ACHP 577 Deadly Clothes, Hackers After Our Milk! And a New Baby Reiley
Episode Summary
Episode 577 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast finds Mike Palmer, Mike Steponkevich (fresh off a weekend in Tampa) and board operator Phil McGuffey working through a redesigned mic setup and a very long listener-comment segment. Much of the opening is devoted to the running "T-Money" bit — a friendly rivalry with Creekside Cigars, Epicurean Smokes and other cigar-media outfits over which show has the "real" T-Money — plus updates on the CHPod.com store, the new comment/blog sections, the ongoing charity-style auction (sitting at $46 with Chris Weiss leading), and the Patreon show where the crew reviews the purple Sin Compromiso–style Bellicoso and talks industry inside baseball.
The conversation turns serious when a listener tips the guys that another podcast had been critical of Powstanie Cigars. Palmer's response becomes the episode's central takeaway: the brand is carried by roughly 250 quality retailers — from David Garofalo (Two Guys Smoke Shop) to Dave and the crew at Creekside, Secreto's Ronnie, Tobacology and Humidor — and criticism from people who aren't "playing the game" is just noise, while feedback from proven retailers gets taken seriously. He also notes the awkwardness of media personalities knocking brands that their own sponsors' retail partners support.
Non-cigar news includes a CPSC recall of roughly 5,900 Madewell women's sweaters sold at Madewell.com and TJ Maxx for failing federal flammability standards, a ransomware attack that forced Coca-Cola to suspend U.S. production at Fairlife (purchased for about $7 billion in 2020, with Canadian operations unaffected), a bizarre Cleveland fire-hydrant injury story, and Brevard Zoo announcing that Tissa, a three-year-old Maasai giraffe, is pregnant — prompting a riff about Aganorsa Leaf's Terence Reilly releasing giraffe-themed panetelas.
Cigar news covers Christophe Cigars' TAA 2026 Exclusive, a 6x52 Toro with a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper, Dominican binder and Nicaraguan/Dominican filler rolled at Tabacalera von Eicken, limited to 500 boxes of 20 at $15 per cigar / $300 per box, shipping late October; and Germany's proposed tobacco tax overhaul, where the BDZ warns of up to a 14-fold increase that could push a €20 cigar to €30 and raise per-cigar tax from 31 cents to €6.33. The show closes with "What's the Score?", guessing Patrick Lagreid's ratings for the Macanudo Sumatra Robusto (actual 86) and the Lars Tetens Grass Pig (actual 71), plus upcoming appearances on Chitown Cigars, The Leaf Burner and Smoke & Oak.
In This Episode
- 01Comments, Auctions and the T-Money WarsThe crew reads YouTube and CHPod blog comments, including a wave of good-natured heckling from Creekside Cigars fans over which podcast has the original 'T-Money.'
- 02Responding to Criticism of PowstaniePalmer addresses a listener tip that another show knocked Powstanie, explaining why retailer relationships — not podcast opinions — are the measure that matters.
- 03Madewell Sweater Recall at TJ MaxxAbout 5,900 women's sweaters are recalled by the CPSC for failing federal flammability standards, creating a burn risk.
- 04Hackers Hit Fairlife MilkA ransomware attack forces Coca-Cola to suspend U.S. Fairlife production, sparking talk about the $7 billion 2020 acquisition and protein shake prices.
- 05Brevard Zoo Giraffe PregnancyTissa, a three-year-old Maasai giraffe, is expecting — leading to a joke pitch for Aganorsa Leaf giraffe-print panetelas.
- 06Christophe TAA 2026 ExclusiveA 6x52 Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Toro from Tabacalera von Eicken, limited to 500 boxes of 20 at $15 each, shipping late October.
- 07Germany's Proposed Cigar Tax IncreaseThe BDZ warns of a possible 14-fold tax hike that could gut the world's second-largest cigar market and push prices up dramatically.
- 08What's the Score?The guys guess Patrick Lagreid's reviews of the Macanudo Sumatra Robusto and the Lars Tetens Grass Pig, with the $45 Grass Pig taking a beating.
Brands & Cigars Discussed
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Transcript
It's that time again peoples, can you just hurry this up, it gets longer, and three, dude, two, oh my god, oh, whatever, thank god, what I'm gonna do is start with this episode, we're going to show you what we're going to show you. The Cigar Hustler Podcast is a show where cigars are just the spark and the conversation can go absolutely anywhere. I'm Mike Palmer, alongside my co-host, fresh back from his weekend in Tampa, Mike Steponkevich. Yay.
Hello. Oh, yay. Woo! Sigh.
Running the board, keeping us on the air, and one day hoping to headline a podcast of his own, he's the masked man behind the curtain, Mr. Phil McGuffey. Thank you, people. Thank you.
Hey. He's already tried that, hosting this podcast on his own. Yeah, I know, but I'm, you know, not Phil, that was Boots. Oh.
Every episode we break down the biggest stories in the cigar world, tackle sports, business, current events, pop culture, and whatever unbelievable headlines are making people shake their heads. Nothing is off limits, no opinion is scripted, and no topic is safe. Whether you're a seasoned cigar smoker, a casual fan, or you've never picked up a cigar in your life, This isn't just another cigar podcast, it's a conversation you can pull up a chair to. We keep it honest, we keep it real, and we never know exactly where the next hour is gonna take us.
See, I waited. It was in between. So light your favorite cigar, pour yourself a drink, settle in, and get ready for another episode of a Cigar Hustler Podcast, where the cigar starts the conversation. Holy moly.
Here we go. Alright. Alright, let's get into today's show. We have a clothing recall that can cause death.
Mm. They are after our milk. Mm-mm. Mm.
Is it in yet? Question mark? It's part of the Dead Inside Me trilogy? No.
And we have a baby on the way, then in cigars, we've got some new cigars, we've got a country that doesn't want people to smoke cigars, and we have a double up, what's the score? And another one. But before we get started, Michael, fresh back from Tampa, please tell us about CH Pod, And the Patreon Show. The last guy didn't even mention the website.
Didn't he? No. He didn't mention the Patreon website or the CHPod? He did, he didn't CHPod.
Oh, he was interesting. Yeah, he did this whole thing. He did a good job except for that, I guess. Yeah, kind of important.
Yeah, kind of threw me off. Like and subscribe if you're reviewing and listening to the show. com for all your CHPod swag. Wait, wait.
I like how you don't really acknowledge me. You said the last guy. Oh that was you? Yeah.
Oh my bad. What did you think it was me? It was just going through my mind. I'm like wait a second.
Did he not even acknowledge who I was? That was me. Hey. Maybe he's trying to spare your feelings.
Yeah. Not point fingers. Yeah. He figured you knew who you were and so did everybody else.
Oh whatever. Sorry. I just got a cramp in my knee. Oh my Lord.
Oh God. I'm dying right here. You can't get cramp in your knee from all the work you're making me do because you can't solve the problems yourself? That's what's happening?
Yeah, I'm not on my knees scrolling around, so I'm like, oh, I can't seem to get any of this. Oh, God. I'm fatigued. Wash my hands of all the electronic stuff here.
Hand wiping my butt. Keep going up, but yeah, hand wiping my butt. You keep going with fancier gear, I'm done. I'm finished.
It's like this, no, no, that's not it. It's like this periodic thing. It's like you hit this point, it's like an annual thing where all of a sudden you're like, I can't do this. I'm done.
I can't figure this out. Oh, so he has like a midlife crisis every year. It's like, yeah, all of a sudden. Quarterly.
All of a sudden he starts to be like, he just starts throwing up his hands. Overload. I don't know how it works. Yeah.
Overload. He used to do it all the time with the online orders. com for all your chpod swag. Do those anymore.
Where you buy one, get the second one, 40% off. Spend $100 more and get free shipping. Yes. Free shipping.
Yeah. Oh, Palmer, you know it's free. Check out our Patreon. I was emphasizing.
com. Where today, we're gonna be reviewing the, come on, yes, Sen Parai, the purple, the purple, the purple one, the purple bella cozza, the purple people eater. Yeah, and we're gonna talk about some more industry stuff on the Patreon. If you buy for the entire year upfront, you're gonna get 10% off.
Now. It's a good deal. 10%. You could buy CH Pod swag with that money.
You could. Additional CH Pod swag. just so you guys know. You can go the right way.
Our auction is currently at $750. $46. How'd it go down if that was at $48? No, this is where it's been at.
It's been at $46. Somebody revoked their bid. I rescinded my invitation. Oops, I bid on that.
You can't do that. Backspace, backspace. Now, I will tell you that the comment section has been added Oh. To the auction site.
" Wow. iHeart Boots, I wonder who is that? It's definitely not me, because I don't even check my Instagram. I didn't even know we had that.
We have that over there now, great. iHeart Boots also commented... Two comments? Wait, is iHeart Boots the only one that's commented?
Yeah, so far, other than me. Oh. Mike, no cigar for you in trying to find out who I am. Listen, if I want to know who you are, I'd go figure that out.
Just ask Claude. I have a pretty good idea who you are. I'm going to continue to level with the belief that you're Palmer. Wait, I'm doing the "I Heart Boots" one too?
Because it's funny. Yeah. Oh yeah, that's all the same person. Palmer, you're doing all of them, let's be honest.
I'm going to do an "I Heart Boots". My back hurts. Some comments. I'm going to die right here on the show.
Some comments. Hold on. Comments from our CHPod podcast. Oh, the real place.
Yeah. On YouTube. Is this the chat board, or is this the... Yeah, where are we doing comments from?
We're a little confused. There's a blog page, and it has updated episodes on every episode. Wait, on CHPod, there's two places you can comment? Yeah, you can talk shit when you're auctioning, and then you can also comment on the show.
So do you put up like the little thumbnail for the show in the title or something? Yeah. Oh. Hmm.
Okay. And that one's got one from Southpaw is what it says. And it says... I heart Southpaw or is this Southpaw?
Is this the post-YouTube apocalypse rallying point? Yes, it is. Yes, apparently it is. Yes, it is.
And what, well, you know, I haven't figured out how we're going to do this entirely, but what I'll, what we might do is we might run, you know, two giveaways or something. And we'll announce what the giveaways are on the CHPod site, and where you can comment on YouTube, or where you can comment on YouTube. Ah, if you comment here, you win Mikey's Left Shoe. If you comment on this one, you wear Boots' underwear.
And we'll announce the winners solely on the CHPod section. So you can comment on both to be entered to win, potentially. Is the YouTube winner just announced on CHPod too? I'm gonna start doing that.
So can we do this kind of stuff on CHPod, or you'll just make a comment, so-and-so won? What do you mean, this kind of stuff? Where, I mean, we normally announce it on the show, you say what it is. Will it be like a little video of you going, congratulations to whoever?
No, I'll just make a comment section, I'll make a new blog post and say congratulations to blah, blah, blah, you won. Just trying to understand how it works. Yeah. Now, getting to some comments from the show, which is the funnest part of the day for me.
Until they all have to comment on the other thing. They can comment on both things, Palmer. Pick up what I'm saying. You can comment on the show.
I thought we were going to stop using one of them. Yeah, I know. That's what I was originally thinking. Well, how do I know what your plans are when you don't tell me?
Apparently, I could have been commenting all weekend. I'm telling you right now. I'm telling you right now. Now you know.
I mean, I've got to fix all your problems and keep you up to speed? Yeah, or I might have a problem that you've already fixed. - Wait, is this when, does Palmer, is he still remembering things? - No.
- Is that why you're doing all his stuff for him? - Yeah, he's not. - I don't even know where I'm at. - It's not such a transition today.
- All right, so now we're starting to get hammered here, so I'm sure that there was some type of post from Creekside, which is nice. - Oh. - Oh, was there? - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, there's, yeah, that's definitely the case. R.
Big Shmoke, it says, "Have you ever met Tyler, AKA Creekside T-Money? Probably never been to the lounge either. Powstanie's Cigars, really been a new big hit with Creekside, Dave Ember & Crew. " Okay, bro.
You boycott in our cigars? Yeah, that's what he said. Why is that? Because T-Money that they have, is not the real T-Money.
Oh. Yeah. And they're upset? I said that he's not the real T-Money.
Oh, they're mad at you? Yeah. Oh, I gotcha. Rallying behind their T-Money.
Rally! Gotcha. All right. You know, if you guys buy enough of our cigars, we'll get rid of our T-Money.
Whoa. Easy. Listen, I'm not getting rid of it. He used to come for me all the time, not no more.
Yeah, no. I didn't say none. Our T-Money stays. Our T-Money has seniority.
Yeah, but he could stay over here, and they could, you know, we'll just save. Oh, listen, I met your T-Money, very handsome, okay? Smart individual. I like your T-Money, but he's not the original T-Money.
Does their T-Money work for the government? He does not. Oh, there you go then. Yeah, yeah.
Our T-Money can arrest their T-Money. Yeah, I mean, our T-Money can, longitude and latitude, the location of @JRBigSchmoke. At any given moment. Yeah, so.
Here's another one. At TinyMiller86, you mispronounce OG or original T-Money over at Creeside, it's okay. first failure is forgiven thank you so nice how do you mispronounce o-g uh because i said he's not the original team money oh forgive my friend palmer he's very old he says he struggles you said mispronounce o-g i mean it's spelled o-g what'd you say og yes apparently he said ob at mall miller it's cute y'all think y'all have the real team money wow it's really a thing We do have the real T-Money. Make no mistake.
So is this comments on our show? Oh yeah, this is comments on our show. So they've gone to trouble to find our show. And heckle us.
And heckle us. Perfect. Lynch mobbing us? Yeah, I guess so.
T-Money, you need to rally your dudes here and everybody show up at the border or whatever you're doing. It's called a T-Money dance-off. Yeah. There can be only one.
There can be only one. Everybody just muted the discussion board. I came across another T-Money. There's three?
There's three T-Moneys in rotation. In rotation, yeah. Oh my lord. There's not an I Heart T-Money though, is there?
At Creekside? No, he came up in the post and I thought he was the T-Money. Oh, in the show? Oh, that was on the Epicurean Smokes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was another T-Money. Yeah, they have one too. They had two T-Moneys running at the same time, simultaneously.
So apparently, you're not in cigar media if you don't have a T-Money. Obviously. Because Epicurean Smokes has one, Creekside has one, and Cigar Elses Podcast has one. I wonder if Coop has a T-Money.
Probably not. Yeah, definitely not. Um, be nice to Coop. Sorry.
I just asked a question. I know, but you know, uh, Numbnuts over here had to chime in, too. He just can't help himself. Numbnuts.
@michaelzcigarguy55 says, "Did you replace Mike? Seems like Triple G is there all the time. " Listen, if you want me on your podcast, you better be nice to me. Okay.
G's got the money. Yeah. He's rich. He doesn't need the raise.
He makes all the, yeah. He's the one who decides what all we make. That's what all we make. Yeah.
Ridiculous. We have no idea what he makes. Mm-hmm. That's probably true.
He always just has money in his pocket. I don't know why. Always. Always.
And a homemade giant piece of metal goes around because it's so big. Yeah. It's ridiculous. I had this fabricated.
I had this made. When it gets really big, I gotta get the next one. Yeah, then I gotta remove it. So much money in my pockets.
This pocket's my money, this pocket, I don't even know whose money that is. I just carry it around. I just keep somebody else's money on me. I wrap my money in a Tesla Coil.
Sorry. If you had my money, you'd throw your money away. Yeah. I like where you go.
Tesla Coil. And then he comes back on to defend themselves. Like, you guys are so mean. His wife commented on the superhero poster.
She really likes him as a superhero. Because he's all muscly and not just, you know, here. Not just, you know, here. One muscle.
Not just the one muscle here. Where the belly sits. At Jams4441. Oh.
Oh, radio show. I'm sorry, gentlemen, over the weekend I listened to Smokin' Tobacco Podcast and Matt Tobacco and Coop were talking crap about Postana cigars. Oh. We're coming for you.
No, we're not. I absolutely got frustrated. How can an influencer who doesn't know how to manage his volume levels and another who talks more about fast food than cigars be taken serious? Sorry, had to vent on your behalf.
That's funny. Keep betting. E. El Tigre an 88, yet also said how bad it was.
Look, here's what I'm going to tell you, I don't know what was said, I didn't listen to it, and you know, to be perfectly honest, here's what I can tell you about Postana. Postana is across the platform with some of the greatest retailers in this industry, guys that have been in this industry before us, like David Garofalo, two guys, all the way to the great retailers, the Young Bucks, Dave and his crew at Creekside, so there's about 250 retailers that are fantastic in between those two statements, right, guys like Tobacology, Secreto, I mean, the list goes on and on, Humidor, You could name all of them. Forgive me for not mentioning everybody. They believe in the brand, right?
Right. And we believe in what we're doing. So, if somebody's gonna talk shit about us, that's perfectly acceptable, as far as I'm concerned. I'm not gonna lose sleep.
Because the reality is that the people that are building this industry are behind us. Right. 100%. And the funny part is that those other retailers that support us and believe in us, they also buy the brands that are your sponsors.
So that might look bad if you talk shit about stuff that they're backing and supporting. You know, you might want to think that all the way through. I mean, it's not my podcast. I don't know what was said and what wasn't said.
And like, I honestly wish you guys the best. So, talk shit all you want. I could, I don't know, that's all I got. I mean, it's just noise to me.
If David Garofalo were to call me and say, hey, this is what I think is a mistake that you made, I'd listen. I'd be like, absolutely, dude, just tell me what you say. Now, maybe I agree with him, maybe I don't, but I know that we're in unison and we have the same beliefs. We're trying to build an industry and make it better when we leave it, right?
It's gonna be a better place. Sure. If Dave calls me from Creekside, if Ronnie from Secreto calls me, and they all have points of views and different perspectives and all those things, if they say something's amiss, I'm going to listen. But if you're not even playing the game, I don't even give a shit what you have to say about us.
I really don't. So, I mean, does that make sense? Yeah, completely. I mean, it's not like they have experience and they're just podcasters.
- Yeah, I mean, if they want to attack-- - If they want to say something bad, say something bad, they have every right to do that. - And to be fair, I have no idea what they said, maybe they didn't say anything bad, I don't know, I'm just reading a comment here on YouTube. - Right, somebody says they didn't, right. - Yeah, you know, so maybe they didn't, I mean, if they did or they didn't, it doesn't matter to me, I wish them the best, we're doing a lot of things really, really well here, I got, I'm getting attacked by Fake Team Money's crew at this point, you know?
- More important things to worry about. - Yeah, I got bigger fish to fry. - Fake T-Moneys are after you. - The Fake T-Money Squad, I can make some hats for them, you know?
No, but like, that's all fun and in jest, right? Like, and that's a good, they're a good squad, so... - Oh, the Fake T-Moneys. - Yeah, and like, the Creekside guys, oh, you better go get 'em.
Like, yeah, that's fun, right? - Sure. - And yeah, man, we're gonna continue to grow and build. Anything negative said about us is just noise.
Everything that's positive with the partners that we work with, that's called frequency, and we're going to continue to develop and we're going to help them get better, and to be honest, being friends with us, it ain't easy. It's not. Oh, come on, we're a bunch of sweethearts. No, I'm talking about just a simple standard.
Oh. You know what I mean? Like, iron's going to sharpen iron, always, and I'm always going to do my best to try and make you better, and I hope that you do the same thing for me, right? Right, I think of the electronics you learned today.
Exactly Yeah thanks so much Trying to make it better Michael She knows I got this new mic She's trying to make it better My friend Palmer here just threw up I don't know how to do this But no you know like I have one too Look We did our podcast with Epicurean Smokes Yeah And we were done You went to bed Because it was well past your bedtime You just shot it off And you were gone I sat there for a minute Nobody came back Yeah you just said boom And you were gone Well I was here I wanted to go home Look I stayed on with them For another 20, 30 minutes To discuss Oh I think you said it was an hour Maybe it was an hour Yeah, I'm going 20, 30 minutes. I stayed on for another hour, just so we could talk, shop, and figure out how we can do, how they can do something better so that they can produce revenue, right? Like that's the type of stuff that you're looking for, right? I'm not going to have that conversation with somebody that's, that's talking bad about us.
No, we're not helping those two. Yeah, well, I mean, I would if they wanted to be friends, but if they don't, they don't have to. That's okay. I don't want to be friends.
That's, well, that's up to you, but like, that's not how I live my life. Yeah, I just, I don't know a lot about that type of food or stuff like that. There it is. He did do a sandwich over the weekend.
What are you talking about? They commented, I was just talking about the comment. What do you want from me? If you want to hear your comment read aloud on the show, just simply comment.
Say something bad about it, we'll read it for sure. What did I, what did I read for sure? Squeal, squeal on somebody, we like those too. those two wait wait was that all the comments not uh david hasselhoff man or um no that was somebody i didn't recognize the name who said it those are the ones that i saw i'm gonna keep looking no no the guy who gave us the tip that they were talking bad about us i didn't recognize his name it looked like a new name uh yeah so i mean we love you you're the new guy the new guy you're our favorite what if it was palmer again you're our spot yeah like i'm sitting here watching And that show at night.
I don't have that kind of time either. You're going to go upstairs one day, you're going to see Palmer in the corner, just thumb smashing his phone. Typing away. What are you doing?
Oh, nothing. Nothing, nothing, go away, go away, nothing, don't bait engine me, leave me alone. It was @jams4441. Oh, yeah, the radio guy.
Right, Jams. Yeah. Yeah, he works for the FM radio station. Right.
Yeah, there is some more here. Jams, Real Radio, 104. @4KiwiGman, Palmer, does your friend, Michael Knight, work for the UK subsidiary of Knight Industries? , like Mr.
Bean's car or Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses? Okay, I don't know what kind of car that is, but I do picture him driving that, the taxi, the English taxi. Do you? Yeah.
Failing that, has anyone got a suggestion on what car it should be? " He could have told you anything. Yeah, he could have told me anything. S.
Democrats to national Republicans. Ah, Republicans like smoke. Democrats, no smoke. @RuckusOnChains...
Sharon! said Triple G is right, Christian Bale was the best Batman, and it's not even close. Of course she agreed with him. Of course Triple G is right.
I've only watched half the shows so far, so... I think Christian Bale was the best Batman. Who did you say was the best Batman? I liked Ben Affleck.
Yeah, I liked Val Kilmer. Are you kidding me? Yeah, I get it. You guys have zero taste in movies, so that makes sense.
Oh, by the way, I tried to watch Old Henry. Terrible movie. It is not. Did you watch the whole movie?
No, I couldn't get through it. That's why. Couldn't get through it. I don't want to ruin the movie for somebody.
You have to watch the whole movie. I tried twice. You have to watch the whole movie. And my wife went to bed.
" You have to watch the whole movie. Apparently, this guy's protecting that guy from these guys, and then somebody's got money. You gotta watch the whole movie. "Den of Thieves" was garbage, too.
" No, that wasn't as bad as you thought. I painstakingly finished through that whole movie, and that was a terrible movie. Nah, I liked the movie. It's like, what's his name, Gerard Butler.
Yeah. He was a terrible character. What's that? Yeah, he was.
He was a piece of shit in the first movie. He was a piece of shit in the second movie, too. No, no, no, no, no, but now he's like, no, now it ends where he's buddies with them. He put them in jail.
He's not buddies with them. He put them in jail. He got them free. Well, it was just, you know, a favor for a favor.
Yeah, it's stupid. Wait till the third one. I won't be watching it. Then of Thieves 3.
The guy is a genius. He saves the church. The guy is a mastermind genius in the first movie, and then he comes out as like some half-winked fucking- Oh, he put on a lot of weight, too. He was like super dumb in the second one.
Yeah. No, sorry. Not smart. Yeah.
@Floridaman1888, do any of you remember the monstrosity Taco Bell had back in the '90s called the Chilito? Yes! Yeah. A chili burrito.
Worst diarrhea ever, is what it says. Yeah, but it was delicious. All the food's delicious, it just makes you go to the bathroom. Yeah.
IHeart Triple G, IHeart FU, BDP, Phil. Wow. Oh, you're FU. I'm FU.
I love you all, it says. iHeart Triple G, Pustani is headed to Greenland, and the tortoise, peacock, bearded dragon, and macaw are along for the ride. Is that where Greg's going? Greg says he's going to Greenland.
Nice. She's putting a trip together to Greenland. And then shortly thereafter, the iHeart Triple G, the iHeart Triple G, comment from CW6383, don't you think that the USDA would have looked into the diarrhea claims Is that another government cover-up to help boost sales of Pepto-Bismol? Oh.
Government cover-up. Mmm. In today's news, we're not covering the story, there was a false positive about the lettuce being bad. Oh, yeah?
So now there's nothing wrong with the lettuce. They tested it again. It was that clown again. Trying to put them out of business.
The McDonald's clown? Yeah. Put some of this diarrhea shit in the lettuce. com page for the blog section or that's it, that's it, you know reading the ones from the the auction site yeah yeah I might I mean I was just letting everybody know that it's up because last time I was here I said that I was going to put it up right you know I have to go make a login ID to get there or do you yeah you have to register in order to talk smack yeah yeah but you can only tell who everybody is yeah yeah so you can't make all these different - Well, I can.
He'll just know. He assumes he knows now. - Yeah? It's you.
- It's not me. - It's definitely you. - It's not me. - Well, you've already leaked it.
- Where? - You set it here, after you got that cramp in your leg. - No idea. - Oh, I got this cramp.
- Oh, I got it twice. P. - Okay. - All right, you done?
- Yeah, I'm done. - That's like the biggest segment of the show now. - This is me shutting down. - All the comments.
- It's the funnest part. - Okay, I'll give you that. J. Maxx and Made It Well recalled nationwide over risk of serious injury or death.
Ugh. Clothes? Clothes. J.
Maxx clothes will kill you. J. Maxx made their own clothes. I thought that they got like the stuff.
They don't but that's where these clothes are sold. You get like a shirt with a zipper instead of buttons. J. Maxx.
Doesn't sound like they're Made It Well at all. No, they've recalled 5,900 women's sweaters that do not meet the mandatory flammability standard, creating a burn risk that could result in serious injury or death. Apparently some lady had one on, put her hand over a candle, and up she goes. She engaged.
S. com and in TJ Maxx under the Matingwell brand. The recall affects two sweaters sold from December 2024 to October 2025. It's just a cream one and a light blue one.
Some have buttons. Some don't have buttons. It's a pullover sweater. We have a lot of numbers and things.
I mean, this is, this is, like, how as a manufacturer do you produce something and it doesn't match, like, flammable levels of protection? It doesn't meet the standard. Right, exactly. Like, how did you get there?
And these are $138 to $148 sweaters. I didn't realize TJ Maxx had stuff. At TJ Maxx? Yeah, at TJ Maxx?
Wow. Well, that's what the MSRP says in Slash. Oh, yeah. That's probably right.
Alright, that makes more sense. Yeah, it's like, who's paying $150 for a sweater at TJ? It's like your Invicta watches. This is a $700 Invicta.
Oh, right, right, right. And it's $20. You know who's buying them? The people putting their hands over the candle with their sweater.
That's right. Hmm. Let me test this out. According to the CPSC, the sweaters violate the federal standard for clothing and textiles.
Hmm. So if you have one of those sweaters, or if you bought one of those sweaters for your lovely wife, make sure she doesn't wear it around an open flame. Okay, the only sweater that she rocks is her Kirkland Signature sweatshirt. Oh, Costco.
Yeah, that's her jam. Gotcha. S. What?
No. They shut down the milk. They're Fairlife? Yeah, I didn't realize that either, they're Fairlife milk.
- Wow. - An unauthorized third-party user accessed Chicago-based Fairlife Milk's production system in what the beverage giant believes was a ransomware event. Coca-Cola said in a statement Thursday, "It's unclear when the breach occurred. " - It sounds like somebody clicked a link.
It hit their box. - Oh, somebody in the... - Yeah. It was Fred again.
Fred over there in milk production. It's also notified law enforcement the full nature and impact of the incident are not yet known, Coca-Cola said in a statement. It added that the breach has not affected product quality or safety. However, as of recent of the incident production operations at Fairlife United States, it's temporarily suspended.
Wow. Now you can't buy Fairlife. Do you buy Fairlife milk? No.
You know, you know, I used to buy the, I think that that's the company that makes little protein shakes. Yeah, it is, yeah, they were in the picture. Yeah, those are delicious. Well, they're not making them right now.
Well, they're not at Costco anymore, so I don't buy them anymore. Ah. Yeah. Maybe that's why I could make them right now.
I think that there is probably a power struggle for the price. And they just said, you know, we're just gonna move on. Coca-Cola is great. However, my protein powder is like 75 bucks there now.
Wow. It used to be 45 hours. But isn't it like in a barrel? Yeah, it's in like a barrel, but still, it's wild.
Coca-Cola said, adding that the operation in Canada are running normally, so they're making them in Canada, still. That's great. The company is working diligently to complete the investigation and restore the systems and impacted Coca-Cola said. Coca-Cola purchased Fairlife milk from select milk producers in 2020 for roughly, how much does a milk company cost, gentlemen?
Ooh. Back in 2020, six years ago. Six years ago, milk prices. Like during COVID?
Yeah. Maybe they got a deal because it was in COVID. Maybe. I'm going to say $80 million.
I'm going to go $200 million. $7 billion. Whoa, I was closer. With a B?
With a B. $7 billion for milk. Milk's a very big thing right now. What if people like cat milk?
Well, because, yeah, they have the little... Yeah. Right. It's among the company's 200 brands across its soft drink waters in hydration, coffee, and tea, juices, hydration, and alcohol categories.
Seven billion dollars for milk. Seven billion dollars for a milk company that produces in Canada and America. Mmm, it's a lot of cows. So many cows.
So many cows. Well, and their milk, uh, their milk lasts longer. Do you remember vitamin water? Yes, it's still around.
Yeah, it's still around? Yeah. When was the last time you bought a vitamin water? A long time.
Somebody here always brings one in. I can't remember who it is. Do they? Oh, it's Jay.
I buy him. Oh, yeah? He used to bring one in, with You buy them all the time? Yeah, I buy them like every other week.
I like the triple X, the 50 cent one. Formula, I thought that was Formula 50. He buys it for the triple X, I know. It's pouring water.
It takes me back to my work. Back to the days. I always make sure they have this on the set. To my straight porn.
Straight porn. So how often do you buy the chip? He shuts down. Like every other week?
So you buy one every other week? Yeah. That's how they stay in business. Oh, Jesus.
Good job, Phil. Yeah. And they're like, I don't know if we're going to survive here. Oh!
Oh! Somebody bought one again! Look at that! So, which one do you buy?
Triple X. Oh, Triple X, sorry. Well, I thought they were labeled like energy, vitamin something. What's a Triple X?
What flavor is a Triple X? It's purple. Yeah, it's like a acai berry. Acai berry?
Acai berry. That stuff. Acai. Nobody can say that word.
Do you remember that stuff back in the day? There was a whole, remember that Ponzi scheme, that triangle? Yeah. What was that called?
Podzy Scheme Triangle. Yeah, it was like, no, but you would take the shot of the berry. I don't remember what the company was called. Oh, the Juneberry or something like that?
It was acai berry. Oh, acai berry. Yeah, yeah. Acai.
Acai. Acai berry. This is good for you. Take a shot.
And then you sell it to your friends. Your friends sell it to their friends and their friends. And we're all healthy. So friends.
And Irish. Irish. Alright, a woman dancing on a fire hydrant slips. Oh, God.
And gets it stuck in her vagina. It got stuck. Fireman used the jaws of life to free her. Oh, God.
Cleveland, Ohio woman, a 31-year-old woman, was hospitalized early Saturday after an unusual accident involving a fire hydrant outside a downtown bar. I mean, I don't have one, but I'm definitely cringing over it. , of course it did, right after the bar closed. Right after the bar closed, on July 18th near West 6th Street in Johnson Court where police said several people had gathered outside to watch the lady fall on the bus.
You guys wanna see what I can do? Hold my beer. They gathered outside the tipsy goat after last call. Witnesses told officers that the woman, identified as family members as Marissa Cole of Lakewood, climbed into a waist-tie hydrant while dancing for a group of friends.
According to a preliminary incident, reports, Cole had been dancing on the hydrant while wearing a short skirt when she lost her balance and came down hard on the top of it, causing the upper cap and the bonnet assembly to become lodged inside her hoo-hoo. Mmm. Okay. That had to hurt.
Okay. Friends initially tried to lift her off, but stopped when they told her to wait for the emergency cruise. Cleveland Fire Battalion Chief Eric Vance said cruised from Engine 21 and rescue one arrived within minutes and found Cole conscious And embarrassed. It sobers you up pretty quick I would imagine.
Yeah. Firefighters covered her with a blanket while paramedics stabilized her and requested a rescue unit with hydraulic cutting tools. Vance said crews shut down. Got it.
Well, you don't want to know how she's doing? I'd like to move on. It took 24 minutes to get her off of that thing? I'd like to move on.
What hospital she was taking to? No, I'm good. I'm fast forwarding through the thing. I'm good.
She wasn't, no file, no charges. Terrible. Yeah, no kidding. Against the fire hydrant?
Against her. But they did have to replace the Firehands the next day because, you know, they had to cut the top off. Yeah, send her a bill. Oh, there's a quote.
I'm good. I can just imagine. Moving on. All right, Brevard Zoo has shared very exciting news.
Yeah? That's here locally, Brevard Zoo. Oh, is that the sloth people? No, that was Sanford.
No, no, that was Central Florida Zoo. By the way, they were quoted over the weekend on a national animal thing about they're the sloth experts now in the United States. But they have no sloths? No, well, I think they have four, but they started with a lot of them.
They had their own four, and then they took on the remainders, and the rest of those are no longer with us allegedly. And these new ones might have eaten the lettuce. Yeah, maybe, maybe. Tissa, a three-year-old Maasai giraffe, is expecting her very first baby to arrive later this fall.
Ooh! Congratulations, Tissa. We know the first-time mom is going to do an incredible job with her pregnancy, She was pregnant and is perceived exactly as it should be, her animal care team shared, making one of the first giraffe births at the zoo since 2020. The milestone was shared on social media Friday, July 17th.
We are so excited to share, our three-year-old giraffe Tissa is pregnant. " I never had a chance. I never had a chance. Well, there was a chance.
- Yeah, there was a chance. - There was a chance, but the other guy was taller, apparently. Hard to believe, but he was taller. - You know what would be awesome?
So Terrence Riley's the national something-something from Aganorso, just so everybody knows. - National something-something. - Aganorso Leaf. And it would be awesome if he started coming out with a series of the giraffe names, like the Tissa, and all that stuff.
- Oh, that would be good. He has that kind of power. - Yeah, and the labels were like, giraffe print. - Right.
And they were all like Pantellas? Yeah, well, like it's just like long and blanky, and they're like- Yeah, Churchill's or Lancero's or something. Double Lancero. And then like Tissa has the baby, you make the little Pantella and then sell them in like a set or something.
Oh, that would be nice. Yeah. Terrence, you like to run with these ideas for free. You're welcome.
I'm sure you're a big fan. Yeah. Right. You watch the show all the time.
I'm sure you do. Yeah. All right, now we're on to Cigar News. Unless you- Nope.
I'm confused, you guys. You got mad when I didn't ask, you get mad when I didn't ask. So, I really don't know what to do. Well, you said that you were always going to ask me before the show.
Oh. Is that what I needed? That was what you said. " I forget things.
I know. I get it. Yeah. Did you ask before the show?
No. We were busy with the equipment. Well, Mikey was busy. Well, yeah.
Mikey. That's why I didn't ask you. When I said we, I meant the three of us. So, I was including you, too, as he told you to get up and get out of the way.
I don't mean to bring up all wounds. No. Here's what happens. It's like, he understands the logic of it.
Like, I have to plug this in, right? So he plugged it in, and then he's like, I can't get this to work. And that was where he just kind of throws... I worked in this for 45 minutes before you got here.
See, look out, see how defensive... It took me less than 10 minutes to figure it out. Because I did all the hard work beforehand. You did all the hard work beforehand.
I unpacked it. I put it together. He got the knot loose. I did all the assembly.
I made it, I hooked it up the wrong way. No more bubbling, though. Oh, it's true. It is a little echoey.
You think it's these mics? I don't know, it sounds like it would be in my ear, it could just be the thing. I think you guys sound good. I bet you, yeah, I think it's probably just in your ear, but I bet you there's a way to modify the mics, either on here or on there, where it's even.
Sure, you can figure that out. You know what, I will, for you. Yes. All right, Christophe announces a TAA 2026 exclusive.
Well, that's early. Yeah, it's early, a little early this year for the TAA announcements, apparently. Christophe Cigars has announced that it will once again have an exclusive. This cigar is made just for members of the TAA.
Christophe TAA 2026 exclusive is a 6x52 Toro that uses a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper, a Dominican binder, and fillers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. The company calls it a medium plus bodied cigar with decadent notes of dry cocoa, five spice, I'm not sure what that is, light notes of white pepper, and a sweet cocoa and a creamy finish. The production is limited to 500 boxes of 20 cigars with Tabla Calera Von Eiken of the Dominican Republic, making the cigars Christophe TAA 2026 exclusive as an MSRP of... what do we got?
$13. TAA? I'm gonna go $20. Oh, Mike, he wins $15.
Wow. I'm getting more aggressive attacks from Team Money. By the way, Five Spice is a Chinese spice. Oh, thank you very much.
And $300 per box, the cigars are expected to begin shipping late October, the TAA holds its annual meeting and trade show from October 25th to the 29th at Casa De Campo in La Dominican Republic, during the event the organization holds two selling events, one known as the I'd Why Shut event, where members and retailers order collectively to secure large discounts and exchange room keys, the other is more traditional trade show where orders are placed individually, no one really goes to the second one. Oh, wait, these are the ones that they showed at the TAA, and they're just now coming out. This is the one where everybody gets a suite. No, the TAA.
Oh, sorry, what? No, yeah, because you said it comes out in October. Yeah, it comes out in October after they buy them at the trade show, I guess, or maybe this is last year's, I don't know, it's very... This must be, yeah, this must be the last year's, because the next TAA isn't until next year.
No, it's in October of this year. They said the trade show's in October. They also said they're releasing cigars in October. Oh, I thought the TAA was right before PCA.
It kind of is. Yeah, I guess if you're October to March or whatever. I thought the TAA was like January or so. I thought it was the beginning of the year.
Trade show from October 25th to the 29th at Casa de Campo in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Oh, so they've moved it. No, that's always worth it. - That might be right.
- And then, you know, they have the two shows that nobody goes to the second one. Too tired from the first one. Trying to figure out who's with who. - Right.
- All right, Germany proposes massive cigar tax increase. - Oh, yeah? - Massive. - Massive?
- Massive. - You can't really hear how massive it is. - I can't do the voice, though. - No?
- You'll find out in a minute. Germany, one of the most important cigar markets in the world, could very quickly lose that status under a new tax proposal. who would have thought that Germany is the second largest consumers of cigars next to us? Really?
Yes. Working through the new tax structure for tobacco products, while it was initially believed to be a moderate increase, the Bundesverbender - I don't know what the second word is - BDZ will just say it - the German Cigar Manufacturers Association is now warning of a 14-fold inc... I'm looking at the T-Money stuff where they're attacking us. Are they sending videos I hear?
" from T-Money Himes. 14-fold increase of the current ad tax. Currently, there are three different tobacco-specific taxes for cigars and cigarillos sold in Germany. 4 cents per item duty.
4 cent percent of the retail price. 504 cents. The BDZ has warned that the Ministry of Finance is set to propose substantial increases to German finance, the German health insurance system. 83 percent because the ad rate, so I'm being confused.
Yeah, what's going on here? Carry the one. And a letter sent to clients Martin Schuster of Schuster Cigars. Oh, my gosh.
Can't do the voice. My friend, yeah. My friend, too. An importer and domestic manufacturer of cigars gave an example of a cigar that currently retails for 20 euros.
He warns that the cigar price would likely increase to at least 30 euros. Oh, boy. Wow. Right.
33, roughly 20 times what they currently are. 33. That's pretty wild. That is pretty high.
There's a bunch of other German words they can't pronounce, and some half-wheel stuff, and something else Mr. Schuster said that's very important that I don't understand, so we'll just, you know, move on. Then talk about hand-rolled cigars, talk about cigarettes, and they want this to stop. This is terrible, it's very terrible, we should stop.
So, don't go to Germany. Well, it sounds like they haven't passed the legislation, but they're threatening to. Yes. So, hopefully, it gets squashed.
Yeah. The industry is already struggling due to the country's broader economic issues that would likely shrink due to both higher prices for local consumers and an exit of international businesses on both supplier and buying side. Who would have thought broader economic issues? Do you have something to say, Phil?
I'm sorry, I cut you off. The taxes sound pretty comparable to, like, New York, though, or Colorado. - Yeah, but this is the entire country. - Yeah, it's not like a certain place.
- Oh. - It's country-wise. - Yeah. - Maybe like a Canadian taxant.
- It just needs to be protected. There needs to be some type of alliance with like this stuff, legislation can't constantly happen. - Wasn't the CAA or somebody just working on that? - They're working on tariff importation being dissolved.
- They were getting involved in some countries' problem. - Yeah. - We talked about that on yesterday's show. What was the soccer team that tied Spain?
Cabo Wabo, or something? What was it called? Cape Verde. Cape Verde.
Did they go there? They fought there? That might be what it was. Cape Verde.
A. is what it was. Cigar Rights of Everywhere. E.
E. They need to change their name. We're everywhere. We're everywhere.
He's got a good gig. Ricardo, whatever. Carione? Yeah, I can't say his last name.
Mr. Kayak? - He travels around all the time just making videos and taking pictures. - Oh, yeah.
- Wow, he was in Greece the other day at the beach in a suit, but, you know, still. - I'm sure it was a blazer, blazer top. - It was a black suit and a white shirt. He did have no shoes.
- Was it waterproof? - The suit? - Could he go swimming in the suit? - I guess he could have if he wanted to.
I'm sure he's probably very well from running. - Yeah? - Wow. - Pay him top dollar?
- I guess, yeah. - He's doing all right. - He's always traveling and the little guy's always traveling. Joshua Haberski?
My friend Joshua Haberski. Stopped answering our calls. Mike, are you all calling right now? I have his phone number.
I bet you he doesn't answer. I bet he wouldn't. Because you call him the little guy. That's okay.
It's a fondness thing. He calls me the old guy. It's a thing we do. He's little, I'm old.
It's a funny thing. It's the next podcast. Right. That's what it's called.
I'm funny, he's old. Oh, I thought it was called the old little podcast. The old little podcast. What a great name for a show.
And we do it like the odd couple. Like the Odd Couple? You're not familiar with that show, are you? I am.
The two old guys? Well, they weren't old when it started. You're thinking about the movie they did. Same people, but it's called The Old Guys.
Same guys, but they were younger. Oh. The movie? I was thinking about Grumpy Old Men.
Yeah, that's the movie. Same thing. Oh, is it the same thing? That's not The Odd Couple, though.
I mean, it's the same actors, but different. Younger, they were younger. Oh, the guy for Dennis the Menace. Yeah.
Yeah. Mr. Wilson. Right, but he's not Mr.
Wilson. I like when he tries to flip to him, but then he realizes it's the wrong person, and he has to flip to him. Dude, sometimes it's difficult, man, when I'm like looking at the... One is me, two is him, three is you.
There's three whole buttons. A is me and him, B is you and him, and C, or me and yours, I don't know, one of them's got three people on it. Yeah, but if you, like our show has kind of like a format, like Palmer talks, Mikey will talk, and I talk, but sometimes we get out of that, and that's when it starts becoming difficult to hit them. He hit all the different vibes, like, oh wait, oh wait, wait, wait.
If we talk out of order, he gets confused. Like this whole time he talked, it wasn't on him. No, no, it was on me. I looked like it was on me.
Yeah. Oh. Hey, what are we gonna do with this guy? Are you sucking in, though?
No, my jacket is rolled up, and my wife can play. Hold the diaper. Yeah, the diaper's riding up. All right, it's time for the industry's favorite game.
What's the score? Greg doesn't do it very well. No, he doesn't. Are you going to hit your thing?
No, he does it after you read it. Yeah, I know. I forgot to put it in again. It's not here.
See, I told you. We read a half-way review and they say scores every time we stop. The more information you get, the easier it gets. Or does it?
I don't know where it goes from there. You don't have the intro? Is that what? No, yeah, I forgot to put the intro in.
Let's get ready to play. " All right, today's cigar, July 18th, 2026, Patrick Legreed Cigars, it's a Nicaraguan cigar, Scandinavian Tobacco Group, Macanudo Sumatra Robusto, Mmm. Which one is it? Why are you looking it up?
Yeah, what are you looking it up? I'm looking at my YouTube comments of us being attacked. Which one is it? Macanudo Sumatra Robusto.
- Macanudo? - I'm not saying it a third time, you're just out now. - This is funny because Austin Hampson, @austinhampsonrealtors says, I said, we love our Dr. T money, he goes, but which one?
So I wrote back the right one. I guess I'm going first here, huh? - Well, you're fresh back, so. - All right, I'll say 88.
- 85. - That's good. Macanudo Sumatra Robusto from Nicaragua, Factory, STG Esteli, Wrapper, Ecuadorian, Sumatra Seed, Binder, USA, Broadleaf, Filler, Dominican Republic, length 5x50, it's pressed, and they smoked 3. 87.
85. The Macanudo Sumatra Robusto delivers a balanced and involving flavor profile beginning with notes of coffee, earth, chocolate, a subtle berry sweetness before transitioning into a rich combination of creamy smoke, pepper, and deeper earthy flavors, accented by a satisfying chocolate finish. Sounds delicious. 88?
Mm. 86. Clue number two, construction is consistently impressive, offering an even burn, excellent smoke production, solid draw, and a slow, enjoyable smoking time of just over two hours, with only occasional minor touch-ups required. 89.
86. Clue number three, while generally well-balanced, the third sample exhibited noticeably It was a stronger pepper in heat with a rougher smoke texture and a couple of the cigars required extra attention to stay burning evenly creating a less consistent experience across all three samples. 87. 86.
Final thought, while I couldn't tell you the last time I had the inclination to reach for a typical Macanudo, I can tell you that after smoking three, If you're smoking three of the Macanudo Sumatra Robustos, this would be a cigar I'd both reach for and recommend. It's well balanced, decently complex, and has a blend that leans on familiar flavor notes without being too familiar to deliver a very pleasant profile. This is a cigar that takes some of the classic expressions of a Sumatra-led profile and tightens them up so that you can make for a kind of easy to approach profile the Macanudo is known for just with more character. -88.
-87. -You went the right way. -Yeah, you went the right way. -86.
-That's silent. -No, no, no, 'cause he does the fireworks for me. -I put in fireworks. -I saw that.
-Oh, where am I going? -All right. Second cigar. November 3rd, 2019.
Patrick LaGrie. -And Patrick LaGrie. -No, no, no, 'cause he does the fireworks for me. -I put in fireworks.
-I saw that. -Yeah. -Oh, where am I going? -Oh.
-All right, second cigar. November 3rd, 2019. Patrick Le Greed, Flavored, Infused, The Lars Tietons, Nicaraguan Reviews, The Lars Tietons Graspig. Can you please spell Tietons?
T-E-T-E-N-S, Lars Tietons. Thank you. Do you know who he is? No, I just wanted to spell it.
No, he wears a cowboy hat, he wears an ascot, and he wears a button-down shirt normally. He wears a hat and a what? He has big glasses. An ascot, which is that thing around your neck.
Careful. And sunglasses. Oh. I haven't seen him around in a long time.
Oh, uh... Somebody, somebody says, don't yell out a number. 87. 84.
Cigar Review, The Large, Teton, Grass Big, Country of Origin, Nicaragua, Factory, J Fuego Cigar Company, Wrapper, Undisclosed, Binder, Undisclosed, Filler, Undisclosed, Length, 6, Ring Gauge, 52, Vitola, Undisclosed. 80... They Smoke, 3. What time did you get all the way to the end?
Jeez. 81. 84. The cigar performs very well from a construction standpoint, offering an excellent draw.
Sorry. Abundant smoke production and a mostly even burn throughout the entire two-hour smoking experience. 82. Keep my eyes closed.
I don't care if you're on me or not. 84. While subtle, the profile develops pleasant notes of earth and pepper as the cigar progresses with peppery retro hails, adding some welcome spice and complexity, especially in the latter stage. Is there a bug on your face or something?
I don't think so. On the corner of my eye, I keep seeing you, it looks like you're swatting yourself. My nose is itchy. Ah.
Your children all left. They're out of here. We're done. We hate this part of the show.
mr palmer had a weird news clipping right that's why i was trying to move on right and he didn't pick up on that he's like oh no there was no description i know but i was still trying to just all right shovel that through yeah we're waiting for you not to say this there was no description that was the extent of it her vagina was stuck it impaled her what do you want i'm like okay let's move on you know i see my little daughter dancing around the background And you're like, what? I have to skip this whole step. What? It was his favorite story that he picked.
Favorite story for the day. 82. I mean, there was another crocodile killing, but how many times can we talk about that? 84.
Third comment. The biggest drawback is the lack of flavor intensity and consistency. Much of the cigar is dominated by bland paper and cardboard notes, never fully delivering on the intriguing banana aromas. Ooh.
Found before lighting, resulting in overall nondescript spoken experience. Not like bananas. Okay, I was just making sure you didn't have anything else to say. No, I'm done.
I'm done. It looked like you were going for it. Well, the final thought is that it was relatively close. Oh.
Alright, let's go, uh, 83. Banana. Is it that we're not, is this isn't final? Oh, they got the code.
84. Is that a final thought? No, there's a final thought. 84.
Did you vote Phil? Yeah, he said 83. Oh. Final thought, after three cigars in upwards of seven hours, not to mention a bit more than $135 spent with the three Lars Teetongrass big, I'm at a loss to say much about the cigar other than I didn't get anything that would justify the price, let alone any hype that might be accompanying them.
The flavors suggest a back of the catalog bundle cigar rather than a conditioned cigar with ultra premium price, with the best part of the cigar being the banana aroma. I fully admit that I may just be missing whatever appeals this cigar has better butt after three samples. To think of charging $45 for the cigar is absolutely ludicrous. Propositioning that has me steering clear of any more of them.
Where's the middle guy? Is he in? Let's go 67. - Oh!
- 74. - You win. - It's a 71. - No, I won.
- Wait. - You said 67. So you're four off. - I won.
- Oh, yeah. - He's three off. That's a me, me too, see? - Yeah!
Reign Supreme! - You guys split the day. - Yeah. - You got the first one, you got the second one.
- I won. - Yeah, that just means he wins, Phil, I'm sorry. Those are the rules. - Right, yeah, I see, yeah.
- That's how it works. - Take my ball. " - Oh, Greg was highly enraged. - Did you guys see that?
- Oh, yeah, they all stood up. - Wasn't that cool? - Yeah. - Greg was highly enraged.
- You wanna see it again? - It's your father's fireworks. - Whenever I win this game, I go like this. You know what you should do?
You should call Greg and have Greg come down and let him see the fireworks. Are these what they look like? Yeah, they look great, this is what he is. " Yeah, I'll buy another pair, I'll just bring my own down.
All right, go ahead. You hook them up. I'm not doing this all day. Right.
I wonder if there's different colors. There's gotta be. I guess the, you could add different-- Sparks. Colored sparks, I mean-- Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
I guess. That'd be cool. I don't know who you got them from. I'll have to get them.
Maybe probably on Amazon or something. Probably. When we run out. We still have a small box.
A substantial amount. Yeah, we get about a month out of a pack. Yeah. Which is pretty good because we do this every day.
Right. Okay. Anything else to add? Before we wrap things up, we've got a few appearances coming up that we'd love for people to check out.
On August 18th, Mike and I will be joining the crew over at Chitown Cigars. Nice. And then, if everything goes as planned, I'll be at the factory during that, so I'll be online there. Nice.
Then on August 23rd, I'll be making an appearance on the Leaf Burner, Stalking Cigars and whatever rabbit holes that runs down. And then on August 26th, I'll be joining the guys from the Smoke & Oak podcast. I'm looking forward to that, because they're over in Tampa. I'm going to drive over and be on their set.
Ooh, nice. Yeah. Yeah, but like, oh, I'll just drive over. I'll just, yeah, I'll stop by.
Yeah, I'll just come by and say hi. Nice. Um, so, those dates get closer, we'll share all the details on your social media so you know exactly when and where to watch. Thanks for all the support, and we'll see you guys in the next episode of, go ahead, Michael, do your thing.
It's the Girl Houses Podcast. com, don't forget, current auction winner right now is Chris Weiss at $46. Ooh. Someone take that away from him.
Try to beat him and do weird things with the mask. You must beat him. Send Phil photos. Oh, yeah.
Yes. com. No, no, no. You went the wrong way.
Still available. You went the wrong way. Working on a new hat, which should be pretty badass. Oh, nice.
Sent some eye concepts to Palmer, so he liked them. com. We're going to be talking about that next. Thank you.
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