ACHP Episode 548 The House Always Wins
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Wait, was that there before
earthquake?
It's a it's hurricane season and
here they come.
For $50,000.
It's a bite but bite from an
alligator.
But for $75,000, got to see what
you get.
Spit it out already.
Well, there was a pause.
That was a dramatic pause.
They're 25 grand.
Your whole speech is a dramatic
pause.
Apparently it's not me with the.
Problem.
You're right, he said.
This thing's going.
To be bad, it's going to be bad.
Because he's like, angry.
He's very angry.
Welcome to Cigar Hostel.
You yelled at the beginning
podcast where we sell cigar, No.
We don't know.
I got to cut that.
Don't.
We don't sell.
We talk cigar and news and start
over.
It could be who knows what,
where we go, the detour.
OK, why don't we just start?
No, no, this is it and we're.
No, then I got.
I got to trim it already.
You don't have to trim it.
You don't have to, yeah.
You said we, you said the SELL
word and then the TIGAR word.
Welcome to I podcast Palmer.
Hello, are you done?
No, I am not.
I have still I read the words
struggle they.
Hard on me the other day.
Having stroke on podcast right
now.
How do we get some SCH pod swag
Mikey?
Let's just move on.
Greg, how do we get some of that
chapter Pod squag?
Tell them, tell them, tell them.
You give $20 to Palmer, you give
$20 to Mikey and they give you a
cup.
That works.
That works, that works.
Hey, I gave you my 20 back pal.
It's the same.
Yeah, so I had to give him my 20
back too.
Did you?
Yes.
Oh, you surrendered your 20?
Well, you gave him yours.
I wasn't.
I wasn't like bad.
I was well, that that has
nothing to do with me.
Well.
It would be if I got up to 20.
I'm not going to take his 20
bucks.
Come on, that's ridiculous.
He wanted to pay.
We set up the bit so that he
could pay on the air so
everybody would see.
We set up the bit.
It was a bit.
Yeah, you think I always keep
cups down here by my leg?
Yeah, and I don't have $40 on
me.
OK, that's not true.
Greg, I just want you to know
you're elevated in that chair
because of the wad of cash
that's in your backpack.
I think he means he doesn't
carry bills as small as.
Yeah, yeah.
I don't carry 20s.
What?
Would I do with those?
Could you imagine what my pocket
would look like if I had to put
20s in here?
I like my cigars with 50s.
Yeah, I just burned them.
It's crazy.
So how so?
Other than giving 20 and 20,
what do you what do we do, Greg?
Tell us.
I don't.
Know I I have no idea how to do
it.
He doesn't know how this works.
He doesn't know.
I don't know how it works.
He doesn't know he.
Doesn't know.
He doesn't know well, I can tell
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BDP 4th of July shirts, so still
need still need to sell those
last too buddy, look at look at
look at that disappointment on
his face.
See look nice.
I already have the it's cigar.
I already.
Have the.
Well, good luck for you.
Fortunately enough for you,
Amazon will accept for. 4th of
July.
No, no refunds.
Return them.
Return them.
Yep, yes, I.
Paid for them I.
Would I don't care?
This episode is gonna be so
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It's gonna be very.
Short, Very short.
Short.
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It's just a, it's an investment
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Take care of you first before
you can take care of about this,
right Palmer?
Yes, right, right.
Take care of you before you take
care of others.
Kind of like the red light he
needs to red light.
Do you have your red?
Light.
Oh, you know, no, man.
I told you to stop working.
Yeah, but I tried it one more
time before I threw it out and
it came back on.
Yeah.
So I put it back and went to
plug it in again to use.
It Won't come on.
Maybe it's the plug?
Well then it's because I've
tried it in three places in the
house.
It doesn't work.
It only works in one.
So I'll try that again.
Maybe it's maybe there's a short
or something in it.
Yeah, or there's a fuse that pop
somewhere, you know?
Well, there's other things
plugged in the outlets that are
working.
And those are working, yes,
that's very maybe, but maybe
that one outlet isn't working.
But the lamp that's in the
outlet now does work the
regular.
Lamp.
So you unplug the lamp to plug
in the red light.
Correct.
Got it, got it.
What do you think about that
triple G?
What do you think of that?
What do you think the problem?
Is you want to evaluate my light
and see if there's a short in
it?
It's broken.
That's that technical broken
knowledge.
Broken.
OK, All right, if you.
Can make me one out of glass
that glows with red LEDs?
That'd be nice.
Sure.
OK, so I want to get into some
comments from our previous show.
We should do another giveaway
too.
What do you think?
Maybe next week.
Let's do it next week.
OK.
We'll do it next week.
I just shipped it today.
OK, nobody else reach out.
The correct person has already
reached out.
I have his address and it has
been packaged.
Up he's got I feel like I know
the guy, like I feel like we
know who he is, but we did you
get his name and his info?
Jason and his address.
He doesn't live anywhere local.
What's the last?
Name.
Hold on, I.
Have to.
Look, OK, well don't tell me on
on air, it's fine.
OK, couple comments from the
previous show.
Let's see y'all from Unity view
all La La la newest responded
and unresponded T money.
Big shocker there.
T money says I had a had a guy
pull his gun on me on the
highway.
I watched the colour drain from
his face when I showed him my
badge.
Oh did what happened?
Then what happened?
Oh yeah, I want to know the rest
of that story.
Yeah, you showed him your badge.
I want to know what else went.
Down.
I didn't know that T Money was
an officer.
He was a law enforcement
officer.
Yeah, sort of.
Yeah, sort of.
What do you mean?
Sort of.
What do you mean sort?
Of he's not a police officer,
isn't he in the Department of
Homeland Border Patrol?
Thing or something like that,
yeah.
That's like, that's a bigger,
that's a well.
I understand.
Yeah.
Yeah, but it implied he was a
police officer this way I
thought most people took.
He totally just downplayed.
He's like, oh, he doesn't really
do anything.
It was like citizens patrol,
then there's police officer,
then there's like.
Oh, he's citizen patrol.
Then there's like National Guard
Army.
Yeah.
Like it keeps going all the way
up, yeah.
And where did you get to border?
Patrol, he's just a border.
Patrol, he's like above police I
would say.
Yeah, he, no, he just, he just,
he doesn't really do anything.
He just hangs out, right.
Yeah, right.
Sure sends us nice gifts.
He's a big deal.
Can we?
You don't want.
The phone.
I want to know the rest of the
story.
You say you, you don't.
Well, go ahead.
Don't you dare discredit team
money in his occupation.
You're like, oh, I have it here
on film.
I did not discredit.
I was just clarifying he was not
police.
He was.
Border OK, OK, so yes, we can
call him No, we can't call him I
want.
We can't call him, but we're not
calling him.
We'll never get him off the
phone.
He's so mean.
He's very chatty, he's a good
guy.
He texted me all through the
show yesterday.
He likes to talk about stuff.
He's a good dude.
He was explaining to me how
you're cheating at the What's
the score?
Oh, he broke it down.
No, he wasn't right, because
everything he said we'd already
yelled at.
You we've debunked it doesn't
make any sense.
I'm just that smart.
I know it's hard to believe.
Handsome and smart, he.
Threw yesterday's because we
were.
He threw it intentionally.
I threw it.
He was sniffing, sniffing close.
We were getting too close.
I still won yesterday, I don't
know what you're talking about.
Use well because you got the
redux score too, but but
technically you split the.
OK, so did I win?
I don't know if it's a.
Yes or no question.
Did I win?
Not both games.
I won the score for the game.
I calmed down.
No, Fine, you won.
Calm.
Down.
Thank you.
He's kind of badgering you a
little.
Bit, but he's a little.
He's like talking over you, not
allowing you to speak.
I don't like when he's back
there.
Here's what I noticed.
Here's what I.
Because we we videotaped you
sleeping so much yesterday.
No, that was on the Patreon.
I was tired.
At one point.
'Cause he took a nap on the
Patreon.
He said Phil back and he was
just out by Phil was explaining
something.
Dude, I was so cooked.
That was amazing.
So I kept going.
Yeah, Oh, look.
This way, this way.
No man, you gotta, you know
what, here's the thing, when you
do podcasts and you do it,
especially when you do it every
day, you start to kind of get a
feel for how everybody's going
and what the tempo is.
And then you figure out what you
need to say in order to bring
people up.
When my friend here, right here,
when he read the monologue to
open, it sounded like he was
killing a dead and a horse or
something, you know, it's just
like, and you got to, you got to
revamp that.
You got to.
Poking me.
Yeah, exactly so.
Let me let me repeat back to you
what I just heard.
You understand the tempo of
these things and when is the
appropriate time to both speak
over someone and take a nap.
That's correct.
All right, That's correct.
Things are going well.
He doesn't have.
To this is under control.
This is something just let.
Me grab a quick 10-15 seconds
here.
This is under control.
I need to you know.
So, OK, getting back to this, I
just got your eyes closed on
that one.
Lightning 1993.
Wait a minute.
Mikey asked Palmer if you wanted
the new Awakening cigar.
He said that isn't not my air.
That isn't not my area.
Wait, isn't he national sales
manager?
Seems like he would be.
Seems like that would be his
responsibility.
I also cannot read today.
You didn't make that any easier
though.
Like just for the just for the
record, no, he shouldn't know
that because he's not national
sales manager for Awakening
about cigars.
He's the national sales manager
for Postonia.
And I think in order of people
that know stuff about cigars,
I'm going to put them in order
here.
As far as photo video wise #1 #2
far #3 like really far.
Like no idea.
No idea what's going on in the
industry outside of his bubble.
That's that's it, that's it.
Right, Right.
Tell me I'm wrong.
Nope, you're right.
I I stay within my lane, I know
what it is that I do, yeah.
No napping on the show for you.
I don't take we.
Need you.
We need you.
No naps.
You enjoy when you ask a
question and it's just it.
Just it's like he's like, who's
that?
Like, wait a second.
Wait, that's Eric Espinoza.
You don't.
You've seen him.
Before, Yeah, you've never.
I know who Eric is.
Never.
Choose another example.
You've never heard of Jonathan
Drew?
I mean, like, another horrible
example.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Carlito Fuente.
No.
Yeah.
The person who runs padrone.
Yeah, I got it.
Oh, who likes Belke, apparently.
Oh, OK.
Anyways, awkward, David
Hasselhoffman says.
Glad to see the new camera
angle.
Yeah, you're right.
Hey, listen, I'm glad that I
fixed that for you.
So and at CWCCW 6383 excellent
show as always.
But isn't San Vincente
pronounced Vincente?
Well, that would make I mean,
that's how I just that's what
you just said pronounced it.
So I guess I guess that would
make sense.
I don't know how this guy
pronounced it on the last show,
but I.
Think that's why he broke it
into three parts, right?
San Van to take.
Yeah, exactly, exactly, exactly.
I don't have the word in front
of me, I'm just.
Guessing.
Oh my God.
Oh my God, Lightning also said.
I cringe every time Mikey throws
a cigar.
But that's how else You want me
to get it to him?
You want me to hand it to him?
I got to get up.
I don't have that kind of time.
Gets into a snap.
Yeah, you don't want to come
into my siestas.
And let's see, it says that also
at JS1911, judging by Palmer's
previous shenanigans.
No pics of me.
That's the winner.
Yeah, but what does that mean?
No pics of him.
I think I asked for pics but he
doesn't want me to use him in
the AI thumbnail.
Got it, got it.
OK, if you want to hear a
comment read aloud on the show,
just comment below and there's
potential for it to be written
said aloud.
Sometimes, sometimes it does,
sometimes it does.
I just skipped a couple there.
So, I mean, I can't guarantee
it, but it could happen.
So on with the show.
Oh, I'm sorry, did you get
something right?
Let me go.
Now the news.
Now the news.
Sit on with the show.
Over there.
All right, A Florida woman was
arrested after police say she
repeatedly snuck into her ex
boyfriend's apartment.
And what did she do?
You guys got a guess?
Sniffed his underwear.
A Florida woman.
In Sarasota, repeatedly snuck
into her ex boyfriend's
apartment.
OK, why did she do?
It let's see, she probably tried
to sandbag him with like stuff
that would make it look like he
was cheating or something like
fake underwear and stuff like.
That did something to his food.
She slowly rearranged his
furniture as part of what
investigators describe as an
unusual patient psychological
operation.
She's.
Gasoline.
According to authority
authorities, 34 year old Emily
Hartwell allegedly entered the
apartment once a week using a
spare key.
She never returned after they
broke up.
Rather than stealing anything or
causing damage, police say her
goal was much more subtle.
Over 6 month period,
investigators claim she shifted
the living room couch a total of
27 inches.
Rotated the coffee table nearly
40°, move the floor lamp closer
to the wall one inch at a time.
Reposition family photo so
slightly that nobody noticed
immediately.
Friends of the victim say he
became convinced something was
wrong after repeatedly bumping
into furniture he swore had been
put in a different place.
This lady's my hero.
As the confusion grew, he
reportedly scheduled an eye
exam, a neurological
consultation and even home
inspection in an attempt to
determine why his apartment no
longer felt quite right.
I got I I have so many things to
say about this but I'll wait
till you finish.
The scheme allegedly unravelled
when the man installed hidden
cameras inside the apartment.
Investigators say the footage
captured Hartwell entering the
residence with a tape measure
and carefully documenting the
dimensions of the living room.
This guy's a psychopath.
The lady.
No, I said it right.
Yeah, no, don't wait to
continue.
According to the report, she was
recorded adjusting furniture
positions before stepping back
to evaluate her work.
At one point, she allegedly
looked around the room, nodded
in satisfaction and quietly said
perfect.
When questioned by officers,
Hartwell reportedly explained
her motive in a single sentence.
I just wanted him to feel the
confusion he left me with.
Wow, love that.
He's been arrested on charges of
related to unlawful entry.
And moving shit around.
No injuries or property damage
were reported.
OK, this is this is a good topic
to discuss all.
Right.
They're going to prosecute her.
Trespassing and illegally all.
Right.
That's no big deal.
OK.
Yeah, she'll be fine.
She'll be fine.
Time, whatever.
Go ahead.
Yeah.
OK, so I have a question.
Yes, I'm going to start with
you, Mr. Palmer.
Yes.
Does your wife ever move stuff
around in their house?
Constantly.
OK.
And and for you, Greg, does your
wife ever move stuff around in
your house?
I don't know where anything is
now.
That wasn't the question.
Answer the question.
I would need to.
I would need to have a point of
reference.
Does she move stuff around in
the house?
He's.
Saying he doesn't know 'cause
he.
Doesn't know I haven't gotten
there yet.
Thank you.
I told you this is going to be a
hell of a fucking episode.
Oh my God, you guys just stop,
stop.
Just let me just just let me do
this, alright, I will lead you.
I will take you to the half a.
Victory and then I will take a
nap.
And until he takes his nap.
And then I'm going to take a
little siesta.
OK, so listen, all right, So
we've agreed.
So my wife also moves stuff
around all the time.
And sometimes the new stuff gets
added, right.
So now, now here's my question.
Yes.
Do you notice when the stuff
gets moved around?
She likes to rearrange the
pantry then I do because they go
to look for something and it's
not there at that.
Point right?
I have to find out where the new
place is that we're keeping,
like the peanut butter.
OK, what about like a new
picture frame or like a piece of
furniture or something?
Do you notice these things?
Yes, you noticed them.
Yes.
OK, OK, all right.
And for you, do you notice these
things and these things that are
acquired or or not acquired in
the house?
I suppose certain things I
would, but most of it I
wouldn't.
Yeah, I don't see anything that
happens in my house to a point
where it's like months later and
I'm like, oh, shit, check out
that new chair.
And she's like a whole chair.
Yeah.
And she's like that that was
here four months ago.
So thanks so much for noticing.
I'm like, oh, OK, so you know.
I could see a.
Picture frame.
Are you saying because you're
oblivious to furniture this guy
is a psychopath?
Yeah, I don't understand how a
how a dude understands like a 27
inch variable movement of a
couch.
It wasn't all at one time.
She would go in and move it like
an inch to the left.
Yeah, come back a week later,
move it another inch to the
left.
Right.
Yeah, that's what I'm.
So I mean, how would you notice
it was moved this far?
I got to be noticed.
I got to be honest, I think that
well, for one, right?
But he did notice eventually,
even well.
He was running into furniture.
So like, you know, you know
where everything is in your
house.
So at night maybe you're walking
through in the dark and you kick
the lamp and you go.
There was not a lamp here
yesterday.
I got to be honest, I think the
couch could be gone and I
wouldn't know that it
disappeared.
Wait a minute.
So like there's like this famous
interior car designer, right?
That that said designing the
interior of a car is a matter of
half an inch, right?
And people would ask, well, what
does that mean?
Well, if somebody sat in your
car and they adjusted your seat
half an inch, would you know it?
Oh yeah, In a heartbeat.
In a heartbeat, right?
Would you would you not
experience that I?
Mean yeah, I could.
It went up my my sister-in-law,
she she drives like she likes
that.
I think she likes to have the
steering wheel on her chest when
she drives.
So, yeah.
So as soon as you get in the
car, you're like, oh, God, what?
What was that?
Yeah.
So you know, OK, but go ahead,
continue.
I mean, my, my point is like
when things are off even by half
an inch and you're used to it
being a particular way, I think
you would catch it.
Just because you didn't see that
your wife changed out an entire
couch.
I don't know how it is that you
managed to do that to be
perfectly.
Yeah, I don't.
I don't either.
A whole couch.
I mean, you're talking big
furniture.
Like the chair was blue and now
it's green.
Or like the chair was blue made
out of wood and now it's Paisley
made out of Wick.
Let's just say both.
Let's just say both.
Yeah, I don't know how you
couldn't notice that.
I don't know.
Do you notice what she does to
herself?
Like if she changes her eye
makeup or cuts her hair or?
She always looked beautiful to
me.
I don't know.
So that's a no.
Sometimes.
Sometimes I notice, sometimes I
don't.
Do you notice?
Do you notice all the time?
See, now you're just arguing my
my fact of the fact that you're
also a psychopath.
What?
Wait.
OK, wait, this guy's a
psychopath 'cause he didn't
notice.
No, 'cause he paid too much
attention to all these things.
How does he not like go and mess
with her?
Like how does he, once he
discovers that it's her, how
does he not like inside the
period where she's not there,
change out all the furniture,
put in photos of a different
family?
Like she just broke into some?
Stranger's house.
Like how does he not do that?
To her, well, that's.
Easy, just called the police.
Well, well, that's easy because
the guy has no sack because he
noticed that his couch moved
three inches.
It's just that simple.
I don't, I don't know what else
to tell you.
He's not like, oh, I'm going to
level this up, you know, And
then I, you know, it's like a
big pentagram up on the wall or
something.
So level it up, Yeah.
Have the furniture be on a
remote control so that it can
move after she moves it.
Like she moves it 2 1/2 inches
to the left, then all of a
sudden I push a button, it goes
back to where it was like right
in front of her.
Yeah, we make ATV show out of
something.
You YouTube it, it's got the
most content views, you know
what I mean?
So and so's ex has been
intruding into his home.
Well, she's in for a surprise
today.
All of a sudden, like you, you
know, the the door bangs open
and three people enter with ski
masks and grab her or something.
Throw her in a van.
Yeah, that'd be great.
Or they just breaking.
Where's Carlos?
We know you know where he is.
Where?
Where are the drugs?
Sit down on the couch.
Where are the drugs?
Yeah, that's that's the way to.
Do it.
How do you not do that to that
woman?
I'm just gonna call the police
because my couch has been moved
three inches.
Like what are we doing my?
Brother really does not like
this guy.
It's.
Ridiculous.
It's just ridiculous is all I'm
saying.
It's ridiculous.
You know, dude's probably still
single, you know, maybe who
couldn't even get another one.
I think just not capable.
It's not capable.
You had the perfect one.
Lost her, apparently.
I mean this.
This woman's special.
Very creative.
Yeah, very creative.
They're all crazy, right?
Tell me I'm wrong.
Tell me I'm wrong.
You have to.
You got to pick the right one.
Yeah, the level of crazy you're
willing to.
You got to pick the right one.
That's it.
OK, Right.
See.
Everybody nods.
Men.
We are men.
Men.
OK, next story he's going.
To get in trouble at home,
though, we won't.
No, I'm not.
Make sure to watch this thing.
This won't hit the short clips,
don't worry.
Go ahead next year, next.
UP A 6.1 earthquake was felt
throughout western Cuba on
Monday afternoon, the US
Geological Survey reported.
According to the US government,
the agency, the epicenter was
located at sea 73 miles West
northwest of Mentu, one of
Cuba's westernmost
municipalities in the province
of Pino Del Rio.
My name is Hiroshi Horobano.
I am from Pino Del Rio.
He said that on our show, the
agent, the agency initially
reported the magnitude of the
earthquake is 6.4.
The quake was recorded at 2:00
PM.
South Florida National Weather
Service said it has received
several ports of minors shaking
across southwestern Florida.
Do you guys feel it?
No, but like it was all over my
Instagram feed this morning.
Just people capitalizing on it.
Like, did you feel that?
Did you feel that?
I'm like, what are you talking
about?
Fred Ruiz said it yesterday
after right after it happened,
he said he felt it.
Where where was he located?
Well, he lives out towards
Claremont, but I mean, I don't
know.
He could have been somewhere
else.
I don't know.
It could have just been a bowel
movement.
With Fred, you can't tell he
eats a lot of meat, so maybe a.
Lot of bacon.
The agency said there was no
tsunami danger linked to the
earthquake.
It felt like a jolt, Emily
Zagler, 38, of West Palm Beach
said, adding that she initially
thought she had too much coffee.
And pooped herself.
But looked up the day's
earthquakes and confirmed the
suspicion.
The earthquake shuttered the
seat of Miami-Dade County
government and briefly paralyzed
the county's rail system after
employees reported shaking in
downtown Miami.
Stephen P Clark, Government
Center in Transit Hub.
Yeah.
Because we're not prepared for
earthquakes in Florida.
No, no, we've been prepared for
hurricanes.
We're not built for earthquakes.
Administrator shut down the 29
story Clark Center shortly after
2:00 PM due to reports of the
building shaking, according to a
county e-mail on social media.
At roughly the same time, the
county's Transportation Public
Works Department announced Metro
Rail and Metro Mover 2 elevated
rail systems and stations inside
the Clark Center were temporary
halted service due to service
disruptions at Government Center
Station station.
OK, so I was watching the NBA
Finals last night.
Did you guys see the basketball?
Basketball, basketball.
Yep, Yeah, you're.
Watching together at a sports.
Bar I'm allergic to sports.
OK, all right.
OK.
So afterwards the news came on
and then it covered the
earthquake that it hit and it
like it showed some video, some
fat dude sitting who's got his
camera rolling inside of his
house, like oh, it was an
earthquake, you know, or
whatever.
His Ring camera.
So like, I guess he wants to
watch himself watching TVI don't
know.
So then it kind of covered
people that received that gave
an alert or a notification that
it it had hit, that they had
felt something.
And it kind of covered all over
the state of Florida.
And then there's this one little
dot in Cuba like this, like
Havana says boop like 1 little
thing.
So it's kind of comical to me
that there was, you know, we had
the news station had no Intel of
where it like it really hit
close to Cuba and like no one
felt it there because we just
don't have the access to the
information that's going on
there.
Yeah, there's one person there
with a cell phone.
Just the.
One.
You think so?
The one guy.
Yeah, the one guy.
Yeah, the.
One guy and he didn't have it on
there.
That day it was shut off 'cause
it dude that power issues.
Yeah, yeah, because they have no
power 'cause they have.
No power.
All of their cell phones are
diesel powered.
Oh yeah?
Well, they have no diesel fuel.
And they don't have the fuel.
They're all out of diesel.
Yeah.
So I don't know.
I just thought that was funny.
It's like, and here's where all
the people notified the
meanwhile, the, the earthquake
dot is like right here next to
this gigantic island, and
there's no notifications from
there.
Are they still without power
down there?
Yeah, it's cycled off the news
now.
Oh, we've moved on.
We, we don't.
Right, we don't care anymore.
No, we, we need to, we need to
close out Iran.
Then we can focus on Cuba
straight, straight.
We thought Iran was over, but
no, they're.
It's not done yet.
We hear every week that it's
done and then it's not done.
Nobody.
Shoots a missile?
Yeah.
Fire a drone up in there or
something.
Right.
How do you feel about the Strait
of Hormuz?
Greg, don't hold back.
So I'm.
Just going there on vacation
next week.
Yeah, he's definitely not going
to do that.
You heard there was a good
restaurant there that he could
get.
Get a deal.
Yeah, you get falafel.
Everything's on discount.
What?
Was the what was the type of
food that you ate in Peru?
The the chemically enhanced or
something molecular?
What's it called the?
The the big meal that we had.
Yeah, the big meal.
It's like deconstructed and then
reconstructed.
Deconstructed.
Reconstructed.
Deconstructed.
The weird Somebody ate it first.
No, so like they, they, they
took like 5 different types of
seaweed and they break it down
and then they make a doughnut
out of it.
Yeah, it's called baby bird
feeding seaweed food to you.
No.
No, no, it was.
It was a doughnut like it tasted
texture like a doughnut.
It was.
It was just seaweed.
But it was seaweed.
I mean, I think that that's
probably easy to do.
You just dump some sugar on that
bitch and you're good to go, you
know what I'm saying?
How do you get seaweed to be the
texture of a doughnut?
You grind it up till it's into a
powder and then what?
And then you make a doughnut.
Then you throw some dough in
that.
Bitch and you throw some sugar.
In the way no.
Doughnut and icing.
Squirt some Jelly in it, you're
good to go.
Imagine.
No dough.
Was it green?
It was black.
Oh, it was a black no.
It was a black doughnut that
they passed off as this weird
seaweed thing.
Palmer yes.
Imagine having so much money
where you could go to a place
and you could say I would like
to try the doughnut that is made
of seaweed.
Well, you don't actually taste
like a.
Doughnut you don't actually say
that the the the 12 courses are
already prepared.
You don't pick what you eat.
We don't.
You don't get to pick.
You don't get to pick. 12
course. 12 course meal.
Imagine having so much money you
can have a 12 course.
It was 3 hours long.
Imagine having so much money
where you can go and sit in a
place for over 3 hours and they
can just tell you what they're
going to feed you.
This is doesn't seem 3 hours.
It was 3 hours.
Do you like stop and poop
somewhere in the middle?
I mean, you can if you want.
What the bathroom look like?
What did it look like?
Was it a good bathroom?
It was a very nice bathroom.
Good bathroom.
Yeah.
Well, that's how I judge a lot
of places.
And when you when you get up out
of the chair, somehow this
person just appears out of
nowhere beside you, What do you
need?
And carries you to the no.
Where's the restroom?
Do they carry you to the
bathroom?
They don't carry you, but they
escort you.
Are they worried?
Tell.
Them you could do it by
yourself.
No, no, I didn't.
I didn't.
But I was doing this by myself
for a long time buddy I think.
But when you when you step away
from the table, they fold your
napkin in a very particular way
with like chopsticks they use as
tongs and it gets placed always
in the same way.
So I watched them do it.
Then I got up and I saw that the
napkin was the same way.
And the next time I got up, I
took the napkin and I folded it
exactly the way that they would
with chopsticks.
I left it on the table.
So then when they come up like.
They fired somebody because.
Probably, yeah, they actually.
In the fall, they fall for.
Me.
What they did was actually took
the guy in the back, unaligned
him, and then decomposed him
into a doughnut.
That was a black though.
That's why he was black.
Was it a black man?
Because maybe that's why the
doughnut was you.
Know.
Yeah.
No, it's Peru.
What does that mean?
I don't know.
You don't think there's black
people in Peru?
Maybe.
I would assume.
I know that there's no black guy
on the show right now.
Great, now we're going to get
letters we've never had.
Oh yeah, we have.
Yes, we have.
What are you talking about,
dude?
Ridiculous.
See, this is how I know you're
racist.
Racist because?
I'm racist, right?
All right, Tropical Storm Chris.
Moving on, moving on.
Moving.
On moving on, moving on.
Tropical Storm Christina is
creating growing concerns across
Central America as it churns
just off the Pacific Coast of
Nicaragua.
This all this must be all the
flooding and the surf photos
that Skip's been posting.
With the high tides and the
waves.
While the storm is not
officially made landfall,
forecasters say it's slow
movement means the biggest
threat may not be wind.
It's a tremendous amount of rain
expected to fall over the coming
days.
There been flooding in Key West
too.
I guess that's from this as
well.
As of the latest advisory,
Christina's packing sustained
winds around 45 mph and is
located just over 100 miles West
northwest of Managua, Nicaragua.
Tropical storm warnings remain
in effect for portions of the
region as residents prepare over
the possibility of flash
flooding and dangerous mud
slides.
How does this affect the cigars
guys?
Is making success to be bad for
the tobacco?
Yeah, Greg, how does it affect
the decomposition of the cigar
industry?
I.
Don't think it'll affect it at
all.
No, no, you.
Don't think there might be
problems with tobacco in six
months.
What about shipment and
allocations?
Anything like?
That So what maybe gets held up
for a week Maybe.
I mean we've experienced bigger
problems than that for sure.
You were expecting it in July
and you get it in 20/20/18.
Like losing an E on a box when
we weren't supposed to have the
E.
You're right.
Or AD.
Or yeah, removing the D that it
wasn't even supposed to be
there, but we're upset that the
DS gone, but even though it's
not supposed to be there at all,
right?
Correct.
Correct.
OK.
Meteorologists are forecasting
widespread rainfall totals of 4
to 8 inches across in Nicaragua,
Honduras, El Salvador and
Guatemala.
However, isolated areas,
particularly those in
mountainous terrain, could
receive up to 12 inches of rain
before the system moves away the
tobacco on the top of the
mountain.
Well, yeah, actually it could
wash out roads and stuff like
that, which would create a
problem not necessarily from
Managua to the US, but like
from, you know, Halapa and Esta
Lee down to Managua.
Yeah, I agree.
Sure.
OK, he's.
Very knowledgeable.
He is, you know, I got to be
honest, I feel like when he's on
the show, I feel smarter then
when Phil's on the show.
When I when Phil's on the show,
I feel like a brain cell dies
every time I have a conversation
with him, you know?
Why?
I don't know, it's just this is
just really dumb sometimes.
It's a more intelligent show
when he's not here.
Yeah, it really is higher.
Higher level, well, nobody says
anything stupid.
I mean, you know, we we have
decompressed Donuts and stuff.
I like that doesn't happen.
Deconstruct.
Yeah, yeah, he talks about, you
know, we all got my pizza at
the.
Racetrack.
They got the cauliflower pizza.
This day, yeah, I I eat healthy.
I went and I had the cauliflower
pizza.
I was like, what are you talking
about dude?
So then there is something to be
said for a 12 course meal and
that it's elevated conversation.
Is that what you're saying?
No, I'm just saying, I was just
trying to talk you up and say
that you're and you know, I
appreciate you being on the show
and that you're very an
intelligent person.
He wants to talk about again how
much money he.
Has.
Yeah, exactly.
You have a lot of money, have a
lot of OK.
You're very you're.
Very successful.
You're very successful.
You have you have a lot of money
and you're good looking,
handsome, your mom's favorite.
You're good looking.
Mom loves you more.
I mean, like, what else do you
want to hear?
I was just trying to compliment
you.
Like, you know what?
Tell me more, OK?
He's got all that, but his wife
still takes his food off his.
Place.
Yeah, yeah.
Too bad you can't eat your meal
by yourself in peace.
Out of that 12 courses, how many
did she let you?
Yeah.
So it was a four course meal for
you is what you're saying?
So we both received the same
plate, so there was no necessity
to try what your partner.
Oh, so it's a try.
Not just she likes to eat more.
No, she just likes to try.
This is not bulking season, is
what you're saying?
No.
OK.
All right.
So then there's no need to steal
from you in that scenario.
No, because we both received the
same exact plate at the same
exact.
Point if her portion wasn't big
enough.
Yeah, they're identical
portions.
For well, that still doesn't
mean it's big enough.
What if she felt that yours
looked cooked better it if.
Yeah, maybe your.
Again, for what this place was,
the plates are identical.
Maybe your seaweed was a little
more well done than.
No, maybe it looked better
because it was in front of you.
I mean like what?
Yeah, maybe that's just her
thing she likes.
To eat Greg's food.
I have the same thing but his
looks.
Better.
Yeah.
This plate is the plate in
front.
One of me sucks.
I'm going to take yours.
It's the same thing.
No, it's not.
No, it's not OK all right, Those
rainfall amounts can quit.
All right, come on, who gives a
shit?
OK, next.
Well, because there's a
hurricane in Nicaragua.
Yeah, no one cares you.
Do if you live very aggressive,
this show, I'll tell you.
There's flooded roadways,
they're doing evacuation.
Yeah, I'll wait till I see the
videos on on Instagram then
it'll be a big deal.
Right now, it's just news.
Hey, let's Fast forward through
the rest of the stuff about
Central America and the people
dying.
You know what?
Just read the first word and the
last word of every sentence
moving forward.
Colleen.
Next Bumped.
That's a terrible story.
Moving on.
Colleen Parsons is seeking
$75,000 in damages after she did
what?
What was What was The last one
was bit by an alligator.
Yeah, it was a guy bit by an
alligator.
We know what state this is in.
Do we have any inclusive
context?
What?
Difference does that make?
Well, it could be huge if.
It happened in Alaska.
If it would be, you know, yeah,
right.
It's very state specific, like
it could be anything in the
state of Florida, right?
Except the polar bear, right?
Let's assume this is Florida.
OK, OK, let's assume this is
Florida.
She's suing for 75,000 for.
Is that is she suing the
restaurant?
No.
OK, is she suing a zoo?
She only got 11 courses in her
meal.
No, she's not suing a zoo.
No donut for you Donut.
Because his wife took it?
Because.
My wife took it, man.
Let's see, I have no idea.
It's 75 G's for, you know, I
don't know.
She's suing Royal Caribbean for
damages after she bumped into
and tripped over another
traveler's stationary scooter.
Is it because somebody moved it
unintentionally when she wasn't
looking and it was 3 inches off?
No, no, it wasn't that late.
But that's funny, I see what you
did there.
Royal Caribbean passenger
allegedly tripped over a parked
mobility scooter on a cruise
last year.
Now, she says the cruise line is
at fault.
You need to put a sign up for
the wheelchair, say hey, do not
walk into.
I mean, what?
What are we doing Florida?
Resident Colleen Parson filed a
civil complaint against Royal
Caribbean Cruises, accusing the
company of negligence.
The lawsuit stems from an
incident that allegedly occurred
during a sailing on board the
Jewel of the Seas on June 22nd,
2025.
One day during the voyage,
Parson claimed she was walking
through the casino, which was
crowded with passengers.
According to the May 19th
amended complaint obtained by
People People magazine, The
fellow cruiser operating an
electric mobile scooter, Leslie,
parked in the walkway where
Parson was walking.
Another passenger in the crowd
and Casino bumped into Parsons
as she walked by, causing her to
trip over the large, I keep
saying large, large mobility
scooter which was parked near
the crowded gaming tables. 75
grand. $1000.
American Dollar American.
The complaint alleges the
incident reportedly caused
Parsons serious personal injury.
Mental anxiety.
She claims she suffered.
AI don't even know what these
things are a COMMINUTED.
San Vicente.
Permuted.
Vincente.
Enter articular fracture.
Vincente, distal radius of the
left wrist.
The distal radius of the left
wrist.
She broke her wrist.
She broke, yeah, she broke her
wrist, but it required an open
reduction internal fixation
surgery.
I fell down some stairs.
She says the injuries are
permanent and or continuing in
nature, so her wrist is always
going to be broke.
It just sort of flops around
now.
What do you think this lady's
weight is?
The lady that broke the wrist.
Yeah.
How much do you think she
weighs?
No.
Idea above 250 Royal Caribbean.
OK, let's put, let's put this
piece on this together like like
we're speculating here.
I mean like.
It's very, very possible.
If the lines draw on a 2 1/2, I
take the over.
Yeah, I think she she's.
Definitely north of two I would
assume, and she's probably in
her late 50s.
Colleen.
Colleen Parsons.
Yeah, she's an older.
Well, yeah, Rogue Ribbon.
She's it's an older.
Woman, it's not carnival, though
we're not poor.
We're.
It's no, no, no, yeah.
Who said that?
That's ridiculous.
Said that.
Wow, Totally said that.
Wow.
The more I hear about cruises,
the further away I get getting
to getting on them.
They just sound obnoxious.
You know, I can't bring my kid
to Disney anymore because the
whole yadda yadda that happened
there, right?
And you know, carnival's
definitely out.
That's not happening.
I've seen those videos.
Oh yeah, no, don't take kids on.
Carnival, you know, and then now
Royal Caribbean, you got to deal
with the senior citizen day of
people who don't know how to
walk across the old wheelchair
and they fall over.
It's ridiculous.
She is demanding a trial by
jury, demanding she thinks
she'll be better off with other
people, of course.
Right, with my peers.
Yeah, my peers.
Well, the judge went to school.
He knows the law.
He knows the law.
I don't want him deciding.
Don't.
Want him decide.
I want the people who will feel
sorry for me for my girth and
tripping over the lark that was
out in the.
Aisle.
I was at the buffet and it went
sideways.
I had my third plate of lobster
tail.
The Royal Caribbean's answer to
the amended complaints admitted
on June 3rd.
The company largely denied
Parsons allegations, instead
saying that the traveller was at
fault.
Yeah, that makes sense.
Parsons own negligence was a
sole proximate cause of her
injuries and damages, and as
such any damages are barred as a
matter of law, an attorney
representing the cruise line
wrote.
That's when she went I need
jury.
The allegedly dangerous
condition was open and obvious
and should have been observed by
Parsons.
Dangerous ordinary use of her
senses.
Right.
Use your brain.
Use your what?
Like when you stick the metal
Redeemer for a cigar through the
tip of your finger.
Yeah.
Oh, you have an extra
chromosome.
Yes, this is.
True.
And you and your cohort panic
and they can't figure out how to
get it out.
What?
Do we do?
You.
What do we call you?
Didn't see the video, did you?
I saw the video you sent Steve.
OK, so there's another one of
when it happened.
Oh yeah, yeah, Inside the Oh
yeah.
Yeah, I was like.
So I forget what movie it was,
but.
Dude.
No, dude, dude.
Step brothers, step brothers
shoot himself.
In the neck with the trank gun,
right, and the facial
expression.
Oh, that's old.
School, is it old school?
I think it is yeah.
Like like Jake is like some OK,
so.
Listen, we have to get a little
bit of context to this on the
podcast.
So we have an employee here.
We love him to death.
However, this employee, he, he
cost us a lot of money.
It's.
An understatement.
He cost us a lot.
Of money as of recent he decided
to flood the wholesale area that
was a few weeks ago by not
turning on the floater into the
Sonic system, the humidifier.
Yeah.
And he and you know, listen, I'm
going to take some
accountability here.
And the fact of the matter is I
should not have left the
precious unreplaceable cigars on
the shelves 2 stories down from
the filter, but they're
destroyed regardless.
And now this same employee a few
weeks later decided to take a
reamer like a, a Redeemer.
It's called a reamer.
It's like a spike that you can
use to clear out a cigar that's
plugged.
And he was using this to clear a
punch, the little cylinder that
you would punch into the edge of
a cigar to make a circle because
it had like tobacco in it.
He thought that the the thought
process was, I'm going to take
this sharp object and clear this
tobacco out of this punch.
And he rammed it through his
finger so that it went into one
side here and then out the other
side.
And as has occurred, well, he
had to go to the hospital,
right, Greg?
Yes, I took him to the hospital.
And you arrived before his
mother.
I did, yes.
And so it's clear that you love
him more than his own mom.
And you took him to the hospital
where apparently it was a
complete shit show there as
well.
Yes.
And yeah, so Needless to say, he
decided to Pierce his finger.
How long were?
You there?
How long were you at the
hospital?
He was at the hospital for about
3 hours.
Once the mom showed up.
She's like, you can go, I'm
like, OK, no problem.
I I got stuff to do.
How long were you there?
Maybe 30 minutes until.
Oh, it's not bad.
Yeah, it wasn't bad, Yeah.
And now workman's comp is
surging here at Cigar Hustler.
Yes, yes, you got to file that
claim.
It's going to be great.
I I believe his.
I believe he's related to a
Colleen Parsons.
Have you heard of her?
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Also feels like, yeah, something
about negligence on the behalf
of the store, however, and
you're just a special person.
Is this the first injury here
that involved the hospital?
That is correct.
Yeah, that I can recall.
Yeah, yeah, for.
Sure, 18 years.
So you're back there with the
workers comp papers going,
blowing the dust off.
I'm going how do we fill this
out?
Yeah, so that that has
definitely occurred here.
We still love this guy.
We'll still continue to tolerate
him for as long as possible.
But man, I'm just like, and he
almost had a pest control job.
He was so close.
He was so close.
Yeah, he almost had a solar
energy job.
Too.
Oh, he did have that.
He did, Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, there was also the time
that he did get hired to inspect
the welds of like, major
equipment.
Yeah, right.
Like.
Inside of giant tanks and.
Things tanks and roller coasters
and things where people's lives
are important, yeah.
And they stopped calling them.
Yeah, because apparently he was
too good at his job.
He kept on pointing out all the
flaws.
He's.
Like this is wrong, This is
wrong.
Like you know what?
You're out of here, dude.
We don't need you here.
We've got a budget we have to
keep with.
Yeah, we've got a Yeah.
Ridiculous.
Go flood somebody's cigars or
something.
So that's the latest story here
at Cigar Hustler, just so you
know.
Do I have?
To edit that.
No.
I'm not sure where the line is.
No, no, that's the name of the
store.
Can we show the image?
Is that something we can do?
Is that allowed?
He asked.
I mean not to.
If he asked you not to, then I
won't.
OK, yeah, respect him.
OK, Yeah, yeah, he said.
If I send these to you, will you
not put them on the podcast?
Yeah, all.
Right.
So, so, so you kept your word.
There were no photos, right?
But we discussed it.
We.
Didn't even say his name though.
Yeah, he didn't say we couldn't
talk about it.
I.
Don't think we said his name.
No.
Did we say his?
Name.
No, we did not actually.
Would you like to and show his
picture?
No, no.
However this is LinkedIn below.
You wanna become his friend?
It's very dangerous.
Be careful.
So yeah, I don't even know how
we got on that conversation
because I wanted to talk about
it yesterday.
I was like, now let it go.
But you know what?
Because the lady fell down.
Yeah, well, Triple G brought it
up so.
Well, responsibility for one's
own actions, which, what might I
say?
He owned it.
He.
He Yeah.
How could that be somebody
else's fault?
He totally owned it.
Yeah, no.
Well.
To be fair, people totally will
say, well, you know, you set
this up for me like this is I
should have never been in this
position and that's how I got
hurt, right?
Like people will do that all the
time.
So at least he has the
accountability.
Yeah.
I mean how would I can't figure
out how he did it?
I mean, he must have like had
it.
I had the thing up against his
finger when he went to push the
back.
Correct.
Yeah, not yeah.
I mean, So what do you think was
just the tobacco was just gonna
go poop in the sharp, spiky
metal piece was not gonna purge
those fingers.
But getting back to the fact
that when these two are
together, it is exactly like
step brothers, I think that we
come to that conclusion, yeah.
Right, right.
Oh yeah, yeah, Jake's face was.
Amazing.
Oh, you said the name.
You should.
Yeah, but I that's not the
person who.
We're talking about, yeah, that
was could be talking about could
be a customer, could be a
customer or it could be
somebody.
That came by.
Yeah, could be a paramedic.
Yeah.
It could be the, Yeah, the fire
department or something.
Or, you know, somebody that you
know is beneath a police officer
as a Department of Border
Patrol, you know.
I suppose you didn't call 911
like right away.
Quick Jake, Down 911.
Yeah, thankfully you didn't do
that.
Right, that'd be more expensive.
All right, Rhonda, Cigar News.
All right.
Well, we just kind of covered
something.
Yeah, I was going to say.
Local shop employee stabs
finger, Lampert announces the
baby Yaga.
It's the Baba Yeaga, bro.
What are you doing?
What are you?
Doing Baba Yeaga.
I like baby Yaga.
It's the Baba Yeaga.
Do you know what Baba Yeaga is?
No idea.
The boogeyman.
The boogeyman, bro.
Come on, John.
Wick, it was a little cigar.
John Wick, The Bubble.
Yeah, you got to say it.
And if you said it with a
Russian accent, I.
Would have.
He's OK.
Hold on.
It's the Baba Yeaga.
Oh, from John Wick.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah.
He's the one you call to get the
boogeyman.
He's the one who called to kill
the.
Member Cigars has announced a
new limited edition release, The
Boogeyman.
It's a great name for.
For anything, the cigar is a 6
by 52 Toro that uses an Ecuador
and a Bano wrapper.
The rest of the blend is
undisclosed.
And if you buy a box, it comes
with a Benelli M4.
You would like that.
I would love that.
That's a joke.
That's a joke.
Doesn't come with a Benelli.
Don't know, Throw the cigar.
Do you know what that is?
Do you know what that is?
I know what shotgun.
What is it?
It's a shotgun, Yeah, that's all
I know.
That's all you know.
Oh no, it's a shotgun.
It's a semi automatic shotgun.
Oh, semi auto, it's different.
It's bold for dessert.
John Wick 2 you know no God.
Though the company says the
cigars were made at Tabaco de
Costa Rica, Eat cigars in MSRP
of not including the Benelli.
Benelli not included.
How much, Greg?
$16.
I don't think it's that much.
I'm going to say 12. $17.00.
Holy Toledo.
Currently, retailers are taking
pre-orders for the release.
Apparently, Keanu Reeves wanted
his cut.
They really should have made the
vitola the size and shape of a
pencil.
Because he wants to kill the man
with a pencil.
Now that's some next level shit
dude.
Absolutely.
Like the little remember the
Necromonger or Nymphadel or
whatever the thing that Crux had
back in the day.
Do you remember that cigar?
Yeah.
The nymph.
The nymph.
Maniac.
Maniac.
Yeah, yeah, that was like a
little pencil, right?
They still make that.
I.
Don't think so.
I honestly don't know.
Me neither.
There's.
A lot of clicking over there.
Yeah.
You want to know why?
Because here's why I record
these clips and I do the short
clips.
And here's what the short clip
looks like.
This.
It's just you.
It's just you talking.
Then how when they put it up
does it all the pictures are you
when you look on the page.
No, I mean, maybe.
Maybe.
It changes by episode.
But a lot of the but a lot of
the clips, a lot of the clips,
what it will consist of is you
is you speaking and you're
talking about a particular thing
and it's just you talking.
So he just so Phil, what Phil
does is he goes like this and
then he grabs his doughnut or
whatever and he may eats a
sandwich and he just leaves it
at that until somebody else says
something.
So he's like, OK, good, this is
covered.
He's now talking and like that's
boring as shit to me.
So I would like to mix it up.
Right to get facial reviews and
stuff.
Yeah, like as you're talking, I
want to look over here and see
what he's doing.
Like he's looking at you.
So Phil's not good at the board,
is what he's saying.
Right.
No, no, I try to cut to him a
lot during Preston's show and
Preston's talking because he's
always smiling and his eyes are
sparkling.
Exactly, exactly.
And it's good to have that on
it, you know?
There's got to be a lot of two
shots because you guys talk over
each other like crazy.
No, we don't.
Yeah, you don't.
You don't realize you're doing
it, but you do, because one of
you starts laughing and the
other one starts laughing and
then you both talking.
So I got to put up the 2.
It's a great show.
Is it doing well?
I don't know.
I don't really look, I live it I
and then I re edit it and I you
know, I don't have to.
The clips come up because you've
we have subscribed to him
apparently.
Yeah, we got to subscribe.
Yeah, we have support.
Support your boy, you know.
We do support him, we help him
do his show.
Every we do and it's a great
show.
All right, Prometheus ships
Angelo's Toro and Grand Toro.
Oh, they didn't use AD either.
$17.00 for Baba Yega?
Yeah, for Baba Yega.
What's the box count 20?
Rollback.
I just rollback.
I feel like we're not charging
enough 17.
Dollars production numbers have
not been announced, so they're
not saying.
That's the production numbers
are not.
The box.
They're not saying what's in the
box either.
What's in the box?
All right, Prometheus ships
Angelo's Toro and Grand Toro.
No D all.
There's no D on that.
Grand Grand Toro is a thing.
Grand Toro 54 adding 5 packs.
Sample Yeah.
We're not covering this guy.
No, screw this guy.
This guy was mean to me 3 or 4
years ago at PCA.
I refuse to cover anything.
Prometheus.
The guy's an ass.
Oh wow, wow.
Yeah, all he had to do is be
nice to me.
I'm not covering them.
You want to guess how much his
cigar is?
$37 tell me I'm wrong.
You're wrong, 1485.
It's less than Mamayaga.
And there are 35 count boxes.
Yeah, this is the guy that
forces you to buy all the other
crap to get the forbidden
whatever the God of fires and
stuff.
So yeah, I know he's an ass.
Samplers are a little pricey,
but that's.
OK, yeah, if he wants to call
and apologize to me then I'll
walk it back till that time.
Screw you, pal, we're not
covering you.
Probably.
Probably wasn't even the guy, it
was probably just somebody that
was there for the show only put
in place.
No, it was 100% the guy, 'cause
like I was asking out dude, it
was the weirdest thing that was
we were at we're in Vegas PCA
and we had a good conversation
before and we were going to
carry the product and he we
actually wrote an order.
An order never came in, by the
way, I don't know if you knew
about that, but he.
Didn't like it?
So we were at the Fuente.
Place Oh, I remember this
conversation.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I said so hey, man, tell me,
how does it work?
Like, how did you get into the
situation where you're, you
know, you get to make the Opus X
stuff and whatever?
And he looked at me and he's
like, why are you being so
aggressive?
And I'm like I don't I?
Remember the story, because I
remember that I was.
Standing beside my brother when
it.
Happened.
I'm like, I don't think I'm I.
Don't think I'm like he was just
asking questions.
Yeah, and he got pissed off that
I was asking questions.
So then, you know, so like he
kind of stormed away.
And I looked at there were there
were two random people sitting
next to us.
I got a table and I looked down
at the and I said, and I don't
remember who they were, but I
was like, was I was I was I
wrong?
Was I wrong on that?
And they were both like, no, I
don't understand.
I have no idea what the hell has
happened.
We're afraid of you.
Yeah, I'm like, OK, so yeah, I'm
not covering that guy on on our
show.
He can see.
See, that's how you do it, Coop.
That's how you do it.
Not covering it.
Are we still doing this?
Not covering it.
Yeah, we're still doing it.
OK.
Hey, I choose not to cover that
person carrying on.
Just admit it.
And that's called bias news.
It is.
It is what it is it.
Is what it is.
Guy was an ass to me so
whatever.
We have bias news.
There's stories that don't cover
all the time.
Now when it comes to reviewing a
cigar, it won't be biased
because if that guy makes a
great cigar, I'll say this guy
is an ass.
But the damn the cigar is really
good.
You know, it's just that simple.
I have some of the orange bats
coming.
Oh nice, the orange bats cigars.
Very nice.
Only two.
Perfect.
I can only get.
I love that.
It's going to infuriate.
Phil All right, time for the
industry's favorite game.
What's the score?
Players here clues from 1/2
Wheel Cigar review and try to
predict the score before it's
revealed.
As more details are shared, the
challenge gets easier.
Or does it?
The closest guest to the actual
score wins the round.
Can you read between the lines
and predict the score?
All right, First cigar or
actually the only?
How was that?
That was good.
January 18th, 2010.
Brooks Whittington.
The Arturo Fuente Cigars.
It is the Opus X Love Affair
2009.
Mikey, you.
Want me to go first time?
I have no problem going first
time.
He has to read you and see where
he goes with the story.
I'm.
Going to go 9090. 92.
The Arturo.
See, this is how I know you
don't know shit about this
industry, because Brooks is not.
Go ahead.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I don't want to keep reading.
You keep interrupting.
So go ahead with your.
No, it's fine.
No, no, no.
Good.
Go ahead.
Belittle your brother.
I'm done.
Belittle your.
Brother, I'm sorry.
You know what?
That was a little.
I didn't.
I didn't mean to belittle you
there.
Your mother will comment on the
show.
Tomorrow.
I'm very sorry for that.
Wasn't me.
I wasn't trying to belittle you.
You're very smart.
And successful.
And successful.
And handsome.
And rich.
And very rich.
Not rich, not rich, Very rich.
You're eating 1212?
Whatever.
Yeah, meals.
Yeah, the amount of meals you
ate in that in that three hour
sitting I had in two weeks.
That's not true.
Just barely getting by over
here.
You just barely afford as a
cracker now.
Yeah, it's hard in these
streets.
That's why I eat so many candy
bars when he's.
Here, have you seen gas prices?
Yeah, I tried my best to milk it
all the company as possible.
Gas is starting to come down.
It is, but it's gone back up
again.
No, it's not.
It's oh.
I usually gauge off what happens
next.
Door.
No, it's just it's tanking
today.
I mean they're like taking the
pumps out over there.
So maybe gas is always been like
we're not selling.
It they're replacing it with
plugs recharging stations.
The fuente fuente OPA sex love
affair country of origin
Dominican Republic factory
tablicalera A fuente rapper
Dominican Chateau de la fuente
sun grown rosado binder
Dominican Chateau de la fuente
filler Dominican Chateau de la
fuente.
It's a four and a half of 55
perfecto $10.25 when it was made
back in 2009.
We don't know how many they
smoked.
It's an overview.
I hope it's a 92 and I eat my
own words.
Just for the record, I'm going
to stay.
I'm going to go 90 here again
going to.
Be a 92.
I'm going to stay with 92
because that would be magical.
I could walk around the rest of
the day.
You know nothing about the
industry.
You know nothing about the
industry.
You know nothing.
About the You're paladish.
This is how I know you don't
know shit about the industry.
All right, first clue.
The love affair delivered an
exceptional progression of
flavors, evolving from initial
notes of oak and chocolate into
unique creamy sweetness before
finishing with a surprisingly
enjoyable sweet cherry note that
set it apart from a typical Opus
X experience.
Plot twist 92 Now what now?
What I mean I'm staying my
course 90. 20 boy, oh boy, 292's
Palmer.
What do you Oh, you said I said
92.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah #2 construction was
outstanding throughout the
entire smoking experience.
The cigar featured A beautifully
crafted rapper with minimal
veins, a perfect draw and burn,
even though the perfecto shape
offered an ideal 55 minutes
smoking time.
Extremely positive.
Very positive. 93.
I'm sticking with 92.
Third clue The opening of the
cigar was dominated by an almost
overwhelming blast of spice that
lasted throughout the first
several puffs, potentially
overshadowing the more nuanced
flavors that emerged later in
the smoke. 92. 92.
Final thought, while the
beginning of the Love Affair was
almost overwhelmingly spicy, it
calmed down into an excellent
cigar that surprised me with the
quality and finish.
Well, it's a pretty good cigar
right now.
This is a prime candidate for
aging and I will be buying a box
of these to put to rest for a
while.
The flavours, while wonderful,
we're still a bit young and I
think they can get nothing but
better by resting for a few
years.
Having said that, this was truly
one of the best tasting young
Opus XS I have smoked. 90. 92.
You guys split it to 91?
Oh.
It's a tie.
You want to.
Know oh look, now they're
working does.
That count.
Oh, he didn't.
I know.
I was waiting to see if the
paper wall caught on fire.
And when it gets down to when
it's a split, whoever didn't
overbid wins.
That's the rule.
Whoever didn't overbid.
No, no, he just made that.
Up.
Yeah, no, that was, that's part
of the terms.
He just made that.
You want to know how I know that
he doesn't know shit about this
industry?
Tell me he started with 90 and
then he went to my #92.
To mess with you, to mess with
you.
Brooks is more is more
Nicaraguan than he is Dominican.
That's why I didn't think.
But then he started talking it
up.
It was just amazing.
Is that the one who is that?
Who didn't know Was that was
Patrick that did yesterday's?
Which was the worst cigar he's
ever had, right?
Yeah, OK.
Greg's looking at his watch.
He's got to go.
I.
Got a 12 course lunch coming up
there's.
Something arriving here, there's
a purple donut made out of
cement that I had to eat.
Deconstructed, different color.
Reconstructed different.
We're in America, the different
color, twelve horses, there's a
turquoise, there's a 75 course,
different ecosystems.
Nobody knows about my eating
room on the.
Roof there's a there's a there's
a 75 course meal on the way here
with a manservant to take care
of me when I have to use the
bathroom.
It's a ridiculous.
OK.
Palmer, do you have anything
else to add?
Today.
No, that's all I got buddy.
I'm out of.
Here thank you so much Greg and
what about you No thank you so
much for for being on the show
today it.
Is it's a different show when
he's here.
It has a totally different feel.
It does.
It really does.
And we love it when you're here.
And I love that.
I just guilt you right into him.
Like, come on, we're going to a
podcast.
You're like, are you serious?
I'm like, yeah, we're going to a
podcast right now.
Right in the middle of
something.
Yeah, we're all in the middle of
something.
Yeah, we're all in the middle of
something.
Yeah, we all fit this in.
Yeah, the only person who's not
in the middle of something is
Phil.
Who can't come on a regular?
Basis Who's who's now on
maternity leave?
Apparently so, and that's going
to be the ongoing joke
throughout the.
Month.
No, the baby's not here yet.
No, no, no.
I had it marked on my calendar.
No, no, he's prepping though.
Well, you also had the You also
had the shower marked on your
calendar and you completely
missed that.
Yeah, no, something happened
that weekend.
I forgot.
We were all sick, technically.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We were all sick.
And I did have it marked on my
calendar.
You're right.
Like a week later I saw AT and
I'm like, oh, by the way, when's
the shower?
She's like, Greg, that was like
2 weeks ago.
I'm like, oh, I'll have to get
you a card or something.
Well, how was it?
Was it fun?
It was it a good time?
How did everything go so?
Why is Phil missing so many?
He says the closer they get to
the date, the more work he has
to do because she does less.
Makes sense?
Well, he was hauling the
trailers around yesterday.
Is that something Tia normally
does?
I've never seen her out there
cranking the thing.
And look, I got to go deliver
these trailers and empty these
other 3.
Dude, she's going to come back
into this business.
They're going to be so in debt
up to their eyeballs.
It's going to be ridiculous.
We lost all our accounts and we
owe $110,000 to so and so but.
Look at this Xbox I got for the
office.
But check this out, it's great.
Hot dog maker.
Hot dog maker.
It's like a 711 in here now.
It's amazing.
Look at cauliflower crusted
pizza in.
The pizza that I put in.
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I saw the post.
Yeah.
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Goodbye, goodbye.
Show Notes
On todays show wait was that there before? Earthquake!!! It’s Hurricane Season and here they come! For 50,000 it’s bit by an alligator guess what you get for $75,000! In cigars baby Yaga is coming, Some others have shipped and then a Christmas what’s the score!