ACHP Episode 473 Besties? Meta and Cigars
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Welcome to a Cigar Hustler
podcast, episode 473.
I'm Mike Palmer, your host, and
I will continue to interrupt
Michael throughout the episode.
Ouch.
That's.
What you.
Wanted me to say yesterday you
said yes.
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Hello everybody.
Hello.
Before we get further into this,
I know that this recording is
going to release on Monday, but
we record on Friday and
unfortunately Eric Espinoza's
father has passed away.
Yes, I saw that.
So our thoughts and prayers go
out to you and your family,
dude, and we're very sorry for
your loss.
It's never easy to lose a
father, no matter how old you
are.
So that's it man.
You know, I hope I don't know,
man.
There are no words.
There are no words.
So sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss.
We're here for you.
I'm.
Going to smoke this six O 1 blue
in the honor of Eric's dad.
Oh.
Just.
You Orlando?
Yes.
No, no, I have one too.
Oh, just not me.
Sorry, Palmer.
That's all right.
We thought you were sicky so.
You don't smoke on the show.
No.
Otherwise I would have brought
you one.
I didn't have a cigar yesterday
when our friend was here.
Yeah, but we were hanging out.
That's different.
No, I mean that was the first
one I've had since I've been
sick.
Yeah, I saw that.
How was it?
I tasted good.
I mean, I just felt it was
appropriate, 'cause he's never.
It's the second time in 20 years
he's been here.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, we all stopped to
hang out with that guy.
Yeah, I mean the whole shore,
the the shop just about shut
down.
I'll tell you what, man, he's a
hell of a dude, man.
He really is.
He's an.
Incredible human being.
So yeah, it was cool to hang
out.
That's cool to hang out.
Even though I can only do it for
a short period of time, right?
I still got to stop and and and
talk, so.
OK.
Right on today's show, the
Supreme Court says Trump tariffs
No Trump and his bestie get a
new statue.
We're not alone out there in
space.
Zuck's back in the news, and
then somebody has been naughty.
And in cigar news, well, there's
very little cigar news.
The Germans have done it again.
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edutainment.
Yes, Sir.
The Supreme Court dealt a major
blow to President Donald Trump's
economic agenda.
This just happened today.
They said he does not have the
authority to impose sweeping
tariffs.
At the stroke of a pen, the
court on February 20th tossed
tariffs center, centerpiece of
his economic policy and a major
foreign policy tool.
So.
What do you think that means?
Probably nothing, he'll just
find some other way to do it.
It's they're already in play.
Yeah, but the the Supreme Court
just said stop.
They don't.
Can't.
But they don't.
They're not going to walk them
back.
It did say that he had to refund
some money to like Costco and
another company like Revlon or.
Oh yeah, Revlon.
Yeah.
Who said that?
That's that's what the news is
saying.
What?
Was what I saw something?
No, it was like NBC.
It wasn't.
I saw a.
Headline but I I didn't pay
attention to it but I but Costco
was mentioned.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't think that this changes
anything.
You don't think there's things
that well?
The tariffs have to go away.
They said The way he did it is
illegal.
No.
Well, they'll, they'll figure
out a way to navigate through
it.
They'll get Congress or whatever
to support it and.
Congress don't like him.
Congress doesn't like him.
I don't know.
I don't know what the balance is
at the moment.
I'm a little.
It was a six or three vote on
the.
We're podcasting.
OK, goodbye.
This is.
This is Nick from Cigar Den.
Oh, this is.
Nick, there you go.
I got, I got I got fans.
Yeah.
Right now we're not live.
We we pre recorded for Monday.
Are you?
Recording right now.
Yeah, right now.
See.
So, Nick, so fucking.
Cool, I hope I make it onto the.
Podcast.
You just did.
Oh, you.
Yeah.
You're on, you just did.
So are you going?
To talk about tariffs on.
This podcast.
Yeah, sure.
We're talking about it right
now.
Now I.
Tell you now you.
Fucking lie.
No, we really are.
We're talking.
We are here.
This.
Are you really?
Yeah.
Yo lower your prices bro, cut
the shit.
You think you think that it's
going to change?
You think the tariffs are going
to change?
I no.
I.
Made a video already saying that
no matter what happens.
They're not going to.
I saw they're not going to.
I saw that.
You said that show my video.
Yeah.
Yeah, no, they're not going to
change.
It's going to stay the same way.
And it's going to be like, well,
you know, we're going to adjust
our lifestyle now and we're not
going to change anything about
it.
And maybe we won't do an
increase this year, but we'll do
one next year.
Yeah.
But you think that the tariff
just goes away?
It's not going away, no.
It's not going to go away.
People who adjusted for it
already, It is what it is.
Yeah, but even if.
It's legally gone.
People are not going to adjust
their prices.
Yeah.
But you're suggest, you're
suggesting that the tariff is
going to be gone and I'm going
to tell you that the tariff is
not going away.
It's going to be, it's still
going to be in there.
There's no way it ain't.
Going away, it's not going
anywhere.
Right.
Right.
So the price is staying the way
that it is.
Right.
But it there isn't, the tariff
isn't being reduced is what I'm
saying.
It's still going to be there.
What do you mean I?
I it's not going to go away.
There's no way that it goes
away.
It.
Was wasn't it just struck down
by the Supreme Court that it's
going away?
Yeah.
That's well, they said that it's
illegal.
They didn't say that it was
going away.
They said that, hey, what he did
was wrong, but it's not.
They didn't say, all right, now
we're going to unwind all this.
Good luck with that.
I hope they do.
I hope they unwind it right.
Well, we'll see.
This just then new tariffs, all
right.
That's all you get.
Love you, bud.
Later, Nick from Cigar Den in
New Jersey.
Nick.
Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick.
Nick.
Yeah, this.
Yeah, they're, they're not going
away.
I mean, they're going to call it
something different or they're
going to roll it into something
or they'll find some way to hide
it cause nobody ever gives the
money back.
They're not going to hide it.
Not going to hide, it's not.
Oh, you think?
They're just going to call it
tariffs.
It's still.
Going to be called tariff.
They're just not going to unwind
it.
They're.
Going to call, you know they
were.
Bad.
You shouldn't have done it.
Now let's all move on.
Were you going to take it away?
No.
No, it's it's already there now.
No, they'll figure.
Out the way to get to for the
proper channels for it to be to
get the blessing or whatever.
And yeah, something like that
and it'll be fine.
Desante desante this is.
Just a tariff is OK now I.
Just look at this and just look.
It's just, it's just more
jargon, more.
Political jargon, yeah.
Oh, they're doing the smoke and
mirrors so that way, that way
they can get away from the
Epstein files.
Yeah, 3 cups.
Yeah, maybe thinking of Epstein
files.
In celebration of Friendship
Month, a statue of President
Trump and Jeffrey Epstein
holding hands and skipping has
appeared on the National Mall.
Stop it.
Yep, that's no, there's no way
that's.
Gotta be fake.
Why?
There's no way that that's real,
I don't think.
It's a real statue, but I mean
the I, I mean, it could be, I
don't know.
I was sent this no.
Way.
In honor of Friendship Month, we
honor this is what the plaque
said.
In honor of Friendship Month, we
honor the long lasting
friendship between Donald Trump
and Jeffrey Epstein.
Wow you looking at epsy with
drill?
The Trump Epstein statue is back
on the National Mall.
There's no way it's.
Not a real that's.
October 3rd, 2025.
They just put it back out again
today in February.
I don't think this is a.
Is it a?
Balloon, animal or bronze?
Painted statue.
Yeah, it's.
Bronze painted.
I think it's actually bronze.
It's probably Styrofoam or
something, but this?
Is an old article.
This is from October 3rd, 2025.
It's OK, we don't Fact Check Ben
Roland.
Returns to National.
This is on CNN.
It's on.
CNN it happened.
Good job Ben.
Send me more don't send me those
weird ones anymore.
Those are freaky.
That's.
So weird.
He likes.
To send me these videos that
said I've seen this now you have
to too and it's some guy covered
in marshmallows or something so.
There's a Trump statue that's.
Happened.
Oh my God of.
Them skipping and holding hands,
yes.
So how did this, how does it
come into play?
Well, like who put it up?
Nobody knows.
Who put it up?
You would think there's video
cameras all over the National
Mall.
I think somebody had to seen
somebody pull up in a van and
drop it off maybe.
Pelosi pulled up, but it.
Started with they found a letter
in the files the where Trump
sent Epstein a happy birthday
message or something, but he
denies it.
He didn't send it.
Maybe it's 50.
Cent this other.
Person.
Somebody else did it.
Somebody.
Else with the name P.
Trump, my PR people did it
right.
Yeah, I don't even know what
they are.
You know how many people like
send messages do every year?
Maybe it's 50s and doing that
documentary that's.
Hockey drama.
So what happens with statues?
Anybody take it down or what?
What a country we live in.
People were snapping pictures
with it, posing with it, taking
pictures the statue.
Just comes up and people start
taking pictures.
It's got to be plastic or
Styrofoam.
Is it a?
Banksy remember Banksy.
No much.
Banksy.
You.
Don't know what Banksy is, I
don't remember.
That he did like.
Those crazy art things and
people would always try and take
them, steal them.
What was he like the sidewalk
drawer guy?
Or oh.
Dude, you got to look up some of
Banksy's artwork.
It was cool.
Like there was one, there was
one that made it into like an
auction and as it was being
auctioned, after it was sold,
the picture frame had a shredder
inside of it and then it
shredded the entire paint.
It was awesome.
He did like McDonald's ones
making fun of Ronald McDonald.
Oh, so he's like a party guy.
He's a.
Party guy no like.
Party parody.
Parody.
Yeah.
Is that how you say it?
Parody.
Well, you know.
He's a parody guy.
Yeah, yeah.
Like he makes fun of it.
He talks about like, you know,
corporate injustice and.
Oh.
Stuff like that.
I.
Didn't pull the story but I saw
a artist sold a statue for
$18,000 that was invisible.
And that's incredible.
What are we doing wrong?
That's what I'm thinking when I
saw what are we doing finally,
you know, he's up there going
like this, like he's moving it
around and stuff and, you know,
just right.
And somebody paid him 18.
GS And he just and he handed it
to him.
Yeah, that's.
Awesome, Will we?
Put it in your car for you, Sir.
How incredible.
By the way, Epicurean Smoke is
definitely a YouTube video vlog.
He has a top 25 and I didn't get
into any of these details but
I'd like to if that's OK.
Do you care if I do that now?
Go ahead.
Is this?
The comments or what do you
yeah, the.
Comments because man, listen,
you guys should follow that
Epicurean smoke because some of
the Intel that he provided just
kind of blew my mind.
So let me get to it.
Riveting.
I'm looking.
For it, you're always yelling at
me.
Let me see here.
Fill the air.
Fill the.
Air, OK, I'm on people.
How's everybody today out there
in cigar world?
Never.
Mind stop talking.
It's.
In a dark corner.
I'll just look at it you 2 see
looks like.
He's in a basement.
I saw it last night and I was
like dude that is he broke down
some really good Intel as far as
like the half wheel.
Or just the half wheel?
What?
As far as half wheel and there
really a.
Whole wheel.
And I'll show, I'll get that
wheel I.
Thought we were referring to
half wheel as the half wheel,
now Epicurean.
Smoke wrote.
You guys are doing great for
Palmer's frame of reference.
A smaller channel, hundreds of
subscribers, fewer generally
does proportionately fewer watch
hours annually.
Epicurean Smokes currently does
around 6500 watch hours
annually.
It's pretty good.
To Mike's question about 91
plus's half wheel ratings,
Charlie had 691 plus ratings,
Patrick had 1091 plus ratings,
and Brooks had 1191 plus
ratings.
IN202538 of 199 reviews were 90
+ 27 of them, 91 plus, so 2690
ones between the three
reviewers.
Only once a cigar received the
92.
The Matilde special edition from
Patrick, One cigar received the
93.
But it was the Warfighter Night
Shift Redux which we actually
reviewed.
Yeah, we.
Did that one.
So shout out to Epicurean
Smokesman, Thanks so much for
the data and thanks for
comparing your numbers 'cause,
you know, for being open and
honest about that, That's
fantastic.
T Money says there is no statute
of limitations for child and
human sex trafficking.
Warriors Pride 6 as Cocaine
Royale Cocaine royal Cocaine
Royal in reference to our last
show.
Yes, cocaine in the prison
purse, Guns.
Gear and Smoke said you had me
at cocaine 'cause that was in
your title of the show.
Tell my guy.
I don't know what I'm doing.
That's that's what I see here.
I want to do to keep saying your
show's really great, but if you
change your title.
Yeah, well, I, you know, I mean,
the person's not wrong.
You always try and look to get
better, right?
Sure.
So, OK, so yeah, I, I went down
the I was started watching
Epicurean smokes some of his
shows and stuff.
And we're we've subscribed,
we're subscribers.
We're.
Subscribers now they have
somebody who looks like they're
in the basement his his shot
looks like we keep him like
locked up in a hole in the
ground.
That would be appropriate.
Would be.
Appropriate, yeah.
Looks like Pulp Fiction.
Go get the imp.
Go get the go.
Get the imp.
Wow.
Yeah, we'll get the end alright
you.
Guys, see Obama on a podcast
couple weeks ago.
No, you don't watch.
Obama, probably the only.
Podcast I watch is the one that
I live with you, No.
But I saw him at the All Star
game.
He.
Said, oh, didn't you?
He said that there's aliens out
there.
Yeah.
And then?
He backed it up and goes well
statistically saying we there
would have to be, right?
Not like he knew because he was
a president, right?
So now Trump has told them they
must release all information
about UFOs.
Right.
OK.
But didn't they kind of leak
this before with?
Well, that somebody leaked
before said there was UFOs.
Yeah, but because Obama, Trump
says Obama released proprietary
information.
So the only way for him not to
be in trouble is if Trump makes
all the information available to
everybody.
Gotcha.
Listen, we don't care about the
aliens.
We want that list open.
We want to know who's on the
Epstein list.
We want to.
We want to.
We want people held liable.
That's what we want.
We could careless.
What if?
There's aliens on the list if.
There's aliens on the list?
Then yes, they.
Released the list I told you
yesterday they.
Did, but it's still they're
still we're not there yet.
What if?
It's like a men in black thing
we're.
Seeing the arrests that that one
guy in the United Kingdom got
arrested for.
Documents Prince.
Andrew for.
Documents the one.
Guy for leaking.
For leaking Intel about the
royal family, I gave.
I gave secret documents.
Yeah.
What?
Are you talking about OK?
Yeah, not about the children's
sweaty mix, Watterson.
Don't talk about that, Prince.
Oh, yes, Sir, I go right away.
No, when we.
Hide all these children toys in
this room, yeah.
That's all we care about.
That's all we we're never, we're
no one's, no one's going to
pivot.
We're not pivoting.
We're not pivoting off.
Yeah, now.
There's aliens we don't want.
Well, look at the aliens over
here.
Don't pay attention to the
Epstein's over here.
We don't.
Care about the tariffs, we don't
care about the aliens.
We want heads to roll on the
Epstein list something.
Something's going to come out
that's going to sway your
decision.
It'll be something it thinks.
Like what?
I don't know.
What there could be, who knows?
Elvis is still alive.
The.
Glove did fit the only.
Way you to the only.
Dig him up and put him in jail.
The only way that you you could
table table that is like war,
like something big you're going.
To now you just gave them the
idea you think.
That they're not thinking about
that, you know?
A good war would get us off to
you.
Know we attacked Russia.
Like if you don't think that
that people in the government
are thinking about that, that's
what I think.
That's what I believe they're
like.
How do we did?
You ever see the movie Wag the
Dog?
Yeah, 100 years ago.
That's a good movie, but.
That's what it's that's what
they did.
They made-up a fake war to get
everybody off of.
I think the president had an
affair or something.
Right.
Happened.
I'm sure that stuff.
I'm sure that stuff happens
every day.
Sure.
Sure it does.
Yeah, this is just the, this is
the PR people right now just
testing the waters.
Yeah, throwing all these little
stories out like, oh, we're.
Going to look at the aliens.
We don't care, We don't care.
About the aliens, we don't care.
There's an island that we've all
heard of and we want things
answered, was.
There aliens on the island there
was.
Aliens on the island, that's
where they keep them.
They don't.
Want to tie that in?
They don't want to link the
stories.
The stories.
No.
Was it Doogie Howser?
Was he really an alien?
No, no Doogie.
It was gay though.
But he was not an alien.
We.
Don't know Was NPR really gay?
We don't know what.
What the hell is he talking
about, Neil?
Oh MPH Neil Patrick Harris.
OH.
Neil, yes, he is really gay.
He's married to a man, Yeah.
I saw him has children, I saw
him at Universal with his
husband maybe.
That was just a cover up because
he's an alien and he was on
Epstein's island, no?
Idea where that came from I'm.
Now a little bit Dumber for
listening to you, I award you no
points and May God have mercy on
your soul.
All right, a judge, OK, we I
found out what the case was
about Mark Zuckerberg, why he
was in court, OK, they're saying
that social media is bad for
children.
I.
Believe that he's.
Defending it, you told.
Us that yes.
Yes, but yesterday he was
scolded because his team came
in.
His team all came in wearing
meta glasses.
Oh, really?
The judge had a fit and started
yelling at them and told them
they all had to take them off
and if they did take them off,
they're all good contempt of
court.
Because they were recording.
Because they.
Can record things, You're not
allowed to record the thing, but
they're.
Meta, they're part, they're part
of the company, right?
But.
They're they're like walking in
with a camcorder as far as she
was concerned.
These are issued, this is not.
OK, this is not.
OK California Judge admonished
members of Mark Zuckerberg's
team for wearing Ray Ban Meta AI
classes, which are equipped with
cameras, as they entered the Los
Angeles courtroom on Wednesday
for a landmark trial over the
impact of social media on
children.
You know, if he was smart it
would have only been one person.
Why did he do multiple?
First of all, you just said if
he was smart, he's one of the
richest people in in the world.
I think that he's rather
intelligent.
Because he made a website where
you can talk crap to each other.
Hey, whatever.
Hey, whatever you do it.
No, I mean, well, somebody did
it before him, but he stole the
idea.
He didn't.
Steal the idea.
He made it better.
And there hasn't been a new one
that's that.
Have you seen the Facebook?
Movie.
Yeah.
And he it was settled and he
won.
That's good, right?
OK, perfect, I think.
These people just wear the
glasses all the time and they
just walked in wearing them, no?
Way no, sorry, I'm not buying
I'm not buying that first
they're saying hey I'm going to
bring my sunglasses on and I'm
going to be able to record well
they're.
They have just.
Well, they have.
Regular.
They have regular glasses ones.
Yeah, yeah.
OK.
Well, I.
Mean they weren't sunglasses,
OK.
Yeah, but you can see that
they're metas.
Yeah, you can see a camera in
the corner, right?
And.
Then you can argue the fact.
Well, I can't see without these
like right I have.
To see there's a prescription,
Yeah.
Right, I don't.
Understand why it's got to be
behind closed doors anyways.
As well as this.
Medical.
Marijuana.
Almost.
Everything is, isn't it anymore?
I mean, you can, you can go in
and watch, but they don't have
to record it trial.
That's why those people do those
terrible drawings.
It's the scribbles, yeah.
I don't look like anybody,
right?
Yeah, yeah.
The only people that can record
and record is the court recorder
recorders.
Yeah, I.
Remember the Tom Brady drawing
when he was?
Oh yeah, she was hilarious.
I wonder who has that?
Somebody probably paid a lot of
money for it.
That'd.
Be dope.
I'd like to have the original
that that'd.
Be cool.
Yeah.
You know this one.
You guys, the guy that came in
yesterday, Are we allowed to?
Can we say his name?
Yeah.
Bosco.
Bosco.
Bosco.
He was talking about, it's
funny, you're talking about how
much you went to auction.
He was talking about the Michael
Jordan shoes.
Yeah, because I guess he's a big
sneaker head.
Yeah, he's talking about like
they sold for like 8.
A guy bought him for 1.2
million, the original Air
Jordans with signatures on them,
and then they were falling apart
and everything.
He said the guy flipped them in
like 8 months for $8 million.
That's.
Incredible, Jason.
Well, kind of getting back to
the whole social media thing
being a problem for kids, yes.
There just to clarify their Meta
and Alphabet on YouTube
deliberately designing the
social media platform to
encourage compulsive usage by
young people.
Oh, not kids, young people.
I can.
See that, I mean, it's the, it's
designed to keep you on.
It's not like, it's not like
it's designed to keep adults on.
It's designed to keep everybody
on, right, right, right.
So there's that.
The other thing though, I will
say that, you know, my niece
just recently got involved in
some cyber bullying.
Somebody sent her a, somebody
did a post a cyber bully attack
on her.
Yeah, today.
There's a lot of that.
Wild that's, you know, like.
Especially like the I think
somebody just got, sorry, I
think somebody just got put in a
courtroom for cyber bullying.
And then he was also going after
children like, yeah,
inappropriately on Fortnite.
On Fortnite, yeah, there was.
Like a big thing about that that
just happened.
Interesting.
It's, it's wild dude.
This, this stuff is kind of
crazy.
But like, I mean, you know,
people think that you can just
throw whatever you want out
there and like I'm, I listened
to this video and it was like.
Oh, it wasn't just words, it was
a video they made well.
Yeah, but there wasn't the the
kid wasn't in the video, right?
It was then they had like
somebody else speaking the words
that you wrote.
And I was like, Oh my God, dude.
If this was my kid, he would be,
he would be in a world of hurt.
It would not be good for.
I'm like, this is what you're
gonna put up on social media.
Like that's done.
Like you, you're not.
There's no phone for you.
There's no Internet.
Like it's over.
How'd you do this?
But you didn't even finish your
homework, right?
Right.
Yeah, Yeah, That's that.
That world is crazy, to be
honest.
Insane.
So, all right, well, there's a
plaintiff.
Behind the lawsuit only goes by
initials KGM.
She alleges that using social
media from a young age caused
her to become addicted and
harmed her mental health.
OK.
I mean, you know, could you
argue that fact?
Yes, I'm sure you could argue
the fact that social media could
have a negative effect on kids,
right?
I mean, you could also argue the
fact that maybe it should be
monitored by parents, right?
Yeah, that's.
What I was thinking and.
And you know what?
Like, that's difficult too,
because, you know, a kid could
easily just kind of drift away
into their room and whatever.
Right, unless you go in and
check.
Yeah, you know, but like, look,
you're never going to catch 100%
of what's going on in your kids
life so.
I guess you'd also have to see
what is in YouTube.
I'm sorry, is this meta we're
talking about again?
What were we talking about at
this point?
YouTube.
Where the two being sued you
probably.
Have to look at their privacy
and policy and like all that
stuff that's in there, but.
I, you know, I don't know, it's
oh, look, it's a slippery slope.
We're in this weird time.
And the fact of the matter is
that like, you know, I don't
encourage my kids to go on
social media and you know, they
do.
I would be a liar if I said that
they didn't because they're on
YouTube.
They're on, they watch YouTube
Shorts, but mainly they watch
him in a place where I can
witness it.
And don't get me wrong,
sometimes I'll hear something
like, whoa, dude, that's it,
you're done.
Like, that is not OK, Whatever.
I if I hear something that I
think is inappropriate for them.
And like, I don't know, I'm a
pretty, it's a pretty open
house.
Like, you know, we don't hold
back a lot of things from our
kids, right?
So to hear something that I'm
like, Nope, that's not OK,
right?
But we also keep our kids active
in sports.
We also keep our kids active,
you know, in they keep.
Them busy?
Yeah.
We also spend with your league.
Everything's going to What's
that your?
League.
Everything it's.
So multi sport verse we spend.
Dinner together whenever we can.
You know, I like to go out to
dinner with them.
Like there's a ton of family
interaction all the time.
And sometimes that doesn't
happen, happen with parents.
Sometimes parents don't have
that ability, you know?
Right.
Yeah.
But you got to decide what's
more important.
What's the what's the most
important thing to you?
Is it family or is it money or
is it success?
What is it just?
Show right here, Michael, This
show, yeah.
This is it, I got the news.
For you, it's not the show.
It is for us.
We're all in, OK.
I'm all in too.
We're all.
In No, not the most important
thing to you.
No my.
Family is the most important
thing to me, without question.
We will not.
Take that from you.
Exactly.
Yeah, yeah, you know, when you
were saying other people, some
of them can't don't have that
choice.
Like, I mean, they have a
choice, but they do need money
to be able to pay for a roof
overhead and and all that kind
of stuff.
But at the end of the day,
right.
Like, I mean the road that you
choose, you know, if you choose
to have a child but just raise
them right, man.
Like all these parents out there
that think that, you know,
YouTube or an iPad can babysit
their child while they do what
they enjoy is is messed up, you
know, and that's why these
problems are happening.
Right.
OK.
Anything else from that?
No.
All right.
Well, we took a kind of dark
turn there, but go ahead,
continue for I thought.
It would a little time, yeah.
All right.
Norwegian by we have some
Olympic news.
Norwegian by athlete Sturla Holm
Lagrid.
He won a bronze in the two in
the 20 kilometer individual
event.
Stunningly announced in his post
event interview on February 10th
that he had cheated on his
girlfriend three months ago.
Oh, this is an old article.
Yeah, it's.
An old article, February 10th.
OK, well.
You heard about this?
Yeah, and he feels really bad
and blah, blah, blah, Yeah.
Through tears he said the love
of my life six months ago they
made the biggest mistake in my
life.
And he said his sport had taken
a back seat in recent days.
For this part.
His girlfriend called his
revelation hard to forgive.
We got caught.
We probably figured this is what
I'll do.
I'll tell everybody in the world
I'll.
Announce it nationally.
I will shame myself.
I will shame.
Myself to the world just to get
your love back, do you think?
He takes her back or she takes
him back.
Yeah, I don't.
Think so.
No, he's a fucking bronze
medalist, Yeah.
Yeah, he'll get the cold right.
OK, third place.
Right as she walks away with the
gold guy.
Yeah, from.
A different country?
Couldn't even he has.
Condoms left.
He.
Didn't use his.
Did you?
See that women's hockey?
US No.
They beat Canada.
Yeah, they came back from a one
O deficit in the third.
Nice.
They they took the pulled the
goalie out, they charged.
Boom, overtime.
Bam.
That's sorry.
I heard at least.
That's incredible.
Yeah, are.
You.
Are you watching any of the
Olympics though?
No.
I think they won't like I don't
want like you asked him if he
eats.
Shit or something.
Oh, you know the only.
Oh, gross.
No.
Why do I do that?
The only one I caught was I
heard that when Lindsey Vonn
blew out her knee and it just so
happened to be on the TV when
that thing was starting, I'm
like, oh, I want to see this.
Yeah, because they did want to
see that.
But other than that, no, just
him with the dad at the end.
How many gold did we get?
We're.
In 2nd place as far as gold
medal, you know.
Here's the other thing too that
really kind of bothers me about
the Olympics.
It's already recorded, so like
you already know what happened
before it goes on TV.
Oh, because of the delay.
Yeah.
Oh, so you know.
They didn't like one year or one
time you had to get up at like
4:00 in the morning to watch it.
If you want to see a live or
something, are they doing that?
I have no idea, I'm sure.
I'm sure.
Yeah, well, they on Peacock.
Peacock.
You can watch the Olympics at
all times live.
Yeah.
Yeah, I would prefer it just to
happen in the in the US all the
time, just to make it more
convenient for all of us for.
All the US people, yeah, I
think.
Wherever.
Fuck the.
Rest of the.
Whoever gets the most gold, it
should be in there.
Is that the?
Way you get it, whoever wins,
yeah, yeah.
So you know, if it's if we don't
win all the gold, then it should
be in the most winning and
wherever.
'S going next, Yeah, Hey I.
Do agree that's you know.
Right, that's home field.
Advantage.
That's the.
Perk of winning What a.
What a.
Great, that is a great idea.
Great way to.
Incentivize, you know what I'm
saying?
But.
Don't they already have picked
like the next ones?
Yeah, they picked.
Like the next 10 or so.
Yeah, 'cause.
It takes like forever to set
that thing.
Well, they.
Build this whole thing and then
and then it becomes.
A ghost town?
Yeah.
That's a waste of money that is
just.
Gone.
Yeah, I've.
Seen suits?
You've seen suits?
Yeah, I.
Remember on suits they were
going to have the Olympics come.
No, you don't want to show
suits.
I don't see.
That's Is that the one where
they wear suits?
Yeah, the lawyers.
The lawyer.
The fake lawyer, Yeah, he.
Was a fake lawyer, Yeah.
He can just remember everything
he reads.
So he wasn't a real lawyer?
He wasn't.
A real lawyer, yeah.
Michael, you know.
What I have been watching?
The dragon.
Thing shout out.
No, that's over.
Shout out to Stephen Wells for
this one.
Shrinking.
Nope, shrinking.
Why is shrinking?
Sounds.
Weird.
It is hilarious.
It is a show.
This is going to sound a little
dark.
It's a show about a guy whose
wife died and he's a therapist
and like he's it's a year later
and he's navigating through it.
He's raising his daughter.
And the dialogue on this show is
hilarious.
It's an absolutely incredible.
It's just like a little 30
minute clips, 30 minute shows.
And how many?
Seasons there's.
Three, I think there's the third
ones going on right now.
What's it on Apple?
Check it out.
Another one I don't have, dude.
This is a great show.
I don't know if.
This thing has won anything.
I don't see how it doesn't.
I mean, it's it's really good.
It's really good so.
I watched The Wrecking Crew last
night, yeah.
Well, that's a pretty good
movie.
Yeah, it was.
Good.
We.
Got to watch that Jack the new.
One with the mimosa in it.
Mimosa.
Mimoa mimosa drink.
Mimosa.
They have mimosas in it too.
Mimosa.
Mimosa and they drink it at the
funeral.
Mimosa and party, Yeah.
I drink mimosas at the funeral.
OK, well, he probably did.
Oh.
My goodness.
Do you have cigar news, Michael
or no, not cigar news.
Do you have a video?
Michael I?
You know I do not have a video.
I could get you a video if you
want about Punch the Monkey.
Have you seen Punch the Monkey?
You know I almost pulled the
Punch the Monkey story.
You should have pulled Punch the
Monkey.
You wouldn't like the punch of
this poor monkey.
He was raised by adults, by
people, by adults.
They gave them by adults by.
Yeah, well, not the kids.
They're busy on social media.
And he's got this little.
He's got this little stuffy and
they try and reintroduce him to
society and they the monkey
society and the monkeys attack
him and he runs back to the
stuffy Oh.
He's going to turn into the
planets of the plant, out of the
eggs.
Yeah, he's the plant.
That's how planet H started.
Again and he finally like he's
got now he's got an adopted mom
because his first mom bailed on
him.
Loser.
What a loser mom.
A real monkey mom.
Yeah, a real monkey mom that,
you know, eats the bugs and
stuff off of him that'd.
Be monkey mom.
Yeah.
Nice, So I'll.
Take I'll take you in monkey
I'll.
Take you monkey.
Yeah, well, those are those are
great clips.
The little monkey's running,
grabs A stuffy and panic give me
A and goes to hide behind a
rock.
I mean, like, the whole world's
talking about this thing.
Yeah, but.
We know how this ends, so how's
it end?
He.
Well, there's like, yeah.
And then there's 5 movies,
right?
There's 5 movies and he kills us
all global.
Dominations, right?
We all get some kind of virus
where we can't talk is.
That what happened in Planet of
the Apes and Boot.
Shoots himself in the head.
Oh.
That's not how it goes.
Wow.
In Planet of the Apes, everybody
became mutes, Yeah.
Really.
We start reverting into apes.
Really.
Yes, start grunting and stuff.
Well, they usually die first.
Was he?
Dying before the grunting.
Did you stop?
Realizing what it's like to be a
human.
That was the new movies, not the
old movies.
Yeah.
That sounds like that sounds
yeah, they.
Didn't have all that creative
thinking back in the day for the
old ones that sounds.
Like, you know, some drugs
involved and people were at a,
you know, at a table.
Like what about this?
What about?
This happening, the humans.
Can't talk anymore.
Well, you get the monkey virus,
right?
Yeah.
Monkey pox.
Monkey pox.
Monkey brain.
Indiana Jones.
No, got it.
Yeah, I understand.
All right.
Punch the monkey, All right?
German engineered cigars
releasing ARVGN Extreme.
It's not extreme XI.
Guess so at PCA 2026.
They're releasing an
abbreviation Cigar, yes.
German Engineered Cigars is
releasing a new regular
production line to celebrate the
company's 10th anniversary.
It's called the RVGN Extreme and
it features a Mexican grown
Cuban seed rapper and Dominican
Orlo Binder.
Filler.
Tobaccos that include Dominican
Bilotto, Cubano, nicaraguan
Corollo 98 The Lion will debut
in a single six and a quarter by
52 vitola with the cigars made
at inter cigar essay in the
Dominican Republic.
Have we smoked any of these?
No.
Well, we talk about them all the
time.
All.
The time, all the time.
I was thinking the same thing at
a polling story, like we need to
get these.
All the time.
So.
So what's the name of the cigar?
IVR.
VGN Revenge.
Yeah.
Exactly, thank God it wasn't
called like the KBG or
something.
Hubernseng It's a sunny morning
on Nordenberg in an open race
car.
RVGN Extreme is the same track
in the tight race and in the
rain.
Faster, more demanding and
intensely rewarding, the company
wrote in a press release.
It's the best how?
Much are these cigars?
They're German engineered,
there's a premium.
Yeah, but not a lot because
their stuff isn't as good as
ours.
Go ahead.
Phil, what do you got, 12?
Dollars No.
These are German.
We have ways of taking the price
and raising it.
I'm going to say $16. $18.00
See.
Boom. $18.20. 5 count boxes, 20
count bundles.
Germans really like their stuff,
man.
You know, you got like the
Mercedes, you got the BMW.
They can do that.
These things, they're not cheap.
What else do they have?
Just those two things.
Schnitzel.
Schnitzel, maybe some What do
they?
What do they drink?
What do Germans drink?
Stein's.
Hyphen Wisen hyphen.
Wisen, yeah, I mean.
A beer top.
German brands of all time.
BMW, please.
God be Little Debbie, we're
going to find out something new
today.
Yeah, the BMW Mercedes.
Is #1 the little wagon is number
2 little.
Debbie, we make those two.
They're very good.
BMW is #3 I forgot about this
one.
Adidas.
That's why I always tell my kids
checks not stripes.
I forgot.
About the Dada, that all.
Day we dream about sports, we.
Support Buck Knight.
Of.
Oregon.
Yeah, and all those tiny little
fingers, Porsche.
Is German.
De push.
Audi is German Audi.
Those are good colors.
We make those.
Siemens is German, really, Yes.
But we mean it as something
else.
Bosch.
Is German we have the best
music?
Yes, Bosch.
No, that's not Bosch.
Don't.
They make speakers.
Bose.
That's Bose.
Bosch did too.
Bosch is dishwashers.
No, he's he's right.
There is a company called Bosch
that makes speakers, but it's
not the same one it's a found
in. 1886 dominates automotive
parts, power tools, household
appliances and more.
Yeah, no speakers.
There's a Bosch speakers there.
Is a Bosch speakers?
Yes.
SAP world's leading enterprise
software company, Yes.
We could not spell the word and.
Nivea.
Really.
Nivea the lotion no.
That's the biggest, the highest
selling thing on the Nope,
that's not the right one.
That's a totally.
Different thing, no?
You're talking about the
software we need.
The lotion we make it from the
small children.
Nevada.
Nevada, you go.
Boss.
Very nice suits we have.
Lufthansa when we.
Drive around in our cars and
airplanes and things, Mont
Blanc.
Oh, we.
Have nice pens.
Very good pens I like.
It you're just handling it,
here's one that you're going to
screw up.
No, you're not Haribo.
Haribo is that from the Mexicans
is.
That the gummy bears.
That's the gummy bears.
The gummy.
Bears.
We love the gummy bears, yeah.
We.
Invented the gummy bears Gummy
bears they're.
Great.
A little chewy, but they're good
little chewy.
They make the extra chewy dude
I.
Used to love.
Did you ever see the back in the
day when they released the sugar
free ones, the reviews of how
people were just exploding all
over the place?
It was not.
The best idea we had?
Yeah.
Yeah, because you're not
supposed to eat a lot of sugar
free candy.
We went over this one time,
remember?
It'd make you go poop right?
And then you need the Nivea on
your bottom because it's got all
raw from the poo poos.
There you go, raw from the poo
poos.
You know, the Germans, they
think of everything.
Yes, we do that one war thing.
We made problems so that one
big.
Terrible thing that we did.
Oh.
No, people like those peoples.
Oh God.
Oh.
My goodness.
Oh my goodness, sometimes.
It happens.
You're not Oh it.
Doesn't happen sometimes.
It's not happening.
It's not supposed to happen, no.
No, it does not happen.
Bad we would have.
Very bad.
We were very terrible.
You know, yeah, you killed my
you killed my whole grandparents
family.
So thanks.
So thanks for that.
I'm sorry.
You know, I saw a lovely place.
In Argentina, where I live.
Do you think if that whole
situation never went down, do
you think you'd be here in
America?
You could be in a little polling
podcast studio that.
'D be amazing.
Speaking a whole different
language, you could have a.
Little Peaky Blinders hat on,
that'd be.
Amazing.
Well, I would still be here, I
think.
You think so?
I don't.
Know my dad.
Didn't have to flee I.
Would be homeland.
I might be different because my
mother was still here.
My father came over.
Well then your father, Well, but
if your father didn't leave.
But you might not even be a
person.
But you really came from he.
Might not have he was here, but
you really.
Came from.
He might not have Met Your
Mother, right?
Yeah, because.
I mean, if he didn't leave
Poland maybe.
There's somebody else maybe, or
maybe I've never been born.
That's what I'm saying.
Would have made my mother happy.
Wow, there you go.
Go back in time just to lose the
one.
I don't even need to lose the
one if I could.
Do it all again.
I would have skipped.
That I would have skipped the
second one.
Oh my.
God.
Give it to the German.
Just factual man.
I'll tell you I.
Was there when she said it?
Oh, were you?
They were.
I was there that night.
Nice.
Yeah, she got a little liquor
down.
Nice.
There you go.
Yeah, there you go.
Proof.
Right there I was.
There.
I was there.
Looked at my wife when maybe we
should go.
Maybe we should get out of here.
I can't see this getting any
better.
What?
No, what?
What are you talking about?
It was fine for me.
Just clarified, you know,
cleared.
Up a lot of things like yeah.
Well, it makes sense at least.
You didn't.
I knew it.
Yeah.
All right.
You.
Know I wish I never had you.
Yeah, I get it.
You know what?
If you'd if I were a betting
man, I would have assumed that a
long time ago.
Wow.
So anyways, all right.
Time for the industry's favorite
game.
What's the score?
The German version, The.
German version.
Today's Cigar It's June 21st,
2020.
Patrick Lagrade Cigars,
Honduras.
Jerry Tobacco, Aladino,
Cameroon, Lonsdale.
We should guess if Patrick
Lagrade or Bryant, we should
guess their nationality and then
call them on the show.
Why?
Guess their nationality?
Yeah, just.
I mean Lagre.
I mean when he says it German
like it sounds German like it
is.
German.
It was mentioned during the
German thing.
Lagre yeah, sound.
Like a German name, is it?
I mean you can Google it and
find out.
Well.
I'm just saying we guess the
cigars.
We should guess where they come
from, OK?
Wasn't this cigar on somebody's
list?
The top 25?
The Aladino, Cameroon in 20. 23
I don't know.
Are you helping my friend over
here?
Why would that help him?
No.
No, he saw the thing that we did
the other day.
The Cameroon was on someone's
list it.
It was the Cameroon did did hit
somebody's top 25, yeah.
I think it was the one we didn't
like.
I'll go first on this one.
OK, 91.
You think this is one of the 10?
This is from 2023.
Oh, it is from 2023.
Oh, now you're British?
Maybe I'm a spy.
Chinese.
British.
Oh, you know, look over here,
Cigar reviewed Aladino Camarono.
Camarono.
It's Spanish, but in 80. 7.
Cigar Reviews Yelladino Camaron
Lonsdale Country of origin
Honduras factory Fabrica de
Piros Aladino at Las Lomas,
Jamestran.
Amistran.
You shaped the way you were.
The J is an H.
No, it's AJ.
It's right there.
So is it?
Jesus.
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
So is AZ.
Jesus, Jesus.
Jesus it's an H Jesus Jesus
Rappers Honduran Cameroon Binder
Honduras Corojo Filler Honduras
Corojo Length 6 by 43 and they
smoked 3.
Oh, it's.
A good size of a cigar 91. 87.
Number one, once lit the Aladino
Cameroon lawns Dale delivers a
much more vibrant profile than
the pre light suggest with sharp
pepper, red apple sweetness, red
chili spice and clear Honduran
terror.
I don't know what that is.
It's clear though, it's.
Clear there really wakes up the
pallet.
Really wakes it up.
Really.
Wakes it up, get you going,
moving along, dumping.
Wake me up.
Oh, you go.
How do you?
Spell terror.
TT.
ERROIR.
Why does that change anything
for you?
Well, no.
Because if it's ATERROR, that's
a spice teror.
TERROR.
You mean terror?
Yeah, that's terror.
Well.
Yeah, that would also be terror.
Oh.
IR but.
There's a spice.
It's a.
Honduran.
Clear.
Honduran terror.
Yeah, this.
Supposed to be something
different.
Terrier Terrier 91 Like the dog
tastes like a terrier like a
terrier.
A Honduran terrier.
We have a clear.
Honduran, you can't even see it.
It's.
Invisible like statue 18,000.
Dollars, yeah, Super super 91, I
say 87.
Construction and combustion are
very good overall, despite the
quick burn rate.
It burns evenly produced solid
ash, maintains good draw, and
can be smoked down to the small
nub without falling apart.
It's so.
Weird that it burns fast like
it's under filled allegedly.
Jesus.
Like I can't even.
I can't even with you.
Well, This is why we don't take
sponsors so.
Cross him off the list.
All we're done.
Messed up again?
Sure. 91 Still a good tasting
cigar.
Excellent cigar. 87 Who rips
him, though?
I have no idea.
I don't.
Either Alfonso no Alfredo,
sorry.
Alfredo, well, it brings spice
and vibrancy.
It lacks the classic sweet and
spicy interplay typically
associated with African grown
Cameroon.
Oh.
Excuse us?
Oh, excuse me.
Are we bothering you?
No, but I've been sick.
I'm not sleeping well.
It's just.
Now time resulting.
In less complexity and a more
singular spice forward profile
than expected.
I got news for you, Palmer.
You never sleep well.
No.
But I sleep less now.
How much?
Less.
Could you?
10 minutes a night?
Yeah.
How much?
Less Could you sleep pretty?
Much.
I didn't hear anything.
You said something.
About spice I got.
Caught up in your yawn and the
thing that you don't while it.
Brings spice and vibrancy.
It lacks a classic sweet and
spicy interplay typically
associated with African grown
Cameroon, resulting in less
complexity and a more singular
spice forward profile than
expected 90.
So it's not African Cameroon,
but it tastes like African
Cameroon.
Is that what they say?
Well, the look.
OK, so if you back this up,
this, this is something a topic
we've kind of been talking
about. 3 years ago they would
say Cameroon even though it
wasn't grown in Cameroon.
And now you're starting to see a
difference in that where people
are saying Nicaraguan, Honduran,
stuff like that.
So 80. 7.
Final thought, you borrow from
some of my other reviews.
Say the word Cameroon and you've
got my attention.
In this case, it's even more
attention than normal since it's
not a traditional Cameroon, but
rather one grown in Honduras,
which opens up a new option much
like that of a Connecticut seed
tobacco that had been grown in
the US before being grown in
Ecuador.
In the case of the Aladino
Cameroon Lonsdale, the end
result is a cigar that shows its
own take on the red pepper and
spice that is synonymous with
the leaf it is known for while
falling a bit short in
sweetness, instead delivering
unmistakably under in flavors.
This is a cigar that is
absolutely worth trying and one
I would encourage any fan of
Cameroon to smoke a few of and
then put it head to head with
your favorite Cameroon wrapped
cigars, nothing less.
It gives fans of the varietal a
very enjoyable option to
diversify their experience this
distinct leaf. 88 A decision
must be made I'm.
I'm going 90 you.
Went the wrong way.
It's 88.
There's nothing you could have
done, yeah.
There's nothing you could have
stopped.
It when you said the score.
He knows the number.
Nailed it.
OK, we have another this.
Game we have.
Another cigar.
I'm pretty.
Good at this game.
I got to say January. 6th, 2016.
A yawn.
Enikov.
Yeah, no kidding, Charlie.
And it'll work.
Got the diapers on?
Charlie Minato reviewed the
cigar.
It's a Davidoff Dominican
Republic limited edition review.
Davidoff especiales #7 Robusto
Rio.
What was the year 20160?
10 years ago.
Is it Davidoff?
Yeah, 90. 87 Who's the?
Reviewer Brian.
CC #7 Robusto real country of
origin Dominican Republic
Factory cigars Davidoff Rapper
Ecuadorian Binder Dominican
Orlore Dominican filler
Dominican Republic Length 5 1/2
by 48.
They smoked one cigar. 1111, I'd
say it's.
A redux either so I don't know
why only smoked one. 1112016
Times are Tough 80. 2.
It wow bold bold shit 80.
Two.
Yeah, OK. 87.
Glue #1 The cigar delivers an
incredibly layered and detailed
flavor profile highlighted by
vibrant lemon citrus, rich
nuttiness, cashews, peanuts,
walnuts, cocoa and involving
spice, creating a dynamic
contrast between mouth and retro
hail that keeps it engaging
throughout.
He must be drinking gin.
Why do you why do you always say
that?
Why do you specifically think
he's?
Got he's got to be.
There's no way that you're
getting all that.
But gin is the alcohol that
makes you taste those things
well.
That has a lot of that stuff in
it.
Oh, does it?
Yeah, I don't know.
So he does only like tiny stuff.
You think you?
Sit there gets a smoking jacket
on and gets a little gin
martini, are we?
Talking about Charlie, Yeah,
he's.
Being a.
Martini Yeah, I was.
Thinking he's under a gin guy,
but I guess I'm drinking.
I think he's got.
Like a little, yeah.
Little olive in it like
slippers.
Like fluffy slippers?
Yeah.
Right.
And I like to think that they're
like a royal blue royal.
Blue.
Yeah, right.
And they have.
The half wheel logo on them.
Yes, yeah, it says.
Half wheel right?
Half on one side, wheel on the
other and like.
As he's getting ready to smoke,
he like flips his hair.
Dice it into a ponytail.
Oh.
Yeah, samurai style samurai.
Style.
Sorry, I'm going to go cigar.
Cutter is a samurai sword.
Oh.
Nice.
Oh, short.
Done.
Would you like a beat?
I'm going to go 82.
Never.
Going to talk to me again.
I love you, Charlie.
Don't listen.
We're so close.
We do.
Love Charlie, it's just I'm
getting hugged.
This year, I tell you, I'm
getting hugged.
Did you?
Get one last year?
No, no.
Last year he called me Rockstar,
however.
I prefer Brooks to review all my
singers.
And you guys ready for the next
one?
No, I.
Haven't picked yet, What'd you
pick, 80?
2. 80 He just said a bunch of
good things about it 88.
Yeah, but when he said he could
say good things about all those
guys and they're just like, And
I didn't like the burn line, no.
You wanted 154.
You know what I think?
You know what I think?
I think that you don't listen to
anything that Palmer says, and I
think you just throw numbers out
continually.
I'm listening.
Yeah.
All right. #2.
Near.
Symmetrical burn, solid ash
retention, and a draw that
starts excellent and gradually
tightens to an ideal resistance
might be a. 98 the.
Flavors linger impressively long
without overwhelming the palate.
Now what?
I will go up now.
He likes the Burn 85. 89 Good
flavor so far, good construction
clue. #3 This cigar sucks.
The retro hails become overly
intense in the middle portion,
bordering on punishing, and in
the final stretch introduces
some harsh before settling down
harshness before settling down
again harshness.
It's very harsh.
It's.
Very harsh.
I had to get my sword out and
tell it no.
Yeah, it's harsh 85. 87.
Final thought, the first third
of the Davidoff specials #7
Robusto Real was very good, but
it wasn't sublime like the next
two.
While the cost the cigar a
point, it added so much more.
The Davidoff specials were able
to show improvement and
progression even though there
wasn't much left to improve on
and that added an additional
character is simply would not
have been there otherwise.
This was a master class in how
to blend a cigar to not only
improve upon each puff, but more
importantly interact with both
the mouth and the nose and in
the times perfect harmony.
The Davidoff especial #7 as
evidenced by the score is the
greatest cigar I've ever smoked
from a technical standpoint.
The flavors mouth retro hail
finish were simply outstanding
and the construction was equally
impressive, burning with a near
perfect burn line for over 90%
of the cigar.
As objectively as one can do
something, or so subjective as
to score a cigar, this is
essentially as good as it gets.
93 The best score he's ever
given.
Wow, he definitely was wearing
the robe and the slippers on
this one.
Silk Robe, The Silk Road.
Yeah, probably with his initials
on the pocket.
You think Charlie's got the
initials right?
Yeah, Yeah, with the cursive
writing CM.
Yeah, Charlie.
Minato.
I mean, if it goes higher than
that, wow.
Can we say his middle name's
Walter?
Can we just just assume that?
Can we?
Assume his middle name is
Walter.
Yeah, Charlie.
Walter Minato.
I don't see how that flows it.
Flows.
I think it flows great.
Charlie Walter.
Dude, you're amazing man, you
know?
He wants to hit it.
That's the thing.
You want to hit the number you
know.
What what was funny is I thought
you were going to stay low and
then I was going to actually
say, should I just do a
conservative here and go a.
Little higher.
Yeah.
Or just try and nail it.
And then I was going to try and
nail it.
This is tough because, you know,
I struggle to see Charlie above
in 93 and yet that could be the
case here today.
Yeah.
This could be it.
And he says.
It was the greatest cigar he's
ever smoked.
Like you went and you found the
highest rated Charlie Minato
rating one?
Well, this is from 2016 though,
right?
But I.
Don't know if it's if it breaks
93, I don't know if it goes 94,
I'm going to say 92.
You went the wrong way, yeah.
It's, it's a 94, isn't it?
It's a 90. 9.
What?
Wow, I knew it.
You were looking up the highest
rated Charlie McDonald's.
I just.
Came across it a. 99 Has he ever
has anybody ever rated 100?
No, I.
Haven't seen another 99.
Wow, I got to smoke this cigar
99.
The 20 What is it?
The Davidoff SGL #7 from 2016.
Wow, yeah.
That's crazy, yeah.
I still won though the day.
Yeah, 'cause you got to hit on,
you hit on, yeah.
Yeah, nobody was hitting 99
today.
Palmer, I.
Almost went 94.
Good job.
Great work Palmer.
Great work.
Thank.
You thank you very much and
good.
For you for going up there.
Thank.
You.
Yeah.
I I, you know, I was a little
scared at first, but I was like,
you know what?
Charlie's going to cease to
amaze me here in the road today.
No.
Risk it.
No biscuit, right?
I thought you couldn't even say
93.
Look at you.
I got him.
Yeah.
Well, we said a post Tonya.
I was in the 90s. 110.
Yeah, OK.
Where you going to be?
I'm going to be at Northport
Cigar Lounge in Northport,
Florida next Wednesday the 25th
from 1:00 to 5:00.
OK.
And are you going to Saint
Augustine?
No, no.
Maritime and Melbourne, but it
depends on how the illness goes
over the next day.
OK.
Well, and this had already aired
beforehand, right?
Yeah.
This goes off on Monday, so it
already been done.
So he had a.
Great time, he felt better and
had a great time.
Felt better.
We had an amazing time.
He's such a great host.
He's a wonderful man and we're.
Going to where we going?
Well.
At the end of March, we're going
to or find cigars and Bo weevils
cigars in Alabama.
What are the?
Dates for that.
I don't know if that man I want
to say 26th and 27th, but I'm
guessing.
Bo Weevil.
Are we driving or flying?
We're.
Driving your.
New your new painted car?
No, you're the new painted car.
Oh, no, actually, you know,
honestly dude, I was thinking
about just renting a car.
Oh.
Right.
We'll just rent a car, that way
we can destroy it and just dump
it off when we're done.
Works for me.
I want to hit a couple things in
the Panhandle too.
So you guys?
Are going to rent a convertible?
Yes, you have a very romantic
weekend.
Duh.
No, man, I'm going to go Tahoe.
What was?
German Mercedes.
The.
Gentleman cards I'm.
Going to get ASUV with a We
will.
Get SUV.
With a sunroof, I.
Knew it was about the gaslight
Palmer, we will get the big.
SUV made by Audi.
Yeah, I think, I think that's
the move for that, for that
drive.
What do you?
Think we need the biggest car
possible with the smallest gas
tank?
Yeah.
Is that, is that your logic?
That's it.
Yes, it.
Sounds like Palmer when he has
to go to the bathroom, right?
That way I get to be more.
Right.
Should we do something special
for them?
I don't know.
You set all this up.
I just came in and made sure
that we sold them.
We were coming.
Yes, of course you should do
something special.
Maybe we.
Do like a special hat for them
or something?
Oh yes, you know, special.
Hat.
Yeah.
What do you think?
Sure.
Making we're making hats.
I don't know we'll.
Figure that out Big in the.
Hat industry now we'll see.
What that it's?
A habitat.
We're very good haberdashers.
Haberdashers.
Those people make hats.
We're haberdashing
extraordinaire, is that?
What they're they're I had.
My head all set to wear.
I glued it and everything and
then I left it on the counter,
right?
Not at the counter, it's on the
back of the couch because I'm
not allowed to put things on the
counter.
What?
Did you glue?
Because I had to put mine on
that last hole, it won't stay
shut.
Because he has a big Dome and I
have a big Dome.
So I put a little drop of super
glue on there and held it for a
few minutes till the glue set.
He.
Does have an incredibly large
head.
Yeah, I thought I had a big
head, but I guess yeah.
Yeah, OK.
What's going on in there again?
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