ACHP Episode 490 Mexico Canal, Holy Diet Water and Cigar Portal

Episode Summary

Episode 490 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast finds Mike Palmer of Powstanie Cigars back behind the mic with Mikey, Boots and Phil on engineering for the usual mix of off-the-rails news and legitimate cigar industry coverage. The non-cigar half runs through Mexico's Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec — the new rail-and-port project designed as a workaround to the Panama Canal — an Alabama pastor charged with fraud for selling "divinely infused" diet water that turned out to be garden-hose water with a B12 gummy and glitter, and a Tampa woman arrested for misusing 911 over a package of Canadian bacon. A long detour into Rainbow vacuum sales pitches, divorces and whether Target is the new singles bar rounds out the first half.

On the cigar side, the crew covers Joya de Nicaragua bringing the Cinco de Cinco Corona Doble (7 x 54) to the United States for the first time after years as an international exclusive, launching at the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show in New Orleans with an MSRP in the $20 range and boxes shipping around the show. Drunk Chicken Cigars adds two limited-edition line extensions: the Mother Clucker Maduro, a 5.5 x 50 Robusto Extra with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Ecuadorian binder and filler, and Livin' the Dream, a 5.5 x 50 with a U.S.-grown Connecticut seed wrapper, Ecuadorian binder and Dominican filler — both made at an undisclosed Nicaraguan factory, which sparks a rant about brands hiding factory and varietal details behind vague "Ecuadorian" and "Nicaraguan" descriptors.

The Cigar Portal segment covers Cayman Cigar Company adding Sean Hardiman as Eastern U.S. Regional Sales Manager, with discussion of his prior time at Davidoff and Forged Cigar Company, Scandinavian Tobacco Group shakeups, and Anthony Cantelmo's background with La Flor Dominicana, Crowned Heads, Black Label Trading Company, AJ Fernandez and Chogüí.

What's the Score tackles Brooks Whittington's review of the Artesano del Tabaco El Pupo Ocho Ocho, a 7 x 38 Culebra with a Mexican San Andrés binder and Nicaraguan filler at $13.33 for three. The panel debates anise pronunciation, cocoa nibs, maple syrup sweetness and whether Culebras are actually enjoyable to smoke before landing on final guesses of 87, 89 and 90. The show closes with appearances announced at Humano Refined Cigars and Bo Weevil Cigars in Dothan, Alabama.

In This Episode

1. 01
   CHPod Swag, PCA Appointments and Listener Comments
   Hats and hoodies at chpod.com, Calendly links for retailer and media appointments at PCA with a free Powstanie Winged Hussars cigar, plus the running John McTavish 60-episodes-behind gag.
2. 02
   Mexico's Interoceanic Corridor
   The crew breaks down Mexico's new rail corridor across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec linking the Pacific to the Gulf as a Panama Canal workaround.
3. 03
   The Holy Diet Water Scam
   An Alabama pastor charged with fraud after selling 'divinely infused metabolic water' traced to a garden hose, containing tap water, a B12 gummy and glitter.
4. 04
   Canadian Bacon 911 Call
   A Tampa woman arrested for misuse of the 911 system after insisting Canadian bacon is false advertising because 'Canada doesn't even have bacon.'
5. 05
   Joya de Nicaragua Cinco de Cinco Corona Doble
   The 7 x 54 double corona from the brand's 55th anniversary line finally comes to U.S. retailers, launching at the 2026 PCA show in New Orleans.
6. 06
   Drunk Chicken Cigars New Releases
   Mother Clucker Maduro with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper and Livin' the Dream with a U.S.-grown Connecticut seed wrapper, both from an undisclosed Nicaraguan factory.
7. 07
   Cigar Portal: Cayman Cigar Company Adds Sean Hardiman
   Hardiman joins Cayman as Eastern U.S. Regional Sales Manager after stints at Davidoff and Forged, alongside industry veteran Anthony Cantelmo.
8. 08
   What's the Score: El Pupo Ocho Ocho Culebra
   The panel guesses Brooks Whittington's score for the Artesano del Tabaco El Pupo Ocho Ocho and debates whether Culebras are worth smoking at all.

Brands & Cigars Discussed

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Transcript

- He's charting the anger. - He's charting the anger now, yes. - Is the new hard drive on there? - Uh, yep.

Samsung? - Mhm. - It's the best you can buy. It's the best for this particular thing.

Ah, excellent. What are you smoking? Some Cohiba bullshit? No, the Cabaguan.

Cabaguan. Cabaguan. 3, 2, 1, and... Action!

Welcome to Cigar Hustler Podcast Episode 490. Just 10 away. Now it's 10 away from 500. Now it's 10.

10 away. I'm Mike Palmer, not my show. And with me today in engineering is Phil. I booked my own guest for the show, McGuffey.

Hello. And as the host of the show, Mikey, I was taking a vacation day, but they can't do this without me, so I'm here to step on cabbage. Here I am. Here I am.

Here he is. On today's show, how do you say Mexican canal in Spanish? God hates fat people. Canada isn't even made of bacon.

Wow. And in cigars, we have a new portal entry. Ooh, a late entry into the portal. It was actually last Friday, but we have had a lot going on lately, so we missed it.

And we have a couple of new cigars, and then we have a what's the score times ocho. Times eight? Yes. We'll see when we get there.

Okay. But first, how do we get some of that CHPod swag, Mike? CHPOD SWAG, Mike, what's the latest comment, and how do I make an appointment for PCA? com for all of our latest swag, where you can get this hat still, there's still a couple left.

Nice. There's actually a button below, I think, with this hat, you can just go, the button's right there. That hat's not in the YouTube, is it in the YouTube thing now? Yeah.

Well then there will be a button for the hat. Yeah, there's a button for the hat, I put the button there, and then I slid it all the way up, so it's the first one. Wow. Is it $800 like the other hat?

It's $800. No. com site, not on the YouTube one. Oh.

Yeah, $100 or more you get free shipping. I thought it would be both. And, nope, I don't know how to do it on the other one. Phone ringing.

There it is. There it is. And, make sure you like and subscribe wherever you're viewing or listening to this show. Let's see what comments we have from our previous show.

Now, apparently, commenting on the shorts does not get you on the air. It does not. No matter how funny they are. Why?

Which ones are funny? I'm just saying. Okay. He's just giving a disclaimer.

Let's see. T-Money says: Mikee, and Much Happier and Upbeat Today, This Is Much Better, Dibs on the Self-Preservation King. Yes. We're gonna make a self-preservation shirt for him with a, he's running, and then behind him is a bear eating his wife?

Yes. T-Money just pre-bought one. " Thank you very much, sir. " That's correct, I have my slightly warmer outside quarter zip from Weasel Fest, Weasel Team 6.

Oh, don't even know where it's from. Yeah, see, we wouldn't know where it's from, 2XL in Palmer, your XL? I have on my black, blacked out CH-Pod hoodie today, which there is another button for that. That's very nice.

Oh, nice. Yes, there's, but there's only one size left. And I don't know where mine went. I'll tell you.

It's been MIA. Oh, man. Wow. Yeah.

And I have on my CH-Pod mask. There you go. Oh, we should sell those. That's what he wanted you to do, but he wanted to do stickers, and you said you weren't going to do all that.

Right. Well, I'll do just the one, the BDP 4th of July sticker. And then, oh, T-Money, he did a couple of comments today. Yes, he's very comedy.

He said, lay poverty with cheese value meal. And then he also wrote, Phil, I won't save my wife from a bear attack, but I'll damn sure give up my prison wallet for some buried treasure. That's my guy right there. That's a good one.

Matt's a good one. Matt's a good one. Matt's a good one. That could be a shirt right there.

If you want to hear your comment on this show, comment below our latest episode, and if it's funny enough, it may make the show. What else did I forget? Oh, how to make the appointment. That's right.

If you're a retailer and you already carry both sides of your product, you want to see what's coming out, check out our link below for our Calendly where you can meet up with us for PCA. If you set up the We'll do the appointment, and if you do the appointment, we're going to give you this beautiful, other side, other side, other side, this side, the Winged Hazars, Powstanie, complimentary on us, just for you spending your time with us, now, if you're a retailer and you don't carry the product, and you're thinking, man, what kind of cigar brand do I need to bring into my store, something that's going extremely well, something that rates 91 consecutively, time after time, something that rates into the top 10 for numerous If you want to build and grow with you as well, set your appointment, and you're also going to get that hat. Bang, hit it now. I'm going to add one more, because this is kind of important.

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And that's it. That's all I got. Only one hat per appointment, limited availability, but we will have one for every appointment that is made before the show. There you go.

He's so technical. Well, I don't wanna, you know, we already have people showing up like Tom and Tom from this. I'm like, well, you're still only getting one. Just the one hat.

Just the one hat. I do have a John McTavish update as he contacted me yesterday. Did he? He is 60 episodes behind.

I love that. He's on the episode where we had to AI the voices. The sounds? Yeah.

Yeah. He's like, what the hell happened? Wow. And he gave me the number.

And so I'm like, you are 60. I wouldn't answer his question. I just keep going, you're 60 episodes behind. My goal is to get McTavish a year behind.

It's getting close. Wait a second. No. Yeah.

60 episodes. He was on He's around 460. Yeah. So...

It's just ridiculous. He needs to be like 260 shows behind or something. Oh. Oh, probably more than that.

Five shows a week, five times 52. Okay. Is that 260? Mm-hmm.

Yeah, it would be around that, wouldn't it? All right, are we done? We on with the news? On with the news!

Mexico has officially launched one of its most ambitious infrastructures possible. They're starting their own inter, how do they say, the inter-oceanic corridor of the itmus of Tahunipec. Oh yeah? I'm sure I'm saying Tahunipec.

Like the strainer Hormuz? They saw that this is a thing? Yeah, this is a way, now we get, well actually this would be a workaround for the Panama Canal if that closes too, because that's the close one. Oh, so they're trying to have their own.

Right, so before you get to the Panama Canal, you run into this place, it connects the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico by train. Oh. Oh. So they're building new ports on either end.

It's the skinny part of Mexico at the bottom. Right. They're building a brand new port on top and bottom, and a railway that runs from one to the other, to the whole place it goes, top to bottom. So you bring your boat to the bottom, you put it on the train, the train takes it apart, puts it on a different boat on the other side, and then you bypass the canal.

So you unload the cargo. Yes. That sounds... Well you unload the container, you're not like taking every single box out.

You unload the container, put it on the train, train takes it north, gets on a different boat, It brings it around. That sounds counterproductive. Well, it's faster, technically, than, because like if, okay, I know I don't have a map here, but then there's a map right here. You stop here, okay?

Okay. The canal is over here, so otherwise you would have to go around Mexico, up through the canal, and back in. Right. It's a skinny part, it's just, it's not even a day to get up there by train.

Why don't they just build a gigantic trench? I imagine that's a lot more work than a train train. I mean, if they're trying to cut through, the train sounds ridiculous. If they did that, the little piece at the end would float away.

Little what? The little piece at the end, you just put the road up, you just put the canal up through the middle, you made a new waterway, that little piece is going to float away. I don't think it works that way. It does in the cartoon.

So what, they put another, they put the boat on the train? I'm not understanding. No, they unload the boat, and then they put all the cargo on the train. Oh, to meet over in the other canal.

To meet the other boat, I guess? Yeah, a new boat. So I need two boats. Yeah, I need two boats.

If they both stationed there, all they do is take from there to America. Yeah. Right. I understand where they get in this concept.

I just think they're doing it wrong. This is because of the whole oil situation and then the country that put the pipeline 40 years ago. I think it's because they thought of an idea how to make money and you pay them instead of paying Panama. Yeah, I don't think, I think that this has been in the works for a while.

It's just come to light. Right, they figured out completely how to do it engineering wise. A train. So the cargo ship arrives at the port of Salina, unload the containers, and then they're transported by modern rail.

Make sure you say modern because it's, you know, fast. Or is this for the World Cup? No, were they gonna, soccer balls? Just for soccer balls?

No, maybe they're transporting the people. I don't like being able not to see him, so when he says something stupid, I like to see his face. Yeah. And then he gets off at the port of Veracruz on the Gulf side, and vice versa, goes back and forth.

See, the problem was, you told me it was his show in the beginning of this whole thing. now he's running with it it's no different than anything else people have run into me and say that it's his show I'm like okay I don't correct them so it cuts off thousands of miles through the Panama Canal see the diabolical plan here is going to eventually fade away and just disappear and then someone else will be in the seat how would that be possible we need you for the videos who's fading away you're fading away or am I fading away I mean technically you are fading away so I'm confused Did I say it on the last one? No, because it was a secret when you said we couldn't watch it. So maybe you did.

Oh, the V-O-T-L? Well, the one before that? Maybe you said it was all sorts of things. I thought you said that I said a bunch of really nice things about you.

Oh, the one before that one you did. Yes, you did. See how short memory you have? I say nice things about you on every show on my show.

As you should. I'm a nice guy. I do nice things for you. All the time.

All the time. This is a good conversation. Well, I'm trying to get past this to get to the next one while you were supposed to be filling. Mexico doesn't want to dig a trench.

You think they'd be good at just digging a whole big hole? Wow, I'm glad it wasn't me or Palmer. I'm glad it wasn't one of us. Mexicans are good diggers, huh?

Yeah, have you heard of El Chapo? Yeah, it's your dog. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, they dug a whole big thing to get him out of prison.

Yeah, but I don't think a boat would fit in there. I bet you if he needed it, there would have been a... If he needed a boat? That guy had enough weight where he could have done whatever he wanted.

Right. I'm gonna have a boat come get me. You're in the desert, it doesn't matter. Yeah, and?

I have money. Then put some wheels on the boat. Must I think of everything? Isn't he the guy that burned millions of dollars to keep his daughter warm one night?

Uh... Or thousands of dollars. Thousands of dollars. It might have been.

So much cash. I thought that was... No, that was the one before. Pablo Escobar?

Didn't you do that? Oh yeah, Pablo Escobar. That's right. That guy was next level.

Right. Who's the new one? Because they killed the other guy a couple of weeks ago. El Murciélago?

Yeah, El Murciélago. The one named after the cigar. El Marchete? El Marchete.

I don't know the new one. They haven't announced him. It's probably smart. Probably in a meeting with a bunch of other people.

Yeah, he's probably in that building. We started focusing and we couldn't use our counter-terrorism units in Mexico anymore. We've been focusing on Iran. On the war we're not having.

It sounds like we're having a war. Well, he said during his election there would not be any war. That's what he said in the election? Yes.

That was one of his promises. Okay, but like, listen, you know, I'm not pro or con or, you know, any team. We're just talking. Let me make this perfectly clear.

But, like, if you pull up and supposedly if they're really close to nuclear missiles, like, what are you supposed to do? Alright, that's fine. Is that the reason we... I don't know.

We're fighting? I honestly have no idea. And, you know, it would be awesome if the politicians of the United States were clear as to why they were doing things, but that's the word around the campfire. Like, they were laughing and saying that they were, you know, less than 11 months away or something like that from missiles or something.

Well, that's stupid. You don't tell us beforehand. I'd say, "Alright, perfect. " "And then you're not gonna be able to stop us.

Death to America. Death to America. " "Oh, I'm sorry. " Right.

Israel, shoot some of your laser beams up. Israel. Alright, a pastor was caught selling miracle diet water. Really?

Yes. Sounds legit. Why was he caught? It was a female.

Sounds like it was open. Church members down $400, but they did not lose a pound. Yeah, and up 400 pounds. Up 400 pounds.

Pastor Cynthia Pruitt, 52 of the Harvest of Blessings Community Church, is facing fraud charges after investigators say she sold over 600 cases. Wow. Was she on TikTok? No.

Of what she called divinely infused metabolic water. Sounds amazing. There's a book coming out. You'll like it.

Yeah? Yeah. Is it called Eat Less, Move More? You can read the book.

I gotta hear this. The congregation members were promised the product would cause supernatural weight loss. Nice. So they did a evaluation of the water.

Yeah. It was from a hose out behind her house. Yes. And it had one B12.

How do you detect that? Because they know that it was out of the hose from her house well I don't know maybe they took a sample and compared them mm-hmm the hose has a DNA I'm not understanding components you know I mean there's probably specific levels of plastic to start with or whatever hoses it may not yeah also what a hose of the church called that it was up in arms what calcium who calcium no protein I'm sure you could do that to the plastics from the bottle there was That's the stuff that we put in the water. Someone's yelling on another podcast right now. It's a fluoride.

That's it. Thank you for our teeth to stay whiter and stuff. But do they still put fluoride in the water in places? Yeah, of course.

I know they did when I was a kid. They still do. They started removing it in specific places and people were outraged. Oh.

Yeah, they also put brown chunks in some of the water. Do they? Intentionally put brown chunks in the water? When you wash the poop knife in the wrong place.

Yeah. It's when you wash the poop knife in the dishwasher? Yeah. Right, exactly.

Alright, a 32-ounce bottle with the Cross and Flame logo on it, a label listing ingredients as living water, holy intentions, and trace minerals of faith. A recommended dosage was three bottles per day for maximum spiritual metabolism. Okay. Pamphlet titled: What God removes in the spirit, the body will follow.

Okay. As a sales brochure. Investigators say the water was traced to a garden hose connected to her rental property in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Ooh, a rental property.

Yeah. " Nice. So we're shitting sparkles. And these people bought this, a drink.

I love it. Look, shake it up, it's very pretty. Yeah, what type of, what church is this? What type of church was it?

I said the name of the church earlier. Did he? Non-denominational church. It was a non-denominational?

So they wore the white robes, and they had the red Solo cups? No, no. That's a different religion. Of the Harvest Blessings Community Church.

Nice. The Harvest Blessings. I mean, she's not wrong. Drink more water to help lose weight.

Yeah, I mean, yeah, I think a lot of her stuff is really not false advertising. The B12, I get that. The glitter, I have questions. The glitter is where you draw the line?

Yeah. Well, I think the glitter was just to get them to buy it. Zero calories. Well, that's to make it look, you know, magical.

Yeah, like, oh, look at the light. How much was the bottles? I don't know, did it say each bottle was? They spent over four, she sold over $400 worth.

That's it? Yeah, 600 cases of what you call divinely infused water. Let's see, we're looking for a single price per bottle. You said 600 cases.

600 cases, $400. That's it? Yes. Well, she got caught.

I don't think she did it long. Seems like a lot of work. 600 cases for $400? $400?

Well, that's, you know, after expensive. Dude. There is an alarming amount of glitter. And we're going after this person?

This lady seems like hard times. There's definitely hard times in her life. I got news for you. Just scroll on TikTok for about 10 seconds and there's going to be some type of sinus thing that you can get, some type of ear thing that you can get, some type of hair thing, like there's a bajillion things.

Right. anti-aging like all of this it's all a lot of it not all of it but a lot of it's just complete horseshit right are we going after those people too because i want more than the 400 person that put some glitter in water at that point you know she must have sold it to like some high official in tuscaloosa 47 women paid 400 oh seven 47 women paid 400 each okay get your abacus Was that $16,000? Get your abacus. $18,800.

Alright, so she still didn't make 20 G's. Yeah. At 18, that's $18,800 we're going after this person? Right.

Because 47 people are retarded? Do you want to just let her go until she gets to 20? Why was it only women that bought the water? it would have stopped look i don't know god bless america if you're gonna be an idiot and spend the money then well that's on you like yeah this is america land of the free like you thought it's like snake oil you know what i mean well you're not allowed to do that anymore either oh yeah that's instead there's other things i'm sure there's tons of stuff out there yeah yeah sure like like cold plunges and eating boxes oh you're gonna attack he's attacking do you see how I'm just giving other examples.

Cold plunges are effective. Okay. You just said drinking a lot of water would be too. It would be.

So unless the glitter's adding weight to them, it's healthy water. No, they're eating a lot of food still, I'm sure. They're having a caloric surplus. Yeah.

I'm sure 40 of these women were still pounding McDonald's after the water bottle. It's okay if I eat this bag of donuts because I'm drinking God water. Right. Right.

I don't know why we're not going to hustle here. Right. That's all I'm saying. She's making claims that it's not what it is.

What? It's not special water. She got it out of a hose out behind her house. It is special.

If she would have said hose water that I blessed personally, then I'd be fine. She's religious. You know what I mean? Let me ask you a question.

Why? You ever seen water with glitter in it? Not that I can recall. It's special.

It's special. Yeah, it's special. Well, there's certain glitter you can eat and certain glitter you can't, too. It sounds like I'm hoping that it's the consumable.

You would think so. Did we test the glitter? I don't know. He said an alarming amount.

So that doesn't mean it's healthy or unhealthy. Maybe she worked at a strip club and she, you know, put her finger in the twirl of the B-12. I don't know. And a B-12 gummy.

Yeah. We're getting the authorities involved at this point. I'm like, why don't we just get the 47 people together and say, hey. No, last time that happened.

You're idiots. Yeah, last time that happened, boom. That was 49. Oh, 49, sorry.

You're really, you're hell-bent on that. He loves that, that meeting, that's like the one little piece he stores in his head, bring it out as much as possible. Meeting of the minds. Let me go, hmm, and then I can talk about the meeting.

Self-preservation king. Will not meet with 48 other people in a single room. Right. Right, now he won't.

Why was it only women? What's that? Why was it only women that bought this? Because it's probably her squad of ladies that'll listen.

It might have been the choir or something from the church. Oh, the one that she's trying to sell the rainbow vacuum to? Yeah. Yeah, same ones.

The rainbow vacuum with the water. You can make payments. Right. Just buy it here for $9,000, a big payment for over 30 years.

I know somebody that had the rainbow vacuum. I was like, payments, nice. Did you have the rainbow vacuum? I'm not familiar with what that is.

It's like Kirby. It's like a vacuum. No, I've never bought a vacuum, I had to make payments on it. It's a vacuum, but it doesn't use a filter or whatever, it uses like water or whatever.

Oh. And when you plug it in to charge, it would make different colors. Oh, like a little spray comes out of there. No.

It's like a diffuser with a hose hooked to it. Oh. It's wild. Nice.

I bet you some of our listeners have had the rainbow vacuum. I'm sure they have. If you've had the rainbow vacuum, please comment on today's episode. Yeah.

You know what, for show purposes, I had one. 60 episodes ahead of John McTavish. You did. Yeah, I had one.

You took it. No, but I didn't take it. " She should have taken it. I mean, if she wanted it, you should have made it.

That's mine. Did you have to keep making payments? No, no. She took the debt.

She took the payments. Oh, she got the debt. Oh, and the vacuum. She should have just taken the vacuum.

I mean, it's cool looking vacuum. I could see how people could get into that. Or take the cord. You know what?

I want the cord. It was the worst sales pitch I've ever seen in my life. Yeah? But people drink the Kool-Aid.

Like, I'm watching like... People drink the holy water. There are four people sitting on the couch looking at this salesperson and they're believing them. All you need is to get one to pop off, the other three will buy two.

That's right, yeah. That's it. The conference. Oh, Sally got one?

I need the rainbow. I need one too. I don't want to be the one in the neighborhood without it. Yeah.

We all have the rainbow except for you, Fred. Hey, you know what? If you buy this rainbow vacuum today, you get these three diffusers for free. Yeah.

Oh, what? Yeah, they're valued at like $500. It's a deal today. Yeah.

You got rolled, son. I love that. I love it. No rainbow back?

Nope. Have you ever bought anything from door-to-door? I'm going to find a used one for you and buy it. Palmer, they're expensive.

Even used? Yeah. I bet you can get one on eBay, partially worn. Partially rainbowed?

Yeah. See what they're going for on eBay. Palmer, have you ever bought anything from a door-to-door salesman? No.

Yes, you have. No, I haven't. Come on. Not one thing.

Unless you count like a kid selling candy bars for school or something, no. I'm a sucker for that. Well, it's candy. I'm a sucker for that.

Candy. No, it doesn't even matter. Yeah. Do you only buy them on Sundays now?

Only on Sundays. There you go. 75. Oh, great.

He has a company credit card. Ooh, hot auction. Here's one for $94. $94?

Oh, there's a steal. We should get it for the roommate. They only give you a good deal. We don't clean this place up.

No, for Keanu. 99. He doesn't clean this place up. He doesn't clean it much either, apparently.

Greg found that out yesterday. All right. All right, we're gonna move on now. You keep looking up your Rainbow Vacuum.

Rainbow Vacuum, $600 on eBay. I saw one for $600. $600. Aren't they like $900?

Weren't they like $900? No, dude, they're like $5,000. Really? Yeah.

I don't know if I believe it. This show brought to you by Rainbow Vacuum. No, it's not. It's not.

Buy one for you. No, it's not. Send us a free one. Send us a free one.

We need one for the show. With the diffusers. With the diffusers. My wife left me, she took the Rainbow Vacuum, and things have not been the same since.

The house has never been clean or smelled like. Oh, he's so upset. Does she still have it, Boots? Oh, I have no idea.

You don't talk to that one? I literally brought it to the lawyer's office. Did you really? Yeah, I was like, here, this is hers.

She agreed. Do you still have some type of correspondence with her? Yeah, I have a child with her. Oh, it's that one.

Well, we didn't know which one it was. Yeah, Sophia's mom. Okay, so like, next time we talk to her, like, at random, I want you to pull it out of left field. Hey, by any chance, do you still have that rainbow value?

I'm sure it's a super sore subject. She had to pay out? And? Yeah, I got three more payments, asshole.

I want you to draw that bomb. Well, cause she was like, there was like a, so we were selling, we had to sell the house. Okay. And, you know, of course, in the divorce, they're like, oh, you know, you guys have to have the profit, you know, from the sale.

And I said, no, I don't want that. And they're like, well, my lawyer's like, well, why not? I said, here, I'll make a deal. She could have the whole profit, but she has to take all the debt from us.

Nice. And they were like... That's a good deal. Yeah, they're like...

For you. So she looked at her lawyer, she goes, would you take that deal? He goes, hell yes. Now, he didn't know the value of the house, and he didn't know how much debt there was.

Right. She ended up having to pay, like, once she paid off with the profit, she had to pay like another $20,000 in debt. So you ruled your ex-wife. Yeah.

Nice. Yeah, she's my ex. Nice. She's no longer on your side.

No. Not on my team. She's on the other side of the table. Yeah.

I want you to mention that. You got to update us. Our viewers and our listeners want to know what the response was, if she still has a rainbow vacuum, and if it's still in use. Ah, it'll create issues.

Then she'll be like, all right, you want to go back to court, da-da-da-da-da-da. It's been too long. You haven't been divorced yet, Mikey. You don't know.

Well, not yet, but you know what I mean? Yeah, I don't talk to any of my other wife. Yeah, and if you talk to them, it's nothing but a fight. Right, I did off-handed make a comment to Jake's mother yesterday or the day before in a text message.

Yeah? " Yeah, exactly. Excuse the language. Well, what are you doing?

And it wasn't even a mean comment. You just gotta pick the right one the first time around. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for both of you.

Oh, well, we're not. I was lucky you, Mike. I get it. I get it.

Well, hey. What's she doing today? She's gallivanting when you have all the children. She's probably getting her nails and she's doing mom stuff.

The squad wanted to come to this shop. Yeah. Good for them. Good.

I like seeing the kids. Yeah. I like helping my wife. Okay.

You have a problem with that? No. It's probably why I'm married the one time. You know what I'm saying?

Okay. You're doing a great job. 2XL on the weasel. You want to throw jabs, bro.

Check it. You want to throw jabs. Are we ready for the next story? I don't know, I feel good about Rainbow Vacuum conversations and the fact that you guys have been married 75,000 times.

Well, I feel like the conversation goes sideways because Palmer keeps going, so why don't we just move on to the next story? All right, a Florida woman calls 911 over Canadian bacon. You're right. She's right.

That's an atrocity. It's not even real bacon. It's ham. It's a circle ham.

Well, a Florida woman is facing charges after police say she called 911 from inside a grocery store She's not lying. She's right there, I get it. According to authorities in Tampa Bay, the woman dialed emergency services after spotting a package labeled Canadian bacon in the refrigerated meat section. She believed the entire label was a scam.

Dispatch records show the woman told the operator the store was selling fake bacon and misleading customers. I agree. I agree with this lady. We went after the glitter water.

Let's go after the Canadian bacon, too. There you go. But I feel this lady really thought it was bacon. Oh, of course she was outraged and insane.

Yeah, she was outraged. She screamed, "Canada doesn't even have bacon. " Yes. Floyd said the grocery store told officers the woman had been standing in the meat aisle arguing loudly with staff and then she suddenly called 911.

Wait, somebody argued with her over this? Well, they're trying to calm her down. She's yelling and screaming at the staff and they're trying to go, "Look ma'am, this is just the ham that they call. " If I worked in a supermarket, let's just say Publix for examples.

Where shopping is a pleasure? Yep. And somebody came up to me and started yelling about how this isn't real bacon. I'd call the police because she's psychotic.

Of course, it's not real bacon. Do you know a Canadian? How long have you been alive? Well, she claimed it violated international truth laws.

Ooh. She's been watching too much like Harry Potter. Let me ask you something. How many rainbow vacuums do you think she owns?

10. And sparkle water. She's financed nine or 10 of them, yeah, sure. She said if they had Canadian bacon, then Canada would have to be made of pigs.

What? It has to be made of pigs? Yes, I think she's taking it literally like they cut off a piece of Canada and here, it's all made out of bacon. I like this girl, she is bat shit crazy.

Yeah. The officers attempted to explain Canadian bacon that it was just a style of cured pork commonly sold in the United States. You said officers? Yes, the police, they called the police.

Did they stun her? I hope they stunned her. When they got the manager, the manager called the police. You think they...

Taser? Yeah. Taser, taser, taser. Stop resisting.

There is no bacon in Canada. That's a fake taser. Oh, yeah. This is an American taser.

Yeah, watch this. Watch this. Watch this. Let's get her out of here.

Good old American batteries right here. So, what is, what is she facing? Do you know what the penalty is? False call to a 911.

She got, she went, she got arrested? No, the, they confiscated the, she got mad if they didn't confiscate the bacon as evidence. But no, the store did not press charge. Assault on an officer at that point?

Right. She was arrested for misuse of the 9-1-1 system after investigators determined there was no emergency. But the store didn't press charges for anything she did inside the store, so the police are just getting her for the fake call to 9-1-1. Right.

You said it was in Florida, right? In Tampa. Yeah. It had to be a Publix.

It had to be a Publix. All the best stories of Florida. You think she was in Publix? Yeah.

Tampa? What other grocery store, James, is there other than the fancy ones now? I mean, Kroger's isn't around anymore. She was at Winn-Dixie or something.

They're not around. It strikes me as like Winn-Dixie. No, there are still some Winn-Dixie, it does seem like a Winn-Dixie thing, doesn't it? It seems like a Winn-Dixie thing, doesn't seem like a Publix thing.

Canadian bacon? What's that? Does Publix have Canadian bacon? Yeah.

Oh, sure they do. Called ham. I don't know, but they got like the nice carts and stuff, you know what I mean? Like, you know, crazy people don't go to Publix.

Maybe out front. I'm gonna tell you, why don't you come to some of the Publixes in Deltona, come check it out? I'm not gonna. I like the Publixes in Deltona, what's wrong with them?

have you seen some of the people that walk inside of there crazy people uh usually walmart's the uh the lower end of the no they just walk in half naked they're walmart yeah a lot of fights on my um on my social media pages are inside walmart are they yeah it makes sense tracks attracts yeah not a lot of target outrage we're just building homes inside of target yeah right you know No, Target is for like, that's for the single dads to go find a single mom. The higher end customer? That's what Target is for? Yeah.

Is that where you found Tia? No. Wait. People go to Target to pick up other single people?

Yeah, who told you that? I'm sure they do. We might have to cover that on tomorrow's show. I'll have to check that fact.

Yeah, check that out. Target is the new singles bar of 2026. Target is where you go to Mingle? Let me ask you, you guys go to Target?

Yeah. Yeah, sure we do. When you go into Target, what's the first thing you hit? And I know it's not anything in Target other than one spot.

First thing you do? First thing you hit. Yeah, first thing you hit is usually Starbucks. There it is.

What difference does that make? So you hit that, it's like the bar, right? And there's all the single moms usually over there. Oh, I just avoid that because there's usually a huge line.

This is a terrible strategy. I haven't had Starbucks in forever. Well, probably for good reason. And I got news for you.

I got news for you. The last place I'm going to order Starbucks is at Target. You want to know why? It's not available on the app.

I want the least amount of interaction with people possible. Yeah, you won't stand in the line. I'm hitting the button. I'm getting the coffee.

I'm getting the hell out. It's on the counter. Yeah. I'm running fast.

So, but we're guys like, we don't really shop at Target. Like we're not shoppers. I shop at Target if I do something there I need. Yeah, we go to my wife's into Target.

Well, you're close. Orange City doesn't. Oh, they do have a Publix. Ask Jack's about Target.

He's all about the cards. I have the choice of two Publix's, two Aldi's, and a Walmart. All right, we got to get off of this. What cards?

Now we're learning about your shopping experiences, but I just find it interesting that you think that Target is where you go to pick up chicks, whatever. Wouldn't that be the grocery store? Please, God, somebody comment on this show and tell me that you go pick up chicks. They're going to tell you that you have an extra chromosome.

All right. All right, let's go. All right, give a video. Of course, alright, let's have one.

Oh, you do have one? Yeah. Yeah, I was told that I don't ever have videos, so guess what? Alright, day two.

It's Wednesday, it's day three. Day three. But thanks. This is a short one, but it is directly related to the baseball game that happened last night.

Oh, yeah. The US of A had lost to Venezuela. Venezuela! And this person was outraged.

Oh, there it is. Was it Willie? It was Willie. Oh, see, that was a good guess.

It hasn't come through yet. It's not Willie. No, it's not Willie. It was very short.

He was very upset. Yeah. Was it just sent him to Palmer? It's in the M&M thing.

So for our listeners who aren't viewing us, it's a guy who is upset about the ending outcome of the baseball game, and he takes a drink and throws it through, And throws it through his 80-screen TV that is located in the garage and then storms away from it. Didn't he punch it also it looked like in the video? And then he punched it, yeah. It looked like it could have been a baseball he threw it.

Was it a drink? Maybe, I don't know. It's small, so it's hard to tell. But he was not happy.

No, maybe he was one of the moneymakers he had bet. He was definitely, it was definitely a moneymaker bet, which we haven't heard from as of late. Maybe they've, have you, has moneymakers disbanded? No, it's still around.

No? No, it's just secretive now. Are you guys out dry begging for cash at this point? Dry begging?

No. " Hey, a few dollars to make a bet, please, sir. A few dollars to make a bet. Well, I can't review the video.

It's a screen recording. I don't know. You don't even know how to use your phone? But I did hear what you said.

And I've seen videos like that, 'cause that's not... I mean, yeah, that happened at that game, but that happens on a lot of games. Yeah, when somebody takes the over, and the game's done with five points, the over was five and a half. Was it?

I don't know, I don't Campbell. I don't know what the stuff was on the baseball. Yeah. I didn't bet on any of the WBC stuff.

Later, Chris. Yeah, Chris. Our studio audience is now left. Because of all the bickering.

No, we still had studio audience. It was a studio audience. Oh, yeah, we still had the studio audience. Alright, send us the cars.

Joya de Nicaragua is bringing the Cinco de Cinco Coronaduble. All right, end the cigars. I thought we were done. You guys wanna talk about the baseball game?

Yeah. We're not cigar news? Yeah. We're into cigars.

Okay. Do I need to read the title again? Yeah, Joya de Nicaragua. S.

Oh! I like the Cinco de Cincos. You think, does Brett distribute that brand exclusively? No.

Or did he just have some from the way they originally came out? I don't know. I don't know what Brett does. Yeah, I don't know either.

All right, next month for the first time, the Joya de Nicaragua Cinco de Nicaragua. Los Águas Cinco de Cinco Coronadoble will be available to American retailers. It's a 7x54, double Coronavitola. It's not new.

It was just sold over in... Crap. Internationally? 2020, yes, sorry, thank you.

For its 55th anniversary, however, the Vitola has been an international exclusive. But now it's available here. Which is exciting. Terribly exciting.

Cinco de Cinco Duble will have an MSRP of... Gentlemen? Boots, Phil? Uh, 18 bucks.

That's probably pretty accurate. I'm gonna call it 20. 99. Wow.

Boom. Um, they will use the 2026 PCA Convention at Trade Show, which takes place April 18th Swing, as a place where you can get it. It's the launch, and it will be shipping in right for the trade show. Okay.

Apparently we're having some box issues, so that's why our product isn't here yet. Ours? Yeah. The Drunk Chicken Cigars is adding the Mother Clucker Maduro and Living the Dream Connecticut.

Living the Dream, baby. I like the Mother Clucker Maduro. Mother Clucker? Mother Clucker.

It's adding two new limited edition blends to its lineup, both new blends of existing lines. 5x50 Robusto Extra Vitola, made with Mexican San Andreas wrapper, carrying a binder and filler, grown in Ecuador. The new blend is a line extension to the original Mother Cluckers, which is made with a Habano wrapper over in Ecuadorian fillers. S.

and Ecuadorian binder, And Dominican filler tobaccos. Both the mother clucker and the living the dream are being made at an undisclosed factory in Nicaragua. Ecuadorian what? I hate this.

I hate where we're going. I hate the direction that this industry is going. It's Dominican, Dominican, Dominican. It's Nicaraguan, Nicaraguan, Nicaraguan.

Like Nicaraguan what? No specifics. Nobody knows. Well, somebody knows.

Nobody's telling anybody anymore. It's Ecuadorian. Ecuadorian what? Is it Ecuadorian Connecticut?

Is it Ecuadorian Habano? Ecuadorian, Ecuadorian. It's Ecuadorian, Ecuadorian? Yes.

What is that? It's from Ecuador. Yeah? Yes.

What's it taste like? Ecuador. It tastes Ecuadorian? Yes.

Yeah? Is it sweet? No, it tastes Ecuadorian. Only if you consider Ecuadorian sweet.

Then I would say yes, it is sweet. But if you don't consider Ecuadorian, if you think it's more bitter, then I would say it was more bitter flavored. So you're saying Ecuadorians are bitter? No, only if you consider it bitter.

I don't know your sweet to bitter scale, personally. You don't know what it is? No. I can't tell?

Can't tell yours? Interesting. No, especially if it's a Sunday, because you're eating a lot of candy, and then your sweetness might be a little different that day. Yeah, it's true.

It's very true. Things would be off. Okay. And I'm not telling you where we're making it, but it is in a country.

It's in a place. It's in a place. Perfect. Mother clucker.

All right, who wants to guess the price? Both cigars are the exact same price. Even though they're made out of different tobaccos, and we're not telling you where they are or where they're made it. Calling it an even $14.

12th. Ooh, 13. Oh, boy. You said 14?

Split the baby. Split the baby. All right, the mother clucker Maduro in Living the Dream will be at the 2026 PCA Convention and Trade Show, one of the dates. What?

The dates for the Convention and Trade Show. April 18th through 20th? There you go. in New Orleans, boxers are scheduled to start shipping in May.

Yay. It takes a long time to get them from, well, we can't tell you where. Yeah, from a country. From a country at a factory.

In a place. All right, here's the portal. Hit the portal button over there, Phil. That's breaking news.

Yeah, that's breaking news. Thank you. There you go. Okay, sorry.

Cayman Cigar Company is adding someone. Have you guys heard of they're adding to their sales team? No. I've never even heard of Cayman.

Well, there you go. Sean Hardiman. Oh! Do you know who he is?

I do know that name. I recognize the name, but the picture is not the person I thought it was. No? No.

Okay. This is a press release on March 16th, Cigar Industry News Cigar Scene. S. Regional Sales Manager.

Now, did Coop recant and say he's covering other levels of job announcements? No. Or is it still vice president and up? Yeah, I don't know.

I don't follow him. I don't remember exactly. I thought he said he was making some modifications. Yeah, I wasn't sure.

I wasn't sure. That's why I originally passed on this, but we needed a new story for today. Because he covered it first. Right.

Yeah, but this is not from him. No. This is from Cigar Press. Oh, from Cigar Press?

Wasn't this guy on Davidoff or something? He doesn't. Yes, he was actually. Yeah.

Yes. He might have been one of the people that were let go that nobody talked about being let go because nobody wants to talk about who got let go. What was the STG? The sales team is undergoing some restrictions.

I like that you don't know. I don't have it here. I know I don't have it here. I have to cut these down because I'm not allowed to read the entire article.

I have to summarize. Okay. Yeah. So I take the article, then I read the article, and then I take out the fat that I don't think you would care about.

Okay. I'm trying to look for a picture of him saying, oh, here you go. He was at Forged. Yes, I just read that he was at Forged.

He resigned from Forged. So he was SDG. And everybody loved this guy. Yeah, the comments were quite friendly.

Except this new company is a non-profit. So he probably got fired, then asked him to politely resign. Right. He was probably making some decent money at Forge.

You think he's making the same money at Cayman? I know since it's a nonprofit. No, they're a nonprofit. He's making nothing.

That's not how that works. Oh, well. That's not how that works, dude. Yeah, he's probably not making as much.

Who's Cayman? Who is that? What is that? No idea.

They make cigars out of small lizards. Yeah. Really? Yeah.

Undisclosed area, undisclosed tobacco. Lizard cigars? Undisclosed pricing. They do have Anthony Cantalamo as the director of marketing for Scandinavian Tobacco.

All profits go to great causes. So everybody is from STG? Hold on, let's see where, anybody recognize the name, Rob Villabous? Cayman Cigar Company.

No. Am I in there? Let's see what it says. Is a premium cigar maker in Bodumtown, Cayman Islands, known for hand-rolling cigars using boutique tobaccos and traditional methods.

That's what AI says. And the Cayman Islands? John joins a team of industry veterans that are terming Anthony Cantalamo. How do I know that name?

Who was he? Cantalamo? Anthony Cantelmo. Cantelmo, yeah.

Do we know him? Yeah. He was a broker for Shogui, I think, back in the day. Oh.

He wasn't the guy with the beard and him and his wife worked together? Is that him? Yeah. Okay.

That's how I know who he is. Anthony also brings extensive sales marketing experience for working with leading brands such as LFD, Crownheads, Black Label Trading Company, and AJ Fernandez. There you go. Didn't mention Chogui.

No, I didn't, did it? That was the best one out of all of them, right? Good thing. Ah, it's crazy.

It's crazy stuff. All right. So, yes. So, Coop...

He covered the story first, and this guy is a regional manager of something. I do feel like that doesn't qualify. It did originally when he didn't cover mine, but I think he has recanted since then. He hasn't booked an appointment yet.

No, I'm going to send him another email directly and say, I realize you have not, but I just noticed you have not booked an appointment yet, here's the link once again if you would like to pick a time because they're going fast. We're trying to circle back to you. Yeah. Uh, Dojo hasn't said an appointment.

I don't know if I have his email address, but I'm sure I can get it. " Oh, yeah, I can do that. I might have his phone number. You haven't booked your appointment.

Right. No, don't push it. It's fine. It's funny that they want us to, that, you know, Juan Cancel asked me about, you know, purchasing a badge on the page.

Right. Oh, is that you have to pay? Somebody asked if it was a badge for us on the page. You have to buy those?

Yeah, it's two grand. Oh, I didn't know you had to buy them. One time purchase price, $2,000. Yeah, I'm not interested.

I'm not saying that I'm interested, I'm not saying I'm not interested. I'm just kind of curious. Things don't make sense to me. That makes sense to me, if you want, like, I'm not getting into this yet, I'm waiting 'til after the show.

Alright, yeah, wait 'til after the show. Alright, time for the industry's favorite game, What's the Score? Can you do the What's the Score music, Phil? Now you have to do the exact same ones every time, so you better write these down.

Yeah, you're not gonna remember it either, Palmer. I'll remember. I can't sing it, but I'll remember if you do something different. Yeah, well, if you sing it, it's copyrighted.

Oh, copyrighted. Those are ours. Nobody else can use those. Any similarity to any other song is purely coincidental.

October 28, 2023, Brooks Whittington reviews the Artesno Del Tobacco, the El Pupo Octo Ocho. Okay. See the Octo, now it plays in? I went first yesterday, but I'll And I'll go first again today.

85. 90. The El Pupo Octo Ocho from Nicaragua factory, San Latino factory. Ooh.

Mexican San Andreas binder is Nicaraguan. They don't say which one. I'm very sorry. Filler, Nicaraguan.

They don't say which one. I hate this. Length is seven inches. Ring gauge is 38.

Vitola, Culebra. Culebra? Oh, boy. Yeah.

MSRP, 1333. Three cigars, they smoked. Eighty-five. Ninety.

The El Pupo Octo Ocho delivers a bold layered profile with standout notes of ants, espresso, leather. Ants? A-N-I-S-E. Nobody knows how to say it.

I've seen other shows that don't know it. Nobody knows what it is. But apparently Brooks knows what it is. A nice?

Yes, it's very nice. Espresso, Leather Oak, Cocoa Nibs, Peanuts, and a unique maple syrup sweetness that keeps the cigar interesting from start to finish. Cocoa Nibs. Cocoa Nibby Brooks.

Anise refers to two main plants: the annual herb Pimpinella anisum, grown for its licorice-flavored seeds, and the evergreen shrub, Elysium, like Florida anise, known for its fragrant foliage and star-shaped flowers, which is used as an ornamental shrub. A nice. Both are aromatic, with a scent often compared to licorice. So you think it tastes like licorice?

Why didn't you say licorice? Yeah, why didn't you say licorice? Did he say taste, or did he say smell? He said taste.

You're supposed to taste as ornamental shrub? Yeah, well, it's a spice, you can buy it. Anise. Anise.

Anise. Anise. Anise. So, for everyone who also cannot say it, it's Annis.

So, we got you all covered on media. Yeah, as long as you're making an appointment and watching a show. It's Annis. Well, they all watch our show.

And it's licorice. We're the number one cigar and industry professionals. RealSmokePod hasn't commented lately, though. Oh, he has posted, though, and tagged me.

Oh, has he? On Instagram. I get like a dozen Instagram posts a day I have to review and say I'm part of. Do you repost?

Everything. That's good. Between me and the cigar brand. Nice.

Anise. Anise. All right. 87.

90. Construction was a big win overall with all three cigars showing excellent draws, strong smoke production, and mostly solid burn performance throughout the review. Now by three, these are the ones that are intertwined inside of each other. Correct.

So by three, did he technically smoke nine or did he just smoke the three that are bundled together? Just the three. I would assume it was just the three. I would assume also.

I'm just curious. Phil? Oh, 87. I'm holding fast here at 90.

Just drop Coco Nibs on the third clue, and I know that I'm in good shape. Well, Coco Nibs was on the first clue. No, it wasn't. Yes, it was.

Yeah, remember, he gives you two good clues. I didn't hear you say Coco Nibs. Hold on. Espresso, Leather, Oak, Coco Nibs, Peanuts, and Unique.

Well, it was after An Ice. An Ice. Anise. Anise.

Anise. Anise was first, and that's where we lost you. You didn't hear any of it. Peanuts, maple syrup sweetness that keeps a cigar in straight from start to finish.

Just read the rest of it for you. Got it. Alright, clue number three. While construction was generally strong, two cigars needed minor burn corrections in the second, third, and a third required touch-up near the end.

87. I can see the steam coming out of his ears. I didn't hear him rev though. What?

I didn't hear him rev there. He didn't rev there. He just did after the first one. 90.

Final thought. I've always enjoyed smoking Culebras. Cuberlibres. Cuberlibres.

Cuberlibre. Culebras. Culebras. Whichever it is.

And it helps with the blend is enjoyable as well. Thankfully, the latter is not an issue for the El Pupo Octo Ocho. El Pupo Octo Ocho is main flavors of oak and cocoa nibs and leather combined with some distinct maple syrup sweetness on the retrohale. Having said that, the combination of black pepper and full strength does not have any impact on the enjoyment of the final third, and while the overall construction was quite good, two cigars needed multiple corrections with my lighter to avoid larger issues.

In the end, I enjoyed the El Pupo Octo Ocho quite a bit, for the cigar is now, but I think that sometime aging outside of the coffins and box will do wonders for the blend's balance in the final third down the row. Proper pronunciation is Culebra. Culebra. Culebra.

I am 16 going on 17. Pick your number, Phil. Hey, hey, hey. Wait, can you do music for the final score?

Yeah, like, you know, something. Something intense. Something dramatic. Yes, and dramatic.

Two, 12, 57, 47, 89. 89? 89 is your score, or is that part of the song? 89.

That was terrible. That was. It was not intense or dramatic. I'm going to stay at 90.

And what is his? - '89. - '87. - '89, '89, '89.

- If you could not bang on the-- - Equipment, please. - on the table with all the expensive beer. - Sorry, sorry, sorry. - Oh, I don't know what happened.

All of a sudden, the sound got really bad. - It bubbled. - Yeah, a bunch of bubbles. " - '87.

He said everything good about the cigar. - Right. - Yeah. - Must be the corrections with the lighter he is not thrilled with.

No, I just don't, I've smoked like, not this cigar, but I've smoked a - El Pupo? El Pupo? No, a Kubra, whatever. Kulebra?

Yeah, Kulebra. It's not a fun cigar to smoke. It's not fun. Did you unwind them or just smoke them all?

No, I unwinded them. Oh, he took them all at the same time. He's getting ready for prison. No.

For his million dollars. It's not a good cigar to smoke. Okay, for his 10 million dollars? Yeah.

You'll be here 10 years, they say it's not gay if you're in prison. I understand the concept of them. Yeah. You know, you, you take one and give two to your friends, but it's just, it's like, that's not the concept.

That's not the concept. Oh, what's the concept? I'm only allowed to take one cigar out of the factory a day. So let me roll these three together.

Now I get three cigars. Right. That's a horrible, horrible concept. Not for the employee.

I like the friend one better. It's the hustle right there, buddy. It's like glittered water. Oh, my God.

It's like rainbow vacuums. Yeah. It's the hustle. Unbelievable.

Okay. Show me your hands. I have this cigar. Okay, I have the one.

Yeah, it's one. This is just one cigar. But there's three of them tied together. No, it's one.

No, no, it's one. Look, you light it. Look, watch, watch, watch. Look at this.

Look, look. You made the rules, not me. I should have just took, like, three Toros and then tied them together. Right.

Like... It's the same concept. Maybe because they lock together. Yeah.

With the three Toros, you're untied. Oh, look, they all fall apart. Right. Can you imagine being the first guy?

Check this out. The first guy? Yeah. Check this out.

Hey, hey, hey, Pedro, check this out, watch this. Bill doesn't see this coming. Yeah, why? The guy reading the book will never know.

Got 'em. Got 'em. Throw 'em in the trunk. That's right.

Now we got three. Right. I got two buddies at home, they're gonna love this. I was, uh, I was, I'm sorry, I'm going off the left field here.

I was watching TikTok last night, and there was a thing like that. But it's like, imagine being there when the first guy that discovered how to milk a cow. You're not gonna believe this. It's a picture, or it's a video of Beetlejuice from...

What was the show? What was the show? Beetlejuice. No, what was the show with the guy that used to have the naked girls and stuff?

The Man Show? No, no, he was on SiriusXM. He was like the king of it. Howard Stern.

Howard Stern. He's still on it. Oh, is he? Yeah.

So Howard Stern, the Beetlejuice from Howard Stern. And he's like, hey, what are you doing over there? And Bill's just like, me? Nothing.

Just standing around. Oh, this is it, Palmer's gone. Sneezing. Is it, do you get neck pain?

Is your left arm hurting? Yeah, all right. It's tingling right now. Oh, that's not good.

Oh, we made it to 490, ladies and gentlemen. Now McTavish can catch up, there's no more new shows. Yeah. By the way, the show's over because none of us know how to do the equipment.

But there was no bubbling today, so maybe the hard drive solved the problem or the new headphones, and that we'll never know. Yeah, because we did two things. That's alright, we'll just make sure we do the same two things tomorrow. Well, the headphones don't change anything.

Unless they click, oh no, we heard the clicking on the recording too. Correct. Alright, so it's got to be the other thing. Was it a constant clicking?

I was thinking he heard it and was complaining about it. Right. What? Was it a constant clicking?

No. No, it was just like, come and go like you said for us. Okay. Where are we going to be, Michael?

On the 27th and 28th of the month, we're going to be at Bo Weevil Cigars and also at Humano Refined Cigars in Dothan, Alabama. Who? Bo Weevil, I believe, is Saturday. Humano Refined Cigars is Friday.

Perfect. Saturday is a daytime event. I believe it's 1 to 5. The other one is 5 to 10.

So if you want to come meet the legend Mike Palmer of Powstanie Cigars. Of my show. Of his Cigar Hustlers podcast show. Yes.

Please come out to Dothan, Alabama, and I'll be there holding his luggage. So, and the Sharpie so I can sign. And the Sharpies, I'll have Sharpies on me for, for Palmer's signature. I hope there's pictures of those.

All right, well, let's, Mike, he's gonna bring dum-dums. Oh, this concludes our episode. All right, guys, thank you very much. Like and subscribe.

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Show Notes

From Mexico Canal to Holy Diet Water Lies: Cigar Portals & Ocho Times the Madness

On Todays Show…..How do You say Mexico Canal in Spanish?  God hates fat people! Canada isn’t even made of bacon! In cigars we have new cigars and a portal entry then a what’s the score times ocho!

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