ACHP Episode 520 Th1ngs You Shouldn't Have To Remove From Your Car
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Welcome to a Cigar Hustler
podcast episode 520.
OH.
Keep going.
Oh, big numbers.
I'm Mike Parma, your host.
And with me today in
engineering, it's Phil.
What does a sloth taste like?
Mcguffey.
What does a sloth taste like?
Yes, you know the reports are up
to 50 dead sloths at the Sloths
World before they shut them
down.
Wow.
Wow, that's incredible.
I did just see something on
Facebook of the Sanford Zoo.
Yeah, Sanford Zoo, the 2nd 24
hours, 29 of them are doing
fine.
One named Bandit is having a
rough time, but he made it
through the night that he's on a
hour by hour basis.
He's struggling.
He's struggling.
He misses his 49.
Other friends misses his fifty
other friends, probably 50 of
the dead.
Well, probably takes longer to
recover.
Probably he's in a warm blanket
and I got an oxygen mask on.
Yeah.
And then as my Co host Mikey,
I'm not sharing my antibiotics
with Palmer.
Stefan Kevage.
You asked to share the
antibiotics.
Yeah.
Why would we share?
Because I don't have any.
You were fine.
I well, you seem to be coughing
less.
I did find a bottle of cough
medicine in our medicine pantry
yesterday, so I'm fine now.
Interesting, interesting.
Oh, you, you, you triple second.
Got it.
Yeah, I don't know whose it is,
but I assume it's my wife's
'cause I don't get
prescriptions.
It's.
Been on the server.
It says serve, serve, whatever,
take 10 milliliters.
So I had to transfer that into
teaspoons.
We didn't have one of those
little cups laying around. 2
gulps.
Two gulps.
That would be a little
excessive, I think.
Well, maybe.
Yeah, All right.
On today's show, we have an
update on the cocaine hippos.
Really.
Yes, Costco hot dog deal has
changed.
After 40 years, no.
Yep, they did it.
Yep, you rat bastards.
Burmese pythons in Florida
Everglades.
Their days are numbered thanks
to the possum made one in our
backyard.
The dogs got a possum the other
day in the backyard.
Really.
It played possum and they left
it alone.
Oh, it's dead.
Yeah, I thought it was.
I thought they killed it.
But after an hour, it shuffled
his way off.
We have a Florida alert and then
a local Florida neighborhood
vandalism story that just
stinks.
It's terrible.
OK, then in cigars, Tetua, he's
making some changes.
Cuba wants more American money.
And then a double day.
What's the score?
A double day.
What's the score?
Yes, we're filling time.
Ah, but Mikey, what do you have?
Do you have a way people can get
some of that chapter pod
swagger?
Do you have any gifts from us,
from the audience?
Or do you have some comments
that are maybe clever but not
funny that you would like to
read?
I like the second.
I like the second one.
I have all of that.
Oh.
Wow, good thing somebody's
keeping track.
What you want to do for starters
though, is go to chapterpod.com
and check out all of our chapter
pod swag like this BDP shirts.
BDP.
I'm thinking that I'm going to
do the 4th of July thing.
Maybe we do it on like a blue
shirt this time.
Oh, not a tank top, just a
T-shirt.
Yeah.
What do you think?
You think blue is good?
Yeah.
OK.
Buy one, get the 2nd 140% off.
Spend $100 or more.
Get free shipping on your order
because we are awesome.
Yes, Mr. Palmer.
Rooks, Cody, maybe That shirt I
had on on Monday.
Yeah, super soft if you want to
ask him where he's getting his.
Shirts, I know what he's using.
He's he's using a different next
level.
She's using.
Next level.
Oh yeah, it was a very soft.
Sure.
Yeah.
That makes you happy.
Yeah.
I like the next levels.
We have to be honest.
No, ours are good too.
Yeah, he just said he did just
switch to that style of shirt
for all.
His Yeah, well, maybe we when we
go through our inventory we get
always changed, but there are
pros and cons to both to.
Be sure, sure, sure, right?
What's that the that DOPE shirt
that Palmer has on?
That is the Wing Tazar shirt
from PCA.
Oh yeah.
Yes.
That's nice.
Yeah, we're transitioning the
Sumatra stuff is all, has the
wing czars on it, so.
Oh, OK.
Yeah, you're getting away from
the war chicken.
Yeah, got it.
Like and subscribe.
We're viewing or listening to
this show and I have a couple
things here.
I'll be right back.
Farmer, are you excited?
I'm excited, I'm excited.
Only he was prepared, right?
Oh look, what are those?
T Money sent us the beer guys.
Hat T money texting me into the
wee hours of the night last
night.
I had to tell him to stop.
He was going, he was.
He was going.
He was going.
I would never tell you to stop T
money.
I'm giving him your number.
Sorry, I couldn't really see
that well, so thank you so much
T money.
I got one more thing here, but
I'll bring that up in the
comments section.
Oh look, it says the beer guys.
Can you see that boots Bill?
Yep.
Yes, I can.
Oh, and they're big hats.
Nice.
They're Palmer size.
They're Palmer size hats.
Nice.
Thanks team.
Money the the show with Matt Boo
with my head looks exceptionally
large in that angle that you if
I hit.
Play.
It's a nice hat.
Some comments.
There's a lot of them.
Big one.
Team money is a good guy.
These are the last comments for
the entry.
Today's the last day.
Yesterday.
Yesterday was the last.
Day.
So hopefully I'll be able to
announce the winner tomorrow.
Tomorrow we announce the winner.
As long as I have my stuff
together.
So that's a no, we will not be
announcing the winner.
Tomorrow.
Yes, we will.
We're going to do our best.
Stop it.
You're so mean to me.
All right, CW6383, I'm with
Phillip Palmer.
It's no fun for us, but I'm glad
you guys are on the mend.
Yes.
Yes, Yes.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
Sam P says the Kimmel video came
out a couple of days before the
event.
Oh well then it's even more of
be quiet.
Yeah, like what are we outraged
about?
Yeah, I mean, I didn't know
there was going to be an
assassination.
Yeah, I mean, it's still off
color, but you know, whatever.
I mean, it was more a reference
of their age difference.
Yeah, right.
Not funny anyway, right?
I don't find Jimmy Kimmel funny.
He's not.
I don't either.
Yeah, he's not Buzzinator.
FYI, Matt Tobacco did a short
clip with the cigar guys and he
dissed on Mikey's last name.
Then he pretty much took over
their interview of himself.
I've looked for that, I can't
find it.
I finally knew someone who could
send it to me.
I'll have to keep an eye out for
it.
Well, they it's got to be out
somewhere.
Yeah, because Buzzinator's on.
Buzzinator saw it.
Right.
Honestly, it didn't look that
hard.
Yeah, yeah.
So do better.
I'll just ask Alex to send it to
me.
Brett Mercurio, you brought it
up.
How does media unsubscribe to
press releases from a specific
company?
No coupe hitting his cigar while
Mikey is speaking.
He's referencing the.
We'll get into that in just a
moment.
Yeah, a real smoke pod, says
Robert.
With 13 knives is an awesome guy
with an amazing products.
I'm so glad he gave you one of
his knives.
He is a close friend, club
brother and show sponsor.
Hope you enjoy it.
Yes I just cut my cigar with
this Trump 13 knives.
How's this look?
Oh that looks dope.
You can see it.
Yeah, we only got the right
there, only the one for some
reason.
That's just wow, that's so.
Weird.
This is a beautiful blade.
I was right there I've.
Always wanted one of.
Those he did a great.
Too, you know.
I wonder how that cuts.
Guess what?
They're probably available at 13
knives.
Go check it out, guys.
Don't be.
Don't be grubbers.
Support your boy.
Only if we need somebody who's
great friends with them.
I'm not great friends with this
guy.
We're not.
Talking.
About you, we weren't talking.
About.
You, you guys, you just be quiet
over there.
It's got the.
P logo, free hat.
It's got the P logo on it.
I like that it's got a cool
sheet that's in the Polish.
Oh, it's white and red.
Wow.
Yeah, he did a good job.
It's got a beer opener and it
says 13 knives on it.
Oh.
Good, you're drinking so much
beer.
I drink so much beer.
Right.
And the belt needs a belt clip
on the thing.
Belt clip?
Yeah, there you.
Go belt clip will be dope.
Yeah, this is super nice, man.
Thank you so much.
I appreciate.
That you know what would be
nicer than that?
What three of those?
Yeah.
No two more.
Two more, no two more would be
nice.
Don't you do that?
You might see him on the show a
lot.
I don't think that thing was.
Cheap Your team went to jail.
That took a lot of work and hard
and.
Hey my guy, made you that giant
poker with the microphone
attached to it.
Yeah, I'm more important than
you.
I said he made you one and he
made me one and he also made you
one.
I.
Think what happened was he
probably made me one and he's
like I know.
Florida Cigar Club guy.
He's my I got.
To take care of Palmer too.
My guy, I don't think.
So I think that's what happened.
I don't think so.
Yeah, if you want to hear your
comment, settle out on the show.
The potential that happening
happens if you comment below.
So please comment on our YouTube
page and who knows, maybe you
make the show.
Yes.
You said knives.
You make the show all the time.
All the time.
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Yeah, we say a lot on the show.
We say more on the Patreon.
It's hard to believe that we say
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And we appreciate your support
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To believe that we leave stuff
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stuff that we can't say here,
right?
That still gets out in the
public.
Right.
Somebody tells somebody.
All right, on with the show.
All right, so Mikey was on
developing Palace last.
Night I was.
There was a fist fight after the
show between him and Coop.
Yes, there was no fist fight.
I Since he was to your bottom
left on the screen, yeah.
Could you smell?
Did he smell like cheese?
No, why is he smell?
Like cheese?
I don't know.
I just asked him because he was
down there.
That's not nice.
I just asked a question.
I didn't say he smelled like
cheese.
I asked you if he smelled like
cheese.
No, it's a video screen.
Oh, you guys weren't liking it?
Wasn't.
Like a Hollywood Squares type
set where you're all just.
No, that was not the case.
Very disappointing.
Yeah, Aaron Loomis didn't really
talk much on Aaron Loomis's
show.
It's hard.
You get.
You kept getting cut off.
Yeah, I mean, SAGA commandeers,
right?
Oh, Mctavish kept cutting you
off.
Yeah, that, you know, and
honestly, that didn't really
bother me because Mctavish
trying to fight for some space,
right, you know, and Jay Davis
talked a lot too, you know?
Yeah, he likes waiters.
He likes he yeah.
Yeah, he wants a waiter.
He wants waiters.
Everywhere.
Some room service would be nice.
It would be nice if I didn't
have to wait in line for food
like a common person.
Like the rest of these savages.
Or wait in line for cigars.
This is ridiculous.
I must have waited 15 minutes
for a cigar.
Do you?
Know who I am.
I am Jay Davis.
I am Jay a blue smoke Dallas No,
it was very fun man.
It was, you know, I honestly, I
enjoy, I really enjoy that show.
Yeah, I do.
I do.
I enjoy Jay's perspective.
I enjoy Steve's perspective.
I enjoy the occasional the
occasional JAMA tavish.
Steve's perspective.
Yeah.
Everything.
Everything's great.
You know, I was down.
I thought we weren't going to do
good.
Then.
Oh my God, we did twice as good
as we did last year.
Amazing.
Amazing.
Dude, I got to tell you, man,
whenever, whenever I'm done with
those conversations with him, I
like, I don't know, I feel feel
good about it.
I'm like, that was a great
conversation, it feels like.
You feel good about it?
I mean, he's super nice
obviously.
I mean he is, he is nice about
it.
He is a little self promoting,
which is what he's known for
obviously.
He'll be great at it.
But there's, I mean, there's
nothing bad in the Dunbarton
tobacco and trust world.
Everything is just.
Great, that's not what he says.
Yes, it is.
He's a motivational.
Speaker As far as he talks about
his cigars, he always says, you
know, this cigar kind of sucks,
but I liked it or something like
that.
He.
Always does self deprecating is
what that's called.
So you know that way that way he
keeps him humble.
He's not really.
My cigars are the best.
You like, these are terrible.
I don't know anybody buys them,
but they bought twice as many as
they did last year.
It was like, this is ridiculous.
There's nobody here, nobody here
at all.
And then he gave me the numbers
like, oh, I screamed like a girl
who just saw him sing I.
Think, he said.
Backstreet Boys.
He did, but I couldn't think of
the.
Name.
Yeah, No, I mean, it was good,
dude.
I don't know.
I always, I enjoy those, that
conversation.
I enjoy that conversation with
Aaron.
You know, obviously Coop didn't
want to talk to me, so he
didn't, no.
Well, he did say your name once
or twice.
He did address something you
said about.
Him we had, we had some gentle
correspondence, yes.
No, no conversation, really.
But no, he doesn't, you know?
No back and forth.
He wasn't engaging.
We're just silly, but whatever.
That's if that's how he wants to
do, that's what he wants to do.
That's what he wants.
To do taking his ball and gone
home.
At least he wasn't aggressive
towards me or passive
aggressive.
He can't be aggressive.
Well, he's quietly aggressive.
He can't be passive aggressive.
I've seen him do that so.
Well he kept saying I I'm
waiting on my my spot in the JRE
video to come out on the hand
rolled.
Said that one time.
I know, but he kept saying other
things too.
He kept dropping it.
It was the equivalent of
dropping names.
Is that that's how you took
that?
Yes, I mean, nobody else said.
I mean, I'm sure Jay Davis is in
somebody's video walking across
the camera, you know, and then
turns and looks.
I saw the waiter with the
bonbons.
Where'd he go?
There was no waiter that was the
problem.
Right.
But I mean on the video it's
what he would have.
Well, it was.
It was a good.
It was a great.
Show It was a good show.
Yeah, we covered a lot.
Man, how late did it go?
What?
How late did it go?
Late.
Yeah, I got out of it after
about an hour.
Not.
Even even when he turned it off,
I mean we, we kept going.
Right, but what time did the
show end?
Sometime 12:30-ish, yeah.
That kind of stuff.
Just too long.
And I'll lose it that way.
The viewers stayed on for the
most.
Part It was 36.
That's pretty good for a live.
Well if me and him dropped off
that means it was at least 34
and I'm sure some other people
did.
Yeah, it, it sustained very well
for the the entire duration, I'm
going to tell you.
Obviously, because we were all
there.
OK, I don't know what that
means.
And what was up with Justin
Andrews?
He hated everything last night.
He was probably drunk and just
bitter.
That I figured he was into his
cups a little bit and he's
bitter.
And he's just mad that he's not.
Important.
You need a hug?
What's going on?
Because he wasn't invited.
Oh, what a panel.
Look at all these assholes.
Yeah.
What?
I guess I'll stay here and
watch.
And I guess I'll stay here and
watch and comment.
Jay Davis has the best humidor
with one door.
Yeah.
What the fuck does that mean?
Best humidor with.
One door.
He's very dumb, but he makes
more money than all of us.
Well, that's true.
Yeah, till they fire him.
Yeah, well, he's a good job of,
you know, he worked pretty hard.
He does.
You know, he makes all the
meetings happen, right?
Right.
He holds a lot of meetings.
He's the meeting coordinator.
You know, we do a show every
day.
I don't know why we haven't
called him yet.
Because on Mondays, remember, we
used to do it on Mondays and he
never answered.
Well, now we do one every day.
Now he's not important to us
anymore.
Yeah, OK.
It was fun while it lasted.
Right now.
Now we don't care.
Now we don't.
Care.
Let's just release this phone
number though.
It's already out in the.
Water already out, people have
it.
This industry doesn't really
matter.
I mean, I give my phone number
to everybody, so I mean, right.
So I I did see that you
nonchalantly asked about the
unsubscribing.
Well, it came up in discussion,
right?
You know, because like, it's
weird to complain about press
releases when we send press
releases and then you denied it.
You know what I mean?
Like I'm.
Glad he walked into it.
Like what are we doing?
Like.
We shall have his e-mail in the
system, right?
Yeah, but it won't let you re
add it.
You'd have to send it
separately.
OK.
So.
But why?
Because.
I want to.
He's never going to cover it.
I want to I'll text it to him.
You know.
Look.
Hi, Coop.
Oh, I wonder do I have, do you
have his number?
We have his number.
Yeah, of course.
I'm going to text him every day.
Hi.
Morning.
Morning Coop.
Hopefully he, I don't know,
hopefully he gets over whatever
he's going through and.
We're good.
We're dirt bags, Michael.
Oh, you know.
We went from bad for the
industry to dirtbags.
It's just going to get worse.
We were good for the industry
for a while there.
We were right.
Yeah, he dubbed U.S. media.
Yeah, we were.
We were considered at some
point, media.
Oh, thank you, Mr. Coop.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
You know what was my age?
You know what was also kind of
funny, though?
Was like, I want to know about
the fight.
What fight?
There was a fight like those
from I guess it was like Rocky
Patel reps or something and they
wouldn't say that it was who
was.
Oh, that mentioned on the show?
Yeah, I go who was in the fight?
And like, oh, that's out.
That's outside of PCA.
That's that's not something that
we cover.
And then later on the show, we
talk about Brian Descent's
Billboard.
It's fake billboard.
No, it was real.
Oh, was it real?
Yeah.
And it was also, that's also
outside of PCA.
Right.
You know what I mean?
So like that's those are the
things that don't make sense to
me, like you like the parameters
and the guidelines.
Where's the line?
Man, this is like everything in
life I can't stand, right?
It's politics too, and all of
it.
It's like, sure, you say
specifically this, but when it
wants, when you want to be
something different, it's OK if
it's outside of these
parameters.
But if if it's something you
don't want to talk about, then
you put it back in this box.
So how is the Billboard about
PCA outside of PCA?
Because it wasn't inside the
building.
No, because, well, my point is
that, Coop said.
We don't discuss anything that
happens outside of PCA.
Oh, him.
Him specifically.
Brian Descend was not part of
PCA.
OK.
I thought it was funny.
I like the fact that he did the
Billboard.
I'm like.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah.
I'm I'm I'm not following where
there was a billboard like
outside of PCA.
Yeah, he put a billboard up for
Prevada.
Yeah, about the money he's
better spent out here or
something like that.
It's a like the secret weapon
for retailers, right?
That's.
Funny.
Yeah, we're.
So very clever.
There was a fight in the Rocky
Patel booth.
I'm not.
No outside late at night at like
a bar or something.
Oh, Rocky Patel against like
crown heads or something like
that.
No, it was like some drunken
dude.
Rocky.
The reps got into a fight with
some like like it was so tight,
like so close, like they weren't
talking about it.
I'm like, one of the greatest
stories ever from New Orleans
was the fact that Matt Booth
like went on this black out
thing and.
Got drunk and got lost.
Yeah, yeah.
And like that didn't happen at
like.
Yeah, that was an inside PCA.
So that that I thought was
whatever.
A lot of the reps are young.
Yeah, you got a new well, yeah,
that's that's common.
Yeah.
So like the day that they
weren't letting us in on time
because it was some confusion at
what time we could get in.
The reps are being, the younger
reps are being rude to the
security girl and just blown
right past her.
Like, well, we're going in now.
We don't care what you say.
Stuff like that and then just
blown right past.
Who's going to stop us?
I don't know who they were with,
but they were younger guys.
Yeah.
That's not, I'm like, that's not
OK, you know, just give me a
minute.
I'm going to text ahead, dude.
And.
We'll all go with, yeah, be
respectful, right?
There's a miscommunication
somewhere and we're going to
straighten this out.
Right.
You don't have to be rude.
Yeah, act like you're some big
shot.
I mean, why you the Rocky Patel
Rep for Connecticut?
Oh, exciting.
More, more millennials think
thing on things.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, keep going.
I don't.
I don't know.
After millennials, I stopped
keeping track.
Gen.
Z, Gen.
X, whatever it is.
No, no, I'm Gen.
X.
We're the cool ones.
Yeah, it's Gen.
Z.
Yeah.
Gen.
Z, those are the ones that think
they are owed something.
You're so old.
I'm not old.
Yes, you are.
Leave me alone.
These damn young kids, Sam Punk.
These whippersnappers.
Me and Paul just sat there till
I made my phone call then we
went in.
Yeah, well, you can't stop us.
You can't stop us.
We're with Rocky Patel.
Yeah, you don't know who
they're.
With no, I know who they're
with.
They didn't say Rocky Patel.
Don't make us beat you up by the
drunk guy.
Could be my phone.
It's not me, all right?
Did anything else about it last
night?
No, that was that was it.
I mean, I thought we had good, a
lot of good conversation about
stuff.
I'm still like fascinated with
how big the microphone in front
of.
John Mcdavish, Yeah, he was
commenting on that last night.
Why is this so big it?
It just looked extra large like.
Mcdavid's going.
I just have a small head.
It can't be that small, man.
It's Canadian measurements, it's
just different.
Like a Beetlejuice.
Head.
It's a.
It's a it's an American
microphone in a Canadian head
that just, you know,
everything's bigger down here.
All right.
All right, first story.
Palmer's tuberculosis.
My tuberculosis is still
happening.
First off, update to the cocaine
hip bone story.
OK, this is good news.
Yeah.
Anat Ambanani, son of Asian's
richest man Mukesh Ambanani,
says he's willing to receive and
care for the animals at the
private Ventara Zoo in India's
Gujarati state.
He has a private zoo there.
He's the son of the richest man
in Asia.
OK, so he sent a letter to the
Colombian government offering to
take the cocaine hippos.
I will take the cocaine hippos.
I will move them to my private
zoo.
By Michael Texas and doesn't pay
attention to the show.
I pay attention.
You think he's in charge of
terrorists?
No.
In a letter to the Colombian
environmental minister, the CEO
of Ambanani Zoo said that they
were ready to give the herd
lifelong care in India.
The letter, published on the
zoo's Instagram account, said at
the heart of this proposal is
Ventari's belief that every life
matters and that we have a
shared responsibility to protect
whenever possible.
I'm a nanny, sorry.
I'm.
That's so nice.
Yeah, I'm a.
Nanny too.
Well, only if he's Indian.
They're referred to as no sea
cows.
Are not, are not hippos, are
they?
Oh, they're horses in the sea.
No, Sea cows are manatees.
Manatees, right?
So there goes the cow reference.
The joke?
I thought he was Indian.
I don't think he was Indian, he
said.
He was something else.
No, he's Indian.
No, he said.
The guy that was going.
To Asia.
India is in Asia, Michael.
OK, He's this the son of the
richest man in Asia.
Yeah.
Yes.
So that doesn't.
How does that give me an
indication that he's Indian?
Well, his name is Amant Amande.
It's not Chen Chung Chung.
Ammanani.
Ammanani Zoo, That's what they
say when you come in.
Come to the Amazon Zoo.
Indian Circle.
Indian dancing monkeys doing the
commercial.
What are you going to?
Say, Phil, I said.
Indian stick with Indians.
All right, And I.
Don't know what that means, but
that's yeah, it's definitely
racist.
Definitely racist.
Racist Indian stick with.
Indians.
I don't know how that correlates
with hippos.
I don't.
No.
They're both Indian.
The hippos?
No, the guys.
The guys are both.
Yes, Amanthamande is Indian.
Yes.
And his and his son.
And it's no, that's the guys.
That is his son Amanthamande,
right?
The son is the father is Mr.
Amande.
So the son and the father are
both Indian.
Well, who's pitching well?
Yeah, so they got to stick
together.
They got to stick together.
They.
Got to stick together.
We're both, well, we're, we're
Indian.
I like that he has a private
zoo.
I would like to go to the zoo
today.
Where?
What do we have to see?
When is the show for the little
doggy things?
I like that very much.
What else is it?
Wow, What else is there to do in
India?
I don't know.
Watch out and zoo, there's a lot
of animals.
Out, watch out.
Watch out for the cows.
Now, the cows they can't touch.
That's the problem.
That's why it's so dirty.
Cows just run around doing
whatever they want, really doing
moose stuff anywhere they want.
I wonder who originally okayed
that back in the day.
Like Nope Nope, Sacred animal.
It's.
Probably I'm not his
grandfather.
Whoever, I'm a Monty's
grandmother, you know, I would
like to make a zoo.
Let's start with the cows.
Yeah.
We got a corral though.
No, no, they are sacred.
Cannot touch the cows.
OK, all right.
The Internet is blowing up over
the change.
Michael, Costco has finally
changed after 40 years.
Wow, the hot dog deal.
By how much?
The Dollar 50 hot dog combo
hasn't changed in over 40 years.
But don't worry, the Ishawashka.
Is that where they stay where
they're at.
Ishkawashka based big box store
isn't changing the price,
they're taking away the soda.
So $1.50 for the for the hot
dog.
Nope, you get a bottle of their
special brand of water.
Curtain signature.
Sure, Curtain Signature shoppers
you need respite from the chaos
of Costco checked out can now
opt for a 16.9 oz bottle of
Kirkland Signature Water instead
of the fountain soda to wash
down.
They're steaming off in slightly
wet hot dog.
I'm not making my comment now
after you said that last.
Part say it.
Nope, that's.
A big bottle that's.
Not what you're going to say, he
was going to say.
It was a big Wiener.
No, I was not going to say.
Give me that.
You might be thinking, who
cares?
Apparently a lot of people.
There's uproar.
People want the soda back.
The seemingly minor changes
generated major headlines, and
not just due to excitement from
Kirkland signature water bottle
lovers.
The hot dog combo is iconic for
remaining $1.50 cents it's
introduction in 1984.
At one time the owner of the
company said if you change
President hot dog, I will kill
you.
Yep.
Wow.
He did.
He did.
Well, I mean, it's a good
healthy choice change.
I think it's to lower the cost.
Because you're just the.
Keep your comments.
Keep your comments.
You were just, you were just in
the healthiest.
You're at peak performance.
Over here I am.
Because you look at a sandwich
meal and you're like, you know
what?
I'll take the water.
Yes.
Yeah, yeah, it's what you
probably do.
Here, at least, I don't do the
Diet Coke.
What's wrong with Diet Coke?
That What's the difference of
Diet Coke?
It doesn't have.
It doesn't have any calories.
Doesn't have any calories or
sugar.
That's the difference.
Well, it does have something in
it.
It does.
What's it have in there?
Splenda.
That's fine.
OK, you can eat that raw if you
want. 0 calories. 0 calories.
Splenda.
More grams of cancer?
Yeah, but the cancer they get
rats you have to eat like a dump
truck full if you're a human
that do the equivalent amount of
Splenda.
Have you seen the people that
drink Diet Coke?
It's not that much Splenda in
it.
They drink a lot of diet.
Splenda doesn't cause cancer,
guys.
Which one does saccharine?
The aspartame, is that what?
I don't think there's proof that
any of it causes cancer.
Everything causes cancer if you
just ask the right person.
I mean that I believe, but no,
no, no.
Well, this is sad.
Yeah, this is ridiculous.
How do you are you OK with this?
I'm OK with it.
You're OK with getting rid of
this, I mean.
It's better than shrinking the
size of the hot dog.
I mean they haven't changed the
price in 40 years and so give
them a break.
They're losing money.
No they're not.
Yes they are.
On the hot dog deal they are.
No they're not.
Yes they are.
There's no way a hot dog from
1984 is the same cost as a hot
dog in 2020.
Six it's not, but they're still
making money.
How much is a soda there?
$7.00 Really.
Yes, sodas are very expensive.
Wow.
OK, yeah, it's a bad change.
It's a good change.
Water's healthier for you.
I mean, water is healthy.
I mean, you're eating a hot dog
like it is.
That's all the lips and feet and
toes and stuff anyway, while
the.
Yeah, it's definitely not all.
Beef, it says.
It's all beef.
Yeah, right.
Let me see the package.
Package says all beef.
What are you?
What are you texting people or
are you trying to?
Figure out how much how much it
cost cost them.
Ask Gronk.
It cost them like $0.20 or
$0.30.
No it doesn't.
The bun's $0.20, Hot dog's a 75.
OK, Mr. Chef, tell us how much
it all cost.
OK, I will wait.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait.
Hot dog's 20.
The bun is $0.20.
Hot dog, let's say it's 75, so
that's $0.95.
A bottle of water cost them a
dime.
It's an even dollar.
They sell it for $1.50 and they
make $0.50.
Well, it'll be a dollar five,
but OK.
I round it.
Down, you're pretty close.
Thank you.
How much?
Estimates suggested cost roughly
45 to $0.80 for the hot dog, bun
and condiments, with the soda
costing an additional 10 to
$0.20.
So the water's cheaper, waters
half of that easy. $0.55.
I mean, why not just leave it?
I like how there's a range first
of all.
Well, it depends on what size
soda you get.
Is there?
Do you get different sizes with
the combo?
Nah, there's probably just One
Cup, yeah.
Why not just get it?
I mean, why?
Why just just leave it?
Healthier options.
Who cares?
Is there a change?
They just want their customers
to live so they can come back
and buy the giant thing of
mayonnaise.
They're eating a hot dog.
It's an all beef hot dog.
It's not.
It's not the lips and skins and
stuff.
It might be a lip and skin
glizzy.
What's a glizzy?
Come on man, you, you don't
remember Matt Booth going all
over the place about glizzies?
Man, booze goes all about
everything.
There's docking, there's
glizzies, there's brown things
in your mouth.
I don't.
Even know what docking I don't.
Know dockings when he touches
his PP to your PP.
Oh God, like you don't know what
that is.
He was in the Navy.
I have no idea.
What was so?
Strange.
Did we just dock?
I don't know.
Anyway, yeah, we didn't do that.
Ridiculously in the Navy.
License registration please and
your.
Pants Palmer's a little spicy
today.
I like I like spicy Palmer.
That's what people have been
saying on the phone and like,
you're feeling better, aren't
you?
Oh yeah, I'm roaring.
I'm good today.
I found cough medicine last
night.
No more chicken noodle soup for
me.
No, but I didn't feel like
packing my lunch, so I brought
all, like, snacky things and I'm
starving.
All right.
You guys familiar with the
Burmese Python?
You know what?
Those are those big giant snakes
that live in the other
Everglades that's killing
everything.
I am and they would pay you to
kill them.
Yes, the possums are helping us.
We're going.
Possums are helping us to get
rid of them.
Yeah.
Like to know how?
Yes.
OK, there's a large possum
population.
It's hard to say possum
population down in the
Everglades, but we have tagged
all the possums.
We've equipped that, we've armed
them.
We well we put necklaces on
them.
They have tracking things on
them.
OK, so now guess what the
favorite food of Burmese Python
is?
Possums.
Exactly.
So once they eat the possum, we
can track the Barbies Python And
kill it.
Wow, that's pretty smart.
So we sacrificed the possums.
So we tracked the food.
Right.
Well, it did.
It wasn't on purpose.
It just happened to work out
that way.
They started checking on the
possums and found Burmese
pythons and they're like, oh, I
just cut this head off.
Why don't you just put like a
piece of poison in the tracking
thing?
Yeah, why don't you just put a
piece of poison?
Because it might kill the the
possum, it won't.
Need.
It it won't need a dead possum.
You know how you get rid of
like, stuff around your house?
You just throw throw out a whole
bunch of those green brick
poison brick things.
What?
Yeah, you know, like if you have
rats or.
Whatever Rd. impose it, you want
to just throw those in the
Everglades.
Yeah, what else is there?
OK, there's a lot of things in
the Everglades.
It's a pretty bad logic, you
know?
It would be cool though.
But.
The pagers.
The explosive pagers.
Give the what?
Would be put it on the possum.
Oh, maybe they just make it
exploding trackers.
Yeah, once the once the possum
is consumed, hit the button.
Well, but you don't know until
you go and track it.
OK, there's like an indicator.
Apparently they can't digest the
tracking necklace, so it stays
in their bellies.
Well, won't you find it?
There we are.
OK.
All right, now we have APCA
Public PSA.
Public service announcement.
We have a public service
announcement state of.
Florida, I have a video.
What?
I have a video.
We're not at that part yet.
Just relax, OK?
Jeez.
Earlier you said you didn't have
one, now you're just dying to
get the video out.
I have one.
It must be everybody in the
state of Florida.
Please be careful.
It's alligator.
Mating season has begun.
To the alligator.
What?
That's not what the noise are
making.
Somebody's texting the crap out
of me over there.
Yeah.
That's probably the guy trying
to get you to get a $50,000
loan.
Alligator meeting season has
begun.
The Gators are more aggressive
and looking for love, so be
careful out there.
They're all hopped up on
hormones and the little blue
pill.
The Horny Gators.
Horny Gators Horny Gators are
angry, all right.
Over in Altamonte Springs, a
woman was arrested after she
vandalized mailboxes, cars and
people's front yards.
When was this?
Why did you have this happen?
I saw a mailbox that was down
when I was driving to.
Yesterday she was arrested
yesterday.
Maybe she did it.
Well, she doesn't really knock
him down.
No, no.
You thought she was a baseball
bat lady.
She likes to go and wipe her
poop on them.
Police say suspect linked to at
least one cases Residents
reported multiple incidents of
vehicles, yards and mailboxes.
The pink eye abandoned.
A woman accused of defacing
property with human feces in
Altamonte Springs neighborhood
has been arrested, said police.
Investigators with the Altamonte
Springs Police Department said
50 year old Alexis Weber was
taken into custody Tuesday
morning on a charge of criminal
mischief after being linked to
at least one incident in the
Spring Oaks neighborhood.
Is that near you?
Spring Oaks.
Spring Oaks.
No, that's the one right off the
main drag there for 434, right?
I don't.
Know residents say the incidents
have been happening for nearly a
week, with homeowners
discovering what appeared to be
human feces on vehicles,
mailboxes and in their yards.
They She was caught on a Ring
camera pooping in somebody's
front yard.
Man, this lady had some gahanas,
man.
She only smears in on the
driver's side of the vehicle
too, so you have to touch it
again.
She knows what she's doing.
I like this.
This lady's batshit crazy and
she's 50, so like, what did she
do the other 49 years of her
life?
It took him a week to find her.
She planned it 49 years.
And this is where I lose my
mind.
So what's the most vengeful
thing you've ever done to a
person there, Phil?
I took a brick one time, threw
it through the windshield and a
couple other windshields in the
driveway did.
You know them.
Yep.
Keep the camera on, Mikey.
Yeah, I mean, it's kind of
annoying.
Well, I'll make sure you know,
not an emergency of some sort.
Yeah, that's probably the most.
Yeah.
And then I threw the bricks
through the windows in the house
too.
Dude, that's wild.
I was kind of a bad person when
I was a kid.
Yeah, yeah, quietly.
You're quietly a bad person.
Yeah, I had a little group.
I hung out with them.
Mischievous.
Yeah, we were kids.
OK, did you get in trouble?
Nope.
Did I know it was you?
Nope.
OK.
What about you, Mike?
I think I'm a good kid.
You never did anything eventual.
Nope.
You rode motorcycles?
What difference does that make?
You want to, but you think I ran
in a gang?
Yeah.
You didn't do anything crazy.
Florida Cigar Club, Florida
Motorcycle Club.
Well, we there was some cigar
people that were hanging out
together and from the club.
Yes, but no.
Running through this world?
No.
No.
You never did anything bad to
anybody.
No vandalism?
No.
No.
It doesn't have to be vandalism.
Oh, you said something vengeful.
Well, it's vandalism.
No Could have been mean to
somebody.
Could have made them break up
with their girlfriend or
boyfriend.
Did you make Phil break up with
his girlfriend?
Yes, told him he was married.
This was ridiculous.
Put the foot down.
How about you, Michael?
Nothing I want to admit.
There you go, statue of
limitations probably up.
It'll be fine.
Yeah, probably.
I didn't really do vengeful
things.
We should go egg your mom's
house.
That's stupid, that.
'D be funny and let her catch
us.
I didn't do vengeful things, I
did dumb things to.
Both dress up like Greg.
To random people.
Palmer can poop in the grass.
I can't poop outside.
I can't poop sometimes in A
room.
Just make sure there's a handle
where you can touch.
It.
Yeah, you make it.
Yeah, the guy can poop out in
the yard.
That's ridiculous.
There's people everywhere.
Get your Metamucil.
Yeah.
I stopped the other day and I'm
like this isn't happening, can't
reach the handle.
We'll just give you some Taco
Bell.
He'll make it happen.
No, I just run home.
Wow.
All right.
Do you have a?
Video.
Oh my God, yes I do.
It would have been great for.
Him to say no.
The video of you taking an
antibiotic, that would be nice.
It is.
Oh, perfect.
I sent this to you already.
Which which one of our doctor
friends did you get them from?
I'll never.
I'll never.
There's only two.
I'll never tell unless it's.
I have more than two.
Unless it's one year.
I've had other offers.
I was like thank you I have this
answer but.
Oh, you're already watching it?
Oh, this is from last night,
Yeah.
The PCA hitting us with, hey, we
want you to go to Asia on
December 8th.
Yeah.
Do something.
It's like just so absurd to me
that I can't even, I can't even
wrap my brain around how dumb a
request that is.
I mean, I mean, anybody that
plans their year out, I mean, I
know in our case, Por Sabor, RTD
PCA, listen to the RTDAPCA Rocky
Mountain Cigar Festival and
inter to back are the anchors
that basically lock in my year
and then everything gets like
scheduled around it.
So the fact that the PCA would
spring this on us at the very
last minute about, hey, we're
going to do this thing in Asia
and we really love everybody to
show up on December 8th.
Are you kidding?
Me, you can fly there after you
go to Morocco.
So that's the end, apparently,
yeah.
Yeah.
So the PCA is asking some of
these guys to go out to.
Asia.
Yeah.
It's an expensive trip, yeah.
Seems seems like a lot.
Right.
You check out the zoo, Yeah?
That's in India.
That's in Asia.
No, it was in Asia.
No, I understand that.
But he's probably talking about
they're probably they've been
doing stuff in Hong Kong,
probably when everybody go to
Hong Kong, but.
They didn't say specifically
Hong.
Kong, we don't know.
I would gather that's what it
is.
These guys aren't fine.
Sokka is not going to India.
It's hot, it's sticky and it's
dirty.
He ain't going there.
Could be the opening of the zoo
with this thing.
The opening for the cocaine
hippos.
Cocaine hippos.
So do you think it's a good idea
for the BCA to try and expand
globally?
No, I don't.
I think we got enough problems
here.
They need to bring back and stop
spending all this money on going
to Norway.
Is there cigar problems in
Norway?
Yes.
So now we're the cigar protector
of the world.
We're the NATO of the cigar
industry.
No, he needs to come back.
It's ridiculous.
He needs to come back, right?
What about you, Phil?
I mean.
Premium Talivant around the
country, around the world.
Premium Cigar Association.
I mean, yeah, I mean, I think
it's good for them to expand.
The more the more you get out
there, the more cigar smokers
you can obtain and more things
you can do.
What does cigar smokers in
Norway do to help us here in
America?
You just have more.
Oh yeah.
But it doesn't have anything to
do with America.
It has everything to do with
cigars as a whole.
We sell cigars in America.
It has all everything to do with
America.
Yeah, but a lot of these guys
sell cigars in other countries
too.
Not Norway.
Maybe they're open it up.
I don't know.
I don't know what that market
is.
He's going to sleep again.
Yeah, you heard nothing we said.
So.
We were talking about Coop's
food preference.
No, you weren't.
Yeah, we were.
He had a sandwich delivered.
You didn't notice it during the
show.
Yeah, he likes the Big Mac.
So I heard Saka said a bunch of
stuff about our clips too.
Yeah.
Well, what did he say?
He likes them.
OK.
So thank you for that in depth
discussion.
Thank you very much.
I already had that much from T
money.
Well, no, I mean, So what I did
here, the reason why I'm showing
you that clip is because I built
some clips for developing
balance and I'm going to put
them on our feed.
Oh.
With our Opus clip credits,
Yeah.
Oh good.
Yeah, we're supporting other
media outlets.
Now they're nice and they
unsubscribe from us.
Well, developing balance isn't
coupe.
They're associated with.
We like fish steak.
They're associated.
With OK.
They're two of his lackeys.
They're.
You do not speak of Mactavish in
that fashion.
Yeah, he has a Postonia
background and I said how?
Nice.
We pay for that.
You.
Do not.
We pay for that, Phil.
He also smokes Postonia.
You do not speak I'll of the
Canadian.
Yeah.
Do you understand?
We like that.
Whatever.
Papa, what's up with you today?
You'll.
Be quiet over there.
Exactly.
So I don't think it's a bad
thing trying to expand PCA to,
to making it, you know, globally
more acceptable, expanding into
global market.
But in in the rest of the world,
cigars is more acceptable
already.
No it's not.
Yes it is.
It's the opposite.
No, it's not.
Europe just banned cigars after
a certain year or whatever if
you were born.
Yeah, in the United Kingdom.
Well, that's United Kingdom.
Nobody likes them.
There.
We go.
They're coming here so they can
have cigars.
Did you see that we had the King
of England and no kings meeting
or something?
No, the king and his ugly wife
is coming.
I can't remember her name.
Ugly wife she is.
She's horrible.
You talking about King Charles?
Yeah, he's coming to America.
For a No Kings meeting.
For no kings meeting to meet
with our king.
That tracks, right?
Makes a lot of.
Sense they almost cancelled this
trip because somebody tried to
shoot the president again, but
now he but he decided to come.
Yeah.
There was another attempt.
No, no the.
One the other day, Oh yeah,
there was discussion like, oh,
maybe it's too dangerous, I'm
not coming.
Well, they missed again.
And it was a teacher.
Maybe.
Yeah, it was a teacher.
It was a teacher.
Yeah, it was a teacher from like
Orient Oregon or something.
Not in Cali, no.
It was like Oklahoma.
I thought it was Cali.
No.
Who thinks they can get close
enough to shoot the president?
Sure, I mean I guess the guy on
top of the building and shot him
in the ear.
One zipped his ear.
Yeah, allegedly.
Allegedly, no.
It really zipped his ear.
Oh well, go down the Facebook
rabbit hole, the social media,
they'll start picking it apart
and calling it conspiracies.
All right, it exists.
Oh, I know it does.
Listen to This becomes a short
clip you'll see.
He's he's the most shot at
president in history.
Is he three times?
Yeah, because the other ones,
when they got shot at, they were
dead.
Yeah, the other ones are good at
it.
Apparently.
Now in 2026, everybody's a bad
shot.
Didn't.
Reagan get shot.
Oh yeah, he didn't die.
He got shot.
He lived.
OK, one.
OK, one.
OK one OK, one.
OK.
Queen Elizabeth got shot.
She didn't die.
She got she got up and finished
the parade.
Getting back to the video, did
you, did you get invited to go
to the PCA, invite you to Asia?
No, I'm no big chat.
You're a big deal, but.
You have a board.
They just asked like brand
owners.
You would get invited before I
would.
Why wouldn't they invite you do?
You a board member?
I'm not a board member.
I think at birthday you should
have came out to say hey I like
everything you do on social
media.
Love your show that.
Would be a good idea, but now I
can happen.
You should go to Asia.
I'm a loose cannon.
They don't want me to insult
people.
You speak Chinese.
I would be the one to take,
actually, you know, it would
make sense.
Yeah, I have peoples.
You have people.
In I have people in Asia.
But what if it's in India?
And he has nobody.
Yeah, well, there's one guy that
I know, but I don't know if he's
still alive.
He might have died of diphtheria
or something right now.
Wow, I.
Don't think it's as bad as you
personify.
Yes.
It is.
Look it up.
OK.
Poor hippo.
Cocaine hippo poor.
Cocaine Hippo.
They're going to die now in The
Dirty water.
The Ganges River is disgusting.
OK.
OK.
Moving on next show.
The video was great.
The video was great.
What a good job.
Good job.
Thank you.
How many clips did that cost us?
How many credits?
I don't know who cares.
We pay for them, that's why.
Would be who cares, Yeah.
Oh, I was just throwing money
away and I.
Was just.
What's wrong with trying to help
other cigar media guys?
Nothing.
Can you help them without
costing us money?
No, I can't.
What was he?
Was he drinking last night?
Who?
Steve Saka Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
As he was progressively going,
you could.
That's what I'm saying are his
eyes closed like he started
going and going.
Yeah, during that clip his eyes
are shut and all the sudden he
does his.
I got to say, it's impressive.
I like watching it.
Yeah.
Because like, he's still got his
shit together, he's still
carrying on the conversation,
and he's on point.
When he allegedly drinks all
through the PCA, by day three
he's probably pretty liquored.
Up I mean, it's impressive and
he's what he's saying is spot
on.
I'm like, all right, that's a
good point.
That's a good point.
Give him another shot.
Bring him up, bring him some
more.
Bring him some more.
Bring him some.
Jay Davis's waiter, please bring
him some more moves.
Stepped into Jay Davis's screen.
So your dinner is hello.
Hello.
I think that Joshua Hubroski
needs to get a manservant for
Jay Davis for the next PCA.
That would be funny.
Following him around, follow him
around as soon as he badges up
like the guy comes over with the
with the napkin.
I'll be following you.
I'm your manservant for the
weeks.
For the duration of the show.
What would you like?
And no, there's no big A's.
Yeah, he was very upset at them.
There were no, well, they
weren't the same.
No Coupe was upset.
There was no beignets and no.
That's why I said that.
For the Moon coffee or whatever
it was, Cafe du Monde.
Cafe du Monde Coffee.
Cafe of the World.
Cafe du Monde.
All right, That's why I
discontinued 16 skews and oz of
price increase.
We're getting rid of shit and
we're going to charge you more
money.
OK.
What are they getting rid of
though?
First of all, I've I've heard
about they've been talking about
this for like 8 months but go
ahead.
I won't read it then.
No, I want you to.
Tell us all about it.
No, no, no, you've been, you've
known about it for eight months
now.
You go ahead.
No, go ahead, you go.
An e-mail sent to retailers, the
company announced that it will
be retiring brenches 16 skews
from his portfolio to
streamlines it's offerings and
concentrates more on the core
lines.
When announcing the cigars have
been removed from its price
list, the company has used the
term retired.
We should say that about
Broadleaf.
Retired.
Retired and then when he comes
back, he came back from.
Retired unretired.
Pose the saying they've been
discontinued.
The following cigars are being
retired with some hat.
Yeah, right away.
Let me down lightly you.
Got a stomach ache or something?
No, I just.
I just.
Did you eat, did you eat more
race track food when you were
out running around today?
He.
Feel like there's some good
cigars.
He said he's losing all the
twilies that he doesn't buy
upstairs.
Available for retailers to order
and others being completely out
of stock.
The Cabaguan Guapos.
Oh, that's a.
Good cigar, but not that size.
Not that size.
I didn't even say the size.
Guapos Yeah, OK.
The Cabaguan Guapo Maduro, La
Teri Lat 52, La Teri Lat 54 La
Teri Lat 56 Noventes Esta.
They just got rid of the hard
names.
This is what they get rid of.
The hard name ones, the Jabarro,
the Jabarro, the 7th Sam, the
Big 10, the crystal baller, the
broadleaf collection, the entire
collection.
Is what?
The the Broadleaf collection
from Havana's done.
The Broadleaf collection
Reserva's done.
The Taje.
The the Tejanos collection is
done.
Discontinuation of the five
Broadleaf Collection cigars were
previously announced as part of
the company's new release for
2026.
The company is trimming down the
line to 5.
Sizes will also shift from 10
count to 21 count boxes.
We're making more than more.
We're making bigger boxes, OK?
You know the price increase.
The company did not say what
lines are being affected or how
much the increase is.
But we know that it's more OK.
More money each pool.
Why are they streamlining this?
You know those things aren't
well if it's broad leaves,
because broad leaves are hard to
get ready.
No.
No, because they don't sell.
Nope, because they want a
smaller portfolio.
OK.
Why do they want a smaller
portfolio?
Because broadly start to find
Nope.
Because they're not buying them
Nope.
I.
Don't even know what you said
there, but still no, no, what
what Pete's trying to do is
reshape it so that it's easier
to carbon copy and give go with
UTL.
Oh yeah, So you know, because if
you have a 10 count boxes, you
have to, if you have 10 counts
and 21 counts, you have to do
both, right.
So just eliminating it, dumbing
it down and kind of refining
into what's been effective is
his approach.
And as far as handling the
regulation with UTL in
California?
That UTL went away.
It hasn't gone away, it's just
not enforced right, which is
scary to me.
Because they could enforce it at
any time.
Yeah, new guy comes in and says
let's yeah.
Look at those and flip the
switch.
We spent 30 billion on the
homeless.
Let's go get some more money.
Fire the lasers?
What?
Did you say?
Fire the lasers.
Fire the.
Lasers.
The other thing, the price
increase.
Right.
They haven't really done a price
increase.
Yeah, their their cigars are
pretty cheap.
For a long time they've been
holding fast.
So that means that look,
shipping has gone up, yes,
tariffs are now are in place
still.
He's changing them now to taxes.
OK.
Bosque import taxes.
He's got them now.
OK.
Box costs have gone up.
Yes, and they have bigger boxes.
Product pricing has gone up.
And they have more cigars.
OK.
So like all of these things have
increased and they've taken it
on the chin through all of it.
I like the public outcry on
Facebook.
They're going, oh, they just
want to make more money.
Well, yeah, they just want to
make the same money.
It's called capitalism, and
that's how it's supposed to
work.
I won't buy their cigars now
they're gone up $0.22.
You got to make money in order
to be successful.
Like what?
Like what are we doing?
Money.
Money.
Money, Scrooge.
Me duck money.
Now, you can argue the other
aspect of somebody overpricing a
cigar, but look, the reality is
that it's only overpriced if
nobody buys it.
Right.
So you know, I don't care if it
cost them $2.00 to make, if they
feel like it, they could sell it
for 100 and it sells.
More power to them.
Now I may smoke $100 cigar and
say this is not worth $100,
right?
Well, you knew that before you
smoked.
It so you got to be careful
going into that whoever you are,
whatever your brand is, right,
right.
I mean, we saw a lot of that two
years ago.
You know, I didn't really hear
too many big announcements of
it's really expensive $100
cigars this year.
No, yeah, they were more budget
friendly.
I.
Think it was a mixed bag.
Well, they, well, yeah, 'cause
there's no more of those.
What was it?
ETFs or whatever?
Speaking of overpriced cigars,
hold on three no.
ETFs is that?
What what those things are
called, the people were buying
the little coin to be able to
sell the cigars, whatever.
ETFs.
What is it?
You call them ETFs.
I don't.
Know what they call the back on
firearms?
No ETFs, alcohol, there's
always.
ATF.
I thought you said ATETF.
Oh no.
You're talking about the fancy,
what were they called pictures?
No, Yeah, yeah, I.
Don't remember what they're
called either, but Anarchy made
one with their cigar.
I forget what they're called.
Yeah, you have the Golden Bowl,
you have the you have all this
stuff.
That was a phase.
I don't know that stuff's worth
much anymore.
Would you be best if you dropped
100K on something like that?
Oh yeah.
Well, the people that bought
them probably don't follow any
of that, I'm sure.
Were they called ETFs?
What were they called?
No.
No, stop saying that acronym.
He's getting mad.
He's going to make fun of you.
Oh, good.
Cannon just came to work.
The MTMS. MTMS. Who knows?
MTM isn't at the train line.
Maybe money train?
Money.
Train.
Money.
Money.
Money, money.
Hold on.
He's texting.
He's trying to look it up.
He's texting someone.
I can't believe what they're
saying on the show.
Wait till you see this episode
tomorrow.
He's texting fish stick.
Did you like a clip?
I miss you, NFTNFT.
He had to look it up too.
He had to look it.
Up.
I mean, I was close.
I had to the.
Way I know it wasn't ETF.
Well, I knew it wasn't ETF too,
but we didn't know what it was.
Yeah, yeah.
At least he threw something out
there.
Non tangible.
Tangible.
Non tangible.
Non tangible.
Tangible.
Yeah, right.
Exactly.
Non tangible tangible NTT.
Sure what you're talking.
About, I don't know, expensive
cigars, No.
Expensive cigars.
That's why I change in prices.
Yeah, I mean, I, I have no issue
with that like.
They should say how much.
Oh, they didn't say.
No, they're not saying and
they're not saying what lines
are getting.
It they may have they maybe they
haven't figured it out yet.
Maybe he hasn't looked at it,
but he but he's letting you
know.
Hey, it's coming.
Just so you know, we're going to
have to charge more.
I got news for you.
I mean, like he could have said,
hey, listen, we probably should
have raised our prices two years
ago.
That would have been my press
release.
I was, I just wanted to know we
probably should have raised our
prices two or three years ago.
At this point, we can no longer
sustain function as a
corporation with with taking
that hit and we're going to have
to increase our cost.
Not only that, but we're going
back to Vegas next year and
there's going to be more cost
involved too.
So I got to offset all these
costs so I can make some money.
Yeah, he seems like a reasonable
guy though, so I'm sure it's not
going to be something crazy.
I wonder if Coop would have got
to already unsubscribe from him
too.
You think I don't think he'd
unsubscribe from.
Him, I think he described from
everybody, yeah, yeah, he's just
done he's.
Just unsubscribing.
He's just unsubscribing.
He's done.
Everybody doesn't like anybody.
Well, we'll never know, because
he.
Didn't like me.
I don't like anybody.
I'm he.
Totally could have hit me with
yeah, I'm not covering you.
He should have said it.
No, I think he wanted to.
He was trying not to poke the
bear.
Why He's not like he would have
got upset and yelled at him,
yeah.
What do you mean?
You're not going to cover me.
No, but Mikey would have
dissected what he said.
If he said no, yeah.
And subscribe, I'm not covering.
You anymore feels right yeah
feels right.
I mean, you know, like.
Well, you can't say I'm biased
anymore because now he's.
Biased well, right.
So like I have a quick I, I, I'm
pretty sharp on the rebuttals,
right?
I, you're ain't wrong there.
He would have said something and
I would have had an answer,
right?
It would have been great for
developing palates.
I was saying super quiet when
when you said it to him, I was
like, Oh yes, here it comes.
And he didn't say anything.
I was screaming at my phone.
I was like, say something now.
I mean, I pay attention to all
that stuff.
I pay attention to retail, not
retail when consumers
unsubscribe.
You know, like I see it.
Right.
Did you notification?
Oh, that one's gone.
Let me, let me look him up.
He hasn't ordered from us since
2017.
All right, whatever.
All.
Right, fine.
We know who you are.
We know.
We have ways of.
Funding.
See everything all right?
Cuban authorities have announced
that members of the Cuban
diaspora will soon have the
permission to invest in
businesses and owned companies
and property on the island.
Once again, they're lifting the
prohibitions on Cuban American
participation in the economy
that have been in place since
the early 1960s.
So basically we need more money.
Yeah, yeah, this is going to get
interesting real fast.
Come buy a house.
Is this the embargo?
Is that what we're talking?
This could be the end.
No embargo is that we're not
shipping anything to them.
This is they're, they are saying
you can come buy a business or
buy a house now in Cuba.
It's possible that this
government is over.
In Cuba you're talking about,
yeah, yeah.
Seems like there's a lot of
changes.
Going on, there have been some
quiet rumblings about this.
Prime Minister Oscar Perez Oliva
Fraga OH.
He's probably the Oliva family.
Stated that Cuba was open to
have any fluid commercial
relationship with the US
companies.
Please give us McDonald's, give
us Chick-fil-A.
We would like.
We would like the KFC.
Royale with cheese.
Yeah, or Sasha Mcmuffin with
Cuban coffee.
Only problem is you can't do it
without America's approval.
You have to report that you're
doing it and they have to say,
OK.
I mean, they're buckling.
Cuba's buckling right now.
They're wanting all the the
dispen or whatever, the people
that left, they want them to
come back and buy things.
Yeah, they have no money.
All the rich Cubans that left,
please come back.
Isn't that fascinating?
All the dry feet.
Look, man, it's interesting to
me.
It really is because like, this
is a government that was set on
a revolution for the people, and
what they did was they
suppressed the hell out of their
people and it.
Was opposite there.
Yeah, it was so.
Like it's very common in that
technique.
Like we're going to look out for
you, we're going to protect you.
And then all of a sudden you
guys are the whole country is
super poor.
Right, right.
What we do?
You know.
Enjoy your Russian borscht.
So it's always funny to see like
I can, because I can always
argue either side of the
argument.
And like this is a great example
of too much government is a
problem, you know, too much
capitalism also a problem.
Yeah, there has to be a balance.
Yeah, there has to be a balance
in the Force.
That was what Anakin did.
Correct, Mendo.
Yeah, he levelled it all.
Too much Jedi?
Too much Jedi use the Force,
just not that much.
Just enough.
Just enough force where in an
hour you want to play.
What's the score?
Yeah, we'll just do the one.
All right, what's the score, oh
Dime, for the industry's
favorite game?
What's the score?
Look at what's the score?
Dancing girls go across the
screen, then they go back.
All right.
March 14, 2019.
Brooks Whittington is the
reviewer is the Dunbarton
Tobacco and Trust limited
edition.
Nicaraguan red meat lovers.
Oh, does is there?
Is it the?
Which one is it?
The red meat lovers. 93.
This is the original one that
came out.
Back then they didn't have any
different ones.
Yeah, I'm going to go 91.
Then he decided people like
these, I'm going to make the
fratanga and the T-bone and the
sizzling steak and.
This isn't turning on.
I'm sorry, it's broken.
We're getting our money.
Back, Greg.
Cigar reviewed.
Red meat lovers called the Tech
man.
Hello Tech for our pyrotechnics.
It's not working again.
Please come down immediately.
Oh, you're surprised?
Oh, Oh yeah, we don't care.
You're super busy.
Figure out the names of the
customers.
I love them.
I love them.
Today he was so frantic.
He's like.
Oh, it's terribly frantic.
You have, I have no idea.
You know what?
I have so much going on.
I'm like, yeah, it's called
Wednesday.
Welcome to Wednesday.
Welcome to Wednesday.
You know, you just spin in your
chair now and look at car parts.
Yeah, guess what?
You're past that now, right?
We need you.
Right, you're you're lackey when
you're lackey messed everything
up.
Yeah, you're lucky.
Screwed it all up.
Factory Nicaragua American
cigars essay.
Is that NASA?
That's NASA.
Yeah, yeah.
Rapper you is just funny.
Some of these say NASA, some of
them say the entire name, right?
Rapper USA, Connecticut Broadly.
Binder Mexico.
San Andreas, Negro, Escuro.
Escuro.
Filler, Nicaragua and USA,
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.
So 6 by 56.
Toro Gordo MSRP is 1195.
This is so old they don't say
how many.
Oh no, there it is, Smoke 3.
It's not that old.
It's the next one that doesn't
say how many. 93. 9191.
Clue #1 The stand out here is
the complexity and uniqueness of
the flavor profile.
That creamy oak and cherry
sweetness combination isn't
something you run into every
day, and the way it layers in
cocoa nibs, peanuts, floral
notes, cinnamon off the jump
coffee beans make this sound
like a cigar that stayed
engaging from the first light to
nub. 93.
About to hit a home run on this
one 92.
Who we eat.
Clue #2 Construction and
performance deserves praise.
Overall, the draw was
consistently excellent.
Smoke production was massive and
aside from some burn waviness in
the middle, it sounds like the
cigar delivered a long, rich,
full bodied experience with
strength building in a very
balanced and intentional way.
193.
Excuse me revving it up. 92.
Third clue.
The biggest knock is the burn
inconsistency in the second.
Third, multiple touch ups across
samples and one overly open draw
show there were some
construction variances which
kept this from being a flawless
as the flavor profile suggested
it could have been.
Retainer. 92.
Oh, the one 92 is a good number
92.
Final thought This is the final
one gentlemen.
After this you have to give your
final score.
It's the final thought.
If you would have asked me one
word that I thought would
describe red meat lovers profile
before I smoked it restrained,
it would have been near the
bottom of the list.
OK.
And yet, that is exactly what
the profile is, at least for the
1st 2/3.
While there are plenty of
flavours dominated by creamy oak
and cinnamon, virtually all of
them play very well together and
the combination of cherry
sweetness and fleeting floral
notes were a welcome surprise.
In fact, the dichotomy between
the name and the profile is so
wide that I wondered at multiple
times while smoking these if
Saka had named it.
Ironically, while those seeing
the names are looking for an
overwhelming, hard hitting
powerhouse from the first puff
will be surprised with what they
get, anyone looking for a
well-rounded, nicely balanced
blend will be just as surprised
with how much they enjoy it.
Wow.
Final score, gentlemen. 92.
Phil.
He didn't like the last part of
the cigar.
I'm going 91.
Phil went the right way 88.
Wow.
It went under 90.
Wow.
No fireworks, no fireworks.
No fireworks.
No fireworks.
No fireworks.
I.
Still win.
Oh, they both went off today.
Wow.
That's because Greg was
underneath there shaking them.
Greg, fix it.
Thank you, Greg.
They worked fine.
Thank you very much.
You want to do one more?
What the hell?
Yeah, why not?
All right, November 9th, 2009.
Brooks Whittington again.
It's a double Brooksy day.
This is the Pedrone Millennium
Maduro.
Oh my Lord, you know what?
I can't wait to hear the number
on this.
I'm going to go 95.
What's the year He.
Didn't say that 2009.
Yes, I did.
No, they can't be a 2009
Millennium though.
Sure they can be. 88.
They produced more in 2000. 9
What'd you say?
I said 95. 88 It is the pedrone
Millennium Maduro from Nicaragua
factories tabacos Cuba dankana
rappers Nicaraguan binder is
nicaraguan filler nicaraguan
special Millennium blend filler.
It is 6 by 52.
Vitola is Toro ish.
Toro, Ish.
MSRP at release is $25, humidor
of $103,060.
Oh, this is the original.
Released 2000 Number of cigars
released.
That must be the year.
Sorry. 1000 boxes of 100 cigars
for 100,000 total cigars.
Does not say how many they
smoked.
Yeah.
So these these cigars were not
created in 2000 and. 9 These are
the original.
These are the originals.
OK man, I'm I'm mistaken 95. 90.
The Pedro Millennium Maduro
shines with the kind of
craftsmanship people expect from
the brand.
An oily, dark, almost black box
press wrapper that screams
elegance paired with a picture
perfect burn and a draw from
start to finish.
Flavour wise, the cedar
chocolate coffee and shifting
spice pepper interplay create a
moment of classic padrone
richness, and that construction
consistency is exactly why the
brand has such a legendary
reputation. 95. 92.
You know this is a Dove cigar.
This is one of my favorite
cigars of all time, right?
Clue #2 There's something to be
said for a cigar that stays
composed for an hour and 40
minutes without overheating or
falling apart, and this one did
that while offering subtle
transitions between.
Yawning and coughing.
Subtle transitions.
Between pepper and spice, they
kept the profile moving.
Even if understated, the coca
and cedar core felt refined and
balanced, delivering that aged
tobacco character George Petrone
is known for.
Jorge. 95.
Sticking with that 95, right?
92.
The biggest knock is the profile
came off too muted and
repetitive for a cigar carrying
the Millennium name.
After an engaging start, the
flavor progression flattened
into a steady cedar chocolate
loop.
Bitterness crep in late and the
cigar risk becoming more
technically impressive than
emotionally engaging.
Well made.
He's the beauty, but at times,
frankly, a little boring.
You fell asleep twice during the
show.
I don't know what you're talking
about.
Yes, you did.
No, Yeah, we I.
Said I don't know what you're
talking about.
Because you were asleep.
No, yes.
Were you up till 1:30 in the
morning at doing APCA podcast?
Matter of fact, I was up till
1:00 AM uploading your podcast.
So no, is what you're saying.
I was.
Too up.
Not 130.
Yes, I was.
No, you weren't.
Yes, I was.
Never got back to my text.
You didn't text me.
You only texted me when the show
started. 1:30 No.
You didn't?
Yeah.
Did you go to the gym this
morning?
Did you wake up with your kids?
No, I came here and worked.
Was that the final?
Heart.
Slightly heart.
Not as hard.
What was that the final thought?
No, that was the third clue I.
Didn't hear what it was?
Go ahead. 95.
It's the bad one. 90 Oh, it's
muted 91.
Final thought, yes.
Will I win again?
I was extremely disappointed in
this cigar and in Michael to say
the least.
While researching for this
review I came across many people
who smoked one, including
Michael and loved it, but most
reviews were from the 2001, 2004
range.
I have heard from various people
that the drones are not meant to
be aged for any significant
amount of time and now I believe
it.
So it seems to me that these
specific cigars, being 10 years
old and 15 years since the
tobacco started aging, would
definitely be beyond their
prime, that is.
Probably the main cause.
Of the disappointing smoke.
In fact, just to make sure I was
not wrong, I smoked another one
the night after and got almost
the same results after this.
I cannot recommend picking these
up at the prices they are
commanding.
Buy a 45th Maduro instead
people.
Whoa.
I wholeheartedly disagree with
that.
Yeah, and I'm looking.
For I'm just reading the review,
gentlemen.
That cigar is still amazing.
Apparently not.
It's muted.
At a close second is that 50th
Toro Maduro?
Yeah, I don't know about the 45.
I don't. 45 This is Toro ish 40.
Five too big.
Yeah, we need scores, gentlemen.
Scores please.
I'm sorry, are we keeping you?
Yes, from your nap.
As soon as we get done, you're
going to go jump in that chair
and go to sleep while I pack.
Everything I can't, I have to
go.
Coach sound like a scheduling
problem?
Man, I'm going against
everything I think about this
cigar.
Thank you for that disclaimer.
Yeah, I'm going 88.
That's a good number.
I may be in trouble.
Can you signal?
No, because you yelled at me.
87.
What did he say, 88?
You went the right way, 79.
Holy moly, what?
I don't know what your problem
is.
Hit the button.
I am.
Hold the button.
Greg.
Hold on one second, let me shake
them.
Is it the batteries I stole
those out of a remote over?
Here.
Yeah, yeah, sometimes I think.
It's the yeah, those are those
Asia batteries.
Asia They.
Say TCL on them ATL atlatl TCL
they say they say ETFs ETF.
I'm hungry.
My stomach's growling.
Can't get this back in.
See if this works.
All right, you got it.
Once the best you're going to
get.
There sounds so ready too.
You just turn them off.
You should wear the hat to the
practice.
Yeah, mine doesn't have a gold
sticker.
Did I take it off?
Probably you.
Want the gold sticker?
No, I'm not one of those guys.
This is riveting.
Podcasting isn't watching him at
any of the sparklers.
So close it's.
Not it's not working.
We're the only podcast the
pyrotechnics and they hardly
ever work.
It worked 1:00 today.
Yeah, it worked one time.
It's.
Not what he won.
Hardly ever worked.
Yeah, but now I have to get the
brush out and brush down the
table, the chair and sweep the.
Floor will work for Palmer.
Let's go.
All right, guys.
Episode 520.
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Show Notes
On Todays show we have an update on the cocaine Hippos, Costco Hot Dog deal has changed after 40 years, Burmese pythons in the florida everglades days are numbered thanks to opossums, we have a florida alert and then in a local florida neighborhood vandalism story that just stinks! Then in cigars Tatuaje is making some changes , Cuba wants more American Money and then a double day what’s the score