ACHP Episode 535 Stashed In The Back
Episode Summary
Mike Palmer, Phil and the crew open Episode 535 with the usual off-the-rails banter — listener comments, pronunciation corrections (it's "Aganorsa," not "Arganorsa"), gifts that never arrive at the shop, and a long detour about comedian Ali Siddiq. The news block covers the TSA's new "TSA Gold" modernization push toward private airport screening contractors, a cocaine seizure hidden inside a shipment of Kim Kardashian's Skims shapewear in the UK, Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice's 30-day jail sentence for a failed drug test while on probation, Russia's threats toward Latvia over alleged Ukrainian drone launches, and an unexplained SUV explosion in New York City plus details on the San Diego mosque shooting.
The cigar news is the heart of the episode. Powstanie's Sumatra has begun shipping to retailers as the brand's fifth regular production line — an Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed wrapper over dual binders from Mexico and Pennsylvania with Dominican and Honduran filler, made at Fabrica de Tabacos NicaSueño. Palmer explains, with some candor about how the cigar business actually works, why the vitola names are spelled the French way — Petit Robusto, Gran Robusto, Gran Toro and Churchill — and why a missing "e" and "d" on the bands isn't worth losing sleep over. He also confirms there's no launch event planned right now, citing a period of "turbulence" at the company.
Other releases discussed: GTO Cigars' Insomnia returns in new packaging at a higher price, a 6x52 Toro with a Condega Habano Oscuro wrapper, Indonesian Sumatra-seed binder and Nicaraguan filler, limited to 400 boxes of 10; Ted's Cigars announces God Bless America, a 6x50 Toro in a humidified glass tube for the country's 250th anniversary, shipping late May; and Les Fines Lames releases the Le Petit World Cup limited edition cutter-knife with all 48 participating nations' flags.
The show closes with What's the Score, guessing Patrick Lagreid's halfwheel score for RoomCraft Tobac's Intemperance BA XXI Treachery. Phil guesses 88 and lands it exactly — the reviewer dinged the cigar for softness and weight variance despite an enjoyable profile — sparking accusations that he looked it up, and a tangent about the Neanderthal's infamous 88 score.
In This Episode
- 01Listener Comments and Pronunciation CorrectionsThe crew reads fan comments, gets corrected on how to say Aganorsa, and attempts the Spanish word 'sublevación.'
- 02TSA Gold and Privatized Airport ScreeningA breakdown of the TSA's modernization effort expanding private contractor screening at select airports, and whether it beats PreCheck and Clear.
- 03News Roundup: Skims, Rashee Rice and RussiaCocaine found in a Kim Kardashian shapewear shipment, Rashee Rice's 30-day sentence for a probation violation, and Russia's warnings to Latvia.
- 04Powstanie Sumatra Ships to RetailersFull blend details on Powstanie's fifth core line and Palmer's inside take on band misspellings and why release events are on hold.
- 05GTO Insomnia Returns in New PackagingDr. Oscar Rodriguez's ER-inspired Toro comes back with retailer-requested packaging, a price bump to $13.60 and a 400-box run.
- 06Ted's God Bless AmericaA 6x50 Toro in a humidified glass tube built for America's 250th anniversary, shipping late May.
- 07Les Fines Lames Le Petit World Cup EditionThe French accessory maker releases a limited-edition cigar knife featuring flags from all 48 World Cup nations.
- 08What's the Score: Intemperance BA XXI TreacheryGuessing Patrick Lagreid's score for the RoomCraft Tobac Nicaraguan, and debating whether construction softness should cost it the 90s.
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Transcript
Welcome to Cigar Hustler Podcast Episode 535. I'm Mike Palmer, your h… what? What are you smoking? Postaña Sumatra.
Oh. It just smells different. I'm Mike Palmer, your host, and in engineering today we have Phil. I now prefer Mouth Fries McGuffey.
Dead inside. Not sure what those are, but... The ones from McDonald's. You like the server to put them in their mouth first and then spit them in your little cardboard container.
Was he not here for that one? I was here for that, but I didn't understand the reference. But he doesn't remember. Somebody mentioned that in one of the comments.
Yeah. I really had nothing good for him today, so I just went with Mouth Fries. You went with that? Yes.
As my co-host. I got something for you. Something for you. Mikey, I left it at home against Stefan Kiewicz.
I sure did. There you go. Wow. Doesn't disappoint.
T-Money, this is why you have to get our addresses. T-Money, send it directly to the shop. I like to build up. I check all the mail daily.
I really hope it's a 16th knife. But it's not as fun at that point. Because then you know what the gift is. The person goes to the trouble to send something to the show for us to show on the show, but then it never shows up to the show so we don't get to show it on the show.
Yeah, I probably got one of those knives, but you just never brought it yet. I just want you to know. Yes. It's coming.
Oh, I can't wait. It's at your house. Yeah. So, I mean, it's close.
Mm-hmm. I'm going to text Brittany. Could you put this in my... Oh, don't do that.
Why? Is she on a tear today? She's going to call in a minute, I'll just ask. There you go.
That's the move. There you go. On today's show, TSA goes gold. Oh.
Kim Kardashian has something hidden back there. Of course. Kansas prison's now serving Rashi rice. Ba-bing-bong.
Russia is very unhappy, and KFC is bringing it back. Oh, you betcha, baby. Then in cigars, it's shipped. Some new cigars, and see, it is spelled right.
And a special family edition of What's the Score? Family edition. Yes. But first, how do we get some of that CH Pod swag, Michael?
First and foremost, I want to say thanks to the fans. Some of you guys contacted me about the flood, and gave me some solutions to work on that. Flood solutions? Yeah, and things that you can do.
Sandbags. No. What was you sandbags? No, like legit things to put in place to prevent it from happening.
We had a great episode this week. It's going to be out today. See? It's hard.
It's not, though. You almost said it wrong. I almost, but I didn't. Yeah, but you had to think about it.
I had to use my brain. How's your new Walkman, Mikey? What new Walkman? He's talking about your headphones.
I'll walk into that. I like these headphones because I like to call people. He made himself laugh so hard he's coughing. He's already dying again.
I'm trying not to cough out loud. Hey, how's your new headphones? He's got the New Orleans COVID. How's your new Walkman, Mikey?
Do I sound like a pirate? Yes. No, you sound like a hillbilly is what you sound like. Arrgh.
I don't need a new headphone. I thought we were doing a family edition today, I guess not. Oh, you threw it out the window with your ridiculous statements. Your mom's playing What's the Score?
She's got all sorts of free time. Wow. The cookies are done. So if you and everybody's mother, huh?
You're the one that said you were, oh, he said you were talking to your mother. You were talking to your mother. Hey, nobody can talk to my mother, she doesn't know anybody else. Right, well, we don't want to make jokes about your mom because she has a serious issue.
I'll make jokes about her, I don't care. I'll make jokes. We can happily talk to her, she just won't remember that. She won't remember, right.
I have to go over there Sunday, I'm not looking forward to it. Oh, you just tell her that you did on Monday. No, there's things that have to be done. Tell her you did it, but they're broke again.
Then I still gotta go do it again. It's like a dog with a bone sometimes with some of these things. okay getting to some of the comments from uh she locked herself out the other day did she dude you just need to put her in a home man you can't in the state of florida unless she wants to go it's called kidnapping is is that true yes this is trust me we've looked into it i think you should look this up on your uh claude can you convince her to sign power of attorney No, we've tried that too. Yeah?
Yeah. Can we look this up on Claudet? Claudet? Is that the French version?
No, that's the... All right, anyway, go with your... " No, that's just mean. That's mean.
Wow. Right. We need you to sign this, so we can go get him. Yeah.
If you don't sign this, I can't go get him. You know, he's... What happens when she remembers? That he's not there?
No, that he didn't come. We're going to say he just left. Yeah, he just missed him. He had to go back to China again.
Sick. How long has he been gone? It'll be five years this February. Time flies, dude.
Isn't that crazy? You know, like on your phone you have the locator thing where all the people in your equipment show up, he still shows up that he's at the house. And his phone's been turned off for four and a half years. Yeah, that's wild.
And sometimes if you're looking at it, it'll move. It adjusts. Like he goes to the backyard and comes back in the house? He's cutting the grass right now.
Yeah, it's really, oh no, he never cut the grass. No, that's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. He was an accomplished man, you know?
Yeah, yeah, he was. He was. At some point, you gotta have somebody else cut the grass. Right.
I enjoy cutting the grass, so I don't mind. Plus, now the other, now the new yard, the whole thing's done 45 minutes. Yeah. If we should've lived at the other place, Steve would be cutting my grass.
Steve would be cutting your grass. Alright. Alright, at Lightning in 1993, Phil, there is only one R in Aga-Norsa. He said it like a pirate: Ar-Ga-Norsa.
Isn't it Ar-Ga-Norsa? No, it's not, it's Aga-Norsa. T-Money. How do you not know how to say the name of my company?
Wow, because you're way up there and I can't hear you pronounce it. The air is thinner up here, I don't know what you want me to do. T-Money 007. There's his mom.
Cookies are ready. My booty booty. My booty booty, the cookies are ready. Levantamiento is a direct translation for Uprising.
However, the correct term would be... Soblava... Would be... Sound like a horse?
Soblavacion. Soblacion. Soblavacion. Sabla, well, there's an extra thing in there?
Or Soble, Soble, Soble, Sabla, Sabla, Sabla, Sabla. Oh, yeah. Talking's hard, isn't it? It is when it's in another language.
Exactly. Wait, wait, wait, spell it. S-U-B-L-E-V-A-C-I-O-N. Yeah.
Did that help you? Okay, repeat after me. Sounds French. Sabla.
Sabla. Lova. Lova. Socion.
Socion. Now, say it all together. Sabla vlocion. There you go.
That's not it. Sabla vaction. Lavax? Hooked on Palmer.
Sabla vaction. Sounds like something you'd take if your tummy's upset. " I saw that one. That was so funny.
It sucks if I do remind him of that, if that was actually a thing. I would prefer to be the guy who got his money back with interest. Whoever knew that kid in school? Yeah.
He was a rare breed. Apparently. Mm-hmm. Everybody loved him.
Obviously, yes. The interest guy, not Coop. Yeah. Yeah.
Right? Right. The interest guy, not Coop. So mean.
I didn't make the comment. The fans did. Michael Z, Cigar Guy, from the previous episode, I'm gonna let this go, too. Yes.
I always respect when people will discuss issues or different views. Ben did a great job. Well, I think it would go a long way if Coop did the same. We know you won't hug afterwards, but at least you both have a chance to discuss your views.
Well, we have germ issues, so. I agree. I agree, Michael Z, cigar guy. Yes.
You're 100% right. " Incredible. Balls. Incredible.
It's in your balls for six years. And I don't know if I did Miguel Rocha, but I love Miguel Rocha. Miguel Rojas, so hats off to Ben for going on the show and speaking his piece, maybe didn't get the response he was looking for, but hats off anyways, I think I did that yesterday. I don't think you did, I think they came in after the show.
Oh, really? There's not one from Ruckus? Not one from your mother? I feel like he's purposely not reading these comments though.
No, if I saw it, I would definitely say it. Come on, Ruckus! Come on, Mom! Come on, Mom!
Where are you at, Ruckus? Ruckus Unchained. Face the mean things about your child. If you want to hear a comment possibly read aloud on the show, comment below, and we may or may not read it out loud.
Yeah, like the Baywatch guy, he didn't comment today. Hasselhoff? Oh, he's got something for you buddy. Oh, it's nice.
It's nice. Is it a signed picture with his face? I don't want to tell you. No, we're not going to ruin it.
We will release it. But if you would send it to me, it'll get here faster. No, no, no, no, no. No.
Yes. You release it to me. No, to me. Me.
At the care of cigar hustler. This guy. 829 Deltona Boulevard, 32721. five you know fun fact we have a very close friend who's uh david hasselhoff no their cousin is cj from baywatch i don't know who that is cj's the um the blonde yeah but what's her real name oh i don't know uh tommy's ex-wife tommy pamela anderson yeah i'm sorry that's the original one it's the one after her when she got off oh the other blonde i don't know her name wasn't cj No, but she's a very well-known girl.
No, it was CJ. What about her? We know her too? Somebody is a cousin of something.
Oh, does she want to come on? No, she can't come on the show. No. I wish.
You guys can have her on the show. Next time he's not here, we'll have her on the show. We'll just create a subsidiary. There we go.
Subsidary show? Yeah. Pay Palmer Boots $500 to see this Baywatch girl on our show. Oh, God.
Oh, God. Joking on a cookie. Joking on a cookie. For whatever reason, I feel like the middle of the week show is always, like, awesome.
Thursday's show is always just, we're totally loose. We're vamping up. This is, oh. I feel like the chaos is, oh, you almost did it.
Oh, I hate to think. I don't know. It's weird. It's almost like there's this, like, the beginning of the week is super intense with so much stuff going on.
Right. And then as you kind of taper into like the end of the week and it goes into the next week, it just feels more flowy for whatever reason, and we make fun of the film. Well, Monday we more have to squeeze it in. Yeah, it's tight.
Same with Tuesday. Yeah. But after that, it's like, you're right, it's like downhill at that point. Like the worst is over for the week.
Right. And it's like, what's even funnier is the amount of pressure that we have every day, and then you make the comment of this lull, It's still so much pressure. Yeah, it's not anything different, really, outside of these three cameras. It's still so tremendously overwhelming, but it's just what we're used to, and we just keep it moving, you know?
Did you see my text yesterday? Greg will not be here Friday. I saw that. Okay.
Call that one Friday's problem. Yes, but if you have to get somebody else, you have to do it before Friday. Huh. So just have one of the Yahoo's come in.
One of the Yahoo's? Somebody's got to watch upstairs, is what I meant. Oh, at Yahoo? Yeah.
Because otherwise, nobody shows up until 3 o'clock, and we have to shoot the show upstairs. You know what, why don't we just turn the new guy loose? I'm okay with that, if he can come in. I mean, he'll be here tomorrow morning.
Yeah, so let's ask him. Okay. I mean, we're right downstairs. Yeah.
I mean, what's the worst thing you could do, flood the place? Right, exactly. You know what I mean? Well, maybe burn it down.
Maybe, maybe burn it down. Could go the other way. Did anybody give you information on how for it not to catch up? Are we calling him a name yet, or just new guy?
His name is Jake, we don't have a name for him yet. Jake McGillicuddy. " He had on khakis yesterday. No, he had on black pants.
Okay. That's awkward. Does he have a, does he do anything else, or is this his sole job at this point? He did have another job, but I think this is going to be his.
Oh, good, good. Which could be a nice fit. Yeah, yeah, that's nice. I mean, it works out better for us than with something we got to work around.
Yeah. All right. I mean, like when I could, when this is all I do, now I'm here all day every day. That's it.
That's it. I don't go anywhere else. Was it, was it different before? Yeah, there would be times where I didn't have to be here and I wouldn't come in and, but they, you know, it's not like they depended on me to do something, so it doesn't matter.
It must have been before me. Probably. All right, the transportation, oh, on with the show, we move on to the show now. On with the show.
The Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, has announced a new airport security initiative called TSA Go. Ooh. Pay us. Pay us.
And it can change how travelers move through security lines in the coming years. Ooh. What they've decided to do is open it up to private companies. Really?
Yeah, it's not that it's something you can sign up for where you get to go through faster. Oh, really? Yeah. Well, I have pre-check and clear.
Right. They mentioned that in Orlando there will be no changes. Anything faster, they could just drive me to the plane. The TS Gold is not a new membership program like TSA PreCheck.
Instead, it's a modernization effort that expands partnerships between the TSA and private airport security operators. So, when they were all laid off or weren't getting paid, they figured, "Oh, wouldn't it be a good idea? " That's brilliant. Did, at Orlando...
Oh, well, you didn't fly then, either. I wonder if when they were on hiatus, for lack of a better word, If Clear was like the one section that just kept running. It might have been. I'm trying to think.
I don't know. Well, no, because you still couldn't go through the x-ray machine. Rosales cheated the line though. Right.
Allegedly. It was never shut down completely. No, no, it was people working, not getting paid. But it could have.
Can you imagine? Right. Yeah, can you imagine that, Phil, working and not getting paid? Can you imagine working?
What's that like? God, it sounds like a fantasy world. Every weekday for... Every weekday for eight years?
Well, we haven't done every weekday for eight years. I feel like I have. Another program, select airports may allow private contractors to handle more of the day-to-day screening operations while still operating it under TSA oversight. So it'll be like a TSA foreman.
That's cool. I like that. That sounds like progress to me. Yeah, it does.
Some people don't like it. Of course. Yeah. People don't like change.
S. airports, including airports in places like San Francisco and Orlando. Oh, we have private? Clear.
Is that what that is? Yeah. Oh. It's a separate company.
Got it. For travelers, the biggest potential benefit is shorter security lines and smoother checkpoint operations. Oh. I want to be the guy who just says that over and over again.
Take everything out of your bag, remove your shoes, anything bigger than a laptop, don't put it in your butt. It sounds miserable. Yeah, why would you want to be that guy? Why not?
It sounds like you're in power. You know, you get to yell at the people. Oh. Why do we have to take off our coats?
Do you know the shoes? You're not allowed to ask that. I make you take off your shoes. Let's go up to the girl.
Take your shoes off. So what do you do for a living? I'm the guy that makes you take off your shoes. Yeah.
And you have to. Or you don't get on the plane. TSA officials say the program could also help airports avoid major disruptions during federal funding problems. Or a staffing shortage that have caused massive delays in the past, supposedly.
I don't know why I had such a crazy movie just go through my head with Palmer. Crazy movie? He was a shoe guy. I was a shoe guy?
Alright, step up, take out your laptops, any electronics, take off your jackets, take off your shoes, take off your pants. Why isn't it on you as you make all those comments? He doesn't want to wear his mask. He doesn't want to wear his mask.
Yeah. Look at this thing, man. He's like, man, and he got this, the sun is hitting me. Oh, the light?
Yeah, it's like, I'm sweating over here. I turned, you didn't say to dim the light, I said, is this good? You went, it's fine. Like, he couldn't tell to dim the light.
Look at this, like, my mask looks white, now it looks peach. Peach. Back on you. Supporters believe private operators could improve efficiency and innovation while critics The banks worry about consistency and the long-term privatization of airport security.
Well, this is good news. Paul Blart, Airport Security. Look, we'll cross those, there's gonna be issues. Always.
Yeah, there's always gonna be a problem. You know, when you implement any type of new strategy, but I gotta tell you, if the original strategy, the TSA, is used for leverage on either political party, then guess what? We need to privatize it. Yeah.
Right, and they're not saying they're gonna change the rules. Same rules stay in effect. And in effect, just somebody else is enforcing them, though. Yeah.
And it's not like the TSA person has been hired from some giant pool of people that have special training and have been vetted by somebody. Yeah, I heard that they hire them, like, from Procter & Gamble, like CEOs, and then people from liquor companies. Oh, I hear that's a good idea. I hear they know how to do everything.
Yeah, that's the way. That is the way. Yeah. Makes sense.
So, yeah. Anybody with a liquor background knows how to do everything. You know Four Roses? Bourbon.
I'm the one who used to make the bottles. That's right. They originally was called Three. I added the Fourth Rose.
I made it the Fourth Rose. You're hired. How? I'm the TSA guy.
How soon can you start? You know Jim Beam? Yeah. I used to drink a bottle a day.
I used to drink a bottle. Well, I say, "My name is Jim. " Me and CJ, not the CJ you know, but the other CJ's cousin. Cousin's brother.
Cousins, brothers, friends. Is that the liquor, there's a liquor company, CJ, uh... Right, same person. Former roommate.
Wow. I know them. You guys are so mean sometimes. Yes.
Just keep listening to your Sony over there. Give me those mouth fries over there, you'll be fine. Your jokes are so bad. Just keep listening to your Sony over there.
Yeah, they're not good jokes. It just looks weird like how you have it on. Why? Because you can see the whole wires.
Who cares? Have you ever seen a concert? Yeah, the singers have monitors in their ears. Yeah, but you can't see the wires.
They have them like you. Like yours is under your jacket. Yeah, mine's tucked in. What do you want to do?
Put it in his t-shirt? Yeah. Yeah, come do it. Oh, then it'll look like you're more veiny than usual.
Ooh, more vascular. Wow. Don't say veiny. I like veiny.
It makes him uncomfortable. You're so veiny, you probably think the song is about you. You're so veiny. 4 million in cocaine hidden inside a shipment of Kim Kardashian's shapewear.
Surprise, surprise. Damn. You said shapewear or underwear? Shapewear.
Shapewear. Is it possible that she's like top dog supreme of moving the Colombian Bam Bam into the United States? Right. She's got that kind of smarts.
Those aren't BBLs. She's packing cocaine in them. I had no involvement according to the National Crime Agency. What is the National Crime Agency?
We better say somebody said I had nothing to do with this. Somebody better have said I didn't do it. " That nobody could question. Right.
" And Radio Shack. Nobody can check. The driver was only 28 pallets of legitimate skims. Which is Kim's shapewear.
Clothing from the Netherlands. 5 years in prison, and Kim was not involved. So they shipped the cocaine from Colombia to the Netherlands, and then from the Netherlands. Well, everybody knows that good cocaine comes from the Netherlands.
This Strait of Hormuz has got everything messed up. This is what the problem is. Can't even get our cocaine coming the right way. Can't even get the cocaine here on time.
This is ridiculous. Somebody said the other day to me, I was like, oh yeah, I was like, you know, like, some of the cigars. like i haven't seen them yet they're like what do you think uh maybe uh the straighter hormuz is having an effect i'm like what yes exactly that's why they don't come from there i gotta it's a great go-to for anything you know right like i don't know something i told my wife that's why i was late getting home yesterday that was the straighter hormuz i had to go through the straighter hormuz yeah i did my best there's a lot of minds a lot of yeah a lot of minds i couldn't I couldn't find them all, so I didn't know what to do. Right.
Will there ever be peace? I don't know. Till that time, I'm not gonna get home on time. I'm not gonna get home on time.
Super late. It's gonna be 5:36 before I get home. Super late. Alright, Kansas City Chiefs receiver, is it Rushy?
How do you say his name? Yeah. Rushy Rice. And this is your team.
My wife's team, I don't have a team. No, it's Ray. Ray? Shea.
Shea. Ray Shea? Ray Shea. No, Ray Shea is that guy who did the porn with Kim.
That's Ray Shea. No, that's Ray J. Yeah, it's Ray J. His cousin?
No, they're not related. Maybe. Maybe it's a name he goes on? Why is his last name Rice?
Because he's related to Ray. No. Ray Rice. Yeah, Ray's his dad.
Oh, Ray? Not Uncle Ben. Anyway, he's been sentenced to 30 days in jail after testing positive for marijuana and the violation of terms of his probation. What?
So wait a second, he got busted for weed? Yeah. He got busted for weed. We're still checking that?
Well... He's on probation. He's got a peanut cup. Yeah.
He smoked it and then peed in a cup! Come on, man. Okay. For his role in a crash that left multiple people injured on Dallas Highway two years ago.
So he's been on probation. It's not like it's new probation. He's Shaqton the Fool. What?
And now he's injured. What did you say? Shaqton the Fool? I don't even know what that is.
You never saw that old blip with Shaq? Shaq used to do, like, when people in the NBA would do dumb stuff where they'd dunk the ball and they'd go, go boing right off the backboard and go all the way back down the court. " I have never seen that, but that's hilarious. I'm not familiar, but thank you for adding content to the show.
Sorry. It was a great word. Let's get back to the cookies your mother was making. Is she making enough for everybody?
Yes. Was the accident involving, was he high? I don't know, it's on probation, it doesn't matter. " I don't know how I feel about that.
About the probation, or about him not allowed to have drugs? Like... I mean, he could have went to jail. He caused the accident.
Like the probation for no marijuana. Like, what's the problem with the marijuana? Maybe when he had the accident, he was on the marijuana. That's what I'm saying.
If that was the case, then okay. Well, it's some type of, well, it's not like they print a list. It just says, no drugs. Yeah, exactly.
Not like, these drugs are allowed, these drugs are not. Right. No cocaine, no fentanyl, marijuana, and... PCP is cool, bro.
PCP is cool. Yeah. Kratom, in the middle, we're not sure. We're not sure, nobody knows what it is.
Peyote, it's on a reserve. Peyote is on the bad list. But if he did some kind of pharmaceutical medical card, you see what I'm saying? It doesn't matter.
You're on probation. Probation says you can't. My doctor says I have to prescribe this for my anxiety. Well, then maybe if your doctor does, and then maybe, well, but he doesn't have the doctor card.
It's a medical card. He doesn't have the doctor. See what I'm saying? But funny though, he is injured and has to have surgery too, and then he goes to jail.
So he's going to jail. Well, 30 days he's going to jail, but he's going to be down for three weeks cleaning out his knee again. It's all right. It's before spring training anyway, so he's good.
Yeah, right now they have the voluntary training going on. You don't have to go, so he's not going, obviously. He's not going to make it. Well, no, he could train in jail.
What else you got to do with you there all day for 30 days? A lot of push-ups. A lot of push-ups. He's not doing a solid 30.
You go out and you do the weights with all the other, you know, guys that are working out in the weights. You don't want to go out in the yard. That's where things get crazy. That would get crazy.
Yeah, but he's not going to federal prison. How crazy? I don't know. He's going to white-collar prison where they have a Starbucks.
Oh, they have a Starbucks in there? Alleged Starbucks? Yes. Do they do the Nitro cold brew?
Probably. This is in Texas. Sounds like a great vacation. They have barbecue.
There's a comedian that I've been following lately. I'm totally going to bash his name because I'm totally going to screw it up. Ali. You know what I'm talking about?
Ali. That's how you bash his name? It's got three letters in it. Ali Sadiq or something?
Yeah, it's a Middle Eastern dude. No, he's not. What did he say? No, he's not!
What did he say? What did he say? What did he just say? He said he's a Middle Eastern dude.
Because of the name, Ali Sadiq. Yeah. What is he, Jewish? No.
Saduski. Yeah. From Kiev. He's got the little jerry curl coming around.
Not jerry curl, but the curls. Oh my lord. Jesus. He's hilarious.
No, I have heard of this guy though. He's really good. He's really good. Yeah, I don't know him by name, but I'm sure if I saw his face.
I bet you he's in your Facebook feed and you don't even know it. Well, I watch all those things, so yeah. Because whenever his stand-up hits, I always stop and watch it, and he's pretty good, he's pretty funny. Is he the tall, slender guy who does a lot of shows in the Middle East?
No. Again, I don't know what is going on here. Because there's a couple of them that I watch that do primarily shows, and they make fun of their own people. No, he's not that guy.
That's not him. Okay, I'm asking if that's who he was. No, he's not that guy. But those guys aren't Middle Eastern, they just...
This guy's definitely not Middle Eastern. All right, we're fine. This has been a hilarious skit for me, by the way. But, like, I tried to see his...
I've tried to see if he was coming to Orlando, and he's not. Because he only does Middle Eastern shows. No, no, he's going to places like Memphis. Yeah, he's of the color.
He's awesome. He's out of Houston. Houston. Okay.
I wish we could have a picture of this before we talk about it. I know. It would be so much easier. It made it way more authentic for me.
It's S-I-D-D-I-Q. Correct. So it's not really Middle Eastern Sadiq. Yeah.
It's not. It does say he is a Middle Eastern descent. No, it doesn't. No, it does not.
State of origin Middle East. State of origin, straight of hormones. Both parents are from Tehran, apparently. But he was born in Houston.
Tay-Ran? Tay-Ran. Tay-Ran. It says Tay-Ran, I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't know what that Tay-Ran is. It's, uh, it's Wikipedia, people put up stuff all the time. Dude, he's hilarious. I wish he was going to Orlando.
I would totally go. Okay, no, I have not seen this guy. He's so funny. And, like, he talks about how he got into comedian, being a stand-up comedian.
How he got into comedian-ing? How he got into comedian-ing? How he got into comedian-ing. Now, let Ned go, I'm a racist.
You're a racist? That's why you guys are saying, just because I thought he was somebody else. You're not racist. Oh, he was a, dude, this is an old guy.
He was in Criminal Minds back in the day. What? The TV show Criminal Minds. No, he wasn't.
No, it's not. No, he wasn't. Yeah, it says it right here on his shows. He doesn't look like that guy, though.
I got to put on my glasses to get a better look at his face. He's like 48 years old. He's not that old. Yeah, 2007, he was in Criminal Minds, the TV series, he was young, unsub is what it says.
Oh, so he was a bad guy, now he was a regular character. Oh, I don't know, he was just in Criminal Minds, I'm looking up the thing. You're looking up the thing? Yeah, he was in some other movies, but I've never heard of these.
Yeah, well, he's funny. Looking up his IMDB? Yeah. He's known for This Is Not Happening TV series.
I'm not seeing Criminal Minds, buddy. It's one of his credits, but he was a bad guy, so it's not like he was a retired guy. He was not in Criminal Minds. Oh, this Sadiq has one less D.
Maybe this is the Middle Eastern Sadiq. Well, I was talking about confusing. One less D. Man, no wonder you can't find Greg.
He has one extra G. The union would have a, you know, you can't, the names way too close. This is ridiculous. Well, what's funny is if you look up his stuff, like on his Instagram, his name is spelled S-A-D-I-Q.
That is not him. That's not him. No, that is him. Let me see.
That is not him. This guy right here? The black guy? That is not him.
And now you're even a little more racist. That's him. No, it's not. All right, send me a picture of this guy.
Now we're gonna have to put up a picture of this guy. He doesn't like wear like a, like I see a thing on here for a short video on Facebook, he has like a sombrero. It says watch my show on April 5th, so I'm guessing it had something to do with. I'm not.
I haven't said anything wrong. You brought it up to start with. Yeah, you started this. Because I like this guy, because he's funny.
You picked the name, you knew that we would mess up. Yeah, that's him. Yeah, look. You want me to, I'm gonna walk over there.
You're gonna walk over there. That is him with a beard. Look, I'm sending it to you right now. I'm coming to you.
Go to Palmer. Shoot to Palmer. Shoot to Palmer. Shoot to Palmer.
Right there. Save this guy's photo. It's one last D. I don't think that's him.
I don't believe you. You had to do a long look for that. No, I just had to think about my record. It says Sadiq, all comedian, all Sadiq tour, 2026.
Yeah. But then on other stuff, it's spelled with two D's. There's no A. No.
Why? Yeah, I know. On his YouTube, it's spelled S-I-D-D-I-Q. Mm-hmm.
Yeah. But on IMDB, it's S-A-D-I-Q. This one says white people love trail mix. Dude, he's good.
He's good. I'm telling you. There's a lot of truth in that. Alright, so anyways, carrying on, 30 minutes, this is going to be a two hour podcast.
Alright, Russian's military is preparing an appropriate response to Ukraine's alleged use of Baltic territory to launch drone attacks. You don't say. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday, The problem exists in a relevant service primary. This military in this case are closely monitoring the situation and formulating our country's necessary responses.
Peskov told the, I don't know what he is. What country is it? Yeah, I have no idea where that's from. I have no idea where that's from.
That was printed in the pro-Kremlin tabloid, Izvista. Of course, yes. I got this from Moscow online. Nice.
Oh, now you're on the list. So, right. Though he did not specify the scope of the measures, the warning comes a day after Russian's Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, on Tuesday threatened Latvia stating its NATO membership would not protect it from Moscow's retaliation for Riga, allegedly allowing Ukraine to fire drones from inside its borders. They're gonna fire a drone from inside its border to where?
Latvia let Ukraine use their country to send drone attacks into Russia. Oh, Ukraine, oh. Ukraine partnered up with Latvia. Yeah, that's that whole, yeah, that war, that, we don't even talk about that.
Yeah, I didn't even know it was still going on. Yeah. It's been going on for like 70-something years. Not 70-something years.
Ukraine? Oh, no, it's the other one. I'm sorry. Wait, what's the other one?
The Iran one. What's the Iran one? We haven't been fighting with Iran for 70 years. Not us.
They've been fighting-- The Russians? No. What was the country they were fighting with and we stepped in? Israel?
Israel. Yeah. Okay. 70-something years.
I don't think we stepped in. I think they dragged us in. I think we stepped in. I think we pushed our foot in heavily.
They shot missiles at that military base. That was after we stepped in. No. That's when we attacked.
Yeah, that was a retaliation. Listen, I get my news from you guys, and I don't like what I'm hearing. I don't know exactly how accurate any of this is. S.
, Tammy Bruce, really sounds not very mean. Okay. "There is no place for threats," she said. That's all she said.
Okay. Well, you're at 33 minutes, so you can just crush the rest of these news articles and get into Cigar News. All right. Oh, we only have one more.
No, it's a, move on. He likes it. He wanted to do it. Yeah, he likes it.
Oh, I've already fast-forwarded through now, I'll put it on tomorrow. All right, good. But now you'll never find out what KFC is bringing back. Oh, come on, read it.
All right, what's KFC bringing back? No, I'm already through it now, I can't. Nope, there's even a quote from the CEO. Don't bring it up, don't look it up.
I'm looking it up. No, we talk about it tomorrow. I hope it was like extra crispy something. Yes, talk about it tomorrow.
Talk about it tomorrow. Don't you ruin this for me. I'm gonna ruin it for you. Do you have a video?
I do. Don't ruin it. It's about KFC chicken. Michael?
Oh. Don't ruin it. Tell us. Tell us.
Because I can do a whole episode on just that flavor tomorrow. Really? I have several stories that I put away that I didn't want to cover. Okay.
Maybe samplings. Oh, yeah. Yeah, don't ruin it. Can we use Phil's DoorDash in order to get it done?
Do you know how that works? Your DoorDash? Yeah. Yeah, you call somebody, you order food, and then they bring it, and then we all eat.
That's how it works. That's how it works. No, the reason why we use DoorDash is because we forget about going to the place. Well, I started to text you this morning to ask you to bring something, but I figured DoorDash was more fun.
Unfortunately, I would have you bring it, but I would get a Whopper Junior instead of a Whopper. No, no, that was it. That was DoorDash? No, that was the Whopper.
That was the old Whopper Junior. Yeah, it's just your hands are so big. Yeah, just your hands are so big. You're such a large, immense man.
-Let's see this video! -I sent it to you. -Oh, sorry. -I don't know why you're yelling at me.
-It's 'cause we're on Greg's Wi-Fi. -Oh, Greg's Wi-Fi is very slow. -We don't get it. -I might be on upstairs Wi-Fi.
-Uh-oh. -Oh, jeez. -What the hell is this? -Godzilla.
-Is this the drums? -It's not. "Araba" New York City. Oh, today?
Yeah. Oh. Actually, yesterday. Terrace attack.
Could be. Who knows? Well, maybe. Or it could just be a car exploded.
Highly likely. Just because? I don't know. Maybe it's a Ford Pinto.
I don't think those are around anymore. It's an SUV. I know. Yeah, they're not around anymore.
Yeah, you still gotta hit those from the back. Yeah. Ding. Right.
You alright there, COVID Palmer? No, I'm getting a little acid reflux. It's a third reflux. Oh, yeah?
I don't know why. It's not being all those jelly beans. I didn't eat any. It must be all that trail mix.
It must be. It's the, yeah, the chocolate pieces. They're delicious. The chocolate pieces.
Um, okay, we're right there. It doesn't matter. All right, cigar news! Nope.
Nothing else from that video? No concerns? I don't, I mean, I don't know. I don't know what it is.
There's no information that comes with it. An SUV exploded. An SUV exploded near the bull at some point today. Yeah.
We have no further information. No further information. Anybody hurt? any buildings fall down I saw a man running over to get somebody laying down on something and then that one SUV just kept backing up away from the smoke it's a horrible thing I but I don't I mean I don't know anything about it hmm at first of those would be like a new Harry Potter trailers home but you're like tricking us I thought it might have been the drone attack from Latvia no there There isn't a lot of information.
All right. Well, we appreciate you bringing it to the show. No injuries or fatalities were reported while the cause of the fire is still under investigation. So then there was nobody in the car?
Hmm. Hmm. Terrorist attack. No, because you know how they kick it.
They kick it old school. Oh, they like to be in the explosion. Yeah, they like to be part of it and they like to get peoples. Yeah.
Yeah, so that doesn't make much sense. Well, maybe this is a new guy. That shooting yesterday in San Diego at the mosque? Yeah.
Do you hear the details from that? The three people that were shot were security guards. No, but tell us. Yeah.
The two guys tried to run past the first security guard. They didn't see him. And then he opened fire on them immediately because he could see them having guns, which drew them back out of the building. No kidding.
And then you could see him on his radio locking down the building. And then he kept exchanging gunfire with the two until they killed him. And then two other guards outside, if I'm remembering this correctly, outside, drew them further away from the building, They were shooting back and forth until those two guys, until they killed those two and then at that point the shooters went, and they got in their car and drove away and shot themselves. They get out of here.
But I guess on the other side of the door was 150 children having some type of schooling or something. So that one guard that opened fire first saved 150 kids. Died a hero. Well, they all three did.
They drew them back out of the building. Yeah. Wow. I mean, that's great.
but i am gonna say that they're gonna they're gonna have yeah it's great that they drew those guys away and i say the kids maybe you should be in more detail instead of just saying that's great yeah it sounds like the shooting was great man that's great man that shooting was really cool but what's gonna what's gonna happen is like that company with the guards they're gonna have a thing right they're gonna have a little meeting i go what did we learn from this well what we need to go to i need i want your stupidity on camera as well if you could just flip to you thank you we We should be going to the range a little bit more. Oh, okay. Yeah? No?
Yeah. Well, I mean, I did think of that when they said because these were teenagers. The killers? The killers were teenagers.
Wow. And, I mean, the three guys didn't shoot them. Right. So, but I imagine the security, well, we don't know if they had body armor or something on them, we don't know any of that kind of stuff either.
Well, and they're not going to go to the hospital if they're injured anyway. Well, the truth is that they saved a ton of lives. Why wouldn't they go to a hospital? They did.
And I doubt it was a service. Because people ask questions in the hospitals. Security guys? No, the killers.
No, no, he means the killers. " Right. Gone in 60 seconds now. So maybe they were shot and then there's a possibility.
Could have been, but then they, you know, took their, they unalived themselves or whatever the political term is. Yeah. Crazy. More to come.
More to come. But anyway, it's not a service. Normally churches have their own security people on staff. And this was a, what was it?
Synagogue. It was a mosque. It was a mosque. Oh, a mosque, sorry.
Yeah, different, completely different. Is it? In San Diego. Totally different thing.
Yes. In California again. San Diego. Yes.
I thought you couldn't get guns in California. Yeah, what is with this California thing, man? Well, when you say nobody can get guns, that means only bad guys have guns. Alleged.
Okay. So like GTA style? Right. Okay.
All right, Powstanie's newest core line is off the stores. Ooh! The Powstanie Sumatra is the company's fifth regular production line. It uses an Ecuadoran Sumatra seed wrapper over dual binders, one from Mexico and the other from Pennsylvania.
With the fillers coming from the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Like the company's other lines, it's made in Fabrica de Tabacos Nicasueño, while Powstanie's other core lines are offered in mostly identical vitolas. The company has switched up the sizes for the line: Powstanie Sumatra Petit Robusto, Powstanie Sumatra Gran Robusto, Powstanie Sumatra Gran Toro, and Sumatra Churchill. That's a great size.
Each of it told us a box press, and yes, it's spelled the French way. I have several people sending me emails back from the press release telling me I spelled "grand" and "petite" wrong. Yeah. Here's what happened.
I'm gonna let you guys in on a little secret in the cigar industry. Oh, I can't wait. Here's what happened. Somebody approved it, and I guess they didn't pay attention.
Too many G's. Yeah, we noticed there's enough G's in both words. And when they arrived, there was a couple letters missing. We have French Petit and Grand.
And Grand. So, what we have done is we just keep it moving. It doesn't change the cigar. It doesn't change anything.
Actually, it makes it more expensive because it's rare now. So no E and no D is the way we're doing it. Now we're, yeah. Stop correcting me every time I send out a press release.
And Charlie, yours is wrong. If you understood the amount of stuff that you have to deal with to get a cigar to come into market, it's tremendous. And so many things, so many things, variables that you don't even think about happen. And you're like, okay, now I got to deal with this.
And you figure it out and you just keep pushing. Right, everybody can spell grand, I'm not even going to check the grand. Right. But the guy who made it is French.
Damn it! Didn't think of that. Well, and the guy that's checking it can't spell anyway, so... Oh, yeah, there you go.
So who's the dumbass now, us or him? Greg. No, I mean... No, no, he can't spell.
No, no, I'm not saying Greg is. Why do we have him checking the spelling? You know, do I hold myself accountable for that miss? Sure.
Of course. There are checks and balances in play that obviously aren't the accurate checks and balances that you need. Barely. However, I'm going to tell you this.
Is it really that big of a deal to me? No. No. Look at all the names on all these other cigars.
So am I going to go out of my way to reshape the check and balances of the spell checker? No. If the next one comes out and it's totally messed up. If it's Pistania, it's Pistania.
We don't care. If it's Paw, Stang, E, I don't care. Is it a good cigar? Maybe it's just Palmer.
Yeah. I signed the wrong line. Oops. If the cigar comes out, it's called Palmer.
We know. I don't know. Greg left that E and D off that last one. Things happen.
Can't help it. I don't know what to do. It's the least of my problems right now. So it's shipping.
We started shipping this week to retailers. Do you guys have a first event, like a kickoff event or anything? Here? Here or somewhere else?
Anywhere. What means are we doing a release event type thing? No. No.
No? No. There's a lot going on right now. We're kind of in the thick of things.
We're dealing with a lot of turbulence. And we're sifting through all that. And once we kind of get to the other side of it, then we can kind of revisit. We didn't have an exact ship date, there was a lot of things going on.
There's been a lot of chaos, more than what we're used to, more than what we're used to, but I know we all look calm and collected here, but deep down inside, there's this inner child and he's screaming and yelling and just, yeah, he's out of control. He's bailing as fast as he can. It's the guy, you know, it's like you ever see the dog holding the coffee cup and the room's burning and he says, I'm fine? Yeah.
That's us right now. Right. Everything's fine, everything's fine. Mm-hmm.
Crow. All right. And Coop doesn't like me. Yeah, still.
Can you believe it? He doesn't like any of us, apparently. Yeah. He'll probably cover this one, though, because there's a mistake.
Uh, you know, I didn't check and see if he had the press release today, see if he fixed grand. Mm. I'll check for you. All right.
GTO Insomnia returns with a new packaging. - That's not worth it. - Wow. - Last fall, GTO Cigars in Casa Caraballo announced a new cigar that celebrated a side effect of Dr.
Oscar Rodriguez's other job. - Just so you know, it is on Coop's site. - It has a spell. - How do you spell grand?
- I'll look. So apparently this guy makes cigars, he's also an emergency rooms physician. It doesn't, he didn't, he didn't state it. So he's a, he's a...
He didn't list the sizes? No. Wow. Powstanie releases new cigar, that's what it says?
Yeah, Powstanie shipped their new cigar. They did the quote, and... Did you do my quote or your quote? Uh, yours.
Huh, Charlie changed it to one, to something you may have said. That's why I like Charlie better. Yeah, whatever. So, um, I'm sorry, I don't mean to, you know, not talk about that, but the, you said this is a doctor that makes cigars?
Uh, this guy, yeah, the GTO cigar. Oh, I didn't know that. The cigar was called the GTO Insomnia, a 6x52 Toro that uses a Habano Oscuro wrapper from Condega, Nicaragua, over a Sumatra seat binder from Indonesia, and fillers from the Condega, Esteli, and Jalapa regions of Nicaragua. Thank you.
Now, the cigar is back, but with a very different packaging. Okay. Rodriguez, who also the owner of GTO Cigars, says that some retailers wanted more unique packaging, so that has been changed for the sophomore release. Do you really think shops said, you know, this cigar is not very, the packaging is not very unique, we would like more unique packaging.
Maybe. Yeah, it might have been feedback, yeah. Maybe. The MSRP is, how much is this uniquely packaged cigar?
You said uniquely packaged? Yes, that's what they wanted, more uniquely packaged packaging, so he's changed the packaging. $16. Oh, $15.
It's not quite that unique. 60. Wow. Up from 12.
So it went up. And production for this run is limited to 400 unique boxes of 10 unique cigars. That doesn't sound a lot. So 4,000 sticks.
Yeah. Yes. Unique sticks. No, unique bonxes.
The rapper, or not the rapper, the band is unique to also. They're all unique? Yes. One of a kind?
No, no. Well, 4,000 of a kind. 4,000 of a kind? Yeah.
Okay. Yeah, and... Ted, sorry. And he actually told you what was in the cigar?
Yes, completely what was in the cigar. It frustrates me that when he speaks, he doesn't go on him. I have the mask up right now, so... My face is getting itchy and sweaty.
Then why are we, why do we have you on the show anymore? Yeah. Why, because you want me on the... We can replace you with that new board there in front of you.
We have you on so that your lovely face can be seen by your admiring fans. No, no. You guys told me this board doesn't flip as good as I do. It's true.
But it still flips, though. But it, yeah. It does. And it doesn't say, it doesn't ask me if Elise Sadiq is Middle Eastern.
Yeah. Isn't that Middle Eastern? And it also doesn't say that, you know, CJ's yada yada. Right, you talk about CJ's yada yada all the time.
Yeah. It was that, too. All right, you guys like Ted Cigars? Ted Cigars?
Like at Ted Talk? They sell well. Ted Cigars. They're coming out with a new cigar called the God Bless America.
Shipping in late May. The 250th anniversary. Ted Cigars, the latest cigar company, to announce a new cigar created for the 250th anniversary of the founding of America. I'm looking at Ronnie's order, just so you know.
Oh, he's going to be so angry. Nobody called me. You got to call and tell them it's coming? I've tried calling two of the people to tell it's coming.
Well, it's coming, they're not answering the phones today, so, we're coming anyway. Ted's God Bless America is a 6x50 Toro that uses an Ecuadorian Habano seed over a Cuban seed, Dominican binder, and the three fillers. Cuban seed, Dominican, Ecuadorian Habano, and Pennsylvania broadleaf. If it's made, it's made in an undisclosed Dominican factory.
Undisclosed? Each cigar comes in its own humidified tube, while some Ted's cigars are flavored, this one is not. Pricing is said to be... $18.
$16. $10 to $14 per cigar. In a humidified tube. It's a glass tube.
So it's not humidified. Yes, it is. It's in a humidified tube. Do you get those pops?
Did you just get that pop or no? No. Ted's expected to ship to God Bless America in late May and have inventory through at least July 4th. Oh, bless America.
Les Fiennes launches the 48 La Petite. How come he's okay with the petite? 'Cause he's French. Nobody's correcting him, telling him it's not petite.
It's a World Cup limited edition cutter. It looks very similar to the one that I got from 14 Knives, but each one has an individual flag on it from all the countries participating in the soccer thing. - 14 knives. - Mine came from 14 knives, not like his 13 knives.
The 2026 World Cup, that's what it's from. It's a petite cigar knife that features a handle decorated with the flag of any of the 48 nations participating in the competition. The French Cigar Accessory Company has started selling the La Petite World Cup limited editions. Which they will keep selling until July 19th.
You could order one of those, Phil. The La Petite. The La Petite. Now, it's got the little thing in it so you can cut cigars.
Nah, I'm thinking I'm going to do the one you sent me. Oh. Alright, it's time for the industry's favorite game. Mikey is tired!
Oh, sorry. He was yawning. Mikey's always tired. What's the score?
It's called living. Today's cigar is April 7, 2020. I'm sorry. Are you ready?
No, because we didn't properly do the intro. It's okay. You want to put yourself on camera anyway. I do every time.
Time for the industry's favorite game. What's the score? There we go. Today's Cigar, April 7th, 2026.
Patrick LaGreed is the reviewer. Oh, okay. Nicaraguan reviews it to Roma Craft Tobacco and Temperance BA21 Treachery. Mikey, do you know the number already?
I didn't see this when it originally came out. It just came out like a week ago. Really? Go ahead, Phil.
I'm going to go 91. Just so you know, whatever score you guys say, Skip's going to get mad that you thought it was lower, if it's too low. You think so? I think if you say 77, he's going to go, when the hell would my cigar ever get 77?
You think he'd be mad? That's not the right score. I don't think he'd be mad. He's always mad.
No. I mean, you can say whatever you want in the beginning. You know what my secret is? I'm always angry.
No. He understands that reviews are subjective. Right. Well, yeah, I know he was off, but still.
And if somebody didn't like a cigar, he'd get it, he'd understand. Right. Like, yeah, he didn't like it. Right.
88. The Intemperous BA-21 Treachery, Country of Origin, Nicaragua. Thank you. Factory Fabrica de Tobacco, Nigasueño.
Thank you. Rapper, Brazil, Araparaca. Araparaca. Binder, Indonesian Basuki, Filler, Nicaraguan, Undisclosed, Art My Throat.
Get it together. Art My Throat. Length is 6x54, round, it's an $11 cigar, it was released in November of 2025. Number of cigars released is not listed, they smoke three.
91. 88. Clue number one, once the creaminess settles in during the first third, the profile really finds its groove. With a smooth balance of wood, pepper, and rich texture that keeps the cigar engaging.
Ninety-one. Eighty-eight. Clue number two, the second third sounds like a sweet spot of the cigar, where the flavors become more harmonious and refined without any one note overpowering the others. You alright?
Yawned in the middle of my statement. Doing my best. Ugh, you bore me. Doing the best I got.
91. 89. Oh. The biggest drawback appears to be the inconsistent construction, especially with loose draws and re-light issues in the final third that hurt the overall experience.
Really? No, I made that part up. Well, you could've. 90.
88. I've long enjoyed the Intemperance line in both of its original blends with a slight edge to the EC if forced to choose between the two. A. 21 Treachery, while I found the experience enjoyable, it struggled to really capture my intrigue as the profile never seemed to put forward either a singular flavor or a combination that stood above others.
I'm a bit perplexed by the softness of the three cigars, and the variance in weight, and what effects that might have had on all things. " That's the final thought? That was the final thought. This thing should be in the 90s.
I couldn't hear him over the butt-kissing. Bro, I mean, it should be. Wow, he keeps just going. Have you had an issue, Mikey, with weight on these cars?
No. I've never heard of a Romacraft having a weight issue. Right. Maybe the scale's not calibrated.
It's not our problem, it's your problem. It's gotta be him. It's not Skip. Why would it be Skip?
Right. He's so cuddly when he let me sleep in his bed. In his bed. Yeah.
Wow. But I want to win this game. 86. He looked it up.
I'm sitting here, though. You can see me. He looked it up. I have no phone near me.
Why do you think he looked it up? I don't know. Because all of a sudden he just did this big drop. Yeah, because I'm going high the whole time because that's where it should be.
And this guy is just completely bashing it over a weight issue, I guess. So, softness? I don't... I need a number.
87. 86. Yes! But how did you know he hit it right on the head, though?
Yeah, how did you know that? Because I saw him look down, and he looked over to his phone. Bro, my phone is all the way over here. I can see his phone, it's on the table.
He knew it. How could he have looked up if he didn't pick it up? He knew it. Let's do it.
First of all, wait, hold on a second. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Okay, now let's talk about this. He was going 90 the whole time.
Yeah, it should be in the 90s. Well, I guess he was ass-kissing is why he kept saying 90. Ass-kissing, wow. Skip, I love you so much.
I love you so much, Skip. I put your guys' stuff in the 90s? As it should be. Right.
How is it supposed to be? Yeah. I don't think he looked it up. But it's odd that you gave up when he said 86.
It was odd. You can try and spin this on me all you want. I'm not spinning on you. He was saying 90, 90, 90, 90, question mark.
He does that all the time. No, he doesn't. And I did put the disclaimer. I said this should be in the 90s.
But I want to win the game. Because if I knew it, then I would have just said 86 as well. You were around the 86 number the entire time. Yeah.
Around it. Right. Not on it. No, you call it at the end.
Right. Or he sees, I mean, if you went first, what I would do is I would see where you were at, and I would just make sure I was closer to 86 than you were. You know what was going through my head the whole time, actually, was I feel like Mikey had the advantage. I don't think you have the advantage.
I was like, you know what? He probably knows that they've never gotten this certain number before or something. Nah, I don't think you'd know that. No?
There's too many out there to remember a specific one. I mean, he's got a good memory, but not that good. The only one that really has stuck with me for years, for years, is the Neanderthal Agent. One of your favorite cigars, so that's reasonable.
Yeah. What the number did that get? 88. Really?
Wow. And that was just atrocious. Yeah, well, like Skip said today, it's a high B, so, you know. Yeah, but it's.
Yeah, it should be an A. Yeah, that's a cigar. That's a cigar for me that I think lasts the test of time, man. It's just incredible.
Yeah. So. Okay. And what he counted it off for on this one was just kind of weird.
Like, I don't think I've ever had an issue of softness or weight. Okay. Rollerhead and off day, it happens. Yeah.
There's going to be a fail rate. It's going to, you know, there's going to be a fail rate. I mean, we have Segundo's upstairs. Yeah.
So, I mean, you know. That smoke better than most. I don't mind anybody's Segundo's. I mean, is it for a discoloration problem or something?
I'm not that bougie where I care. Yeah, but his discoloration is like so minimal. Steve and I were looking at the water damage stuff. He's like, oh, I can't smoke any of those.
I picked one up like, why? Just because it looks bad? I don't know. Yeah, give him over, Steve.
Right, don't touch Steve's name. Right. Okay, anything else to add? No.
Nope. Alright. Doing it tomorrow to see what the missing story was. Yeah.
And if we ever get anything from T-Money. Yeah, see if we ever get anything from T-Money. Did you text Brittany? She didn't call.
No, she didn't call. Is she okay? Like and subscribe wherever you're viewing or listening to the show. Brittany, are you okay?
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All right, guys, I gotta go bite. Boop. Don't cut my boops off. You know, you do it so damn fast.
Because I'm trying to get it in. What do you want from me? Do it again right now. Do it right now.
No, it's too late.
Show Notes
On Todays show TSA goes Gold, Kim Kardashain has something hidden back there, Kansas Prisons now serving Rashee Rice, Russia is very unhappy, and KFC is bringing it back! In cigars it’s shipped, some new cigars, see its spelled right! And a special family edition of what’s the score!