205 Christmas Show
Episode Summary
Episode 205 is the Cigar Hustler Podcast's Christmas show, with hosts Mike Toon and Michael Palmer (a.k.a. Michael Szczepankiewicz) recording from the decorated shop set on a holiday-shortened Tuesday. The first half is classic Mike-and-Mike banter: a funeral in the Cigar Hustler family, taking the kids to see the Grinch at Universal, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, a Buccaneers game where Chris Godwin tore his ACL and Tom Brady blew up at a coach, Marvel binge-watching on Disney+, and a long update on Michael's new puppy Bubbles (crate training, hand-feeding, off-leash plans). They also crack open a pack of Cigarbon/League of Cigar Aficionados-style cigar trading cards on-air, flipping through cards for releases like Thai Tea, Trail Mix, Vince, The Ron, BBQ Pig, Murder Hornet, Lady Killer, Chico and the "blue" chocolate oatmeal cookie blend, and riff on doing their own shop trading-card set.
The news segment leads with RoMa Craft Tobac's El Catador de las Gran Coronas for 2022 — a 16-cigar sampler (two each of eight blends) in a 5 3/4 x 46 "Grand Skip Corona," including Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Lee 3, Intemperance EC XVIII Reverence, Intemperance BA XXI Contempt, CroMagnon Anthropology, Aquitaine Anthropology, Baka Jenge, Neanderthal HS and Wanderlust Fiorella. MSRP is $165, limited to 2,500 boxes, shipping in Q2 2022. The hosts then run through the wave of 2022 price increases announced by Crowned Heads, Perdomo, Fratello, La Aurora 1865 and Casa Cuevas, and speculate (against the news desk's objections) that RoMa Craft is next.
The back half covers a viral India story about monkeys killing village dogs, a rundown of ten Christmas traditions around the world (German advent calendars, Mexican posadas and piñatas, Dutch Sinterklaas, French Réveillon de Noël, Colombian Little Candles Day, Iceland's Jólabókaflóð, the Swedish Yule Goat, the Italian-American Feast of the Seven Fishes, Epiphany — plus their own Polish Wigilia and opłatek), and a Florida-man story about a passenger removed from a United flight for wearing a red thong as a mask, which sparks a heated back-and-forth about mask mandates, vaccines and flying. They close with Christmas and New Year's wishes, a tease for the New Year's Eve wrap-up show, and a listener question about the shop's water bill from washing towels.
In This Episode
- 01Holiday Housekeeping and Shop LifeThe hosts open the Christmas-decorated set, note a funeral in the Cigar Hustler family, and pitch sponsorships and listener subscriptions.
- 02Grinch, Marvel and Buccaneers TalkUniversal's Grinch experience, Disney+ binging, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and a Bucs game where Chris Godwin got hurt and Tom Brady cursed out a coach.
- 03Bubbles the Puppy UpdateCrate training, accidents, hand-feeding for bonding, and plans for off-leash and bite work with Michael's new dog.
- 04Cigar Trading Cards UnboxingThey open a pack of cigar trading cards featuring limited releases like Thai Tea, Trail Mix, Murder Hornet and Lady Killer, and float making their own shop set.
- 05RoMa Craft El Catador de las Gran Coronas 2022Full breakdown of the 16-cigar sampler, its eight blends, 5 3/4 x 46 size, $165 MSRP, 2,500-box limit and Q2 2022 ship date.
- 062022 Cigar Price IncreasesCrowned Heads, Perdomo, Fratello, La Aurora 1865 and Casa Cuevas all announce higher prices for the new year.
- 07Ten Christmas Traditions Around the WorldFrom advent calendars and posadas to Jólabókaflóð, the Yule Goat and the Feast of the Seven Fishes, plus the hosts' Polish Wigilia.
- 08Thong-as-Mask Florida Man and Mask Mandate DebateA United Airlines passenger's protest sparks a heated host argument about mask rules, vaccines and air travel.
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Transcript
A man cannot survive without a trope. Can't wait on you all day, Michael. Welcome to episode 205, Cigar Hustler Podcast, The Christmas Show, Michael! Wow, we have an angry Palmer today.
We don't have an angry Palmer, we have an angry Michael as always. Angry Michael Palmer. Angry Michael Stepankiewicz, S-Z-C-Z-E-P-I-E-I-A-N, I-A-N-W-P-T-C-Z-W-X. No.
I was very close. You blew it. Very close. And when you went off, you went off, you went off.
That's crazy. Mike, Mike, Mike, you too can become part of our podcast family and invest in our show. Put your products in front of thousands of listeners, Michael, literally thousands of listeners and viewers every episode. We are heard on 13 different podcast providers weekly, all around, you gotta do this, all around the world.
com. And please remember to rate, comment, and subscribe, and you hit the little bell, and then you get a notification when we put up a new episode. what do we got for the patreon sir patreon today we are doing what are we doing we are doing the placentia reserva original has the very same taste it captivated the europeans more than five centuries ago when they arrived in the new world as far as i'm going because it's not the patreon so it is uh technically tuesday afternoon i'm surprised i have not getting text messages and It's a holiday week, though. Usually it happens by now.
I had a thing last night with my wife and some of her friends where we went and saw the Japanese lantern thing. I saw that. Lovely. It was kind of cool until it started raining.
And then it was wet. And then it was just wet and miserable. " I'm like, "We're over halfway. Just gotta keep moving.
Keep moving. Just pick up the pace, people. Let's go. " I can't snap still.
Pick up the pace. You gotta move. Gotta move. And then I'm Unfortunately, today, we had a death in the Cigar Hustler family, and we had to go to a funeral today, so it is Tuesday afternoon.
Not someone that worked here, but, you know, family related. Yes, well, it was part of the Cigar Hustler family, one of the employees' relatives. Yeah, so you don't want to... No, I'm not going to call them out or anything.
Yeah, but you want to be perfectly clear that it isn't something here that's out, right? Well, we'll miss Greg. So, we're very sorry. Greg, a moment of silence for Greg.
I'll use my pee-pee lighter. Hold a silence for Greg. Greg, we will miss you. No, Greg is fine.
He's out there just ordered himself a sandwich and he's gonna eat too. So everybody is well fed here but me. Well, you know what, I don't understand. Snagged a Cheeto and a bag and a cookie.
How do you not bring your own food? 'Cause I was planning, well, yesterday we were going to the thing after the thing. That's what you said. No.
Yeah. Oh, I said I wasn't going to that. No, you didn't say that yesterday. Yes, I did.
No, no. Ah, yes, I did. No, no, that wasn't what you said. No, no.
So what are you doing? What have you been doing? You could have gone. I didn't drive, and I'm not going by myself.
Wow. Plus, you insisted I get in your car and not go with the other half of the crew that was going to go eat because we have a podcast to do! I didn't say to get in my car. Yes, you did.
I saw the look. I know the look, Michael. It's been seven years. I know the look.
Yes, yes, yes. I'll burn you with my smokes. I'll burn you with my smokes. I'll burn you with my smokes.
I'll burn you with my smokes. I'll burn you with my smokes. I'll burn you with my smokes. I'll burn you with my smokes.
Yes. Michael Anthony. Steponkiewicz. Mm-hmm.
How dare you? Burn you with my smokes. Well, last week we took the boys to see the Grinch. Uh, the movie?
No, no. Oh. He's a universal. Oh, gotcha.
So they don't do Santa Claus universal, they do the Grinch? Yeah, they do the Grinch. Well, Santa Claus is on the other one. Oh, islands and the thing.
But you gotta go take him and see the Grinch, because the Grinch's always got... Well, yeah, you gotta see the Grinch. Yeah, he's got plenty of shit. So it wasn't like the Grinch that you saw on this show last week.
No. It has a moving mouth and everything. Yeah. Much better makeup.
Yeah. Than your aberration. Yes, than my aberration. Yes, and you're seeing things.
Yeah. Great. It's decorated. The set is decorated for Christmas.
I think you can see some of the lights. Yes, and my wife donated the lovely tree. Oh. And it's snowy.
It's a snowman. Oh, it's a snowy snowman tree. Snowman tree. Yes.
It's lovely. She had no place to put it. Somebody give it to her, I think. I don't know.
Mm-hmm. Oh, headache. Bit of headache. Low blood sugar.
Oh, the food that you haven't eaten. Yes. So, that went very well. Do you tell the Grinch what you don't want for Christmas?
How does that work? No, I mean, you know, he just, It's just kind of, I think what had happened to, like, it's always kind of busy to go and see him, but it's kind of been a traditional thing. He's a seasonal thing. We go every year.
I think that though, like, TikTok has kind of blown up this guy. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, I've seen the one on TikTok. Is that the one from Universal?
Yeah. I thought it was just some dude doing the thing. So it's kind of insane. Oh.
" Oh, it's not like you can make a reservation? No. You like your little bracelet things you wear? No.
Not a fast pass? None of that. So we got in line and we dealt with it and that line got crazy busy. So I'm glad we got in.
Oh yeah. People waited. But Justice told him that I'm going to be a fighter when I grow up. Oh yeah.
And the Grinch said well that's not very adult like of you. Angry Grinch. Very grumpy. Very entertaining.
Very grumpy Grinch. You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch. But it's--I mean, I highly recommend doing it.
Highly recommend. It is very entertaining. What else did we do? I just saw Black Widow.
For the first time? Yes. It's a good movie. I thought you said you didn't like it.
No, I liked it. When you went to the theater, you said you didn't like it. No, I said it was good. I'm getting very conflicting information from you lately when I go.
I think that you're getting old. No, no. Yeah, I like Black Widow. I thought it came--I thought it was very well done.
Very well done. Okay. I'm not gonna bother seeing Eternals. I heard that sucked.
Yeah. Is it on Disney Plus or we got Disney Plus? Uh, oh. No, I don't know if it's on.
I got it for Christmas. Oh, nice little present. Yeah. " Disney Plus.
Started watching Hawkeye last night. Oh, how's that? I only watched almost all of the first episode. I haven't finished the first episode yet.
So it's not that good. A little slow moving. He's not even in it. He's not even in the first episode.
Oh. They're setting up the girl. Well, you know what he is in? And Mare of Kingstown?
Yeah, yeah. That's a good show. Oh. Is that on Disney?
That's definitely not on Disney. Oh. So is The Falcon and the Snowman or whatever the fuck that's called? The Falcon and the Snowman?
That's a different movie, I feel. I feel that's a different movie. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier? Yeah, it's Snowman Winter Soldier.
The TV series? Yeah. Is that good? That was good, yeah.
Okay, Loki? Because I've always set up the watch. Loki's pretty good. So what else?
Oh, how about the Wanda one? Hmm, that one didn't look too good. I got over that. I couldn't finish it.
Oh. I couldn't finish it. Ching Changchou is what I know, too, yeah, you know, you said that was good. Changchi.
Oh, whatever, I haven't watched that yet. Like I said, we just got it, yes, Sunday. You got a lot going on. A lot to watch.
Well, the wife's taking our little trip next week, so she said I can watch all the Marvel stuff while she's gone. That's right, without your pants. I don't wear pants at home. Who wears pants at home?
You don't wear pants now? No. I don't have pants on right now, I don't have pants on. Yeah, of course not.
Of course not. Man, what the hell happened this weekend? Oh, that's right, I died. I got the stomach bun.
You got sick. No, it wasn't this weekend, was it? Wasn't this weekend? No, Friday night was the event here.
Oh, it was last weekend. Yeah, the last weekend. So, Friday night was the event here that worked very, very well. Yep.
Saturday, there was something Saturday. What? Oh, you guys did the Trans-Siberian Horses. Oh, yeah, yeah, we went to Trans-Siberian Horses.
That was amazing. I've always wanted to see that. Yeah. It was cool.
I'm sure it was. It was. It was very nice. I'm glad you guys had a good time.
You were invited. I couldn't get a babysitter. Couldn't get a babysitter. It's not my fault.
It's not my fault you've made bad life choices and anything. I don't know. I made bad life choices by having children? Well, before you met me.
I mean, now I have all this free time. My children are old. I should have had them years ago like I did. Got them out of the way.
Oh, yeah? Right. Is it a pump amount of 13 or something? Yes.
Oh, interesting. A little bit in a different course of life, I believe. Yeah, but all the free time you'd have now, though. So, here's what we wound up doing is the other coach that I coach with, he runs like a Taekwondo Yes.
And they did like this whole Christmas thing called like Ninja Bread Night. Oh, Ninja Bread. Yeah. It's very good.
It has dates in it. Oh, really? Yes. So he's got like all these fun activities and stuff for the kids and whatever.
Right. So we dropped off the two boys there. Oh, I know what you did. And then, okay, go ahead.
Yes. But we still have Teddy. Oh, she can't go to Ninja Bread Night? She can't get everybody's ass.
She probably could. Right. Yeah. You don't fuck around.
No, no. So we went to, we just went out to dinner real quick and had dinner at... Jinjangyo? No, I played kind of Winter Park.
It was good. It was the bridge. Oh, never been there. Yeah, it's pretty nice.
Not bad. Brought the kids home. They passed out really fast. Oh, that day bread.
It's got tryptophan in it from Turkey. Yeah, I believe it. They were done. And a little bit of secret Benadryl the ninja got put in.
Mm-hmm. There they go, sleepy, sleepy time. And then I don't know what we did Sunday. This is very low.
I don't know what the problem is here. I wish I could remember what we did Sunday. You know what? I bet we should start over.
I bet this is not recorded in Rogue. No, it is. It's Rogue Chester, bro. The thing is very low.
I hope it's recording because I can't relive this. Hold on. Let's try something again. That didn't show up at all.
Uh-oh. All right, we gotta start over. Maybe we take a break, and we'll get back, possibly. Test one, two, test, test, oh, and we're back on!
All right! Are we recording? We are recording at normal levels. There we go.
There we go. Much better. You know, radio stations have these problems, too, on occasion. Do they?
Yeah, real radio does, all the time. Because they have people at home and people in the studio, because it's still... I dropped my ass. It's all over the place.
there. See that round metal thing? What's that? That's the ashtray.
Oh, is that what that is? That's where you put the ashes! It's not on my phone? Not on your phone.
Not on my table. This is the rental table. We have to keep it nice. You can put it on the rug if you want to.
That's Greg's rug. Oh, better if you put it up front. There we go. So, Sunday.
What'd you do Sunday, Michael? I think we hung out at the house for the majority of the day, and then we went to the game Sunday evening. With the Baldwin's. Oh, to the football game.
You have four tickets, apparently, not just the two. Yeah, and they have four tickets, not just the two. Wow. Great seats, front row, baby.
I've been invited to the ball game. You don't watch football, wouldn't waste my money. My wife would probably like to go see one once just so she can say she's been. I don't think he's ever been to an NFL game.
So you should take her. Oh, if I only had a friend who had tickets. I highly recommend getting some tickets. Oh, if I had a friend that had tickets that we could go with.
If only had a friend. Oh, if only had a friend. Oh, maybe you could ask Cheddar Steve. Oh, I bet they will.
Maybe they have tickets. I bet they do. Maybe they have tickets. They took me to a concert.
Yeah, they did. They did. Yeah, you got a whole formal invite, well in advance. Well.
I got slid in. I had no children. I only need two tickets. I got slid in.
Again, no children. Five days notice. Only need two tickets. Yeah.
You need seven. You know, there's you, the lovely Brittany, the adorable Teddy, the Justice, and the Jacks, And then there's the Manny, and the Handyman, and the Mika, I mean, you need like 17 tickets, so, you know, you only had so many. Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. So, you know, and he was in a suite, too, by the way. I'm sure. Well, the game for me was super depressing.
I mean, we watched Chris Godwin blow out his ACL. Chris and Chris, they looked like they're having a wonderful game. Oh, we had a great time, but the game was just so bad. Oh, very sorry.
Bucks were a mess. And apparently I missed Tom Brady running to the sidelines and telling the coach, go fuck himself. Is that when he threw his Microsoft notebook and broke it? Uh, I think that was right afterwards.
Oh yeah, he can bring in that thing like he just made of money. Hey, you know what? Who cares? He's Tom fucking Brady.
He can do whatever the fuck he wants. Apparently. He's earned it. That's what he told the coach, too.
Yeah, hey, go fuck yourself. Go fuck yourself. I'm Tom fucking Brady. I'm Tom fucking Brady.
Go fuck yourself. I'm the ghost. Ask anybody. Yeah.
Yeah, seven rings. You're just an assistant. I watched that guy, the head coach as the first time the first kicker did like a punt he was pissed off at where he landed he fucking berated this guy all the way he was running back head coach, what are you fucking stupid I mean, going nuts so then Brittany yelled I don't think you're fucking stupid, Gillum was the guy's name no, she's just being nice she's probably leaving for a punter so she didn't say Michael Joseph fucking dare Burn you with my smoke Why can't you just let it happen I like the last line Let it roll and then say it afterwards Burn you with my smoke I like to say it with her I know it's weird when you say it with her You say it afterwards I like to say it with her She's my friend She is my friend Bubbles Let's get a Bubbles update Bubbles is great Are you going to bring Bubbles in for the show I'll bring them in if you want I'll bring them in He's doing very well. How big is he now?
I don't know. He's a pretty smart man. Smart dog. Yeah, he's definitely attached to me wherever I go.
That's good. Wherever I go. He's pretty sharp. He doesn't like the cage at night.
He's like, nah. Let him sleep in the bed. No. Let him sleep in the bed.
Absolutely not. That's such a treat for the animal. Dogs don't sleep in the bed. The dog is not in charge.
I'm in charge. No, but ask any expert. That creates more of a bonding with the dog sleeping in the bed. " Oh, where the cage is in the other room.
They go in the cage when we're not home. Yeah, well, they go in the cage when I go to sleep. Oh, no. When he gets older, he'll have more freedoms, but right now he won't.
Well, they're not gonna poop and pee in a bed. No, I'm just not dealing with the dog going, turned loose in the middle of the night, tearing through whatever the fuck. Oh, you have children, you can't shut your bedroom door? No, I don't shut my bedroom door.
Oh. Well, you're supposed to do that anyway. If there's a fire in your house, that stops the fire from coming in the bedroom while you're sleeping. Oh.
Well, I don't do that. I don't do that. You have small children though. Yeah, I don't take precedence.
Well, you should shut their doors. One door is shut, Teddy's door is shut. Though she's the only one that survives the fire. Poor Teddy, you come live with Papa Mike, Daddy.
Papa Mike and Gigi take care of you, you'll be queen. Yeah. No female Palmers, unless you marry him. Don't worry, we won't change your name.
Well, hyphenate it. But Bubbles is great. Step on Cabbage Palmer. Alonkevich Palmer.
Very happy with Bubbles so far. So far, so good. Yeah? It's pretty smart.
Good. Any accidents in the house? Yeah. You know, it's only been, what, two weeks?
A week? A week? It's been a week. A week.
It's still way early. I don't even think it's been a whole week. I picked him up, what, last Thursday? Oh yeah, it's only Tuesday.
Yeah. So, I think he had one accident in the house when we were out on Saturday, in his cage. And that has ceased. Is it a big cage?
Yeah. You should put the divider in. There's a divider in. I know, I can't find the divider.
I think I'm going to throw the divider away. I have a divider. You want to find the divider? I would love the divider.
Okay, I'll bring you the divider. I don't know if I need the divider at this point, though. Now he's good. Oh, if he's good, then yeah.
So, that happened, and then, I guess yesterday, he kind of peed in some spots, and he pooped once, but he hides it. He knows that he can't. He shouldn't be doing it. He shouldn't be doing it, but I gotta go.
" Yeah, I don't know how to explain this. They're not asking if I need to go. I'm just going to go shit over here in the corner. But I've been hand feeding them, which is cool.
Yeah, you should do that. Yeah. Stop the food aggression. Oh, it's more about bonding with the dog and the dog having eye coordination with you and looking up and stuff like that.
Oh, you're doing that thing. I gotcha. I'm doing it. I'm doing it.
I'm going all the way. I'm going to work on it. So you should always keep a little bit of kibble in your pocket. I will.
Every time you say his name and he comes over, you give him one. Yep. I do. Well, there you go.
Yeah. You're doing a right job, Michael. Good job. I'm trying.
Congratulations. Trying eventually. I think I might even do the off-leash training stuff. Oh, look at you.
Yeah. And then maybe bite work. We'll see. Bite work?
What are you going to teach him to bite people for? So when you come over, I want to see him fucking attack you. Hey, he won't be able to. Chapo's too busy sniffing my ass.
Chapo snips your ass, so he gooses you, so you kind of raise up. Yeah, you're like, whew, hello! That way your arm's like at a nice level for Bubba's kind of tired of day. Oh, wow.
Yeah, that'd be good. I'm bringing Dempsey over. No, you won't. And whiskey.
Nope. Oh, I'll send the biter over. The biter's gone. Not yet, another week.
One more week. One more week. Actually, it's a week from Monday, this past Monday, less than a week. Wow, all right, so you've got six days.
Nine minutes. Today's Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, five days. Five days? Five days.
Five days. Five days. He's being deployed! He got his orders!
He's shipping out on Monday! So what else? So what were those LCA trading cards we got? We should open the pack.
I don't know, yeah, we'll look at that. Oh, on the show! Then I can tag it at League of the thing and a lot of people watch. Okay.
So go get a pack. You want me to go get a pack? Go get a pack, let's open up and see what it is. All right.
All right, we'll be right back. He'll be, I'll just sit here for the moment. Oh, I can do the commercial. Alright, today, we're doing the Zifee Cigar Lighter, Cigar Punch, Cigar Draw Enhancer, Cigar Stand, All-in-One Lighter.
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Yeah, let's open it and see what's in it. Let's see what's going on. Are there like cigars or people or what? Because I gotta tell you, several months ago, I suggested that we did trading cards here at the show, or here at the shop, and put them in with the orders.
And when you got a complete set, you would get a prize. Ah, well, maybe we talk to Brian and see how he did it. I have a place that does it. Do you?
Yes, I even have a list of cards! Oh, okay, so I just opened the package. Wait, is there a piece of bubblegum? Is this a piece of bubblegum?
There's no bubblegum. We should have bubblegum. And it's pictures of the cigars. Like, here's the Thai tea.
Oh, let me see. I wonder how many are in the set. It doesn't say. Thai tea.
The Sigabon. Espinosa, Robusto, 5x50. Oh, these are cool. Mm-hmm.
They don't feel very expensive. These are nice. Sigabon. The trail mix.
And it shows the release date. That's cool. See, now we can't do it. We'd be copying.
So what? This, this was my favorite one, the trail mix. Yeah. To me, I'm not supposed to say, as Uncle Skip keeps mad, but it actually tasted like trail mix.
Oh, wow. Supposedly, allegedly. The Vince? Did this one taste like Vince?
Um, I don't think I tried the Vince. The BBQ Pig? I, I didn't have the Thai tea. I have a Cinnabon, but I have not smoked it.
I did like the trail mix. I haven't tried the Vince. The Ron, the BBQ Pig, I didn't have one of those, they came in with really fast. What is this one?
The what? The murder hornet? The Ron. I don't think we got the Ron.
We did, I think. I don't remember the Ron. Yeah, Ron came, Ron's gone. Ron's gone.
Maybe he ran off with Vince. The lady killer? The murder hornet. I didn't have a murder hornet either.
Oh, we did have a lady killer. The lady killer is made by, uh... Southern Ron. Thank you very much.
Sorry, I wasn't on the queue there. Thank you. Oh, there's a lot. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
It's from Chico. Oh, I remember the Chico. I didn't have a Chico either. Some of these came and went so fast, we didn't even get any here at the shop.
The Zabi Bobby, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie, Boobie. Wow, this is like every cigar they've made so far. a. a.
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookie. There you go. Oh, the blue is an oatmeal cookie? Yeah.
Oh, we just called it the blue here. We did. Look at these, there's there. There they are.
Got to catch them all. All right. Now, let's play Go Fish. Side card.
Murder Hornet. Go Fish. I see it. Oh, damn it.
I didn't know they're on the back, too. Yeah. Wow, that's a pretty big stack here. If we did cards, what would we do?
We just do people that are in the shop? Well, we do people. We do the Pustania logo. Would we do a hologram edition one?
We could. We could do the shop from the outside. We could do the private lounge. We could do the Jeep, Chet's Jeep, with all the things on it.
No, Chet's not included in anything anymore. Oh, you're so mean. He just doesn't care about this place. Please check with your network setting and try again.
It's red. It's recording. That means that we've gone rogue. Yeah, but luckily though these wonderful cameras keep recording when they lose connection.
Aren't they wonderful? They are wonderful. They sort of had one like it at the church. I was looking at their setup.
It was behind us on the left, on the left side over there. I'm the only one in the group that took the cracker. You're the only Catholic. The man said if you're Catholic, you can't go get the cracker.
You could've gone up to get blessed? I didn't get blessed from my seat. He blessed me 17 times from the seat. Took the X.
Bow, yield, kneel, stand, sit, bow. Ugh, it's exhausting. The whole peace be with you thing is weird with coronavirus, because people don't want to do it. Well, I'm familiar with that, because different religions that I've been involved with do it, but I don't think the people knew what to do.
Yeah, it seemed that way. Yeah, and you used to get the shot of wine with the cookie, with the cracker, but they don't do that no more. Yeah, well, that's a COVID thing, too. I've never been to the Catholic Church where they gave you the wine.
Oh yeah, I've had the wine, too. Like, hook it up. It's not good. No, I'm sure it isn't.
I mean, he pours holy water in and dilutes it like it was. Boy, he took a couple of big swigs off that cup, don't he? He's probably my favorite part of the service. I bet it is for the peace.
I get a shot. I get a shot. Lutherans put them in like little shot glasses. Go now in peace.
Yeah, the Lutherans, they have a tray, like a gold or silver tray, and they have a little plastic shot glasses. Oh, very nice. That way you're not, you know, because the way they do it, the Catholics normally do it, you know, You take a drink from here, and then he takes the cloth and wipes it and turns the cup. Next person takes a drink, he wipes it, turns the cup.
Time to get that fourth person, you're back to the original spot again. You're looping. So you want to be in the first four. If you're the fifth, you're out.
If you're the fifth, you go, oh, I'm good. I'll take the cracker. I'm good. Just the cracker, please.
Just the cracker. Oh, but you see, a couple ladies got up. They knew it was coming. Did they?
You didn't notice that? A couple ladies on my right got up from the back and came down. They knew what was going to happen. It was cracker time?
It's cracker time. I need my blessing. So what's in the smudge pot? I've seen it done, but I'm not familiar with the smudge pot, what exactly it's supposed to do.
Sage. Is that what he's burning, sage? Just like the governor did here at the shop? Yeah, exactly.
I don't know if it's some kind of special incense. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a sage. Oh, and then the magic wand with the water in it. Holy water.
The magic wand. That's my favorite part. I was going to go, I thought it would be this regular. I was going to go, oh, my.
I like that we review play-by-plays of how our lives, even in funerals. Even in funerals. You know what, is that the third or fourth funeral associated with this shop that we've gone to? Third, I think?
Shit, man. I don't know. I've been to a lot. Well, in my seven years, I think that was the third one.
Well, were you here for Jerry? No. Jerry... Old Man Denny.
Yep. Old Man Dennis. Old Man Dennis. Dave the Cop.
Dave the Cop. Oh, I forgot about Dave the Cop. Yeah. Jesse's dad.
I didn't go to Jesse's dad. I mean, there's a bunch. There's a bunch. Your dad.
Well, yeah, my dad. Did you go to that? No, I stayed here and worked. Yeah, you had to work.
I felt bad I didn't go, but somebody had to work. Yeah. That's why I know where our friendship is. Because I worked or because I didn't go?
You could have closed a place. I would not. Greg personally thanked me for staying. Oh.
There's only one person we trusted to keep this place running, why we had to handle our family problem. Oh, that's very nice. That was very nice. I feel bad for not going.
They're going to find out Andrew King went with you. He did go. Yeah. He did go.
He can't work here. He can't work here. Can't reach the register. He's a cute little fella.
He's a cute little fella. He's a cute little fella. Yeah. All right, should we start the news?
We're at halfway point. Let's-ish. Let's do this. I don't exactly sure where we're at, so.
Oop. Glasses on the microphone. From the four corners of the world, we are the news. From the four corners of the world, all the cigar industry news you could possibly need.
The Cigar Hustler Podcast Report with Mike Toon. Roma Craft Tobac schedules El Catador de las Gran Coronas for 2022. The next El Catador from Roma Craft Tobac will focus on the Corona Gorda size. It's called the El Catador de las Gran Corona.
A very long name, and like previous El Catador samplers, it will contain a variety of Roma Craft Tobac blends in the same size, this time, a 5 3/4 x 46. Vitola, the company refers to as the Grand Skip Corona, they call it the Grand Skip Corona? Not the Grand Corona? Hold on.
Yes, the Grand Skip Corona says right here from Half Wheel. Each sampler will contain 16 cigars, Michael, not 15, not 14, but 16 cigars! 16 cigars. Two each of eight different cigars.
Aha. Would you like to know what they are? Uh, hold on, let me do this, let me do this. The Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion.
The Intemperance... Wait, wait, wait, wait, don't go so fast. You're, okay, but which one, the specific ones? Like the Corona.
No, no, these are Grand Coronas. Yeah. But is it a specific whiskey rebellion? The Wanderlust Fiorella.
Hold on. Okay, that one you got right. Yeah. The Cro-Mag Anthropology, the Aquitaine Anthropology.
Well actually, there's a Cro-Mag Anthropology and the Cro-Mag Aquitaine Anthropology. That's what I just said. No, you corrected yourself. It said Cro-Mag Anthropology, Aquitaine Anthropology.
What's the Whiskey Rebellion? I think that's the Hamilton? Is it the Hamilton? 1794, Lee 3.
The Lee 3? Lee the 3rd? It says Lee 3. The Intemperance EC of XVII, 18 Reverence.
The Reverence. The Intemperance BA Contempt, the Baca Jenge, the Neanderthal HS, and as you mentioned, the Wanderlust Fiorella, three of these cigars, Michael, three of the Intemperance are new, while the others are regular production, though the Wanderlust - Yeah, the EC's new, the BA's new, and the Wanderlust? No Neanderthal in there? Three of the cigars, the Intemperance are new.
The Neanderthal's in there? Yeah, the HS. HS, those are all money cigars. Well, they know what they're doing.
They do know what they're doing. Why wouldn't they put cigars that aren't money in this? No, but the Corona size for me is... This is a Grand Corona.
It's bigger. It's the same shit. When I say Corona, that's what I mean. It's Grand, though.
Oh, okay. Or Corona Gorda, or yada yada. Grand. Grand Skip Corona.
Grand Skip Corona, yeah. I get it. Grand Skip Corona. Yeah.
Five and three quarter by 56, you said? 46. 46. Why would I say 56?
I don't know. In a post on Instagram, Skip Martin, my friend Uncle Skip, I call him. My friend, Uncle Skip, I call him Uncle Skip Martin, yeah. Co-founder of Rum Craft Tobac with my other friend, Mike Rosales.
Yeah, Michael, Mike Rosales. Yeah, it's Michael. Yeah, it's not Mike, it's Michael. He lets me call him Mike.
Because I have the same name. He prefers you to call him Michael. Oh, he told me Mike's okay. Oh, it's okay.
He said you're BDP, you call me Mike, it's fine. Oh, okay. Uh, total half of the sampler will have an MSRP of? Yes, yes.
16 cigars? Uh, yes. Five and three quarter of 46, Grand Skip Coronas? Like a hundred and, wait, hold on, like a hundred and, hundred and ten dollars.
Oh, we wish they were a hundred and ten dollars, Michael, a hundred and sixty five dollars, Michael, here at Hustler, a hundred and ten. I was going to go one sixty five, I was going to say one sixty, I'm like, oh, it's too high. The samples are expected to ship second quarter of 2022, if the EBITDA is at the right level. As long as the EBITDA makes sense.
It will be limited to 2,500 boxes. How many are we going to get here? 2,497. Excellent.
This will be the seventh Al Canador sample released by Roma Craft Tobac. Others include, we're not going to go through this, everybody knows, more tobacco, more flavor. Yes. " That's usually what he says, but what do you say here?
" All right, Michael. Tell me. More stories. Yes.
Crownheads increased prices for 2022. All right. Perdomo price increased for 2022. Yep.
Fratello increased price 2022. Yep. Licencia, 1865 increased prices for the first time ever in history. Yep.
Casa Cuevas announced, my friend, my friend, the Cuevises? Yeah, the Cuevises. Yes, yes. Announced its price increase for 2022.
Yeah. Oh. So it's mostly all the news this week was about price increases. That makes sense.
Yes. So now we have an international story. We have a Christmas story. I just wanna know, Romacross prize is going up too.
It has not been announced yet, please don't speculate on the news, Michael. It's not, it's, I know that it is. I am the news desk, did you not hear the intro? All the news you need to know.
So please don't, Michael, don't speculate. You didn't cover the real news. Don't speculate, what's the real news? The real news is January, the prize is going up for Roma too.
It has not been announced yet, don't speculate. All things are raising. You know what, I'm gonna read my press release that I wrote that you refuse to say nothing. No.
No, you won't. Just remember that I have control of that cigar, and I decide if it gets released or not. I'll just eat it and fucking hold it all. I'll be able to get some.
I can still get some. Rampaging monkeys killed 250 dogs in India in a revenge massacre. This is an amazing story. I've been following this all week.
It's a terrible, terrible story in India. Raging monkeys. Yes. Kill the dogs.
In a small Indian village, a pack of murderous monkeys have started a war with the local canines. Wow. Around 250 dogs have been dragged to the tops of buildings and trees and dropped by a crew of raging primates that apparently furious with the pups after they killed one of the baby monkeys. Locals in Mahasurata B District, about 300 miles east of Mumbai.
Okay. You go up a little, you turn left. Okay. Right up there.
Just, yeah. He's told Cigar Hustler Podcast News that the monkeys have been on a quest for revenge and in the nearby Laveau Village, not a single dog has survived the purge. Wow. There was actually footage of this monkey with this puppy dog under his arm, scurries up the side of the building, takes it from the top, I go bloop.
Wow. Throws them out the building. Villagers told Cigar Hustler News the killing started about a month ago when a few dogs killed an infant monkey, and since then, the moment a dog is spotted, Simeons are apparently snatching up the pups and dragging them somewhere high to drop them to their death. Wow.
In one image of the animal's war, a tiny dog can be seen, this is the one I saw, a tiny dog can be seen in the clutches of a primate near the edge of a building. Holy moly. In Lavoul, which is a population of about 5,000 villagers, they called the Forest Department to help dealing with the primates, but when the officials came, they weren't able to catch a single monkey. These are very smart monkeys.
You have to start shooting these monkeys. I don't know whether they're not shooting them either. They're killing things. The villagers decided to take action themselves.
And tried to wrangle up the beast. But the simians then turned their sights on the local men. Some who have been injured after falling from buildings while trying to save the dogs. The monkeys are pushing the people off the top of the building too!
They run up, they run up and do that jump thing, and they poof, and then they knock the guy off the building. This is how it starts. Jeff Bezos is gonna go, he's gonna leave this earth for a few minutes, he's gonna come back, and it's totally fucked. Nearly all the pups in the district have been killed, but the monkeys still haven't stopped, and are now targeting small children.
Oh, here we go. I mean, I don't understand, there's a couple assault rifles, and this problem's fucking solved. What are we doing here? It's a village in India, they don't have assault rifles.
Of course they do. No, they don't. Yes, they do. It's India, the boop, not the boop, the other thing.
Let's insult two parties at this point. Okay, great. Perfect. All right, Michael.
Now we have 10 unique Christmas traditions from around the world. I just want everybody to know, when you come for him, I am not affiliated with him. He's just sitting next to me. I had nothing to do with this.
Christmas story, Michael. Okay. Oh, Christmas story. He's going to put his hat on.
10 unique Christmas traditions from around the world. Oh, it doesn't really fit good, though. Yeah, it's kind of small. All right.
Advent calendars, Michael. Yep. Do you have an advent calendar at your house? My kids do.
It's a major part of Germany's Christmas celebration is the advent calendar, which lasts from the first Sunday of advent roughly four weeks before Christmas until December 24th. Yeah. So I got to tell you. So we have like this advent calendar and it's filled with little Kit Kats.
Did you wipe the wine when we talked about something? No, she didn't want it. I tried several times. She didn't want it because there's some whites in there.
She doesn't drink a lot of whites. See, I told you that. And you said, no, no. Well, you take the whites and put a red in.
Can I tell my story about my advent? Sorry, go ahead. So, it's hanging up, and it's got, and it's filled with like little candies, like little chocolates and stuff? Yeah.
Alright, one day, I walk up, and I see Teddy, who's escaping the area of the advent, and she is walking with her hands crossed like this. Oh, she cleaned out the calendar. And she has, she has accessed the full advent, and she is like going to her room. She's like the monkeys.
Yeah, I was like, and I was like, what are you doing? And she's like, nothing. Nothing. Candy?
Candy. Here's a piece for you. Quiet. She's on this Coco Melon kick or whatever.
Oh, the show you talked about. Yeah, it's just songs. Yeah. And when she demands it, you better just give it to her.
It'll be peaceful and better for everybody. Coco Melon! Yeah, Coco Melon. Oh.
Okay. Posadas, piñatas. Do you have piñatas at you? No, but apparently I need to be more festive.
Yes. The festivities begin in Mexico with a posada, a series of nine parties from December 16th to the 24th. Oh, it's too late. That's a lot of parties.
It consists of a reenactment of Mary and Joseph arriving to Bethlehem and finding no room at the inn. It's sort of like your house. All the rooms are full. Yeah, no room.
No room. At the party, Christmas carols are sung in seven-point star-shaped pinatas made of paper mache, decorated and filled with candy and small toys. It's broken, all the children get to collect the fillings where they have tons of fun. Oh, so like the advent calendar is like Teddy's pinata.
Right. Pretty much. Yeah, she smashed that thing. Yes.
Gifts from Snitterclaws. Oh, Snitterclaws. The Snitterclaws. Yes.
Children in Holland. This is Holland. Receive gifts from Snitterclaws. Is that the people with the wooden shoes?
Yes. Yes. And the tulips. And the tulips?
Oh, and the windmills. Oh, okay. Yes. On December 5th, if the children leave carrots for Sinterclaws' horse and their shoes, oh, and the wooden shoes, they're like little feeders.
Yeah. Makes sense. They will receive candy and sweets. This is a sweet Christmas preview for the little ones.
Oh, it's like a pre-Christmas thing. Oh, yeah. You just shove some carrots in there and you get treats. Yes.
The Reveillon de Noël is a French tradition. The delicious meal on Christmas Eve can last five hours or more. Ooh, that was like the thing we went to today. Oh, wow.
The menus vary per region, but oysters, smoked salmon, and foie gras are usually on it. You know what foie gras is? Mm-mm. That's the goose liver pate stuff.
Oh. Where they force-feed the goose high-end, not high-end, but rich food to make the liver all nice and yum-yum. Oh, really? Yes.
Hmm. Let's see. Let's see, the meal considers several courses and ends with a Boucher de Noël, a Christmas Yule log confection, so make sure to save room for dessert after five hours, and you've got to sit through dessert, too. Seems a bit much.
It's a little over the top. Why don't we have filled up on the four gore? Yeah, okay. All right, exchange Christmas cards.
Oh, we did that in the United States. Oh, yeah, we didn't do that this year. Yeah, no, what the hell's wrong with that? I have a collection at home of all the Shtepankevich's ones, and now I'm going to be missing a year.
I'm going to, I'll print some, like a small amount and do like a dozen or something. Okay, thank you, thanks. , exchanging Christmas cards-- I can't imagine, you know what's funny, there's a second person, it's like an upheaval about the fact that we didn't fucking print these things. Yes, on her post, I put, what the hell?
Now, my collection is gonna be a short one. It's gonna go, you know, the 19, what, 17, 18, 19, 20, blah, 22, 23, 24. Fuck, I'll get them printed, jeez. They are sometimes accompanied by pictures and news.
Today, many people end e-greetings on Facebook greetings, but receive a lot of e-greetings stuff there. Little Candles Day. Little Candles Day, celebrated December 7th, marks the start of the Christmas season across Columbia. We have listeners in Columbia now.
Do we? There's only a few places in the world we're not covered. What kind of a big deal? People place candles and beautiful paper lanterns in their windows, balconies, and front yards in honor of the Virgin Mary.
You know, there was a gentleman, I didn't catch his name, he came into the shop, he was at the- And the Eve of the Immaculate Conception. During the customer appreciation event? Yes. " Yeah, I wish I caught his name.
But hey, thanks for listening. I have to tell you something off camera, I can't talk about this. Okay. If you are religious or not, candles are a beautiful holiday decor.
Yeah. All right, this is my favorite one. Tell me. This is from Iceland.
Jolakabufaka. Jolakabufaka? Jolakabufaka? Yes, J-O-L-A-B-O-K, Jolakabuf, F-L-O-D, Flood, Jolbakala Flood, Jolbakala Flood, or Christmas Book Flood, is an Icelandic institution.
Many books are published per capita in Iceland than any other country in the world. Well, it's cold there. What else are you going to do? They're going to read books.
Yeah, some books. Around Christmas Eve, people exchange books. Oh, instead of Christmas cards, I'll get you a book, you'll get me a book, you'll get a book trade. That's nice.
And eating chocolate. Oh, think of a better combination. Well, if they could have a drink with the book and the chocolate, it'd be nice. Maybe a hot toddy or something.
Can't we just move? It looked like it moved. Maybe. All right, Yule Goat.
Similar to a log, but it's a goat. Yule Goat dates back to the 11th century where these are legends of a man-sized goat led by St. Nicholas who had the power to control evil. I never heard St.
Nick can control evil. That's pretty cool. Today is celebrated across Sweden where people hang Christmas ornaments depicting the Yule Goat in some Swedish cities. Some Swedish city's giant Yule goat decorations are made from straw and red ribbons and publicly displayed.
Tie one on your tree today. Say Yule goat. It's fun. Say it.
Look at the camera. Say Yule goat. Yule goat. Yeah, fun.
Feast of seven fishes. The Italian-American Fiesta dei sette passe. Tradition originated. There's only two more.
Just relax. There's only ten. We had to do a Christmas story, Michael. It was a Christmas show.
Okay. Where it's customary to eat fish on the day before feast day. Today, Italian-American families have made their own tradition and eat a feast of seven fishes or seafood dishes on Christmas Eve. Of course, it is not a proper Italian meal without pasta.
Mangiana. Very nice. It's at the end. Mangiana.
Say maniana. Looking at me, say maniana is fun, too. No. Say you'll go maniana.
I will not. All right. You got you'll go out of me. Number 10, epiphany.
Epiphany, the feast of the three kings observed. Oh, how did he do with the king thing? We didn't talk about that. Oh, the nativity.
Yeah, the nativity. That happened. Yeah, he wasn't frankincense. He was the first one, with the gold.
Oh, the gold? Well, he's got the high dollar one. Yeah, the rich guy. Wasn't frankincense, myrrh, gold, gold.
He did a great job, man, you know, yeah. Nice. Yeah, it was good. It went really, really well.
I saw his outfit. It looked very red. It was very red. Yes.
You know, it's funny, it's kind of like a hand-me-down from like, other years. Oh, he doesn't get a new outfit every year? No, so it's got like, you know, stains on it from other kids. Oh, Yule Goat.
Get some Yule Goat on there? Got a little Yule Goat on there. Maybe some Joggle Buffud. Some Joggle Buffud.
Maybe, oh, maybe some Feast of the Seven Fishes juice on there. Yeah, he's got some manja, some fucking spaghetti. Manja! Manja, manja, manja.
Let's see, January 6th for Catholics or January 19th for Orthodox. Traditions vary by country and is celebrated by special foods and gift-getting. It's just like a second Christmas or what can be better? Well, we do Vergilia.
It doesn't mention Vergilia? No, it's Polish. No one likes Polish. It's Polish tradition.
No one likes Polish. No one likes Polish tradition. What do you do in Vergilia? I think I dated a girl named Vergilia in high school.
Did you? I think so. I think his last name was Jones, Vigilia Jones. You should have stuck it out with her.
Nah. Too complicated? There are pierogies all the time. All the pierogies.
Well, there's pierogies at Vigilia. I know, there are pierogies at Vigilia. Does your mom cook for Vigilia? No.
No, no, no. You know what? Does Bobchi come for Vigilia? She does.
She does. To your house? Yeah. Oh, wow.
I heard Greg's having it this year, though. My grandmother crushed it. Greg's having, oh yeah, I'm sure. My Bobchi.
She made the right pierogies. I heard Greg's having Vigilia at his house. Good for him. Wish him the best.
But yeah, no, you get like a, you get this, you get like a cracker, like a Catholic cracker. Oh! Hey, did you get a whole cracker today or did he break them up? No, I got the whole cracker.
Oh, it's the little ones. Yeah, so, but like, you get like this big square called the platek, and then you, you break it off and you give it to other pieces of the other people and you wish them, uh... You were supposed to bring me one back, by the way. What one?
Cracker. Oh, yeah, I can't, oh, hey, I need one for... You know what? My first wife brought me one back one time because I had never done it because I'm not Catholic.
So, yeah, so she brought one back for me. How does that work? She put it on her tongue. You know, the guy puts it on your tongue.
She goes around and she took it right out. Oof. Yeah, you're a germ weir. You kiss this woman, Michael, like it is.
So, I mean, what's the difference? I don't know. No flavor in them crackers at all. Not like a saltine or nothing.
No. I think they should spice those up a little bit. Make it a little more fun. Maybe like a Crispy's, you get a mint one?
Father, you have any sriracha for those? Sriracha. Can we have the mint ones this year, maybe? The peppermint patty flavors?
All right, Michael. Now we have a wonderful Florida story. Now we'll wrap it up for the Christmas show. Ooh, a wonderful story.
This is made national news. Oh, man, I might have heard about this. I got to take the hat off now. We're done on more Christmas.
Yeah, it's no more Christmas. Get rid of that kid-sized hat. It's my wife's. Florida man using a thong as a mask, Rojas kicked off United Airlines flight.
Yes. Have you seen the photos? I did. It was more like an eye patch.
That was really a thing? Yes. I thought it was a joke. Florida man was kicked off United Airlines flight this past Wednesday after attempting to fly with a red thong on his face in place of a mask.
He made it all the way to the plane. Did he have it on before that? I have no idea. I don't think he did.
I think TSA might have stopped him with the eye patch over his nose. Attempting to fly with a red thong in his face in place of a mask. Adam Jenay, J-E-N-A-N-E, told NBC affiliate that he pulled the panty stunt on several flights in an effort to make a statement. Ah, he's just waiting to get popped.
So he's made it through a couple. Yeah. I think the best way to illustrate absurdly is with absurdity, he said. Oh, he thought a long time on that.
Every single flight has been met with different reactions from the flight crew. The United flight crew was not amused. Jenay was removed from the flight. The customers clearly wasn't in compliance with the federal mask mandate, and we appreciate that our team addressed the issue on the ground prior to takeoff.
Oh, on the ground prior to takeoff. Avoiding any potential disruptions on the air, said a statement from United shared with NBC News. The TSA requires travelers to wear a mask at airports, on planes, buses, and trains. The mandate has been extended to at least March of next year.
Jenae refuses to comply. I don't wear the mask at the airport at all. At all! He later compared his law breaking to the bravery of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
Oh, seriously. I don't think Rosa Parks ever wore a thong on her face. You know what, though? To be honest, I understand, like, it's fucking crazy that he did this thing with his thong or whatever the case may be, but I don't entirely disagree with it.
You know, like, at this point, which I've said before, you either A, chosen to get vaccinated, or B, haven't chosen to get vaccinated. Why the fuck do I have to wear a mask anywhere? I don't, you know, like... Safety.
Safety from what? I could still get it. You can still get it. Okay, but I'm not...
But if the other people, if you... Oh, now listen, I know you're getting a little worked up. Oh, yeah, you're getting me now. Okay, the people, well, like for instance, the people that are on the Royal Caribbean ship who have the 48 cases, they've all been vaccinated.
Right. Okay. So if everybody had a mask on, maybe they wouldn't have caught it. So the mask doesn't keep you from getting it.
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no what then just don't don't if you're worried about catching it or not catching stay the fuck home you but you can't tell me that people wear masks a hundred percent of the time you're gonna be in contact with people that aren't wearing masks so like so it's like you know like the rule and the guidelines is just so fucked it's like an airplane is a small recycled air thing for several hours maybe you don't but maybe some old lady does i think it's ridiculous i think it's ridiculous they make you wear your seat belt it should be It should be your own choice. If the plane crashes, you should die. It should be your own choice. It should be your own choice.
If I want to bring a gun on a plane, it's for my safety, not yours. Why? It's for my safety. No.
What's the difference? For my safety, Michael. It's for my safety. If I want to have a gun, I should be able to have a gun on a plane.
Why not? Nope. Why not? Because you can't.
Why can't I? Why are you attacking me? I'm not. I'm just doing your absurd...
It's stupid. It's stupid I can't take my gun with me. Look at what they're doing in the fucking NFL. I have a concealed weapons permit.
I've been certified by the state of Florida that I am legally able to carry a gun. It's like loosely certified though. I mean like anybody and their mother can carry a weapon. I took the test.
I passed the qualifications. Did you look around at the other people in that room when you took the test? Yes, I did. That's why I have a gun.
That's pretty scary. That's why I'm carrying a gun on a plane. Like I'm gonna bring mine too. That's right.
So I want to have my gun on a plane. Okay. You can carry a gun on a plane. No, I can't.
There's a rule that says I can't. There's a rule that says you have to wear a mask. But this is a ridiculous rule. I would like to stand up during takeoff and landing so I can be more comfortable.
Because it hurts me to sit in long periods of time. Okay. I can't. There's a rule that says I can't.
You know what? I want my tray down too. Why can't I have my tray down? And I'd be more comfortable if my seat was reclined, but I can't.
They make me put my seat up. Whether you have a mask on or you don't have a mask on. Whether I have my seat back or I don't have my seat back is my choice. Can I say my piece or not?
You already have several times. You yelled at the camera. Whether I'm wearing my mask or I'm not wearing my mask, there's still going to be potential for me to get the corona, right? Like I, it's just gonna happen.
You're not always gonna wear a mask. Oh, but the odds are lower that you get it with the mask on, supposedly. I haven't looked at all the, all the information. Look, I mean, I want shit to go back to as much as the fucking normal as possible.
I want to go back to the old west where I can carry a gun everywhere. And the fact of the matter, then go to Texas. I don't want to. I want to live in Florida.
In Texas, you can do whatever, it's more, it's more, it's more old west. If you go to Japan, you don't have to wear a mask if you don't want to. If you want to live in the west, you got to move west, which isn't like Texas. I'll move to Tampa.
Anything west of Texas, it's not in your back. I'll move to Tampa. That's the west side of Florida. This is the west side of Florida.
Right. I want to fly from Tampa and carry a gun. Look, man. It's stupid.
It's just your opinion. It's stupid. Well, I'm not saying it's your opinion. In my opinion.
In your opinion, it's stupid. That's fine. In my opinion, we should fucking be moving on. We are moving on.
You can fly now, at least. I've had people I love and I care about die. I'm not taking this thing lightly. I didn't say you were.
By any means. I didn't say you were. All I'm saying is, if you got vaxxed, or you didn't get vaxxed, that's your choice, you can live your life, and I should be able to have the choice to wear a mask or not wear a mask. You can't ever wear but the airplane.
Which is stupid. If you live in the great state of Florida, well, Ron DeSantis has his own army now. Yeah, so then when I get off the airplane and I remove my mask, then I'm safe. No, no, you have to wear it in the airport.
Oh, and it sounds like, I can only imagine the tan lines of the people on the cruise if they had to fucking wear masks. I've seen some pictures of people with the tan lines on the cruise. How fucking ridiculous. I don't think on a cruise you have to if you've been vaccinated.
Yeah, no shit. It's not, but there's a lot of fresh air on a cruise ship. Oh, but 48 people got it. And a plane?
There's not. Well, there's probably some swingers thing, you know, and then somebody got it. Actually, I heard that the plane is really safe because of the HEPA air filtration system, yada yada. Yeah, I've also heard don't drink the water on an airplane.
Don't drink coffee, don't drink tea, don't get anything that doesn't come in a can or a bottle because they never clean the tanks. You think they're changing the filters? I do think they're changing the filters. They're changing the filters, Mike.
I believe they are. They don't even clean the pillows and the blankets. They rewrap them and put them in a bag. They don't?
No, they don't! You don't even get a fresh pillowcase on the pillow! Do you actually use that sort of thing? No, because they're dirty!
Sometimes I steal the blanket, and I take it up and wash it, and then we use it for the dogs. I didn't realize that they still had blankets. Sure. Yeah, on international flights, on your seat, there is a pillow, a blanket, and usually a set of headphones, as soon as you sit down.
So what you do is, you come down, you sit, there's an international flight, this is a tip for you, Michael, just kidding. You take the back pocket thing. Yeah, I remove my mask or I don't remove my mask? No, yeah.
Should I keep my phone on? I have not flown international since it's been going on because I'm not wearing that mask for 16 hours straight, but you take all the magazines out of the back pocket thing, you throw them in the overhead. Right. Then you take the wrapper off the blanket, you put it in the pocket.
Now that's your garbage bag. You toss a blanket in the top. Oh. Now you're all set.
You put the pillow behind you because you're not going to let it touch your face. It's just crazy. You know, thank God that this is recording because I wasn't listening to anything you just said. No, you never listen to me.
I'm just in an uproar of the fact that, you know. Let's see. The Federal Aviation Administration has been grappling with a spike in unruly behavior in planes all year. I believe it.
Because Michael Stepankiewicz has been flying on planes. In a typical year, the FAA sees 100 to 150 formal cases of bad passenger behavior. First of all, every time I've gotten on a plane... Since January, the FAA has recorded more than 5,660...
I'm burning you with my smokes. Listen to me, I comply. I'll wear the mask when I travel. I'm just saying that it's fucking ridiculous.
By the way, the TV is coming up in like three weeks. Are we not going now? I gotta book the flight. I sent you the email today with the dates.
I know. Yeah. At the funeral. I had to have something to do with it.
I wasn't getting the crackers. 5,660 unruly passenger reports to date. More than 4,070 of them were mask related. Yeah.
I believe it. Because people are upset. People are upset. Want to do a card trick?
We got 10 minutes here. Infringing on rights, blah, blah, blah. All right, Michael. Pick a card, any card, I'll tell you what your card is.
You're looking at them. No, I'm not getting my eyes shut. I'm not picking that one. I'm not picking that one.
I don't want that one. You can see that one. I can see all of them. You're a terrible person.
All right. Well, Merry Christmas, everybody. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Happy holidays for our Jewish listeners. Happy. Hanukkah has passed. Hanukkah.
Which is after Christmas? Oh, well, then we'll get them next year. Next week is going to be our New Year's Eve show. Oh.
Things are planned for New Year's Eve. Will we be drinking? Oh, we can if you'll let us. Want to drink on a show?
No. Maybe just a champagne toast. A champagne toast? A champagne toast.
We get little bottles, little individual bottles of champagne. I can't wait till Vegas so we can mask up next to each other and be safe on the plane. It just doesn't make sense to me. It's just fucking stupid.
It's fucking stupid. I'm gonna wear a mask in the room. It's just fucking stupid. We have to be safe in this room.
I'm gonna get out of the shower with a wet mask out. We got a mask out in this area. Like, what the fuck? My face is gonna be so dirty if I'm not washing it.
As we all go to a cigar area where we're all blowing fucking smoke in each other's faces. Yeah. I think that's what saved us so far. Yeah.
I don't think so. I think the vaccine is probably what saved us. I had it twice before I got the vaccine. No, yeah, I don't think that's true.
I'm pretty sure I did. Look, the fact of the matter is you don't know if it'll give you the sniffles or it'll kill you. He'll kill you. I mean, I would like to rule out the whole killing thing.
Apparently the vaccine makes me vomit for nine hours. Man, I wish I had that on film. Worst day of my life. Booster time, baby.
Let's go. I hear people are getting sick from the booster. Yeah, of course. People that didn't have any problem.
My parents got all three. They hadn't had any problem with anything. Right. But a friend of Adrian's got sick for three days from the booster.
Nice. Chet's mom had no problem with the two vaccines. The booster knocked her out for a day. Okay.
She's a stuffed lady. But hey, if she gets it, she's probably not going to die. No, she won't. I said probably.
No, probably. We hope. Yeah. I don't want people to die.
No more funerals this year. That would be nice. They're so terrible. I don't like going.
Funerals suck. Funerals suck. Yes. All right.
This has been episode 205. It's been a good year, Michael. Congratulations. We made it through 2021.
Holy shit. Not yet. We've got another week. Well, show-wise.
Next week is the New Year's Eve show. What should we do for the New Year's Eve? Should we do like a year-end wrap-up? Ooh.
I can't wait. We haven't had a lot of guests this year. year. No, we haven't.
Can you stop? That's annoying. I just sound like a farted. That's annoying.
I don't know. Whatever you want to do, Mike, it's your show. I'm going to think of something. I know, I'm getting so tired of always doing all the work.
So then let's just turn it off. This will be our last show. Can't do that. We got to do one more next year or next week.
So next year's our last show ever. Last show ever. Why is Greg I'm putting slack up. All right.
Well, hey, let's see what Greg's problem is. Hey, Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year. We wish you guys all the very best. Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.
Stay safe. We'll do a Kwanzaa show after. If you're traveling, travel safely. Wear a mask on the plane.
I don't care if you do or not. Just, you know, whatever. Don't wear underwear. Yeah, wear no underwear.
Apparently, they frown upon wearing underwear as a mask. And don't wear underwear, period. Just pre-ball it. Oh, there you go.
Just, you know, let it loose. Nothing wrong with that. All right. Episode 205 of Cigar Hustler Podcast.
Be like Mike Palmer. Don't wear pants. It'll be up, uh, probably go up tomorrow. Yep.
Alright guys, we'll talk to you later. Thank you very much. Appreciate all the support. Oh, wait, wait, real quick.
We had a question from the listeners on the YouTube page. I almost forgot. Oh, we didn't do a listener of the week or nothing this time. Oh no, it's okay.
It's Christmas anyway. But we did have a question. Yeah. I don't remember the gentleman's name, but he wants to know how much is your water bill by washing all those towels over and over and over all the time.
Because you don't recycle your towels. Uh, my water bill's high. Okay. There you go.
As we all assumed it was from the constant washing of the towels. But my towels are clean. My towels are clean, too. I don't dry off dirty.
You do. No, I'm clean. No, see, I take a shower, then use a towel. No.
So I'm wiping the clean off. I don't believe you. What, do you think I just wipe off with a towel? Yep.
No bath today, honey, just give me a towel. Just give me a towel. Give me a towel over there, sweetheart. Yep.
All right, guys, thank you very much. We're going to go now. Goodbye. There's the answer to the question.
And you won't let me talk about the other thing. What's that? Nothing! Gotta go!
This has been a Cigar Hustlers podcast, a Mike and Mike production. m. for all new episodes. Hi, I'm doing, I'm Husto-E-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! Demandre.
He didn't even let him fuck it up all the way. I couldn't get past Hojo! I don't even have to try to. 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'd be like four cigars when I walked in a door. All right, end this.
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