ACHP Episode 480 Gas Prices Whiplash Again w/Richie Otero
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321 in action.
OK, welcome to episode 480 of a
Cigar Hustler's podcast.
I'm your current host because
the old man had to go for.
Drive.
I mean, you could say drive.
I was going to say what was like
something with his butt.
You had to get an inspection or
something?
Oh, colonoscopy.
You had to get a colonoscopy,
Yeah.
It's almost the same, yeah.
I mean, yeah, on the road.
On the road it's almost the
same, sitting in that chair a
long.
Time, yeah.
And, and I have a guest, a
special guest today who's who
has joined us in the fight for
good.
His name is Mr. Richie Riot,
Ontario.
Hey you.
Special.
I feel, I feel honored, you said
special.
You're a, you're a good.
Special guest.
Yeah, and I'm excited to have
you on because, you know, here's
what's interesting about you.
A lot of people don't know this
about you, But for one, you can
be smart and witty, but
sometimes you can also be very
aggressive.
So.
So in the.
In the words of Jack, I got no
tabla.
I'm learning how to.
I'm learning how to harness that
we're.
Figuring this out.
Yeah, together, right?
We could hold hands and skip
down the alley and try to figure
this out.
Yeah, there's also something
inappropriate about Phil here.
Phil, how are you, Sir?
I'm doing great.
I'm glad you didn't read it.
Yeah, it was pretty bad.
Can you hear me?
Who's Phil?
He's Phil.
You're Phil.
That's Phil.
Today he's going to be Filberto.
I don't know what that means.
It's.
Phil in Spanish.
Filberto.
Hola Filberto.
Hola Filberto.
He's got all of that, bro Hola.
Hello.
Like OK.
I got croquetas.
My name is Filberto.
You got it.
OK, All right, so.
One day, Hialeah, look at that.
Just.
One, on today's show, we're
going to talk about Florida gas
prices because apparently
they're going up.
We're going to talk about IG
crashing and we're going to talk
about something else.
I don't see what it is.
I already hit it and then we're
going to do some cigar news
because some new cigars coming
out very exciting stuff and then
we got a what's the score?
So I.
Love what's the score?
But first, before we get into
all that, Richie, do you know
how people can get some of that
chapter pod swag?
They gotta go on the website.
Yeah, they do.
What's the you want the website
name?
Website is the website that
you're about to save.
Oh OK, well the website I'm
about to say I guess is chapter
pod.com.
There you go where you can get
all your latest swag.
Recently we just dropped the
smoke and subscribe triple torch
lighter, dope and single flame
so.
Super dope I think.
You just need to do some more
Italian rod stuff.
Yeah, you, but you didn't pop
off on it.
Bro.
It's just you didn't do
cappuccino Sassanino.
I I was here and I wanted to buy
it when we did the vent and I
forgot to tell.
You, no, you said that.
You said that if it was in kid
size, I'm like, well that kind
of I can't really do kid size
you.
Know what I will get on?
And do you still have those?
I don't know.
They might be out of stock, I
don't know.
When you re up, let me know, all
right?
I like to, I like to kind of
create something and then.
Let it go away.
Yeah, and then he clips it when
he comes.
To changing casino was dope.
It was.
It was a pretty good one.
It was a pretty good one.
We're starting to focus on some
other things here.
Nice some wing Tazar stuff.
Ready to see the other stuff?
Yeah, it's going to be very
good.
So, so there's that.
You got to tell the viewers that
if they're enjoying the
edutainment that they should
like and subscribe.
Oh, like and subscribe and make
sure you're part of the Patreon
too.
Oh yeah, the Patreon's a big
deal.
Just just letting you know.
Richie is part of.
The The Espinosa team is part of
the.
Patreon The Espinosa team
practically funds the Patreon at
this.
Point.
So.
Why wouldn't you?
It's so entertaining.
Thank you.
That's very nice of you.
You're such a sweet man, very
kind.
You have kind eyes.
So without without further ado,
let's get it.
Say things like that to me.
I'm going to do this every week
bro.
It's, I mean, it's, I mean, it's
a little bit of a drive, but you
know, I understand anything you
can make it work.
All right, So Palmer wrote a
bunch of stuff here, just so you
know.
The miscellaneous new stuff.
Yeah, yeah, we're going to cover
all of it, but I'm going to
cover it the proper way, but.
Before, before you, you just
talk about the news.
You made an important news the
other day.
And I'm like, I've been saying
it.
I'm a little disappointed.
OK, first of all, my first time
on the show.
Palmer's not here, Boo.
Whatever, Fine, I'll take it.
He's, you know, getting his butt
cheeks checked.
But where's the freaking whopper
with the new bun?
Yeah, you know what?
I didn't even get the original
Whopper when that had happened.
I got a Whopper junior and that
was a I brought.
You a whopper, junior that
didn't go?
Yeah.
You weren't.
You weren't worth the extra.
Dollar that was the Filberto's.
Filberto, Gilberto.
Gilberto screen.
It was DoorDash bro, what do you
want?
To bring you a croqueta.
Yeah, a croqueta.
That would be way better than
the whopper, junior, whatever.
So.
Next show we need, I'll bring.
You, I will tell you this, the
McDonald's, the the Arch has
officially dropped the Golden
Arch.
What?
Yeah, it's already out.
So we should probably just go
that route.
I'm down.
I'm more McDonald's anyways.
But anyways, as we're kind of
getting into things here, gas
prices overnight shot up.
Crazy.
Yep, averaging with 299 now
they're you know, they're north
of 3 bucks about 310.
Three O 9:00-ish.
Just like take over a bomb.
Well, that's, yeah, we do.
I we did do that.
I think that that might be part
part of the reason.
Yeah, I don't.
I'm not sure.
I don't consider myself a
economist.
Not me either, I mean I sell
cigars.
But yeah, so like, how do you
feel about gas prices being
above $3?
I.
Mean listen, in our lifetime we
saw it reached, you know, above
4.
We saw it above 6 buddy.
Yeah, yeah.
I mean.
What?
Are you going to say it's going
to go up and down, you know?
Gas prices rise.
Sometimes they go up, sometimes
they go down.
You know, I mean, look at the
end of the day, 3 bucks 310.
It doesn't like that's.
Listen, I remember when I first
started driving.
Yeah.
It was like 1 something, right?
Right.
And we were complaining about
180.
Oh my God.
Yeah.
And I'll see my dad.
It's like 180.
I remember I was like, dude, I
mean, it sucks.
Right.
I I distinctly remember being in
the car with my mom when I was a
little kid and she goes, Oh my
God, it's a dollar.
Yes.
Like the gas is officially
broken a dollar.
Yeah, like we're now living in a
time like.
What the hell?
Yeah.
I want to be 7 again and able to
drive and.
Yeah, now.
That I got to pay the gas, yeah.
And the company's got to pay.
That's like.
Charges to the game.
Sucks.
Yeah, that's a good move.
How do you feel Phil Filiberto
filibuster about?
How do you feel about gases?
Well, with your.
Gas guzzling truck.
Yeah, Mr. Diesel, Mr. Diesel,
yeah.
Diesel's, yeah, Diesel's higher
than regular gas.
You know, there was a time when
diesel was cheaper than gas.
Yeah, not no more.
Not when I bought.
Wanted a diesel because it was
cheaper than gas.
Well, that's part of the reason.
The other part of the reason is
that that motor will run forever
100% you know, so I.
Remember I one of my well my
second car was a diesel Saab.
Oh wow.
I don't know.
OK, we've had our we've had some
recent car conversations.
We had a diesel Saab I.
Had a diesel Saab.
Yeah.
And how was that?
It was cool I was the only kid
with a Saab, right?
Yeah, they weren't common back
in the day it.
Was a 2 door Saab.
It was like the poor man's
Porsche, right?
Is that what that was?
That was that.
That's what they consider that.
I had the 2 door.
Import the.
Poor man's porch I'm.
Important, right?
By the way, yes, I don't like
the gas prices, but it doesn't
matter because I don't make
them.
OK, you never let me answer.
It's true, true, we want to
include you, but we don't really
care about what you.
Have to say I get it.
Oh, I care what?
You say thank you.
Yeah.
Thank you, Richard.
With that mask.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You look, you look like the.
Like my you.
Like the Phantom of the Opera.
Right, you like the biggie
sticker?
Yeah, I like that.
I like that stuff.
OK, so you ready to move on to
the next story?
Sure.
Alright, so check this out.
The father of the Georgia school
shooter found guilty of murder
and manslaughter.
So this guy's his kid used a gun
to kill a few people at a
school, Allegedly, right?
Or supposedly, I guess, accused
of killing the gun.
Yeah, the dad owned the gun.
The student killed 2 students
and two teachers at a high
school.
They found him guilty of
involuntary manslaughter.
Do you think that the father
should have been found guilty of
involuntary manslaughter?
I think this happened in
Georgia.
OK, you own a gun.
Yeah, I, yes, I'm, yeah, I'm a
Floridian.
It's a right to pass.
It right?
Correct.
You're a parent.
It's your job to lock up your
firearm.
Yeah, yeah.
It's your job to be a parent and
know what's going on for your
kids.
I agree.
I you know, The funny thing that
always happens with us, We
always have conversations with
people.
And I remember my brother
telling the story, hey, somebody
approached him like, hey, I'm
thinking about getting a gun.
And he's like, OK, you know
what's good for home defense?
And then you go back and forth
and it's like, yeah, well,
probably just a shotgun.
Probably be the best.
That's always the first answer,
right?
Get a shotgun.
Yeah, because you hear the
noise.
A burglar hears it right?
And then?
Pepper time.
Yeah, but, you know, then the
person's like, OK, and they go
away for a little bit, like a
week or two, and then they come
back and they're like, hey, I
think I found the right shotgun
that I want to get.
And, you know, my brother's
like, OK, perfect.
What kind of safe are you
getting 100%?
And he's like, what?
Like a person always like, what
do you mean get safe?
And where are you going to put
it?
You're just going to, what are
you going to leave it just
sitting on the counter?
I mean like, what are we doing
here?
In the corner by the front door,
you.
Know.
Listen.
In the corner of the front.
You know, when, but before my
son was born and before me and
my wife moved in together, you
know, I had plenty firearms,
right?
One of the choices I made is
like, you know what?
Cause I've never lived with a
kid, right?
You know, first my, my, my, my
daughter, right?
And when we moved in, it's like,
all right, I kind of like
liquidated in a way where I gave
some to like buddies of mines
that were big firearm guys.
It's like, 'cause I don't know,
yeah, you can have a safe, but
like is, you know, you still
have that in the back of your
mind if you're a parent, right?
Like how do you keep them safe?
Right.
Yes, he should be charged, isn't
it?
It's involuntary.
It's his firearm.
It's his kid.
Yeah.
I mean, we don't know the extent
of the whole situation.
We're just kind of snippeting
this and looking from a.
Bird here are you.
But listen, your, your, your
father.
Yeah, an amazing father of that.
Oh.
Thank you if you.
See that your kid is kind of off
on something if you're not
asking the right questions right
before we get to that level.
Yeah, I mean, look, you know,
being an involved parent is a
lot, but it's the only thing
that you should be and it but
it's hard, you know, you can be
an involved parent, still miss
things, you know what I mean?
Like it's.
Granted the safe.
Yeah, yeah.
You know how?
Did that kid even have a?
If he has a safe, how did that
kid even have a combination?
Right.
How did he know how to get
access to it?
I mean, there's, there are
questions there.
There's a lot of variables
there.
Yeah.
What about you, Filibuster?
Go ahead, go ahead.
Richie, do you?
Think I like the fact that
you're running things.
Now think that they charged him
without doing those
investigation.
Like how did the kick get in the
safe?
Yeah, of course they looked into
it.
OK, so there's Filberto.
Yeah.
So I mean I agree that you
should be charged.
I just don't agree with the
amount of time that they have to
serve like the the pre agreed
upon amount of time that he
came.
About his law did.
They they did you say that?
He's I didn't say anything.
He just winged it.
Just saying, yeah.
Oh, I thought he said it was 25
the 25 the life. 18 in life.
You listen if the if the if the
father, if the father is getting
his first charge, he's never
been charged.
I'm sure it's involuntary.
I'm sure he'll have to do some
pretrial and.
So, well, they probably hit this
dude with the book only because
this is a pretty prolific
situation.
They'll hit him with the book.
Yeah, they're going to hit him.
He's he's going to be made an
example of.
So what you're saying is that
they're going to bury him under
the jail?
I never heard of hit him with
the book.
I've heard the term throw the
book at him.
I've never heard me.
I guess that's the same thing,
right?
Really hit him with the butt.
Strike him down.
Please give Alberto benefit of
doubt, he just learned English.
Yeah, yeah, I don't there's no,
there's no terms here as far as
what the sentencing is.
Oh, OK.
They're.
Going to give him a charge and
I'm sure if the guy 10 years if
he doesn't have any priors
they'll probably give him
pretrial.
They're just making an example
I'm.
Sure.
No way this guy does time.
He's probably a good time.
But never been charged.
He has the right to a pretrial.
I mean, he it's in now.
If it was him doing it, oh, that
guy's not getting pretrial.
That guy's.
But he didn't do it.
What?
What do you think?
How many years do you think he
serves?
If he does well, you're saying
he's not going to serve any
Mikey.
How many years do you think he
serves?
I don't know, maybe like 3 or 4
years.
Is the kid I agree I agree with
that amount he's.
Getting off himself.
No, he, I, I think he got, he
got shot.
You think so?
Yeah.
Oh, they're throwing.
I don't think that he knows any
of this information.
No, probably not.
He's just winging it.
Yeah, well, first of all, this
is.
Our podcast, That's what we do
these days.
No.
Why don't we call Coop?
Let's see what he does.
He's involuntary manslaughter,
killing him Teachers.
He killed some teachers.
Oh my Lord, not the teachers.
Another teacher and eight other
students were wounded.
Gray was also convicted of
multiple counts of reckless
conduct and cruelty to children.
So I think that this kid was
caught.
Yeah.
So what it sounds like?
I'm sure he's going to have
another charge when they're just
giving the.
Well, that got it.
Yeah.
Does it like open up a door for
lawsuits and stuff like, hey,
you're part of this and now
you're going to be civilly?
You listen honesty.
Anybody could sue for anything.
I could sue you for looking at
me the wrong way if I wanted to.
Yeah.
I mean.
Pick up the case.
Did I love you the wrong?
Way.
Oh, you always look at me the
right way.
Thank you little boy, Thank you
for noticing.
Me there is those ambulance
chasers out there though you are
correct there's.
Somebody who's going to fuck a
service him.
Right.
Huh.
I mean not service him to
feedback the way right service
him.
Don't feed into him, Richie.
Don't feed into.
What are you talking about?
Don't feed into Mikey stuff.
See that's the way.
See the way he looked at you.
Now he's got you in his.
His grip.
I want to incorporate you in our
conversation.
You are very important.
To me, I appreciate.
It yeah, because he says really,
really intelligent stuff that we
love to hear.
Hey, it makes a show.
It does.
It's the mask.
Another thing though, real
quick, I did need to get to some
of our YouTube comments.
I was I was going to ask you
when we were in columns because
you should do that with the CHP.
Yeah, well, I'm out of that.
I'm out of my chair.
So if you could, you know, kind
of keep me in line, that'd be
great.
Your chair.
I feel so.
No wonder I feel so cozy.
Yeah.
This one, this one feels old.
Feel like a colonoscopy?
Rooks Coatings.
Rook's codings Rook's codings
from episode 479 wrote.
Wait, this isn't real news?
That's true, you know.
You said Brooks.
Rooks, yes, Francis Soletto
says.
I can have.
I can, I can and have replaced
Phil.
Everyone's replaceable.
Wow, those.
Not replaceable.
Yeah.
Thank you.
From episode 478, Sticks and
Puck Cigars says principal.
I think it was Prince of Pay
Cigars has some amazing blends.
AB80 series is great.
Commonwealth is great.
That's good to know.
Maybe we should give them a try,
right?
So there's a couple.
Let's try them on the show.
Yeah.
No, you don't do that to
somebody.
We'll maybe we'll run into them
at the show, at the PCA.
There you go.
I think we did.
Anne Marie's.
Yeah.
Squatty Potty.
Yeah, she did.
Squatty.
Was it Squatty Potty?
Well, the Squatty Potty guy, he
got pop.
Name the Squatty Potty guy.
Why?
Why is he called Squatty?
Potty 'cause he You know what
the Squatty Potty is.
No idea, teach me something.
The Squatty Potty is like a
thing that you put your feet on
when you're pooping.
Oh, that's elevate your feet.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that guy got
popped for kiddie porn.
Yeah, he's in trouble.
Really.
Yeah.
Oh wait, I did see this
yesterday.
Yeah, yeah, there's a guy there.
You got to watch the.
Show I did watch it, that's why
I'm able to.
You talked about it right after
the burger situation.
OK, maybe it's.
Possible.
That's right.
So he he got caught like on dark
web shit, right?
Yeah, I remember that.
No, no bueno.
No.
So with that being said, if you
like to hear your comment,
potentially read out loud on our
podcast.
Comment below on this episode
and maybe it'll happen.
So getting into our final news
story for the day, Instagram
crashed.
Oh my God, yeah.
Did you notice that?
No, no I didn't.
It always happens like in night
time, right?
I think that this has been like
things have been more common
lately, especially with some of
this AI stuff.
It's kind of.
Weird, you think I ran's testing
this?
No, I don't think I ran's
testing it.
I think that it's a, it's a
power grid question.
You know, too much.
Yeah, it's yeah, there's this,
the AI stuff has really kind of
taken over as far as using
power.
And I think that that's causing
everything else to get jacked up
because Instagram was down.
We've had Facebook crash.
We've X was down a few days ago.
All of these social media
platforms have definitely they,
they there continues to be this
issue.
AI is crazy.
Yeah.
To the point that you go through
drive through.
Happened to me a month ago.
You go through, drive through,
yeah, And instead of someone
speaking to you, it's an AI
taking your goddamn.
Order.
What's the person you go to?
Wendy's.
Wait, what restaurant?
It's Wendy's.
It was actually, it was a
checkers because I wanted a
hotdog and.
You the hotdogs and I'm.
So used to going to checkers
like hey how are you, how you
doing whatever.
Not proper English for this
chick.
Started talking to me.
Hey, how are you this evening?
Nah dah dah dah.
What type of person works to
check?
Is it like hillbilly?
What is it?
Oh, it depends on the area,
Papi.
Yeah.
Yeah, it does, yeah.
Miami, you know, you got that
Miami hood, you know.
It could be Miami.
You got that?
You got that.
What up OG what?
Up.
Real gangster.
Really.
Up here you get that it depends,
right?
Yeah, I guess where you're at,
you're in, you're in Deltona.
You're in Deltona, you got that.
You got that meth language?
You got that meth language?
Wow.
Hey, would you like one of those
chili cheese dogs?
So you had an AI experience I.
Had an AI experience in a
goddamn drive through and she
sounded like Siri.
Yeah.
Crazy, but it made it nicer.
But by the time I got to the
window, it was a person like
that did that.
I literally my question was did
that they didn't get my order
right.
Yeah, it got my order right.
I think AI is upset when you
call it that thing you, you may
offend it and then they're.
Not oh, they are listening.
Yeah, then the checker's voice
may follow you home and.
Skynet comes over and we got
Terminator.
It wouldn't be to that level.
I think it'd be something like,
you know, did make your
microwave explode while you're
by it or something.
That sucks.
Yeah, I got kids.
Not that little liquid metal guy
comes out of the ground.
No, we're not there yet.
That's the T1000.
T1000.
Yeah, OK.
So so were you upset that IG was
disrupted?
Are you on Instagram a lot?
What's your I?
Was probably asleep, that's why
I didn't notice.
It What's your social media
platform that you go to?
What's your go to?
IG and Facebook yeah and my
daughter says I'm old like you
use Facebook I go I guess or.
Are we supposed isn't?
That funny?
Facebook is an old person.
It is.
It is.
Crazy, yeah.
What are we supposed to use?
What's the new person?
Just IG and the kids love Snap.
Snapchat's getting old.
Now it's all TikTok but the
kids.
You think so?
Absolutely.
But the kids, you know why they
like Snapchat.
And I learned this, my wife
taught me this because they can
message someone and it
disappears.
It's untraceable.
Yeah, but but isn't.
That WhatsApp.
No, WhatsApp is just, it's
encrypted, so no one can kind
of, right?
But no, I think Snapchat's kind
of obsolete, bro.
But the kids are using it 'cause
they can get away with shit on
it.
I don't crazy, I don't, you
know, No, you can still
screenshot these things.
Yeah, but then you know if
somebody screenshot.
Yeah, it says that they
screenshot.
My daughter taught me that if
you screenshot in something in
Snapchat, you know when somebody
does.
It it doesn't matter if you're
out of line with what you did,
you know that you're officially
screwed.
Right, that's what the Squatty
Potty guy did.
Oh God, they got.
Me, that's what.
So, so Mikey, what's the new
thing that the kids are using
'cause you, I think you were
trying to go somewhere with
that.
I mean, I think that YouTube,
you know, it's actually the
other way around.
I think that's more about doom
scrolling than it is well.
TikTok Oh TikTok is insane for
doom scrolling.
OK.
But like it's still a major
content platform where you can
kind of promote a lot of things.
I think YouTube Shorts probably
the biggest. 10 YouTube shorts
absolutely.
Well that's why you have IG and
TikTok blew up because it's just
shorts short format.
You get all this information
quickly.
But you just said Snapchat, and
I'm telling you that Snapchat's.
Old I'm telling you because my
17 year old daughter and all her
friends use it so it's like it
is old for.
Us she's like 2 years out of
just like of aging out.
You know what I mean?
It's scary.
Yeah.
So like my my sister-in-law who
was like a daughter to me, she's
she's 20 something years old.
She's probably like 24.
No, she's not.
She's 25.
She also always use Snapchat,
you know what I mean?
And now she's getting older.
So I'm like it's, you know, it's
kind of worked.
It's worked through its system,
but you're actually.
Right, YouTube, YouTube had a
little bit of a dip, then it
blew back up again because of
the shorts to the point that all
the all the all the online guys
like influencers or whatever,
they start just putting shorts
on IG and they put their shorts
on Facebook.
Like yo, go to my YouTube and
you look, I mean, go back, we'll
go back to like Italian rot
Shit.
You look at all that you go
through all those shorts.
It's insane.
I mean, my kid is 7 years old
and all he, we, me and my wife
are always like no shorts find
something because how do you
control like him scrolling
through on the TV, right?
And you're like, right, No, no,
we want proper TV.
Well, at least it's visible that
you can see what what he's
watching.
Yeah.
Yeah, but it's crazy.
It's crazy.
So your kid 7.
He turned 7 in April.
Does he play video games?
He so he hasn't switched.
He barely plays on it.
He'll play NBA with me.
He plays Zelda once in a while.
He he wanted.
It original or no?
The newer one, but he wanted it
just because his friends had it.
But the moment he had it, that's
it.
Lost his luster.
You know, our kid is like
jumping around the house and
doing gymnastics and jumping on
couches and trampolines.
We literally have a trampoline
in our second living room where
he's jumping around.
So he's an actor kid?
No Call of Duty or anything
about.
It no, I won't allow it yet.
You won't permit it.
Do you play Call of Duty?
I used to.
I don't got time for a video
game.
Where is the line for movies
like what is he allowed to watch
and what can he can now?
So the most recently, the most
kind of like was the line of
like this is this was a little
too much.
He actually we took him to the
movie theater to watch the new
Superman when he came out.
And he felt that was the line.
There was some things.
Listen, a guy got shot and Lex
shot that dude in that pocket
universe straight up.
That was that was pretty cold
blooded I.
Was like what do you do?
That was intense.
That was intense.
That's where you drew the line,
so I.
Was like, oh man, I was like,
all right, well, we're.
Already here?
Did he freak out?
Thankfully there wasn't like the
actual scene, but he's like he's
he was like, oh, he got shot.
I'm like, yes, he did.
Son, you're not watching that
again.
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow, that was a great movie.
I love that.
Movie totally watch that again.
I thought it.
Was but I don't want him to like
you.
Know why not?
He's he's.
Six turning 7, dude.
So.
I get.
It but you teach, you know,
like, I don't know, look, we all
have there's no right and wrong
here, right?
There's always just different
perspectives, all right.
So, you know, it's just like, I
have no problem exposing my kids
to those movies and stuff like
that, right?
Like where there's some
violence, some violence, you
know?
When you say violence you mean
like the Superman one or like
die hard violence?
I I hear you, but how old are
your kids?
610. 12 is your 6 year old
watching Mortal Kombat?
Oh, don't ask.
Yeah, don't ask him what his. 6
year old's watching.
OK, all right.
That was the wrong one.
That goes, but then again, that
goes back to me.
Let's go back to this kid that
shot up the school so.
I don't want to.
OK, so like so you know, like
here's the thing.
Not saying your daughter's going
to shoot up a school.
No, no, I got you.
I never took it that way.
My 6 year old, she doesn't like
to watch Moana because of the
volcano.
Like, you know, it's like, no, I
don't like the bad guys, right?
She'll watch.
Right now she's on this tear of
like National Geographic animals
things.
That's awesome.
Yeah.
So.
So look, I'm not I'm not saying
no, you need to watch this
stuff.
If like that's what she loves to
watch.
Hey, have that.
You know he loves that stuff.
You know, he likes to when he
watches shorts, like AI, like
let's say like figurines that
are getting cut, like glass.
Like one that I was like, oh
shit, this is kind of soothing.
Like glass being cut and like oh
shit that's AI.
Right.
Like, he likes that shit, like,
intriguing shit, I get it.
But he's not looking for the
violence, right?
So I tried getting him into,
like, the animated movies.
Yeah.
And then I realized some of
these animated movies.
Are super.
That's not OK.
Yeah, that's not OK.
More violence.
Like, no, we're not watching.
This.
I tried Batman for you.
I tried watching the show and it
was just like, it just wasn't
fun.
It was just everything that they
said was just terrible.
Yeah, he said.
No, Batman.
All the animated adult shit.
I can't get into it.
I think it's weird.
It gets weird.
Yeah, like would you?
Would you?
Turn on.
That's crazy.
Like, would you turn on the
original Batman?
Not like the original, I'm
sorry.
I mean.
Like the cartoon from when we
were growing up.
No Keaton.
No, that was the most violent
one.
Really.
That's the only time Batman shot
somebody.
You have a thing with shooting
people.
No, Batman, Michael Keaton
Batman is the only time that
Batman was a gun.
Yeah.
I got to tell you, man, I've
taken my kids to see Deadpool.
You know what that's.
Awesome.
Like, that's just hilarious.
You.
Know the most intense?
Here's what happened when when I
think Jax was 11, he's like, you
know, he wanted to watch John
Wick 'cause, you know, he saw
these cool scenes.
So we sit down and we're 2
minutes in and the puppy dies
and he goes OK I'm done.
Starts to cry and starts to walk
away.
And I was like, whoa, whoa,
whoa.
It gets better.
Like, this is the you gotta
understand, there has to be a
catalyst.
This is the the the premise of
the movie, right?
So like you, something has to
tragically impact this guy,
right?
So it's like, OK, then he sits
back down and then we go through
all of them.
He's like, you're right, that
was awesome.
So.
You know what's funny?
Do you remember what your first
movie at a movie theater was?
No.
I could tell you which one was
mine, and I was like, holy shit.
And it was a violent one.
Yeah.
Grandfather.
I'm in Chicago.
My grandfather lived and died in
Chicago, right?
So there was a violent one.
It was.
A violent one I My first movie
in a movie theater was under
siege.
Oh, that's a great movie,
Steven.
What a great movie to be exposed
to.
My first movie.
You got a set of titties and
everything.
Yeah.
Problem I could do everything
Steven Seagal did, and my son is
that kid that if he sees
somebody jump off of something,
he's going to try to jump.
The thing I want him to do is
like, I'm going to grab a knife
and start doing shit.
Like, no, I'm a chef.
We're not doing this right now.
And for the birthday you you
want a naked lady to pop out of
a cake you're not doing?
This.
Yeah.
No.
But that was my first movie, so
I tried to not do the things
that were done to me as a kid to
my son.
I think that's fair.
Yeah, I think that's fair.
I think my first one was like,
see no evil, hear no wheel or
something with Gene Wilder and
Richard Pryor.
Richard Pryor, Yeah.
Man, you guys are older.
My first movie had a movie
theater was The Mask.
And you guys are older?
Gilberto How old are you,
Gilberto?
38.
You're not that.
You're not that younger than me.
Go eat it.
That's what I'm saying.
Well, you're well, if, well,
like Mikey says, you're on the
other side of 40.
I am right I.
Am So what does that mean?
I don't know, I just like once
you hit the 40.
Years older than you.
Yeah, but once you hit the 40
line, it's like you kind of
like.
Yeah, but you're kind of at that
separate knees are hurting
already.
Right.
Wait a second.
Wait, what do you?
Say my knees get hot.
Sometimes once you once you hit
the 40 line.
What?
You're kind of older, like you
like you're getting to that
realm.
You're.
Kind of older.
Yeah, you're kind of old.
You're not older yet.
You're kind of old trying.
To save themselves.
That's interesting.
So.
I'm an old man.
It's all good.
I mean, I didn't say that.
I don't feel old.
I feel like a kid still, man.
I feel like a kid is still
trying to figure it all out.
I.
Listen, I I feel the same way,
but there's certain things that
are like, oh wait, hold on.
This never felt like this when I
was at.
My 20 What is this pain?
What is this?
Situation here.
You think you could put on pads
and go play a a full football
game?
Me, yeah.
I mean, I've never done that
before, but.
Oh, I thought you played
football when you were kids.
In middle school once.
I worked my whole life, dude,
yes, I think I could.
I'd be pretty confident in that.
Yeah, I need some rest in
between sets, but.
Yeah, I don't know, man.
I know, I know.
When I played in that adult
basketball league, that was
rough.
OK, but like, listen, you're way
more overweight than I.
Am Oh wow, you are.
You are.
At that time I wasn't though
bro.
I mean, maybe that's not.
Overweight.
How much?
Fluffy.
Let's not lie to him.
How much?
How much?
Well, right now I am my wife's
pregnant.
And that's your reason.
Oh yeah dude when they get
pregnant bro.
Snacks.
You snack.
Yeah, thank you.
He knows.
Dude when you dude when you
snack.
More than us.
So when you snack, you snack
bro.
Don't even don't blame it.
I.
Mean I like snacks but I but I
don't have some people.
We're men.
We were going to use that excuse
and it's OK, right?
Right, I believe, yeah.
Thank you.
OK.
Dude, wild.
What's next on the news?
Yeah, on other news, Filberto's
cholesterol levels are Skyrim.
Wow.
All right, well, now we're on to
some cigar news.
Cigar news I'm down for.
It this is actually an
interesting topic here.
H Upman Nicaragua by AJ
Fernandez, Sunrise announced.
So this is a new cigar they're
making.
Altidus is making it.
Altidus is making it a, a JS
factory, right?
Because the whole Altidus, you
know, whatever the guy's name is
chum we thing yeah, Gen.
Z, whatever his name is, he's a
Gen.
Z.
Uh, AJ Fernandez has taken over
the majority of the Altidus
operation and then Placencia has
taken over some of it as well.
So now they're talking about the
newer cigars are also going to
be made at AJ Fernandez, right?
You don't know the answer to
this question.
Maybe you do, but just wait
before I get into that.
It's an Ecuadorian Connecticut
seed wrapper over a Nicaraguan
blend.
It'll be offered in four Vitolas
Robusto big big letters Toro
hold on getting the next 1
Magnum 6 by 60 and the
Churchill.
Wow, what a ray is.
It the Churchill or a Churchill,
it's just Churchill.
Oh, OK.
The AJ Fernandez Sunrise,
Churchill, So they're ranging
between 13 and 15 bucks.
All right.
So, you know, production's
obviously being ramped up with
AJ from all these other
factories.
And Espinoza does make a lot of
cigars with AJ.
Like, are there concerns that AJ
must say, hey, you like I'm, I'm
kind of busy here.
I mean, listen, that's a
question that's above my pay
grade, and that's what I know I
don't.
Think so?
Does he sound OK 'cause he's
getting?
Further, we're remember we're in
the fact you're no catal.
We're not you know at what I
know right, But again, that's
that's that's above my pay
grade.
We don't we we I don't see
anything going wrong with our
production.
We're still receiving stuff.
And you see a lot of people
don't realize there's a, there's
a very personal relationship
between Eric and AJ, you know?
So I mean, we're a very
different situation than.
The other brands like Eskimo
Brothers or something?
No, that's just that's.
Just weird.
Wow, you took it there.
Wow.
Well, here's why.
Here's why I took it there
'cause I asked a question, then
all of a sudden you got very dim
on your voice and you're like.
Well, I mean, listen.
It's above my paper.
Listen, it's above my, but you
have.
A good relationship with them, I
mean we're.
In, yeah, of course you do.
You know, we're, we're thankful
for that.
And OK in the relationship.
So let me ask you this, could
you see it affecting others that
do business with Aji?
Mean, I don't know, AJ is such a
monster.
I mean, he has a big factory and
yeah, look, you know, he had a
fire, what, last year?
And he's already up and
operating.
And, you know, I mean, listen,
that guy can handle a lot of a
lot of things.
You know he's well equipped.
He's he's very well equipped.
Well equipped, Yeah.
He's got his own reef.
Yeah, there's a reason why
people want to work with him,
right?
Yeah, by Niagara Falls next.
Yeah.
OK.
All right.
So hey, there's a new we're
we're gearing up towards.
Sunrise.
Yes, the Churchill one was oh,
let me back up, ha ha ha, such.
A nice.
Name H Upman Sunrise, I wonder.
If they're going to make a
sunset.
Sunrise.
Sunrise.
Maybe they will.
Would the sunset be?
Darker edition, It'd probably be
It'd probably be Maduro.
It'd be a Boulder cigar.
This is Ecuadorian Connecticut.
Oh.
Wow.
Boulder by AJ.
Only AJ.
Only AJ.
Only AJ OK, so look, we're
gearing up to PCA.
You know, PCA is April 18th
through April 20th ish.
So now we're going to start to
see new cigars are going to be
announced along the way and
that's what's really going to be
common news for us.
It's that time of year, it's
that time of year.
You know, first quarter is like
a lot of people get fired, we
call them entering the portal.
They have made it.
We had a nice mix of that.
Yeah, they have made it past
that.
Everybody that's still here,
Yeah.
If you're still here,
congratulations.
Congrats.
Well, you still got a little
bit.
Congrats to me too, I still have
a job.
Yeah, well, I mean, look, they,
you know, Jack speaks nothing.
Berto is still here.
Yeah, we don't pay him well.
Yeah, I can't really.
I mean, I guess I could be
fired, but I guess not.
I don't know.
Bring whoppers.
You'll be.
Fined I'll.
Bring the juniors, bring the
full size.
I can't wait to hear the
critiquing of your podcast from.
For sure it's.
Going to be amazing I've.
Tried.
There's some words that I'm
trying not to say, like is one
of them, And you know, I learned
a lot.
You have some ash on your shirt
there, Richie.
That's his job, Yeah.
He's supposed to be an ash
informer.
Yep, you look great.
Jack is like a Big Brother.
He teaches me things.
Jack's a pretty good guy.
He's pretty amazing.
Phenomenal human being.
Yeah, so is Hector.
Great guy, yes.
Eric's all right, too.
We like got a good team like you
said.
Yeah, you really do.
We got a good.
You got a Yeah, You got a Yeah,
Gavin, though I don't know
Gavin.
He's Gavin alone.
Tyler's my favorite.
I know he is.
Tyler's my favorite, OK, Do you?
Still want him as your Florida
Rep?
No.
It's OK.
Well, well, well, first of all,
I mean, you're taken, right?
Like you're, you know.
Oh, you like Tyler 'cause he's
single?
I think that you do.
I'm sorry, No filibuster.
That was an Eskimo question,
yeah.
Well, but you said he was taken.
I didn't know what you meant by
that.
Well, you know, if you're asking
me are you doing a good job in
Florida, the answer is 100% yes.
You're doing a great job.
I'm.
Just saying, but would you
prefer if I moved to Tyler
territory and Tyler be here?
Who would I take?
And that's OK, I won't be butt
hurt.
Listen, I don't care if you are
or not, I'm still going to give
you my honest opinion, you know?
What?
Don't answer that.
I don't want to put you in.
I don't want to put.
You no, I love this.
I I Absolutely.
Love it.
I can't believe it's taking this
long first.
Of all I don't know, I like.
This I, I absolutely love this,
you know, I have more of a
relationship with you, but I
think that I would take Tyler
over which.
What did you say?
I would too.
And I'm going to tell you
something.
The one thing that really
impressed me about Tyler is, is
Tyler has this happy kind of
ability about him, right?
So like the first time I met
him, I was like, dude, you seem
really excited.
Yeah, I'm like you, you seem
really excited about being in
the cigar.
And she.
Let's see how that goes in two
or three years, right?
And then two or three years
later.
He's still happy.
He's still happy and I'm like,
alright, well let's see how that
goes on.
I'm.
A grumpy old man.
Let's see how that goes in
another year or two and then you
know, and it's still the same
tempo, right?
So I need that in my life.
I want that to be more positive.
Yeah, I'm like, give me that.
You know, like we.
Have history, yeah, it's.
OK, Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So Tyler's yeah, Tyler's the
guy.
Yeah, he is.
Tyler's the guy.
He's.
A monster.
I still love you.
I'm not saying, but I if I was
in your chair, I'd probably say
Tyler 'cause I I can be grumpy
sometimes.
I.
Don't think I've ever seen a
grumpy Richie.
I don't, I don't think, I don't
think Grumpy's the term.
I think it's more guarded.
Guarded, yes.
I think that when someone will
say something to you, you could
take it and interpret it as an
insult or that they're kind of
attacking you and then you're
like, you pop right off.
It's like, how did how did we
get there?
You know, like where did.
We hold on.
Richie Yeah, but.
But but, but, but, Richie, you
live down in Miami.
That means nothing.
And Tyler lives.
Tyler is where?
And he's the happiest guy in.
The world Indiana, Tennessee.
Where does he go?
Where's he at?
Where's Tyler?
Where does he live?
Tyler, Indiana.
Indiana, yeah.
Yeah, they're, you know, it's
different there.
Is that what it is?
It's different.
It's different.
It's.
The Miami water.
Yeah, Miami bravado.
Interesting.
OK alright so so Opus X is
releasing the rare black
diademas coming later this year.
Since 2021, they have been
they've only been 2 sizes of
Opus X Rare Black.
That will change later this
year, when Prometheus will ship
a trio of new Diodema of the
total offerings.
So it's black.
Yeah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, Heaven and earth, rare
black diadema 54, seven and a
half by 54.
And then the Opus X Seri Heaven
and earth, rare black diadema
56, six and a quarter by 56.
It's.
A lot of rare cigars.
And that's just so many rare.
Things super rares.
And then the 58 which is a 5 1/2
by 60 super, super.
I don't know how do are you
excited about this?
What are you upset about this?
Excited.
For everybody that's so happy
and putting out cigars and
listen, we're, we're in an
industry where you know, we're,
we're able to put new cigars
every year and people are
excited for us, so good for
them.
Do you think there's ever a line
where Opus X has released so
many different limits and so
many different things that the
demand actually weakens 'cause I
haven't seen that line yet, but
do you think that it exists?
The same way you don't have the
answer, I don't.
I don't think there's ever a
line.
I understand.
I just want to get kind of your
point of view.
What do you?
I don't think there's ever going
to be a line.
I'm saying there's no line.
No, there is no line.
There's no line.
Here, No, I think it's I think
it's great.
I mean, I'm not a fan of Fuente
and Opus X, but I think anybody
that releases limiteds and
releases a lot of them is is
great.
Something new for the followers.
Do you?
Do do you L ES when a brand just
becomes L ES, it becomes a
problem.
But when you're doing L ES for
your your fan base, right, it's
it's cool, right?
And it and it drives sales.
Yeah, You can't be just a
company that does just L ES.
You have to have a core line.
Would you like me to argue that
counterpart?
Yeah.
What am I going to say but.
I know what you're.
Going to say what am I going to
say?
Go ahead, I'm.
Going to let you say it.
Go ahead.
Yeah.
That's where you draw.
Like how many L ES can you put
and you're only doing L ES?
Well, listen, there's a company
called Viahe.
That's my point.
They do a great job with that.
They do phenomenal job.
Right, I get to pick and choose
if I want the LE or if I don't.
And more often than not, the
ones that I picked, they're gone
before they land A. 100% but
that's not every store though
that has that LE.
So I think I feel that if you're
basing your model and just sell
ease, you have a smaller reach
of and listen, I've worked with
him and he's like, dude, I don't
want to sell to everybody.
And that's his business model.
Dude, I think that the harder
part in this industry is
consistently by having a
consumer that buys core line A.
100%.
So in order to cultivate that
consumer and and continue to
grow with that consumer, for
one, you got to acknowledge them
and for two, you know, like the
the retailer needs to take care
of them.
There's a combination of things
that occur.
And then when the LE drops for
that, that guy better be, Hey, I
got you on this.
But that's But those aren't true
LES or VI What?
Do you mean they're not true,
LES?
Because he comes out the whole.
Model is Ali's Poppy.
He's like, that's it.
Yeah, Poppy.
Yeah, but an LE is like, OK.
For instance, an LE is like.
What's your go to?
I I know Postania well is like
the the banger ring like that's
an LE like it had didn't come
back out again.
It may.
It's limited edition.
It may come out again.
It doesn't matter.
Listen, everybody.
I mean, listen, I, I, I know him
well and I think, you know, it
works for him and he doesn't
want to be.
He tried the Coraline thing and
it just wasn't his thing.
It's hard.
It's hard.
You got to listen.
People don't realize, you know,
you look, you know, we're making
comments about, you know, about
Fuente.
But they make that leads for
their followers.
Yeah, ultimately, yeah, at the
end of the.
Day so.
Can they back away from making
alleys and would it hurt their
business?
I don't think so.
How many cigars do you smoke a
day?
Me, I don't smoke enough like
people think I do.
I probably smoke 2A day.
I mean, you suck on that battery
though.
That's a problem I.
Just smoke a cigarette, OK?
No, no, that's not OK.
It's not OK.
We're changing the subject.
It's not OK.
I will.
Bring you a walk.
We're changing the subject.
That is not OK.
He's hangry.
That is not OK.
He may be.
OK, so you.
So do you think let's take BI
'cause that's what do you think
a brand with cause BI doesn't
have salespeople, right?
It's just him and his his buddy,
OK.
Do you think a brand can only
survive on Elite?
I'm gonna table that question
for a second.
I want to talk about you here
briefly.
So.
So you smoke allegedly 2 cigars
a day probably.
What do you smoke?
My favorite is a green.
Is it who?
601 Green and Julio is my.
Favorite 601 Green's great.
And garage also.
The hill is phenomenal.
OK, Corona Gorda.
OK, so those are both considered
core?
Yes.
And you so you smoke 2 core line
cigars on average a day.
OK, I didn't bring up the other
thing.
Which is still core.
Hey, listen.
But anyways, moving on.
Is it pink?
I think it's pink.
Are we?
What color was it?
It's Miami.
Miami Teal.
Miami Teal.
It's Miami teal.
Tiffany Blue for those that are
fancy venues, do you think that
a brand can survive only on core
line, taking the eye out of you
have a sales team?
Do you think a brand can only
survive on core?
Yeah, I mean on on L ES.
On L ES, yeah, yeah, I think you
can because I'm only learning
realistically.
You have the what's new kind of
approach over and over again.
But why don't you put out
another new core line?
Well, what if that Coraline
isn't sustainable?
You know, look.
This is all conversation.
Right now, retailers are hard.
Retailers are very complicated.
I mean, you know, I there are
particular sizes that do well,
as you know, and with particular
retailers.
And then there's sizes that
don't do well, there's
particular blends that do.
And a lot of that's based on the
people who are behind the
counter or the fact that the
retailer likes the cigar, right?
If a retailer smokes a bunch of
Corona Gordas, more often than
not a lot of their consumers
going to be like, this guy knows
this guy knows what he's doing,
this is what he likes, so I'm
going.
To buy what he's.
Smoking, right, so Corona
Gordo's going to move, but then
maybe that 660 Gordo doesn't
move, right.
A lot of those 660 Gordo guys,
they're trying to get value for
that cigar.
They're not trying.
They're missing out in my
opinion on a lot of flavor
profile.
But no one maybe there's too
stubborn to be kind of guided or
that's what they love.
Hey, whatever that's what you
want to do, that's what you want
to do.
But you know, I think that's,
you know, there's no cookie
cutter mold system to anything,
you know, because like, look,
you could have the argument of,
Hey, you got to have you got to
have people on the road, You got
to have people in every single
corner.
Like tell that's a Patrone.
Oh, well, Patrone's the
exception, OK, well, they're a
pretty big exception.
You know what I mean?
Like so, but so don't tell me
that that's tell it to Roma.
Roma doesn't have any money on
the road.
Rosales will visit from some
from place to place.
But you know, they're doing,
they're not slouches in the
industry, right?
They're doing pretty damn good.
So, but I could.
But with that being said, I I
also understand the value of
somebody on the road.
But Roma has a very, very deep
core line.
They, I mean listen, when I see
them in the shelf, they, they
have a lot of core.
Sure.
They have a lot of core.
They have a lot of limiteds
within that core.
You know there's a, right?
But their core, their core
portfolio is huge.
Right.
But we're now we're kind of
switching the conversation the,
you know, like I transitioned
off of this does LE or core
work?
And I said, well, it always
depends upon the company, right?
And so does the Salesforce this,
you know, so like that that can
change too.
I mean, Andre doesn't text me
about his product.
He doesn't call me that.
Automatic.
This is what you're going to.
Get No.
I got an e-mail.
Yeah, you get the e-mail.
Sorry, here's what, here's what,
and here's what we're offering.
And then I look and say I'll
take it or I'm going to skip.
You're always going to take the
Thanksgiving holiday one.
You'd be surprised.
Stuffed Turkey.
Stuffed Turkey.
You'd be surprised, we struggled
on one of those stuffed turkeys.
This other one, is it hatchet?
Well, that's because.
Barbell Hatchet always does
well.
But the stuffed Turkey changed.
That's why I remember.
Skull and Bones does well.
However, if it doesn't say skull
and bones and it's just another
skull on something else, it may
struggle, right?
Yeah, shotgun shells, they do
good.
Shotgun shells are.
Awesome.
What's the other one?
The Was it the antidote?
Oh the zombie antidote, that was
fantastic.
So cool.
Honey and hand grenades, those
do well.
Right, but in other companies
like like Pravada, like they
were L ES, I guess he didn't
really blend them, but he was
that's a.
Different animal.
That's a different animal.
That's the direct of consumer.
Yeah.
You know, I don't know how
involved he is with the with the
blending of stuff.
Sometimes he probably just
acquires things that he thinks
tastes good.
But he's a great curator.
Marketer look, there's room, you
know there's room for him in
this industry too.
I like and.
That whole program that he has
for the retailers is also pretty
cool.
Sometimes the things that he
says can be entertaining, you
know, But I don't hate the guy.
I got nothing.
Right to his opinion.
Yeah, I have nothing against
him, you know, Same.
Way we could be saying something
that somebody might disagree
with, yeah.
Somebody definitely disagrees
with everything.
That is what it is, you know.
Yeah, we get comments every week
or every day.
Yeah, can you said I can't
believe you like.
Oh, OK, man, I can't believe
that.
Well, I'm sorry.
You're smoking a cigar on the
show.
All right, let's see, blah blah
blah blah blah opus X yada yada
yada.
You got more news?
Right.
I don't know.
Oh yeah, one more.
Let's go for it.
The new Hoyo de Monterey 160th
Anniversary edition.
Oh, OK, A. 160.
Yep, Habano celebrates the 160th
anniversary of Hoya de Monterey,
the unlimited edition, blah blah
blah blah blah.
Spanish market only 1000
numbered boxes, each containing
10 habanos with a double band,
the standard red and white of
the brand, and a commemorative
white band.
You guys see the letters White
band?
So it's the same cigar.
It's a commemorate, it's 106th
anniversary.
It's a limited edition.
It'll be very attractive.
It has a white band.
It's very.
Different, it's all about the
collectors.
It's priced at €36.00 so he's
he's cubed. 3 bucks here.
Yeah, is is Cuban.
Is 43 bucks.
Well, you can't get it here.
It's Cuban.
I'm just saying if you could be
like 47 bucks.
I'm not paying.
I'm not paying enough.
All right?
What is the moment?
Filberto you won't pay.
Not 43 tobacco, no, no filberto.
You're you're a bad.
Cuban Filberto it's It's that
time for the the industry's most
popular game.
What's the?
Score Palmer's got so many
comments about the show.
All right, May 17th, 2025
Patrick Lagreed Cigars Limited
Edition Nicaragua Placencia The
Placencia El ano de la Culebra
Edition, Le Matado 2025 Lancero.
OK, I don't know how that works,
but all right, You're the snake.
What's that?
Culebra, you're the snake.
But it wasn't a but it.
Wasn't a Culebra, but it's year
of the snake.
But it's Spanish so.
But it's a lancero.
But it's a lancero.
Why?
Just translated it to Year of
the Snake in Spanish.
But why?
Why wouldn't we make the Year of
the Snake in the snake Fotola I?
Don't know.
I don't.
See what I'm saying?
I work for Espinosa.
I work for Espinosa.
I got a great sweatshirt, by the
way.
I meant to wear it on
yesterday's episode.
Yeah, I will, but I'm not going
to wear it today because I want
to rub it in Palm's face.
So I'll have to wait till he
gets back.
It's a beautiful switch.
Oh the the care package.
Yes, I got the care package.
Fucking good people there, man.
I got to tell you.
All right, so with that
information, filibuster, you get
to go first because our guest
gets to go second.
That is the appropriate way to
handle this.
I want to.
Say this timer here makes me
feel like I need to shoot a ball
or something before this.
Go ahead.
Does Richie know how this game
works?
Of course.
Of course he knows how it goes.
I just, I, I like to know where
we're at kind of at like 'cause
we look to try and get an hour's
worth of content.
OK, cool.
Right.
And then and yeah, well, we're,
we're pretty comfortable.
We're we're like right on par at
this point.
Like if we were getting close to
that hour, then I would expedite
this or if it was going or if we
were under.
You look comfortable.
I'm very comfortable in your
chair.
Yeah, I'm very comfortable.
Alright, let's play this game.
Yeah, you're slouching.
Kind of like Palmer, too.
Who you are?
There you go all.
Right.
So beefy.
There we go.
Score.
Let's go.
It's a placencia, so it's
probably going to be Let's Go
87. 87, yeah.
For the Year of the Snake.
Lancera.
And limited edition.
LE.
LELAA.
And you said it was who?
Who?
Who's reviewing this?
Patrick.
Yeah, it's a, it's a 87.
I'm going 87.
Somebody's paying attention.
I'm, I'm second, right?
Yep, I I'm going to go 90.
OK, going second is the the
advantage.
Yeah.
OK, Cigar reviewed Placencia El
ano de la Culebra.
Wait.
Did you give your score?
No, I have the score here.
He can't.
Oh, you have it.
That's right, I don't get to.
It's me.
I'm so used to you.
Yeah, you here.
My bad.
I apologize.
It's me versus you, Richie. 00.
Country of origin and Nicaragua
Factory.
Placencia Cigars.
SA Rapper.
Nicaragua.
Binder, Nicaragua.
Wait, let me guess.
Nicaragua.
Puro.
Length 7 inches, Ring gauge 40
Shape round.
MSRP 49 mile.
Oh yeah, it is.
Release date December 2024.
Number of cigars released 6000
boxes of eight 48,000 total
cigars Number of cigars Smokes
for review trace.
Well, you know what, the price
really doesn't matter.
I mean, they came out-of-the-box
for like a 20 something dollar
cigar and everybody loved it so.
Placentia when they did, yeah,
people were like, wow.
This is fucking phenomenal.
Was like 20 what, 2425 bucks?
All right, go ahead.
Feedback though. 87 I'm.
Going to stick with 90.
Let me ask you a question.
When you're listening to the
show, do you play along with us?
Absolutely.
Yes, nice.
There's sometimes that I hear
scores like.
You're an idiot.
Why?
Why, Mike, You shouldn't say
those numbers.
I know.
Yeah, that's so weird.
The all right clue numero Uno,
the Placencia El Ano de la
Culebra Edition Limitera 2025,
impresses visually with its
elegant, slender vitola and
unique band placement, while the
cold draw offers inviting notes
of light chocolate and
creaminess that create a smooth
and appealing start Filibuster.
You got him thinking now.
He hasn't really used Cocoa
nibs.
OK, well that's that's Brooks
and this is Patrick.
Get your half wheel guys
correct.
You don't embarrass us, you
embarrass yourself, OK?
So.
Taco meat.
And Taco meat to, you know.
Go.
Let's see.
Yeah, I'm sticking 87.
I'm.
Going to go 91.
He's predictable.
As the cigar progresses, it clue
#2 as.
I am the winner for the week to.
See, as the cigar progresses, it
delivers an interesting and
evolving profile with flavors
like honey, Graham cracker,
earth and pepper, complemented
by a solid construction, a good
burn line, and surprisingly
strong smoke production.
Tastes like honey dirt.
Nice.
It's very good for you.
I like the taste of the snake.
That is lancero, not snake
vitola, right?
I need dirt. $49.00 American.
Dollars, not euros.
Not.
EUR I'm going to 88.
Oh, it increases to 80.
Eight, my problem is with half
wheel is that sometimes they do
these amazing reviews and then
all of a sudden they throw a
number like wait, hold on you,
you just was doing dope shit and
now it's like you ignored it.
I'm going to bring it down.
Nope, I'm going to leave it in
90.
You know what you're what you're
explaining is the way Mikey or
Palmer reads it.
Palmer's very good at being
deceptive, yeah.
And as we approach clue #3,
despite the enjoyable flavors,
some.
Samples.
Suffer from dryness, tar build
up, and occasional throat
irritation which can detract
from the overall experience and
create some inconsistency
between cigars.
Inconsistencies.
That just go for it bro.
Was that the end?
Well, we have a final thought.
Oh, OK yeah, 86 I'm.
Going to go with his 85.
Oh, tying it up.
He's tying it up.
OK, the final thought.
To borrow from my review of the
Liga Bravada Unico series Year
of the Snake, among other
reviews, There are times when a
few puffs or even a full third
can carry an entire cigar.
That is certainly true, but so
is the inverse.
Sometimes a cigar hits a rough
spot from which it just can't
quite bounce back.
I'll never say that finding tar
in a cigar is an absolute deal
breaker, but it does present an
obstacle where the cigar really
left me wanting.
An improvement would come by
backing off from the slightly to
irritating sensations I kept
finding, as that distracts from
the otherwise enjoyable flavor.
I'm all for a cigar with some
character to the smoke, but this
one just did too much for my
preference.
While I enjoyed the flavor on
the whole, on the whole there
were enough spots where I found
myself distracted from it,
something that I feel will be
sticking with me as parting as a
parting thought more than the
better spots in the cigar. 83
Scramble scramble scramble I.
Was going for 83.
I'm going to go. 84 You went the
right way. 80. 5.
Seven.
It was an 87.
Yep, it was an 87.
Unbelievable.
I should have just stuck with my
original.
It's a placencia.
They're going to rate it high.
Unbelievable.
Yeah, you blew it.
You lost.
You lost to our guest just like
that.
Well, at least I didn't lose the
use.
I'm still the winner on the
Regular Show you.
Went too low.
If we're going to, OK, you did
lose to me, didn't you lose
yesterday?
No, I had one on the head and
you got one by.
But you guys take a tally of
this.
Yeah, well, kind.
Of if we took a tally of this,
my score sheet would be this big
and he would be like right here.
It's phenomenal.
We don't bother.
It seems like a waste of time.
I'm sure Palmer probably writes
it down if you.
Bring a chalkboard for you guys
just to get a.
Like what?
OK, next Tuesday, Palmer will be
on Chinatown Cigars at 7:30
Central Standard Time.
And then March 26th through
27th, myself and Mr. Palmer will
be at Human or Fine Cigars in
Dothan, AL, as well as Bull
Weevil.
Yeah.
And do you have anything else to
add for this podcast?
Oh man, I'm happy you had me on.
I'm happy we had you on too.
You're more relaxed than I
thought you were going to be.
I was expecting more irritable
Richie and we didn't get that
so.
Friends.
Well, he didn't freeze up.
Yeah, he did a great job.
Yeah, he did outstanding work,
you know.
Yes, you are.
You are.
We are.
We are friend.
We are friend.
You're you're good.
You're a good.
Friend good croqueta.
Guy Filiberto?
Not so much sometimes.
Good.
Sometimes shit.
He's going on a cruise.
Like the last place this guy
needs to be on is a buffet
cruise with a pregnant wife.
Oh, she's pregnant.
Yeah, can't wait.
He's going to fucking murder
that buffet line.
Yeah, yeah.
What cruise ship are you going
on?
Like what?
MSC.
Oh, they're fucked.
Is there a lot of good food?
No, they're just as fucked.
Yeah, I don't think you give a
shit with the food.
You're just going to eat a
period.
Yeah, probably.
Exactly.
Yeah, right.
Not a not a jab at you, but
you're just going to eat.
You're at sea, right?
Hopefully smoke cigars.
Mucho comida para tuberto.
This guy over here.
Lots of food.
Jack Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta Stone.
OK.
Well, again, thank you so much
for coming on.
We appreciate you, Filibuster.
It's always a privilege to have
you on here.
Thank you so much.
We appreciate you as well.
Enjoy your vacation.
You'll be missed.
Thank you.
We're working on replacing him
anyways.
You have, you have wow, you have
like a couple seconds.
Oh, we're in good shape.
We're in good shape.
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Wow, you didn't use your word.
The edutainment.
Yeah, edutainment.
It's.
All about the edutainment.
It's awesome.
Alright, alright, that's it.
Thanks so much guys.
Thanks guys.
Alright, bye.
Bye.
Show Notes
On todays Show Florida Gas IS The best Apparently, A father pays The Price of being stupid, IG is Down! And then in cigar news we got some new cigars and then finally a what’s the score.