful face.
Well, I mean, we didn't get to see Coop. With our guest over here, Coop and Chet, you cannot even see their face at all last week. So I ordered a new mic stand to try, and do you think it's too tall? I mean, obviously the bass is missing, it came minus the weighted bass.
The most important part of that. Oh, you wanted to hold it and have it standing up. Yeah. Oh, the most important part of the unit.
I mean, you think they picked up the box, they would have noticed it's very light. You ever see the Seinfeld episode? There's a key fee. A key fee.
How are you going to start it? Oh no, I like the one with the reservation. Obviously, you know how to take the reservation, but you cannot hold the reservation. Yes.
So you don't have to sell the bass, but you cannot include the bass in the packaging. Sold! Oh, oh, you wanted that too? Oh, you wanted the bass too?
Very nice. So, anyway, we've tried several different riggings of things. Riggings. That is the bass from the old setup, which is just as bulky and cumbersome as these.
It don't work. Nobody wanna work. It don't go in. Nobody wanna work.
Maybe at the break we tried the other way, or do you think it was too low? I feel like we're here now, Mike, and I'm just gonna hang on to this thing. What do we got for, what do we got going on for the Patreon, 'cause I'm ready to smoke cigar. We are smoking, smoking, you guys are going to hear this a lot today, me putting it down, putting it back up.
Nice, we're doing the Karloff by Tatua, you get out and do the locks on the side, it takes two people from the sides here. It's just like my luggage. Lift it up, it's right there in the top drawer there, again, please secure your side, I'm hearing a lot of that today too. I will weigh it today.
I will weigh it on my high-tech scale. We don't give the weight? I'm not going to give the weight right now, but I want to weigh it! Oh, so what do you weigh?
Oh, jeez. It shouldn't fall over. I've tried a bunch of different ways. It's weighted funny.
And you have a short cord. What'd you do this weekend? Anything exciting? Swim.
Swim in the pool. Oh, you got your pool out. I got the new pool out. Oh, nice.
Yeah, yeah. You know, spending a little... Family time? It was just family time.
It was nice. It's just family time. I'm the king of sharks and minnows, dominated Marco Polo. Is your pool deep enough for sharks and minnows?
We make it work. We make it work, Mike. We're good like that. We figure things out.
I could tell you a couple of strange things that happened to me. Sure, what happened besides sharks and minnows? For one, I did a box of cereal today that was a Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Is that the first time you've had the Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
Yeah, because it's a little bit higher in fat content. Oh, yeah, we can't have that. I'm not really a big fan of it. You're getting a little boop-boop.
Yeah, you're getting a little boop-boop, exactly. I didn't want to get a little boop-boop. I didn't want to get a little boop-boop there. So, but I've measured it out, so Costco has the big boxes, so I can get three full boxes out of the big boxes, which is amazing.
You need three full meals? Yeah, so now I can ping at 360 grams of carbs, no problem. So do you eat the entire large box, or you break it down into what size of a normal box? I have broken it down into three of your servings.
Yeah, they're one pound, one ounce servings pretty much. So it's a pound of cereal. Yes. It's been measured.
We scaled it this time. Brittany and I have taken it to the next level. So it was 360 grams. Yes.
I almost died, man. It was tough. It was tough. You know, like the first, you know, I would say the first couple hours, your heart's racing.
From all the sugar? Just the overall food. The level of consumption, I think, it's a lot. It's a lot.
It's not easy. It's not easy. But, yeah, my resting heart rate with him was like 111. Wow.
I walked up the stairs. You had a heart attack. And I was pinging at like 135. What stairs?
The gym is downstairs. Oh, at the gym. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I thought you were home.
I forgot you eat in front of the naked men. I eat in front of the naked men. And what was really kind of funny is, you know, some of the. Stir my cereal with your feet.
I had a couple. I had some men behind me speaking, which was very entertaining. And it's, you know… I can't believe he's eating that whole box of cereal. No, now you're getting ahead of yourself.
That's a totally different conversation. But just wait. Oh. Just wait.
Before all that was happening, there were these two guys. They're obviously older guys. They've known each other for a while. And they have random, vague conversations about things.
So, one guy, he did have kind of an accent. I think it was more Russian, though. He was like… Oh, you need to eat the cereal today? I don't know what that was.
And the other guy was a little geeky. So, the first guy was like… Yeah, kind of like that. " the guy says. Oh, the Bitcoin, I really like that a lot.
No, no, no, it was the opposite of that. I hate the Bitcoin, I don't know what's going on with the Bitcoin. " You buy the Dogecoin. " Right.
" He gave me back. To Bitcoins. " It's not my conversation, you know, but he's trying to shit all over it. " Oh.
And then he didn't say anything. Should we kill this, man? Why didn't you listen to us for? I mean, I don't know a lot about cryptocurrency.
I don't begin to, I don't act like I know a ton, but I mean... Right, but you know it's $36,000. I'm looking at it on the TV. This is how much the one is worth.
It says $36,000. The green. Right here, 36,000? If you see it here, if you hand it to him, instead of the 10 and two fives, he would owe you $36,000.
Oh. I don't know. Can you hold a Bitcoin? Just like...
I don't know. Probably not. Imaginary? I mean, you see that gold coin with the B, that's not real.
That's not real. No, that's not real. That's ridiculous. That's just ridiculous.
Right. It's all about the... We're trading this fake money, it's ridiculous they could actually make it money. This is the NFTs, the new fucking transactions, the new fake transactions, whatever you want to call it.
There's a cigar too, we did a story a couple weeks ago, there's some cigar company that put out a cigar that's an NFT. It's gotta be worth millions at this point. I mean, I don't, like I said, I don't begin to act like I know a lot about it, but I know that, you know, the current value of it is 36 grand. It's right here on the TV.
Yeah, this is my first day. Right, this is my first day. So that happened. And I will tell you, the other thing that was interesting for me this week, is I got a chance to use the Texas soap.
Oh! You know, I was thinking about that soap today. From the Weasel Fest box? Yes.
Yes. Yes, indeed. Okay, somebody left a box here, and I've unpacked it over there, but it is the mustard, the two dry rubs, the cup with the Mexican whatever on it, the patches. No soap.
I took the soap. You took the soap. You took the soap. Yeah.
So, you know, I used it. And as soon as I got out of the shower, I had a little twang to my voice. " Here we go. Here we go with this soap.
Here's the best soap I ever found there. Check me out. How you guys doing? Okay.
All right. Where am I going? I ain't going to barbecue. Where is it?
" You know, it was crazy. Oh, wow. He's not from Texas. Oh, he does not?
Isn't that where he lives? I don't know. No, no, no, I think it's North, South Carolina area. That feels like Texas.
It just seems like he'd be a Texan. Yeah. Big, tall. Southern drunk.
Ben Ellett looking guy. Southern drunk. Long hair. I feel like if you live in North Carolina.
I haven't seen him online forever. If you live in North Carolina, how can you represent Southern drunk? Because maybe it's South Carolina. Maybe South Carolina.
Well, if it's South Carolina, I'll let it go. Okay, maybe it's South Carolina. But if it's North, I feel like that can't fall out. I feel like South Carolina.
I don't mean to nitpick here. I feel like South Carolina. I'm getting ahead of myself. Well, you know, you live in Florida, not Russia, Mr.
Powstanie. It's Poland. Oh yeah, Poland. No, it doesn't Russia.
And I am Polish. Look at my last name. He is Southern. Well, he was, but he moved.
You don't get to take it with you. Well, you're not in Poland. You don't get to take... You're not in Poland.
You're not in Poland. You don't get to take Southern with you. You don't take Polish with you either. You can take American with you.
You can take Polish with you. You can do those things. Why can't you take Southern with you? You can't take Southern with you.
It doesn't work. It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense. Maybe he's from south of France.
It doesn't make sense. Maybe he's from South Dakota. Maybe he's from south of France. Maybe he's southern France.
It is me, southern drawl. Southern drawl. Would you like a croissant with your southern drawl? With your rose of Sharon.
Take out this rose of Sharon. We're going to hell. Well, obviously, I mean, at this point, who's even questioning that? " This is really how I speak.
This is really how I talk. The whole conversation before is not true. I've been faking it for years. I have been.
I've been from France this whole time. Yes. My wife's name is Sharon, not Sharon. We call her Sharon at home.
Mon ami, my love. Oh, now he's Pepe Le Pew. Yeah. Mwah, mwah.
Oh, my God. There was something else, too. I have a couple of quick things with the soap. Did you?
Tell me. Tell me. Other than the thank you, thank you, thank you from the Weasel Fest post, it seems to have sort of tapered off. Ah, the tapered thank you, thank you, thank you?
Yeah, I mean, nobody has said anything bad as we mentioned last week, but as now it has progressed even further, still nothing bad. Nothing bad. Nothing bad. No.
Not a single word. Not, it was too hot, not enough seating. You want to know what? My barbecue, I didn't get into fries, nothing.
No, nothing. Nothing. You know, I can tell you one thing that I thought was really bad this weekend. No Wu-Tang Clan there?
No, uh, for one your phone continuing to go off is definitely bad, I don't know, or is that Greg's phone? It sounds like something. Um, it's not mine. Well, Danielle sent me the Beers of the Week, but other than that.
Oh, okay. Beers of the Week. Beer of the Week. What was really bad.
Yes. And what I think possibly has officially put the final fucking nail in boxing's coffin was the Logan Paul Mayweather fight. Oh, I see. Congratulations, you've made a complete mockery of the sport.
It's now officially a joke. All they needed was Jake Paul to come in with a steel chair and fucking club Mayweather on the back. Oh my God! And then like the ref just pinned him or something.
That would've been fantastic. I would've been more excited about that. So it was a bad fight, huh? It was terrible.
Oh. It was absolutely terrible. Ocho Cinco was actually a little more interesting because they didn't know, neither one of those really new guys knew how to fight. Right?
You were, all the words sort of ran together. Neither one of those guys knew how to fight? Oh, yes. Ocho Cinco, is that two people?
No, it's Chad Johnson, the former football player. Ocho's eight, one of the greatest wide receivers of all time. What, a football player was boxing? Yes.
Hey, listen, he's a big cigar guy. I don't want to hear it from you. You know nothing. And he's from Florida.
Not in the Florida Cigar Club. All I'm saying is you kind of fucked up. Hey, don't live here. I had to kick him out, he didn't post.
He's in Miami, man. He didn't post. I had to kick him out. Yeah.
That's fucked up. You know, you gotta post. I don't care who you are. He's a celebrity.
I don't care who you are, Michael. Man, you really fucked that up. I mean, you guys fucked that up. It's you guys, so there's two of us fucked that up, not just me.
Man, you guys fucked that up. Man, you guys fucked that up. Which has a long-ass, ridiculous name. I know, Ocho Cinco's a long-ass, ridiculous name.
Skip, I agree with you, it's just ridiculous. Chad Johnson, baby. Chad Johnson, Ocho Cinco, 85. Yeah.
Why is he called Ocho Cinco? Because that was his jersey number, 85. It's actually 85. Do they call Bob Greasy 1-2?
He's just fun. Uno Dos? He's just a fun guy. Hey look, here comes Uno Dos.
This guy would walk up to the person that was covering him. What's Brady's number? Twelve. Oh, look, here comes another Uno Dos.
Here comes another asshole, is what I'm looking at. My microphone's not wobbling. Yeah, well, you're the one that set this up this way. You said you had to try something new.
Yeah, no, I'm just gonna order the fancy one that Skip has. Oh. I like that one. Right.
That, you know, I did watch their little, not little, but their thing. the thing they're just on, the governors, the mayors, I don't even remember what the show's called. The professors. The professors.
The professors. The professors. The professors. Yes.
We did mention when Rosales was here about Skip's really great headset. Upping his game. Right. So now Rosales upped his game with the headset, so Skip went to a standalone microphone.
It's like, your move, Rosales. That's right. Your move, Rosales. Guess what, motherfucker?
Right. Well, you've got to be quicker than that. Yeah, Rosales has this nice, all the beer behind him, everything. He's in the beer thing.
And he's all bright and lit up and then skips with his, looks like he's in a bomb shelter somewhere or something. It's like the ominous red and black lights behind him. Very similar to this. But he had a light to just lit him up like he might have one of them ring light things.
Oh, very fancy. Oh, yeah. He's not fucking around. Nope.
Nope. He's up to his game. He's like, okay, okay. You're going to call Rosales?
That's fine. There you go. You know what? I'll have all this here tomorrow.
Amazon Prime next day. Guess what? Right before Rosales stood up, he puts his headphones on there and skips, starts pulling shit out from under the table. Sean, hit my light please, hit the light up for me over there, is that you very much?
And then all of a sudden you see like a boom mic kind of drop in a little bit because Sean's over here holding it. There's a guy with one little giant reflector thing that's over there on the side. Did you see the post that Skip did about the thing? John Oliver's over there.
Sir, is this good? Did you see the post that said that he's gonna get, Rosales may get a couple good words in before Skip takes over or something like that? He made a post. Oh, did he?
Oh, no, I didn't see that. Yeah, it's pretty good. Pretty good. It's so accurate.
They were talking about things they don't normally talk about. I mean, I've never listened to it tonight. Okay, I've never heard the story how they met. Oh, really?
Yeah. Oh, you didn't know? Well, I think I had heard, but I've never actually heard one of them tell the story. It was a massage pod.
Well, apparently it was barbecue. I'm just kidding. Barbecue. They were at a slip and slide.
Oh! It was a barbecue. It was a barbecue. They were eating together.
They were having hot dogs at the barbecue. Nobody mentioned any wieners. I don't know, you're always about to win. There's that wet and wild.
Wet and wild. There's a water slathering somebody with barbecue sauce and they're slipping away. They're at a water park, like, you smoke cigars? Yep.
Do we just become best friends? Yep. Skip the entire day. There you go.
Bunk beds and we're off and running. It's been the same ever since. That was a story I heard at least, I don't know. Oh.
It's nice. Let me light this up, will you? I mean, for fuck's sake. This was given to me, and I'm going to share one with you.
Yes, because you got two. From my dear friend, Zach DeVoy. You have two, I have none. We both have one.
We're smoking them together, yes. But it clearly said four mic only. Now, you're also a Mike. Oh, I mean, who knows?
Could have been. Could have been for you, too. Maybe. But not for Greg.
No. He's not a Mike. Clearly, he's not. There might have been a Chet.
Clearly not a Greg. It says four mic only. Might have been a Chet. I don't know.
You got three of them. Doesn't say Chet either. Doesn't say Chet either. It says four Mike, and then another one for Mike.
I understand. But hey, I gave you the one. Yes. So that's nice.
That was nice. So yeah, Logan Paul was a joke. I don't know how anybody pays for these fights anymore. It's ridiculous.
I don't know why anybody does. I mean, you can allegedly bootleg these things all the time. We don't do that sort of thing. " Hey, I paid 50 bucks and I'm looking for followers.
Exactly right, yeah. Follow me and then come back later, you can watch it here. Which you would think would be completely illegal. I don't know how that, there's gotta be, there's some loophole obviously.
Because they're not, they're not shutting them all down, which is interesting. Obviously. What did you do this week, Mike? I ended up working Friday night and it was dead here, nothing happened.
Oh yeah, it was a slow one. But the week before, I mean, you can't kill it every weekend. No, no, it's too close together. What did I do to Saturday?
That's what happens. It's kind of the way, the nature of the beast. I think if you had Twister here or Monopoly or something, maybe. We went to the street festival in Sanford for a while, and then we ended up taking naps and eating dinner in bed and watching a movie and then called it a day.
What'd you watch? What did we watch? I don't even remember. I watched The Mutants yesterday, The New Mutants.
The New Mutants? Yeah, Mutants. Mutants? Mutants.
I watched that yesterday. What is that? It's called Mutants? The New Mutant, I think it's called.
The New Mutant? I like the old Mutants. The girl from, I was going to say Sword and Stone, the girl from Iron Throne show was in it, that movie she did. Iron Throne?
Game of Thrones? Game of Thrones, yeah, yeah. Oh, man. Yeah, the girl that killed the white walker guy.
The white walker? Yeah, the girl that killed him. Arya? Yeah, but that's not her real name.
Putting in that work. Ah! Right, yeah. It was good.
It was good. It was a good move. She was a lesbian mutant. lesbian mutants.
They probably just should have ended the show right there. Kill the White Walkers. Yeah, Kill the White Walkers. Because that was a great...
Right, that would have been a good ending. Over. Right. Instead of the whole, you know, fucking of the aunt and these people can't be...
Right, they can't be king. Not giving it to John Snow really kind of pissed me off. So this guy just got railed for eight years. Eight seasons.
And then he goes back to the wall. This is not right. I thought he was leaving. He wasn't even going to the wall.
No, they stuck him back there. I know they sent him there, but I thought the two sisters met him halfway, and they're like, hmm, let's just go this way instead. Is this Galavant? I don't remember.
It was a long time ago. I was filled with disappointment. I was like, I will never commit eight years of my life to any show ever again. I still feel like that way to this day.
Sunday, I just worked in the yard, and Adrienne had high school graduation Sunday, so she was gone all day. So you did nothing? I did nothing Sunday, no. And you watched a movie that you don't even know about?
I watched a movie, and it was okay. It obviously wasn't good because you don't even remember what it's called. Oh, it was the movie. The New Mutants is what it's called.
That was the movie. That's what it's called, yes, it was on HBO. I thought you were watching a TV show or something. No, no, no, it was HBO Max.
Gotcha. Right. It sounds like eh. Yeah, it sounds like eh.
I mean, listen, when you have all the time in the world and a lot of money to build something and you say, you know what, I got a good name for this movie. The New Mutants. And then everybody in the team. Well, they talked about the X-Men.
So, I don't know if this is going to be another spinoff from that genre or whatever. I highly doubt that. The New Mutants? Right, they're young.
You know, they killed Wolverine, so, and all the other ones are gone too. Yeah, but this isn't linked to... First of all, if it was actually... They talked about those people.
If it was linked to Marvel, it wouldn't be released in HBO. It'd be released in Disney. No, no, it was released at the theater. HBO had it on.
Right. It came out right before the pandemic. Let's review again. Let's review again.
Let's start back over. Okay. If it was Marvel. Yes.
And it was released. It was released in theaters. And it was released in theaters. Yes.
It would be released on Disney, not released on HBO. Well, then how can they talk about the X-Men if it's not going to happen? I don't know. They're going to get sued.
How could they not come up with a better name than the New Mutants? Well, they're new. They're kids. Yeah, but still.
I don't care. They were coming into their powers. Okay. We could have worked out a better name.
Something. Something. One guy turned into, one guy would burn, the other guy was really fast, and then I don't understand the blonde girl's power, she became like a Jedi Knight or something, and she would show up with a lightsaber, and a metal arm and a lightsaber, so I don't know how that worked, though. Was she really good at emasculating men or something?
No. You know what I think is really kind of funny? She was Russian. She was Russian.
Yeah? Oh. You know what I think is kind of funny? Yeah.
That you have this time for all these things, but you don't have time for me. She had a puppet that would talk for her until she was the mutant and then the puppet was a live dragon on her shoulders. Oh. Yeah, it sounds terrible.
That sounds terrible. Fucking puppet. I mean, you know, I had nothing else to do all day. Just drinking and doing yard work.
Did you even put on pants? Yes. Yeah, okay. You know, did Home Depot run for the microphone thing.
Went to Home Depot, we get some screws. Went to Target. You and Chet? No, no, Chet had family day, and then Boots was out in the Daytona still.
I'm gallivanting in the sun. Yeah, I contacted all my boys and everybody in business. I did get invited to Daytona from Boots, but I was like, "No, I've been drinking, doing the grass. " Yeah, he'll say no, he'll say no.
Yeah, this is, I think he's gonna say no, and that's why I'm gonna throw that out there. Right, throw that out there knowing. If you thought that, you know. Yeah, Daytona so far.
If you thought that you were going to commit... You've been drinking and working in the yard. Have you been drinking? Yes.
Okay, good. Oh, you should come now. Right now? Right now would be good.
Are you capable of driving? Because, you know... Well, probably could still drive, but I feel it's a little far, a little ambitious, I think, because I'm just going to drink more when I get there, and then nobody can come home. Adrian didn't make it home.
Oh. Yes, after great... Well, Friday night after the last day of school, they go out drinking. Yes.
But she made it home. She made it home. She made it home that night. That night?
Yeah. Okay. Probably shouldn't have, but she made it home. Oh, okay.
She made it home. That's serious business. Right. Sunday, she called, or she said, "Okay, we're all done now.
I'm gonna come home. " About 45 minutes later, I get a text message from her phone from somebody else. "Yeah, Adrienne stopped at our house. She's having another drink.
" Like, okay, I didn't expect her to be home. From some way. Well, I knew who it was, but I don't need to say their name. They don't need to say their name.
They don't need to say their name. Yeah, I don't need to say their name. And then a little while later, I get another text message. She's at somebody else's house.
She ended up going to the young lady's house whose car she was supposed to help pick up or whatever. " "No, I'm not going to come get you, then I got to take you back in the morning to get your car. " "I don't want to have to get back up. " "Right.
No, I'm not coming to get you. " Has she texted you back today at all? Oh, I've seen her. this morning to change clothes and everything, and I was like, oh, great, my wife's doing the walk of shame, and she comes in.
She thought it was funny last night, this morning. Nope. That's so funny. That's not funny.
You fucking left her. Oh, no, I didn't leave her. No, she didn't get mad. Okay.
She didn't get mad. Let me see how that formulates later, pal. She's not mad. She's going to be rushing.
Trust me. Things happened this morning. She's not mad. Oh, well, okay, good.
That's good. That's good for you. Full disclosure of everything. We're just letting you know our life 100%.
Right, I mean, why don't we get to hide at this point? She doesn't listen to either show I do. She doesn't listen to any of the shows I do, so. All right, we're going to take a break, and then we'll come back and we'll start the news.
Unless you have anything else to talk about. No, I feel good about that. All right, he feels good. That's what's important.
I mean, this is this fucking mic stand is I don't feel good about this. I would have went the other way, because that one does look ridiculous. I would have went the smaller one. Then I got a hunch over.
No, you could have pointed it up and talked over it. I tried that. I'm like, you know, I'm going to get a hunchback or something. Oh, well.
At least here. What other parts I could take off of something to make it work for you, but, well. We're just going to order a new mic. I want the, I want Skip's mic.
You want Skip's mic. It's probably all the money we have left. It's probably $1,200. Right.
Oh, we'll take it. We'll take that one. I want that one. Actually, you know, what are we going to do with these?
I don't know. We have two of those. And to get this cable, I open up the box at home that puts the old one, and we got three other good mics at home. You know what?
I don't try and sweat the details. I just know that we need to get better. That's it. And that's it.
And that's all we're doing. I'm keeping mine. I like the... It works for you.
You have stuff in front of you. I have stuff. " No, I'm the pretty face, you know? Oh, you're the pretty face.
People need to see it. And I do all the work. Yes. All the work.
All the work. All the work. All right, we're gonna take a break because it's gonna be off, and you might be red screening, so I don't know. All right, we'll be right back.
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Welcome back to episode 177 of a Cigar Hustler Podcast. Hosted by me, Bob Barker. Spin the wheel. Here we go.
Sorry. I'm by one. From the four corners of the world, all the cigar industry news you could possibly need. The Cigar Hustler Podcast Report, with Mike Tu.
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And Temperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Husband is coming out, Michael, next year. Considering how, I don't know, I just read the story, it was just in Half Wheel. Considering how many cigars are produced every year, there is a curious lack of sampler boxes for manufacturers that include multiple of their different blends, However, if you ask me to name one manufacturer who releases sampler boxes on a semi-regular basis, RoMa Craft Tobac would have to be very close to the top of his list, if they are the only one on my list. The reason is simple.
The company has released a number of different samplers in the past four years, specifically six different samplers, including the El Cantador de los Perfecto, the El Cantador de los Penteles, and the El Cantador de los Petit Coronas, the El Cantador de los Gran Robusto, The El Cantador de los Gran Perfecto, Ten Anjos. What does El Cantador mean? I don't know. This sampler?
The box? This sampler de los... The box? However, the latest sampler that we are concerned with today, the El Cantador de los Petit Gordos sampler was offered exclusively to people who purchased tickets to the Roma Craft Tobacs Weasel Fest 2021, which took place May 29 at the Roma Craft Tobacs headquarters in Austin, Texas.
There were two different prices for the boxes that were sold at different times. So, at different times, the boxes cost $100 before Weasel Fest and $110 during the actual event. So, what is the Husband Cigar? It's not even mentioned in the article, anyway.
What are you doing? Who are you talking to? Cattador is Taster, is what it says. Oh, El Taster.
The Taster. It's like the Sampler. The Sampler of... The Sampler.
Yeah. I gotcha. So, El Cattador means Sampler. It makes perfectly good sense.
Skip, excellent job as always, Uncle Skip. Well, I mean, good job Half Wheel on talking about the Sampler and then not talking about the Husband. Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
The husband's the new Brazilian out of Baraka. This is a 60 ring gauge that won't be out till next year. However, they did do a small release to Habana House gym. Yes.
In Texas, right by the shop. Right by the shop. And I think they gave him like 40 boxes each for Weasel Fest. And they probably still have some.
And you can pick them up. Not only did they do the husband, but they did all of the- The wife and the children too? The wife was there. Yep.
Oh, so actually that's the thing. It's actually, there's actually, it's a blended family. So it's the stepson. Oh, nice!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the Stepmother. Oh. There's a whole set. It's amazing.
Oh, well, how about that? No, but seriously, they had like the Neanderthal C3, they have the EC something. It's not, uh, no, that's not them then. No, no.
But they had all the 60 ring gauges there, like a kind of a pre-release. Ah. You know. Gotcha.
Yeah. All right. Well, we have another story. But there was no coverage from Charlie.
Like, I don't understand how Charlie didn't cover Weasel Fest. There was something that, what's the other guy's name? Brooks? Brooks.
I was going to say Brooks. Brooks did something, but then he says, I will defer. I think in the article it says, I will defer to Charlie, who was actually in attendance to the thing. And that was it.
And then, yeah. And Charlie was like, man, fuck that. Well, here's another story that I feel may not even. Charlie.
Might not even have this cigar in that one either. Come on. The Intemperance BA-21 War. That's the 60.
On the list of. So I fucked that up. So the EC is the husband. The BA is the war.
A. Ward, yes, the EC, yeah, I'm sorry, so the EC's the husband. Wow. Man, I really fucked that up.
I mean, you guys fucked that up. Yeah. On the list of oxymoronic cigar names, a list that is probably longer than it's short, Roma Craft Tobac's latest sample of reserves have mentioned the El Canador de las Petit Gordos. The taster.
While in cigar terminology, Petit Gordo may not seem that at odds with itself in Spanish, the name translates to the sampler of the small fat ones. I don't think it's supposed to be taken literally. It's the small fat ones. The small fat ones.
Which cigar do you want? I would like the small fat ones, please. Do you have the small fat ones for me, please? Well, cigars are being sold off for the first time in '21.
It will not be easy to find them, particularly now. On May 29th, 2021, Roma Craft Tobac held its first Weasel Fest. It seems like they're repeating themselves. May 29th?
Yeah, okay. May 29th. That was that. That was when I was done.
Right, but there's two articles here that were back-to-back on their website, and they're both talking about the same event. Are they both by Brooks? That's like Charlie came in and said, Brooks, you need to write some fucking articles about this. Maybe I don't know.
Yeah, I went, but you should write the articles. Yes. An event hosted outside in Austin, Texas headquarters, it was designed to coincide with the company's 10th anniversary. Yeah.
But this is the 11th, though. You think you would have mentioned it's the 11th year? I mean, that's how things work in Roma. Oh, if we continue reading.
Originally scheduled for September. See, I don't read these beforehand. I feel like it ruins the surprise for even us. Yeah, but we had like the SBC 16, came out in 17.
Right, yeah, and then the '20s actually gonna come out in '22. '21. How's it coming out, '24? God willing, '21.
Fortunately, Roam Craft Tobacco was able to keep the event intact, including the impressive musical lineup that included Third Root, Super Phonicos, and Scarface, the formaldehyde funk band. Formaldehyde. That's what I said. That's what I said.
Formaldehyde. Formaldehyde. So this ain't anything about the cigar, either. And I text Mike's BBQ catered to the event, brought better food that you'll find in both cigarettes.
Local alcohol companies, including Garrison Brothers Stiller, provided drinks, and of course, there were cigars. Oh, maybe we're getting into it now. The samplers were offered to ticket holders both before a hundred and a hundred. The same thing they didn't mention in the other hour.
Yeah. You guys getting paid by the word here or something now? You're just rewriting the articles over and over again. During the board, the night before the event, the company hosted a firearm event where Staccato, a Texas-based handgun company, As well as a separate event at a Havana house north where boxes of the individual four and a half by 60 cigars, the short fat ones, were offered outside of the event.
The short fat ones. Standard tickets 275. That's not about the cigar either. What is this?
As for cigars, the same blend of cigar I smoked many times before, the Brazilian tobacco rep version of an intemperance. Yes. It uses a Brazilian... EC husband, Neanderthals, the C3.
What am I missing? There's the Aquitaine and the Cranium. I don't know which one. I don't know, I'm moving on.
You're moving on, don't move on, stay. The alcoholic effort led to the probation, oh, that's those over there, staged from 1923, but other countries as well. Yeah, what about the Collective Sovereign, you didn't talk about that shit? Apparently he didn't want to write about that.
What's up, Charlie? Yeah, what happened, Charlie? Yeah, man. You could easily tell he said there was a Weaselfest thing on May 29th again, and he had really good barbecue and drinks, and then mentioned one line about the cigar.
I need to block his IP address, he buys all the good shit from my site, it's not fair, he gets like a credit. I don't know. It's weird. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. They always go, do I charge him for the dollar? No.
I don't charge him for the fucking dollar. I'm charging for the dollar. And then what? What processing is like 6%?
06. Charge him for the full thing. There was one picture of Charlie, and I didn't know it was Charlie. Oh, yeah?
I thought it was a 13-year-old Asian girl. That's messed up. I know. I didn't give him a name.
You can't say that. That's not true. I whispered in a drink run. Man, that's not nice.
Which is a long-ass, ridiculous name. I didn't make it up. Yeah, great, now we're gonna get upset. He doesn't listen to the show.
I'm sure someone will report back. Charlie, I just wanna know, I didn't say that shit. That's the name he calls you around. I say a lot of things, but I did not say that.
That's fucked up. And I'm not that guy. Henry Clay Warhawk Lonsdale lands at Stogie's World Class Cigars. Now, I only pulled this story, Michael, because it too, as with most cigars come out now, is a store exclusive that we don't get.
I'm not saying I'm with this as a store exclusive. What do you want from that? I would like a store exclusive. From who?
I don't care. You get a store exclusive at Postano. It's not exclusive, other people sell it. It's exclusive to me.
Other people sell it, Mike. It's special. While Stogie's World Class Cigars is known for the Lancero releases, its latest store exclusive is a Lonsdale. The Henry Clay Warthog Lonsdale measures 6 by 3/4 by 42.
Like the rest of the line, it uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a Connecticut Broadly binder and Honduran fillers. Hmm, which is what the Neanderthal should have been. How did they get away with doing the Lonsdale? Well, we're going to change it to Lonsdale.
What the fuck? It's a store exclusive, I guess. Yeah, but they're known notorious for Lanceros, and then somebody just big-dicked them and said, hey, we're going to do Lonsdale instead. And gave it to them.
And they said, okay. 75, and is limited to just 180 boxes of 25 cigars. Though the Houston-based store currently only has 80 boxes, while the other 100 boxes are expected to arrive next quarter. Oh, they didn't even give them all of them.
Maybe they're worried about selling them all at the same time. Maybe they couldn't. Maybe. Let's read on.
Altenus USA introduced the Warhawk in 2019, the first in the company's Immortal Trio series, which refers to the three 19th century American politicians, one of which was Henry Clay. Well, that worked out well, considering they call it the Henry Clay singer. Yeah, that does work out very well. The second really, think if they would have named it like the Bob Barker, and then, you know, they sent him to Henry Clay.
That would have been confusing for everybody. If we get an exclusive, I just want to know, I'll fuck it up somehow and be like, oh, what's that called? Yeah, no, it's Bob Barker. We're gonna get a Bob Barker?
Is it Bob Barker or Drew Carey? Because he's the new guy. It's gonna have a big cash sign on the front. A big dollar sign?
The dollar sign, Michael, not a cash sign. Whatever. And it'll be glammed. I'll fucking glam it.
We'll put like little... Oh, like the green one from the spinner thing. Yes, yeah. From the spinner thing.
The spinner thing. The Wheel of Forge? Yes. That's a different show, Wheel of Forge is a different show.
Yeah, it's a totally different show. Totally different show. You're going to open up the box and Plinko's going to be on top of it. Oh, Plinko, nice!
Yeah, so you get a little fucking... I like the yodeling, hee-hoo, the guy that goes up the mountain. And then he falls off? Yeah, if you gave too much money.
It should be one of those where you die if you get rough. The Henry Clay Bob Barker. Cross between The Price is Right and The Demolition... What was the...
It had to be on some kind of Japanese show or some shit. What's the Schwarzenegger movie? Running Man? Running Man meets...
So here's the deal. You're gonna get the proper price of this dishwasher or we're pushing you off the cliff. You're gonna fucking die. So, how much is it?
You really start seeing... Oh, you went over your showcase showdown. I'm very sorry. A dollar, mine's a dollar.
I don't care, it's a dollar. It's a dollar. It's a dollar fifty. Oh, you went over my fifty cents.
I know, we got this for free. All right. All right, North Carolina, where maybe possibly French Southern Drums. A tax proposal would charge tobacco tax for online sales.
It is tax cap for cigars. See, I pulled this because I feel this might affect us. Does this mean now if we sell cigars to North Carolina, that we're going to get taxed? I don't know.
I don't live in the great state of North Carolina. Yes, but we ship stuff there. Come get me, bro. I'm not in your state.
That's what I meant. How is that? Are you going to come get me? Yeah.
No. Stop all hustler packages at the border, please. Shut them down. Shut them down right now.
A major tax bill working his way. What are you going to do? Fuck with my pots and pans? That's right.
We've established there's only two. Yeah. And you're not one of them, North Carolina. It was Skip.
Who was the other one? I don't know. I don't remember. I think it was Skip.
No, no. There was two. We established it was another one. I don't remember what it was.
Well, hopefully they don't know either. Hopefully they don't live in North Carolina. It includes massive changes to the way cigars are taxed in the state. 8% of the cost price, a term used for the wholesale price, but will introduce a cap of no more than 30 cents in taxes paid per cigar.
This would mean lower prices for cigars that have an MSRP of greater than four-- what? Carry the one. 70. 70...
It's considered a premium, so there's not as big of a tax. For example, hmm, maybe we should just read further. You know, this is so ridiculous. It's like, hey, you know, we're fucking you, but it's not that bad.
Right, we're not that bad. Like, I don't get that. So pay attention here, we're gonna hit the big board out, we're gonna explain to you how it's just a little fucking... So we've created this PowerPoint presentation so you understand how we're fucking you, but just not as extreme.
72 before sales tax under North Carolina's current laws. Right. 10 before tax per half wheel estimates. If you think retailers are going to reduce the price, then you're fucking out of your mind.
All right. 72. 1072. Okay, so you add the tax to 1072 before sales tax.
Oh, that's not included in the sales tax. What did the government need the money for? That's what I want to know. Um, tell me.
Tell me it's something really fucking crazy. Oh, if you're violated, there's a $1,000 fine for the first violation of $5,000 fines for subsequent violations. Just keep a tab for us. If we ever show up there, you can get a bill.
Are you Mike? Oh, wait! Out-of-state retailers would have to pay for a $10 annual license. We'd like to announce we are no longer selling cigars to North Carolina.
7 million in tax revenue. Where'd they come up with that number? I don't know, it's going to be severely... It's at least $3 to $4 million.
Because we're not selling anything there anymore. Yeah, it's not happening. Shut it down. Shut it down, that's right.
You know, what's... Spill the wall, the Mexican wall, put it around South Carolina. I want to know, where did the tax money go? What's it for?
Raises for the Senate. We really need another house. I need a raise. We tax them cigar people.
They're good whipping posts. No, they're French in North Carolina. Remember? Hold on.
Hold on. You know what the problem is, Michael? The biggest problem in our industry, I think, is just this intrinsic apathy. I totally agree.
I do too. That's exactly the problem in North Carolina. It's the intrinsic apathy. Yeah.
Yeah. So we are going to raise the taxes here in North Carolina. Because they're all French. There we have found out.
We're going to raise the taxes. So that my wife Sharon can buy some more hats. I don't know if she wears hats. She's a very lovely lady.
I'm not making fun of her. We love her. She's very nice. She's always been very nice to me.
She's very nice to me. She's a very lovely lady. Just like Charlie. Just like Charlie.
He's so fucked up. You just called Charlie lovely lady? You did, and I'm just backing it. I'm just backing it.
That's exactly what you said. You're just agreeing with me. I'm just reiterating what you said. I didn't say it, it's not my opinion.
I love Charlie. Charlie's my friend. I have burn issues. I remember you burning his business card.
I know, it's great. It was great theatrics. I still like the guy. Oh, you want to know who lit it?
I like him too. Charlie lit it for me. He lit the card. No, he did not.
Yes, he did. Your brother did. No. You think my brother gets involved in that sort of thing?
Try to sit here. I was back in the old days when he was 20. I like your cigar with this. I said, wearing the outfit.
No, it was Charlie. See, David Blanco appoints Ken Mansfield as national sales director. I hope that, uh, that bill falls. Oh, I thought you were going to say something bad about Blanco.
No. I'm talking about the French people in North Carolina. North Carolina. Oh.
Ken Mansfield has been named the new national sales director for Blanco Cigar Company. His first day on the job is today! Today. Today.
Congratulations. Bam, you gotta go to work. Gotta go to work, Ken. You gotta go to work.
Guys, you don't want anybody to say... You know, why buy stuff from a dick? So you have to... Bam, you gotta go to work.
Right. But make sure that the problem isn't... The biggest problem in our industry, I think, is just... It's intrinsic.
You don't have any of those problems. Don't have any of those problems. You're gonna lose your soundboard. Or it's gonna be.
I'm gonna take it away. Fuck that up. So there you go. As part of his new role- He obviously took his vitamin today, 'cause he missed, he didn't miss a single button.
It's the shawanda thing where I'm taking it. A shawanda? What is that stuff? Ashwanda?
You started taking it? You started to take that? I've been taking it for a week now. Did you?
Yes. No wonder why your wife got banged before she fucking went. As part of his new role, he'll be tasked with managing the company's sales. Oh, so I see that you're here, and you look dirty.
So, bam, you got to go to work. That's exactly what I said. That's what you said when you were done. You threw a towel at her and you said, bam, you got to go to work.
You got to go to work, get out of here. Mike, you're a nice shade of red right now. I'm laughing, it's funny. It's amazing.
I'm having a heart attack. As well as handling the sales of bloggers and cigars. I'm concerned about my marriage. Oh, I'm not concerned at all.
I know, it's a joke, Mike. It's a joke, just go with it. We are excited to add such a dynamic personality and manager to our team and feel Ken will provide immense value to the company. , said David Blanco, founder of Blanco Cigars.
Oh, in a press release. We would like to welcome him and his family to the Blanco Cigars as we look forward. What, they put his whole family to work? Mm-hmm.
Wow. The whole family. Forward to long and prosperous future together. Live long and prosper, 'cause he's Captain Kirk, so maybe this guy, maybe call him Spock.
Oh, that's right, that's right. Maybe they call him Spock around the office. Mannsfield is working cigar industry for more than 30 years, spending the last 11 years at the Southeastern Regional Sales Manager for Gurkha Cigar Company. Oh.
Oh, Harry, very nice steak knives I gave him when he left. Very nice, yeah. Take these with you. Take these with you.
And the coffee cup, and the serving platter, and the backpack, and the hat. Wait, wait, wait. Did you get the mug? Take the mug.
Take the mug. The both. There's two mugs. Take them both.
They're very big. You liked it. A lot of coffee. And this is why we'll never have cigar sponsors on the show.
Because we're going to hell. Bam! You gotta go to work. Bam!
You gotta go to work. PCA 2021, a list of companies not exhibiting. Oh, I'm on that list. Several times.
Yeah. Oh, you mentioned me twice. The following is a list of companies that have confirmed to Havefield they were not exhibiting. Yes.
Not that they're not going because we have decided the show is going. Well, we're still retailers. That's right. And we're still going.
Exhibiting at the 2021 PCA Convention and Trade Show. All these companies are either companies that exhibited in the most recent trade show Or were companies that were on the list of the 2021 PCA exhibitors, but have since opted not to exhibit at the trade show? Okay, now there are 28, but number one is blank. I don't know why that one is blank.
All right, here's the people that are going, Michael. I really kind of wrote it in half-wheel as of late. What's going on? Are they all on vacation or something?
Apparently. I don't know. Well, you know, Charlie was at Weasel Fest for several days and Brooks was like, "Fuck him. I ain't doing that.
" Exactly. Man, fuck that guy. All right, here's people that are going. One, blank.
No, there's nobody. One, blank is not going. Blank is not going. Maybe that is so he can just write in any name he wants.
Blank will not be there. Altidus is not going. Altidus? Altidus.
Monte Cristo. Yes. Barrel Age by Karl Malone. So you will not get to see Karl Malone working out this year.
Yeah, but he was more pro-TPE. I mean, I got that impression from him anyways. Blue Mountain Cigars. Okay.
Not familiar. I know who they are. Bugatti Group. I know who they are.
Lighters? Casa Cuevas Tablica de las La Veras SLR, Chinook Cellar Cigars. Chinook. That's the wine people.
They make wine, too. Never heard of them. DAV Cigars. Yeah.
Oh, no, that's not a note. Can you just highlight a couple? I mean, how long is this list? There's not that many.
Okay. Drew Estate. Obviously, they said that they were done. Yes.
Fable. Oh, Fable won't be there. No, Fable will not be there. Oh, son of a bitch.
FQ won't be there. I'm surprised they're on the list. Yeah, wow. Guai Moreau.
That's right. We're on there four fucking times. Guai Moreau's not going. Guai Moreau won't be making it.
Isla Murata Cigar Company. Let's see. Maya Selva, Meyer & Dutch, McAuliffe Cigars. Powstanie's not going.
Number 21. Powstanie, FQ, Fable, and Guai Moreau. And Romacrafted Back. And Romacrafted Back.
Oh, and Southern Draw. Well, he's held up there with the taxes. Yeah, good thing he's not going, I won't run into him, he'll kill us all. I am not going to the PCA show.
That's the new voice for Robert Holt. I will not be there for Robert Holt. Ted Cigars, Ted's not going, and Viaje. Hey, I listened to your last show, why am I French?
I don't know, Rob. People are asking me all the time about the hat, the picture of the hat, what's BDP, and I go, obviously you don't listen to the show. Yeah, well, if you don't listen, I can't tell you. I can't tell you if you don't listen.
You have to go back to the shows and start listening. Alright, we have a Florida story. Yes? Tell me the Florida story.
And then... Oh! And the listeners, we have to do the listeners. We didn't do the contest last week.
Last week. People are very upset, so... Outrage! Outrage.
So we're a week behind, so we're not doing two, we're just gonna do the one, and then we'll catch up next week, 'cause I didn't write the other one down. But there was only like two people that commented this week because we didn't give one. Oh, thanks guys. So they feel that it's over.
So you have to have something for free in order to do it. That's hurtful. Hurtful. You know, where's your loyalty?
Where's your love? I need the constant love and affection. We need that attention. I don't have to give you something for that love.
That love should just come free of charge. You done? I think I'm done. Alright.
I'm not done. Florida News! Professional python hunters and amateurs alike have a chance to win prizes in Florida's annual hunt for the biggest snake. The Burmese pythons that are ravaging the state's native species.
Our favorite, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the state's annual contest on Thursday. Wow. It will run from July 9th to 18th and include prizes for both pros and novices. In both categories, there will be a $2,500 prize for catching the most pythons and a $1,500 prize for catching the biggest motherfucker.
He said that. He said motherfucker, yeah. The pythons, which can grow from 20 feet and 200 pounds, can grow to 20 feet long and up to 200 pounds. 20 feet.
Descended from Pets Released starting five decades ago. You know, I mean, why would you, you guys, I can't believe you guys just let it go. I mean, let it go, let it go. Oh, it's too big, I let it go out there.
Like, wait, why? Oh, they French in Florida now too. Why'd you do that? Why'd you let that go?
It's too big. That's gonna eat things. It's too big, I gotta let it go. It's gonna be a problem for us.
No, the alligator, he get it. Nope, it's eating the alligator. It's like the iguanas in South Florida. Have you seen the iguanas?
They're fucking everywhere. Yeah, they're everywhere. I like when it's cold and they fall out of the sky. Are you not able to hurt them?
No, you're allowed to kill them. No, I don't think so. Oh yeah, we've been green lit. There's a guy that just arrested for killing an iguana in his home, but he used the, what's it, stand and deliver, or what's the, stand your ground?
Stand your ground. Stand your ground defense against the iguana. In Florida? Yeah, they went, that don't cover iguanas, sir, I'm very sorry.
I don't think that that law covers iguanas, but you can still kill iguanas. Like, you don't, you're allowed to kill them. They're a problem. The big serpents are overrunning the Everglades and have been devouring native mammals and bird populations.
It's too bad we can't convince the Burmese pythons to eat the iguanas. Just the iguanas. Just the iguanas. Tell you what, here, we're gonna make a deal with you, okay?
Yeah, I'll tell you what, you guys can stay here. You guys can stay. We know you like it here. It's very warm and the water's nice, I understand.
Can you just eat the iguanas? We don't like them too much. Just eat those. If you can keep the birds alive, that'd be great.
Yeah, stop eating the birds, 'cause we got that hawk guy downtown. He'd be very upset. He's gonna come in here and fuck you up with that hawk, 'cause you know. So just eat the iguanas, okay?
That would be nice. And we will leave you the fuck alone that way, okay? I had no idea the mamba would handle negotiations with the Burmese python. Why not?
Italian mamba. Hey, yo-wee. Hey, yo-wee. Each adult female lays between 60 and 100 eggs per year.
Oh, that's a lot. Once the snakes reach adulthood in about five years, they have no Florida predators besides armed humans and the occasional sawgrass deathmatch with an adult alligator. Oh, can we videotape that? That sounds like, oh.
Sometimes the alligator don't win that one. All right, the new Hustler event next month is the, what's it called, the sawgrass deathmatch. We're going to catch an alligator at, oh, we're pretty sure we have one of these out back. And an alligator.
There is a Burmese Python unpack. And an alligator. Somebody let him go. Now he's a problem.
So, we need to draw them both in. Put them in a pen. Yeah. In front of the new Aloha room downstairs.
We need to buy one of those fancy Staccato handguns and just execute him. No, no, no. We're gonna have a fight. See who wins.
I'm not handling that Burmese Python. Who's gonna handle him? Look at Boots. I think he's fairly a large snake.
Boots a big man. We call him Biggins. Biggins. Biggins.
Hmm. Like Higgins? Yes, but Biggins. He does everything.
He's like a manservant? He does everything right here. He's Biggins now. Biggins.
Get over here, Biggins. Get over here, Biggins. So, alright. Now, we have, from two weeks ago, 15 people, Michael, one five people have entered the contest to win a $25 gift card from Cigar Hustler.
Everybody has collected, I believe, on their previous winnings. I believe so. He said, you motherfuckers ain't calling me, so I ain't giving you shit unless you get it. Yeah, I believe they're all caught up.
Okay, so, 15, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Now, there are some people that have won previously, they cannot win again, but still it is 15. They're in there. If you pick one of them, then they will not win, and we will pick another number.
Okay. So, pick a number. 15. Okay, considering I have no idea who this is, he might have won another one.
Fishingkid12 is the winner. I hope he's not 12, because if he's 12, he can't win. No, I think he's the 12th Fishing Kid. He's the 12th Fishing Kid?
But congratulations, Fishingkid12. If you'll contact Michael, he will tell you how to get your online $25 gift card. And as long as you're not 12. As long as you're over the age of 21 in the state of Florida.
Must be 21 or older. Now how does that work? Not in the state of Florida. Let's say if they're 18, if their state they live in is 18, they can buy...
No, it's 21. It's 21 everywhere now. Oh. Yeah.
What if their state is 18? What? What if the state they live in is 18? He didn't win.
Okay. It's 21. All right. So, I hope I have dyslexia, and it's actually Fishing Kid 21.
Oh, that'd be nice. That'd be nice. So, you are the winner, sir. I don't know why I'm making a note, because he has to contact you.
He does. com. All right. So, this wraps up episode 117.
Yeah, and we're going to do it again this week. So, you know, maybe you guys just go ahead and comment. " And I don't want to enter. I will pull the names from last week's video.
So make your comment and say, I'm here just to support Cigar Hustler and the podcast. I don't care if I win. Oh, they have to say, I don't care if they win? Say, I don't care if I win.
That's what he would like. No support last week. Ridiculous. No, no, there were a couple.
There's two. But it was mostly people complaining we didn't pick a winner the following week. Hey, where's our winning? Hey, nobody won last week, you mothers.
Hey, fuckheads, what are you doing? Hey, assholes. Assholes, nobody won. Can you do it in French?
french we what happened you motherfuckers there was no winner there was no winner it is it is bullshit oh that's his android right there we have a buddy who says it is bullshit you know the reality is though that listen last week we came in like a flurry we had we did a podcast and then we did another podcast we did a coop we did a eric from black star line we did a patreon we i mean There was a shit ton going on, and we lost the day, so we were just constantly playing. Then we had Month Club. I mean, fucking chaos. Chaos.
And since we released a day late, ratings were down to everybody. They were very upset. Well, a lot of people are on vacation right now, Mike. It happens.
All right, we're gonna go. I'm gonna tell you, if they fucking miss this one, it's a doozy. Woo, it's a doozy! I mean, we insulted a lot of people.
A lot of people insulted this week, so we're just warming up for the PCA, 'cause nobody's gonna talk to us once we get there. No one's gonna like us. Oh yeah, I heard episode 177. Man, oh.
I ain't talking to you at all. Fucking, yeah, great. Charlie's gonna execute you. Let's hear the French accent now, asshole.
Yeah, douche. Douche. That was all him. That's why I work out.
That way, when they see me, they don't say anything. Oh. Oh, hi. I just stand behind.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Oh, you're a lot bigger in person. I thought you were.
I get that a lot. You should leave a trail of cereal so we can find our way out. Lucky Charms. Lucky Charms.
No, no, evidently the fat one that you ate today. Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Bigger boxes. All right, we got to go.
This might be a red screen. So thank you very much. Episode 177. We got to go.
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I'm Hoostoe-Raw. Yeah, we just don't have to do a single, uh, single podcast ever again. Perfect. I'm good, Mike and Mike.
How are you guys doing? The Hojo, the... Hojo! It's the Hojo!
He didn't even let him fuck it up all the way. I gotta get past Hojo! I don't even have to try to enter record. He's not even going to try.
We're going to cover a lot of ground here, Mike. All right. Try to keep up. That's a sign of a good podcast.
It would be like four cigars when I walked in a door. All right, end this.
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