Cigar Hustlers Podcast Plasencia Alma Del Fuego Ometepe Edicion Limitada Episode 339
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Welcome to Cigar Hustlers
podcast episode 339.
This is where M1 and M2 will.
Live at the Mike White
Production Studios in Delta,
Florida.
This is the Cigar Hustler
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King, Stepan Kevich and Co host
Mike BDP Palmers.
They talk about the latest cigar
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Yeah, what?
He said.
I don't know, you said passion.
It's not, it's.
It's not a passion anymore.
It's no longer a passion, no.
Longer bad.
Now it's just what is it this?
Fucking unrelentless.
I don't know.
It's a passion.
Incredible task.
Still a passion, but wasn't a
passion.
I don't think we've ever been
doing that.
I.
Don't know you ever see Scent of
a Woman with Al Pacino?
No, never seen.
You never saw it?
No.
What happens?
He talks about how he'd take a
flamethrower to this place.
I'd.
Take a flamethrower to this
place.
That's how I'm feeling today.
Well, we always feel like that
regardless.
What do we got?
What?
We always feel that way?
What do we got for the Patreon?
It's in your hand the the the
dildo.
I know, but you're supposed to
fucking talk about.
It No, I know I don't tell the
other show.
You bring it in and you on the
other show.
Ask you, what do we got?
For the patron and you say?
We're gonna be reviewing the
blah blah blah.
You say it every every episode.
I'm gonna beat to the death of
one of these things.
There's a flamethrower.
There's your paper.
What's paper is that?
He needs to fill Funtec OK.
What are we doing with the
Patreon?
We're doing the Placencia Alma
Fuerte lava rock.
It's.
Kind of like a fucking.
They're magnet.
They're, yeah, they're
magnetigans, right?
OK, so this is the Placencia
$100.
Oh my God.
I would have went under the
front to be honest.
I can't deal with the chaos
today.
It's supposed to be summertime.
Like what's going on, man.
The Alma fuerte omatepe.
Omatepe.
That's it.
The Omatepe.
Omatepe wrapper.
Very rare.
Very, very.
So look, we're going to review
this is $100 cigar.
Yes, we're going to review these
motherfuckers on the Patreon.
Yes.
And we'll let you know.
It's $300 worth of cigar.
It's $300 worth of cigars.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna tell you
right now for 15 bucks you can
get video of us that's telling
you if the cigar is worth the
shit or not.
And you can either a save a
hunch, right?
Well, you can save 9085. 85 you
save 15, right?
Yeah, and then you could be
supporting a good cause here
'cause we got, we have, we have
a a video production team
comfortable that is doing
absolute fucking chaos garbage
right now.
Cameras aren't working.
Shit is hitting the fan.
Palmer's angry.
I'm angry.
I am angry.
I mean, we got Phil.
That doesn't even exist anymore.
He's, I mean, he doesn't.
Even get a Sam.
Creepy voice in the background.
Here, take your dildo stick.
Palmer, do me a favor, take a
picture of the fact and just
send it to me.
Well, that didn't print.
You printed out all your stuff.
Oh, I printed out the wrong one.
Here take your.
That's funny, I said.
Phil's fun fact on my phone.
Phil was just on camera.
Printer is no longer available.
It says cancel the print.
Yeah, big shocker.
Nothing wants to work.
Nothing, nothing to want to work
and it's a room.
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So Palmer, how was your weekend?
We did.
Are we going to that first?
Are we going to the other thing
first?
What are we talking?
About first we.
Do we do we do no show prep at
all?
Sunday I went to the see.
I'm already on the Sunday.
When do we ever do show prep?
That's why that's I've.
Never seen show prep.
That's the.
You just don't make it for those
show preps.
Oh, there's a show prep.
There's a show prep meeting, you
just don't make it.
That's OK.
Phil doesn't normally make it
either.
I'm usually just in it by.
Myself.
Oh, so it's just you prepping in
your head?
So you didn't prep is what
you're.
Saying, right, yeah, I spent the
bulk of today trying to get that
new, it's very expensive camera
to work for the third time.
This I got.
To work once, now I'll work.
All of a sudden it doesn't want
to.
Connect.
I don't want to and it's like
everything else, they don't want
to work.
Nobody want to work.
Including the camera.
And that lighter?
Apparently this lighter as well.
Lighter.
Son of a bitch, do we have fuel
anywhere?
In the he's showing you another
lighter.
Can you do it?
I have one over here.
I one over.
Here.
Yeah, baby, you have a lighter
over there.
Yeah, I have a lighter.
Or you have this fucking welder
of a lighter.
All right, I texted you your
Phil phones back.
It's in the Eminem Productions
1.
All right, I got it.
My Lord, So what'd you do
Sunday?
So did you take this?
You went to the beach?
We went to the beach.
We went to the beach.
Sunday we had a beach day.
Was this your anniversary
weekend?
No, no, that was last week.
Yeah, I.
Guess what is What is this
little nubby thing that?
You know, my problem is, you
know, my my problem is with you,
Phil, is that I fucking always
believe you.
I, I don't know why, but I
always believe you.
I'm like, oh, yeah, no.
And then like we Fast forward
two hours later, I'm like,
motherfucker, he didn't know
what he was talking about.
Do you?
Want to know why you believe it?
Why 'cause we all have anxiety
and it starts getting the best
of us.
I don't know, I really might be.
Right.
I don't know.
I gotta listen to him.
It was a it was a nice day to
beach.
I mean, it got crowded, but we
went super early to get to get a
spot.
That's cool.
So.
Yeah, I think I saw you posted
like 7.
Well, we got we left the house
at 8:00.
We were on the beach by 9 you
know and stop you gas and ice
and.
Prior to that, yes, we did a
podcast.
We did a podcast on.
Saturday we did a a Saturday
podcast with with Dave Burke.
Hey do you use?
Cigar Jukebox.
Do you use an external
microphone on your laptop when
you do those?
Why?
Because you sounded?
Because I got the Audio Advanced
Audio copy of the show.
You sounded much better.
Mine sounded terrible.
Really.
Yeah, I plugged in my DJI.
You know, I thought that's what
you were using.
So did you use your little clip
on microphone?
I tried to, it didn't register.
I think that the mic was still
the Mac to be honest.
Does the DJI have a microphone?
It does.
Maybe you use that one?
Maybe it went to that as the
webcam maybe option maybe I went
to go plug it in, but it when I
my DJI mic, but when I did it
still said that I was using the
MacBook mic.
So I'm like OK, well fine and I
was already late.
I had already fucked that up.
Yeah, you.
Had already fucked up that you?
Were late, so yeah, so I thought
it started at six, not at 5 S at
5:00.
I'm sitting playing video games
with my kids.
You know, we have a Jack's buddy
over Levi and we're all just
kind of hanging out or whatever.
I'm like, man, I got plenty of
time.
I'm thinking at 535 thirty,
maybe I'll set up everything.
I'll put out the big screen.
I'll just I'll get decked out or
whatever.
I get a text at 506.
Where the hell are you?
I'm like, I'm on my couch.
What do you mean He's like
podcast started?
I'm like it starts at 6.
And here with Dave and Coop,
we're just in here chit chatting
and looking for you.
Starts at 6.
They're like, oh, he'll be in
here a minute.
Give me a minute.
Like no, no, it's at 5 after
he's forgotten or something's
happened or.
Yeah.
Bomber knows something's wrong.
Something, something was
definitely wrong, right?
I thought it was at six.
I mean, at 4:30 I'm panicking
'cause I have to go to the
bathroom and I'm not sure if I'm
going to have enough time to get
set up by 5.
Really.
And then I'm trying to figure
out where to get set up at
because I was gonna do the
dining room, but then the wife
and the dogs.
It's too much background noise.
Garage is too hot.
You had a bit of echo.
Did I?
I was in one of the back
bedrooms, which she uses as an
office.
There's always a little got it
desk table in there.
Interesting.
But I ordered a a $9 cord so
that I can hook this type of
microphone to the laptop.
That's see if.
See if that makes a.
Difference.
I figured that you would have
came here, you know, well, right
before all of this vast
technology.
Always technology.
Have here right as as we slowly
well he says.
I slowly go broke buying more
shit and none of it fucking work
right, Right.
No, because right before we
started, I was going to go with
my wife over to somebody's house
that night.
So I had, you know, time
restrained.
I was like, well, I don't want
to be another 10 minutes away.
That means I got to finish 10
minutes earlier to get home in
time to leave for the thing,
right?
So, so I just did it at home.
But then right before I get
started, she's like, you could
still go, but all the other guys
dropped down.
Right.
Yeah, I'm like, oh, well, who
else going?
So she ran through the list, and
there was a couple of women that
I had met before.
I'm like, OK, they're gonna be
uncomfortable.
I'm gonna be uncomfortable.
I'm just.
Not so many uncomfortables.
Yeah, I'm just not.
I'll just, I'll pass you.
Go ahead and go.
I've got 2 minutes for it to
start.
Yeah, so.
What kind of what kind of
instrument did you guys talk
about?
Bass guitar.
Bass guitar.
Yeah, he's talking about, he's
talking about CR Ju Box.
He doesn't.
I know he is, but he never.
Listens.
He doesn't listen.
He used.
He used to commit I.
Didn't see.
I didn't see any link for.
It he used to be all about.
It doesn't come out till
tomorrow.
It's not all about but if you
need drugs.
Actually, tonight.
If you need drugs, need drugs.
If you need drugs, we know the
guy to contact.
I got quaaludes, I got acid and
I got cocaine.
Wow, who is that?
You don't know who that is.
That is a clear, distinct,
apparent voice in the scar
energy.
I got quaaludes, I got acid and
I got cocaine.
Is that the dock I?
Don't know who that is.
Who's the dock?
The dock, I don't know.
Listen, you know what?
I'm gonna there's, there's
something that I wanted to talk
about that was on a Patreon a
couple weeks ago, which is
fucking amazing, by the way,
since since Phil is continuing
to insert his foot in his mouth,
someone said Puerto Rico.
Right.
And.
Who were you?
Wait, we were.
We were on the.
Phone, we're talking out, we're
talking out on a Caribbean
cigars because we didn't want to
wait.
We're talking about patrons.
Then yeah, yeah, just brief,
just a brief little, a little
snippet because they gotta hear.
I mean, if they want to buy it
in here, they gotta hear.
Right, right, right.
He's talking about Puerto Rico
without going into context, OK?
And then the Phil wasn't there,
Boots was there, Boots said.
Yeah.
Is that in Miami?
Is that in Miami as well?
Right.
Puerto Rico is Puerto Rico in
Miami.
Did I say that?
Yes, or South Florida.
Is that South Florida?
Is that South Florida?
Is that South Florida as well?
That's what he said.
Well, kind of.
That S way South.
Florida.
Way South.
My goodness, Jack Toranos, they
almost fell out his fucking
chair.
Yes, we did get a phone call
from Jack about that.
Well, I'm glad that the Patreon
is funny.
And and now what instrument did
we did we play or talk about
what instrument did?
We do with.
It we all got.
No, I was thinking why I?
Did I did the cello?
Right, I did a clarinet.
But I did it like old school
Blues, you know?
Yeah.
Not with the, not with the
heart.
It's.
Great.
Dave Burke played that
Australian inter man Oh.
Yeah.
Oh, like Crocodile Dundee did
with the Aborigines and he's
trying to call them and stuff.
Oh yeah, the the.
He whips it around.
Yeah.
You know, sometimes I don't know
if I'm believing you guys or.
I you know what you should.
Believe Coop Coop.
Definitely saxodone.
That was Saxone.
That was like that Coop.
Coop is a sax.
He's a sax guy.
That's guy, right?
So we had quite the.
Did not record.
I don't see any red.
Dot it's a red.
There's a red dot.
Oh, is it on your side?
Yeah.
Yeah, the lens is just so God
damn big that.
I hate record over.
Here So I went to go return the
black magic and they pelted me
for 2:50 on the.
Right.
Yeah, you sent me the thing.
I was like, you motherfuckers.
We'd already opened it and
scraped it anyways.
I messaged them back, they
didn't respond like if I sent it
back to you, can I go?
Can I get my 250?
Bucks, I said.
Like, even though we already
used it and deleted it off the
air, it was a really big program
file.
So after you like this, do you
sit on it?
There's definitely a yeah, you
put that right in your right in
your yeah, that's good.
That's good.
Nice.
So yeah, we did a great podcast.
Yes, it was a lot of fun.
I enjoyed it.
Yeah, and I went ahead Sunday
morning, got on a fucking plane.
And then you left right away.
Went to Virginia, right, did our
event at Tobaccology and came
home.
Only pictures I saw were pre
pictures from Mr. Rose Alice.
You know it is dude.
I brought my DJI.
It it's hard.
It's hard to do when you're when
you're there as a participant
and then to have time to
videotape everything.
Yeah.
So you flew in.
I flew in.
Did Brett pick you up?
No.
You got your own car.
No.
Rosales picked you up.
Rosales picked me.
Up.
Oh, not lightweight heavy.
No, not lightweight, heavy.
And you know, I think I would
have guilted if Rosales tried to
send Flex and send somebody
else.
I'm like, motherfucker, what are
we doing here?
Like I would have been AI would
have been upset.
I would have been a boss.
Yeah, but somebody.
But we're tight.
I understand.
We're boys.
I understand.
You know what I mean?
Like Michael to me is the way
that you guys are to me, right?
So.
So there are situations like
when we would travel on the
road, sometimes if I was getting
a cup of coffee and he was busy
doing something, I would just
get 2 coffees.
Right, Right.
Get him a double.
Yeah, there's there's.
He's a double espresso.
There's like a. 80% chance he's
going to want that coffee.
What does Palmer order?
And then and then there were
sometimes I.
Get.
I get what he gets because
that's just easy.
Just roll with it.
There were sometimes that he
would get coffee and he wouldn't
get me coffee.
I'm like, the fuck?
Oh yeah.
What was that?
What was that you got?
You took care of yourself.
Yeah, that's bullshit.
Just don't mind.
So I always get you one too,
yeah.
I know you're so.
I'm just saying.
You're so thoughtful.
I'm just saying so, so yeah, if
he said.
Comes to who gets the kids.
Just so you could tell.
So he came and picked me up,
right?
And I was like, oh, let's grab
some.
Coffee.
Did you ride in the back?
I, I, I thought that maybe Sean
was going to be with him.
Right?
Well, this would be great.
He'll be in the back seat like a
chauffeur.
So did you still sit in the back
seat?
No, I sat in the front still.
Sat in.
The back seat.
He shows up, standing by the
door.
You go, Michael, you're not
going to open the.
Door.
Are you supposed to open this
door?
Is this how this works?
I'm paying for this, Michael.
Where's my sign?
Where's my?
Where's my damn sign?
Well, you know what?
This is a his.
Last name, it says Mike.
Yeah, just as Mike.
Just says it's a slap Dick on
it.
So yeah.
So yeah, he, we drove.
I got, you know, we, so we
stopped by Starbucks, picked up
some coffee, went, went to the
yadda, yadda, went to the event.
Did Rosales get one and have to
go back in and get you another
one?
No, I ordered for both of us.
Oh.
Yeah, he's got the app, Yeah.
Yeah, I got a text message from
Skip on Sunday.
Where's my Dropbox episode?
Yeah.
And then a minute later I got
one went Never mind.
Oops.
Sorry, I didn't look, he just
assumed he didn't.
Just send him the link to the
Patreon.
Give me 15.
Bucks.
Oh, uh oh.
So you guys arrived.
Yeah.
And did what activities?
Because I remember there being
activities.
There was some type of lawn dot
dart thing or something, but I
didn't stay outside.
I was in the humor the whole
time.
Oh, you got to work, got to
sell.
That's it, baby.
Got to sell.
Listen guys.
Will Brett Fry answer?
Of course.
Just saying he did last week
what I called.
It 01 ring one.
Ring, What's up?
What's up, bud?
You're on the podcast,
obviously.
Oh great.
How you doing man?
He sounds thrilled, doesn't he?
Nothing.
So I just wanted to check in on
you, make sure that you enjoy
the event.
Did you have a good time?
I, I personally had a great time
and thank you very much for
having us out there.
You have a hell of a a
relationships there with your
customers.
It was you out there, by the
way.
It wasn't.
It wasn't us.
Yeah, it was just you.
It wasn't me.
Yeah.
I want you out there.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, you know, it's I, I
was giving this some thought and
I was gonna send you something
because it really is.
It's refreshing to have a brand
owner come and work their tail
off to sell with and for the
retailer because as you know,
that doesn't happen all too
often.
This is.
True, you know, and you even did
it selflessly in the sense that
you helped out selling Roma as
well, which was it's it's unique
and it means a lot man, you
know, because we had to we're
not understaffed, but the normal
Thubador crew wasn't there
'cause they were out cooking.
So it was, it was nice to see
and it was much appreciated.
And it didn't go on another.
Oh, you're such a sweet man.
And Speaking of the the cook
that was.
Oh, is that where that came
from?
Yeah, wait a second.
Why is there two on here?
Holy shit, did I carry two this
whole time?
Apparently I have two license
plates of Voytek.
Oh, I didn't even realize that,
Brett.
Yeah, because we, we sent you
they, we sent you the other one.
No, these had to be attached to
the.
When you handed it to me, there
was not two.
I mean, they're not that sticky.
Did you bring one down from
upstairs?
No.
So now we have 2.
Now we have 2.
This is so weird.
This is the fucking twilight
zone matrix shit that's going
on.
This Deja vu maybe we've had.
Two.
Yeah.
I got quaaludes, I got acid and
I got cocaine.
Yeah, that's what.
Happens all the quaaludes that
coupes so.
I always hear about quaaludes.
I've never done cludes.
It really sucked.
It all went away.
I feel like, you know, you're
too young for that, Coop.
'S got them if you need some,
yeah.
Just reach out to coop.
No, he doesn't really.
Listen, Listen to the sound
bite.
I got quaaludes, I got acid and
I got cocaine.
There you go.
He puts out a buffet before you
do with the cigar.
Jukebox, It's all about It's all
about the Cigar Jukebox Podcast.
So hey, dude, I honestly, I
really do appreciate you.
And Mike was fantastic too,
cooking out there and, you know,
having Michael and and Sean
there are awesome.
And yes, of course I'm gonna
fucking look, you're my dude,
bro.
When I, if I'm gonna show up to
an event, I'm not, I'm going I'm
100% man.
I'm gonna outwork every
motherfucker.
We're gonna talk to every person
possible.
And you know, yeah, man, so.
And I know that you're on the
same page with that so.
Yeah.
So I truly appreciate you.
I appreciate the opportunity and
we're going to keep this thing
going.
Buddy.
This is not the last.
This is not the last time of me
me arriving at tobaccology.
I know.
I, I just can't believe you.
You arrived.
You arrived at like at 11:00 AM
and you left at 10.
You weren't even near 12 hours.
Yes, Sir.
I don't fuck around, man.
Look, I got shit to do, baby.
I got shit to.
Do.
You know, I got a podcast to
record, I got football practice
to attend.
You know, I got a businesses to
run, run them right.
Even if they're running right
into the ground, it doesn't
matter.
I'm.
Somebody's got to drive.
I'm still so I'm.
Still going to even if it's
down.
That's.
It.
That's it.
So you know, of course, of
course, bro.
So thanks again man.
If you know if the if you ever
need anything else from me
anything else I can do to help
you, you know I'm always here
for you buddy.
I.
Appreciate that will do all.
Right man, we this is the chill,
Brett.
This is the the.
This is the.
This is the Brett after the
event with Brett.
Well, I'm doing the schedule for
the next few weeks, so I'm I'm
in that zone, just that Zen of
trying to figure out all all
these puzzles, all these pieces.
He's reflecting.
He does his in advance.
Wow, that's nice.
Listen, I can't do the schedule
too but.
No, you don't do the schedule.
I know Greg does the.
Schedule.
I can't do the schedule too.
And it's more at the meeting you
just yell out if you can work
that day or not.
And he goes, OK, you're on.
It's so funny because you missed
the meeting, right?
And they were talking about
you're working today upstairs.
Yes, I work tonight.
And Greg's like, I think he's
Ryan's explaining this to to
Greg and Greg.
And Greg says, I think you're
fucking with me.
I'm like, Ryan's in shorts.
He's not working today.
Right, Ryan had something.
Couldn't work.
I don't think that he's fucking
with anybody.
He looks like he's ready for the
fucking beach.
So was Ziggy is Ziggy's not back
yet either now yeah.
And Ed gets I was it was either
me or we closed so.
I mean, we could just.
Close.
We all, we all have the the last
minute call.
Every shop owner's got a last
minute call.
That's it.
Someone who's flexible and say
yes or be there when needed.
Sometimes it's former employees.
Hey, what are you doing?
I'm fucking sitting on my couch
like I know you haven't worked
here in eight months.
But we did not delete your.
Alarm code yet, but you still
have a code here and last.
Minutes definitely.
The bar can get can get lowered
for last minute.
Yeah, if you want to come in
and.
We fired you for theft, just
don't take my shit.
Do me a favor if you just keep
it kind of low key, just take
one or two things.
We're OK with you coming back in
SO.
Just watch our Sasquatch, that's
all.
Yeah, if you could figure out
where the fuck the big sack of
Swatch went, that would be
fantastic.
I haven't even been able to
address that shit yet.
No, no, nobody's talking about
it anymore.
Do you guys put in a?
Do you put a reward up for the
guy?
Well, it did go out it it went
out to like Deltona City, like
local boards and stuff of
photos.
So we've definitely done that.
We haven't initiated a a reward.
I was just kind of hoping that
somebody would say something at
this point.
But we'll get to the bottom of
it, man.
I just haven't.
Had All right, well, I'll put up
500 if they can tell me who it
is without doing 5. 100 No, no,
Listen, listen, listen.
Without going to the police.
OK.
It was, it was Boots.
Boots did it.
Boots did it was Boots.
I'll give you.
I'll give you $100.
Are you kidding me?
This is Brett.
Brett's going to come down here
with a bunch of fucking dudes
and.
Oh, beat his ass.
OK, it was boots.
No, it was Boots.
It's not going to, it's not
going to beat his ass.
It's going.
To die.
Not a bunch of dudes, just one.
Just one shovel and some
plastic.
That's it all you need.
There you go.
And I feel like he has those
things in his truck.
Yeah, AJ.
At all, at any given moment.
Allegedly a legend, of course.
Yes, if you haven't before, it's
preempted so.
No, they're just there for.
Sorry there, I dig a lot of
holes when I drive.
Around I like, I love holes.
I love holes.
Just go deep enough you know it,
don't matter if it's pre
meditate or not.
All right, brother, let you get
back to it, bud.
Thanks, buddy.
I appreciate you.
I appreciate you too bud.
Later.
Take care guys.
Mr. Brettt.
I didn't think about it.
If you give me the photo, I can
make a wanted poster.
We can put it on the TV
upstairs.
You might alarm that person
though.
Well, if they're putting it out
on the wire anyway, they put it
out on social media, on the
podcast.
Do me a favor, circle back to me
on this on tomorrow and then
we'll see.
He's got a lot of.
Stuff.
Then we'll see how we can
address that.
We'll see how we can address
that.
So yeah, man, I had a it was a
great event.
It was a great event.
Did you meet any new people that
made an impact?
Yeah, I mean, I met a bunch of
new people.
There's two guys with cards that
no longer have license plates.
Yeah, no, well, it's the same
guy.
Oh, front and back.
No, I met a lot of, you, know, a
lot of his great regulars, and
he's got you.
Start saying girls.
No.
I met a lot of girls that like
the.
Brand ton of bitches at a cigar
store.
Right in in Virginia.
No, I.
Met a lot of great customers.
There are a couple of dudes
there that are fucking
hilarious.
Was there a potluck?
No, he did burgers and like
sausages or some shit.
Nice.
OK, yeah, so it was cool.
Sounds cool it.
Was good stuff.
He does this once a year.
Yeah, he does the family reunion
event once a year.
He does like, he does like three
or four big events.
You know the crawfish boils 1.
Yeah, that's the drill.
Stay on.
Well, we do a drill.
Stay here, do we?
Halloween.
Are they doing Halloweening
initially?
I guess.
Smashing Pumpkins.
Smashing Pumpkins.
We should do smashing something
else like eggplants or
something.
Just mix it up a little.
Sounds a little, Sounds a little
gay.
OK, smashing, smashing coconuts.
Oh, that'll be harder to do.
Watermelons.
Oh, that'll be bigger, expensive
and more expensive, Yeah.
Well, that's gay.
Greg just drives around and he
finds something that are going
bad.
Like that's what the pumpkins.
I need some partially expired
watermelons.
Sure, not a problem.
There you go.
All right.
What about those even in season
that time of year?
How the fuck should I know what
am I?
Watermelon connoisseur.
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Yes.
Fantastic, fantastic.
So you got back on the you, you
didn't get to finish it.
So you got back on the plane,
got home, everything was fine,
no delays.
Yeah, no, it was pretty
seamless.
Oh wow, I've been seeing a lot
of these guys traveling and a
lot of them are having issues.
You know what's so funny is I
was going to do, I was going to,
I was going to post and like
throw some shaded Jack.
I was like, hey, a ride.
First of all, here's what's
really weird is so there's this
reserve thing that you can do
now at MCO where you can book a
reservation.
To check in to go through
security.
But it doesn't do TSA and it's
not TSA pre-check and doesn't do
clear.
So I did it.
I did it and I'm like, hey, I
did the reserve, like OK, go
right here.
And I was in and in and out in
less than 10 minutes, right?
But when I got there I was like,
where is the pre-check?
Like oh, this isn't pre-check.
We won't pre-check it again out
of this line.
I'm like, well, I'm here.
So I guess my shoes are coming
off.
If that's the only difference,
you didn't have to.
You wouldn't have to take your
shoes on.
Yeah, and then the guy threw the
laptop out of the bag and I
purposely brought my laptop that
way I didn't have to use it.
Would have been faster if you
did a pre-check.
No that's what I'm saying.
So I'm gonna take off the shoes
and pull.
The laptop the reserve thing was
ridiculously fast and then the
plane showed up on time.
I had no issues on the plane.
What airline did you fly?
United.
I flew United, arrived on time.
My chauffeur picked me up on
time.
Perfect.
Didn't open the door though.
Apparently no.
I had dinner with my chauffeur.
Oh, you didn't eat at the event?
We had shawarma.
I ate at the event, but it was,
you know.
Oh, I wait, so you had dinner
before the event?
No, we we got coffee before the
event.
OK, then you did the.
Event I ate in the middle of the
event, right?
And then after the event I had
shawarma.
Oh, you had time afterwards, I
see.
Shwarma, what's that?
Yeah, they had a.
At the end of the Avenger movie.
They had a flight at like seven
O 5 right and then, but I
wouldn't have made that one.
Oh, so I jumped on that they.
Had three hours to kill.
Yeah, a couple hours.
I meant between 7:00 and 10:00.
Yeah, so we shot at.
The 8.
And we got some more coffee, sat
bullshit and have a cigar and
then we go.
Held hands a little kissy.
Kissy hard handed kissy kissy.
Right, I understand you don't
see him that often.
Nice.
He's the row.
Yes, I'm aware.
Sounds like a good time.
Yeah, that was a good time.
Had fun, had a good time.
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Premium cigar imports keep pace
with 2023 During the first four
months of 2024, the US imported
roughly the same number of
cigars as it did last year.
That means 2024 could shape up
to be another record setting
year for cigar imports.
According to the CAA and
industry trade group the US, run
by Scott Pierce, the US imported
127.4 million premium cigars
from January to April, roughly
500,000 fewer cigars compared to
the same period last year.
Last year, the US imported
467.57 million premium cigars.
But there was a dip last year.
Yes, but this year it's a little
less, but it's very.
Close.
It's about the same.
About the same.
Nicaragua remains to be the
dominant supplier of cigars of
the US, accounting for 58.7% of
the premium cigars exported to
the US, according to Jr.
That's where the wrappers come
from.
Jr.
Jr.
Cigars.
That's where the wraps.
Oh oh.
You're not even paying.
You're.
Talking about the.
The podcast thing last.
Year.
But that wasn't it.
Wasn't the Jr.
Guy, that was the.
Oh true, it wasn't Jared cigars,
it was the the.
The Ernie guy.
Ernie.
Ernie.
Yeah, David something or other,
right?
I was gonna say that for the
Patreon, but since you lobbed it
up.
I thought we talked about it
last week.
No, we talked about it upstairs.
Oh no, you mentioned it on the
cigar jukebox.
I did mention Cigar Jukebox, but
what was kind of, I mean, it's
kind of crazy.
It's just.
So much podcast the.
Bullshit.
The bullshit is just so rampant
in this industry and, and it's
like a lot of it's not even good
bullshit.
It's got to be, it's got to be
good bullshit.
People like good bullshit.
Yeah, but when with, you know,
you shove a microphone or, you
know, you get an article in
front of some of these dudes
and, like, all right, so tell us
one.
And the guy says, well, this
time around we're focusing on
the starting point being the
rapper.
And I'm like what?
Right, six different kinds of
rappers.
The fuck are we talking about
here?
One kind is Nicaraguan rapper.
One of them is Nicaraguan.
Nicaraguan what?
Just just just Nicaraguan, we
can't tell you it's one of the
kinds.
So you don't know.
So if he's got six, what other
countries is he getting this?
I was like, well, one of
Ecuadorian.
Oh, Ecuadorian.
What it's, it's from Ecuadorian.
Ecuadorian.
It's just like.
Dominican Dominican.
It's from Dominica.
Put your shit you know, and put
your shit together man.
Be fucking you know if you don't
know.
I like he's sitting there
thinking and sometimes the words
come out a little faster then
you can stop them, right.
And then he came out.
He went, oh shit, that's
something you know, on his head.
He's going well, that sounded
stupid.
I didn't say where in, but I'm
I'm committed now I just have to
go with.
It and then then he says like
the Sky's the limit or
something.
I'm like, right?
Who knows, I'm making a
different kind of rapid we can
find, yeah.
Yeah.
Well, of course, 'cause you
didn't narrow one down, man you.
Didn't it it and for whatever
reason?
Like.
This clip kind of stuck in my
head, I guess.
I referenced everything via
movies.
I'm fucking.
I don't know what's wrong with
me, but it was, it was The Dirty
Dancing, right?
And the guy's announcing he's
like, this year we're gonna
dance to the Pachanga.
Like, that's what I got out of
that.
It's like no one gives a fuck.
And it makes no sense about what
you just said, right?
I I give you no points.
Yeah, there you go.
And May God have mercy on your
soul.
I'm just like, well, no, wait.
Everybody is now Dumber in this
room.
Yeah, everybody.
And that was, and that was
pretty much what it was that
that's probably a better movie.
Clip The guy interviewed him,
just went Oh yeah, he just went
with it.
Do you think, do you think had
he been on our show and had been
sitting here as a guest that had
to come from somewhere else?
Oh, the response would have been
Nicaraguan.
What?
You know that you don't think
you would have been nice 'cause
he was sick.
You know, because he traveled a
long time and came in specially
for the show and you just let
him.
And afterwards we're going, what
the hell was?
That I, you know, I think.
I would like to think we went
what the fuck are you?
Talking about, I think, I think
four years ago, like maybe we
were in our infancy, like we've
done some interviews that we
were just like, oh, this guy's
just a waste of space and we
just let it go.
Right.
Yeah, yeah.
But we just wrapped.
Or you just.
Yeah, we.
Just wrapped it up.
We just wrapped it up.
I think at this point I would
fucking choose violence and I'd
be like, well dude, what do?
You think wrong with what?
Look.
Can you go back to the corporate
office and get some fucking
details?
And if they're not going to give
you answers, maybe you'll look
for a fucking job somewhere
else.
Because like, that's why that's
one of the reasons why that
company's struggling, man.
It's just like there's no
fucking information.
Who was he anyway?
Ernie.
EPC Gorillio.
No, I know what David.
Pratt or something?
Chris Pratt's brother from
fucking Jurassic.
Park Oh, I like Christian.
Yeah, they're same, same guy.
But I had, I hadn't seen him.
Before and the other guy fucked
up his name and he said he said.
Maybe he wasn't the real guy, he
was just acting like he was the
guy.
And he said that he fucked he he
always fucks up his name.
Listen, and I like their clips.
I'm going to tell you right now,
I like watching the junior cigar
clips on.
This goes the video.
It's.
So nice.
Their equipment's amazing, you
know, he lives to his sound.
I was like, man, they are so.
Pretty look at the.
Colors.
They have really good equipment.
They have a lot of money in.
There so fluid.
It's just so.
Amazing their shit, so nice
their.
Shit seems it's like.
Watching the new show, they just
clip back and forth.
Their shit just works.
Does it work because they did?
I don't know what they're
saying.
Here in the camera there and
they just as a guy I.
Don't know what they're saying,
but I believe them because their
video quality is really, it
really is good.
It's funny.
Good son of a bitch.
We've switched to our our
stories on iPads now.
Instead of the paper.
Fucking Nicaraguan.
What?
That is an upgrade.
It's.
Going to start with a wrapper.
We can't afford paper.
We're going to start with the
wrapper.
Start with the wrapper.
Oh my God.
So what did you do last time?
Well, we just looked around
whatever the fuck we had.
We just kind of meshed it
together.
Last time we started with the
binder.
Yeah, the binder is our origin
base.
That was where we're going last.
Well, we got a lot of this shit.
Right, we need to bind it really
well.
Yeah, so.
We already got the labels, so I
mean.
This is the quest.
Next time we're going with the
bands.
We're starting with the bands.
Well, I mean, hey, Gurka used to
start with the boxes.
Yeah, well, this is the box.
So here's your vitola, right?
This is the size this is.
This has to make one to fit in
his box.
Right, this is the thing.
We're going to call it steak
knife.
We'll.
Call it backpack.
Backpack Tabit off revenue tops
$613 million in 2023. 1600.
That's a lot of 600 and. 13 OH.
That's a lot of bone revenue.
Revenue.
What's the Abida and tell me the
abida I'm.
Not ready yet?
Hold on, let's get to it.
It's an increase of 10.5%
compared to the company's
previous record setting year in
2022, crushing it the to achieve
those numbers, Davidoff says it
increased handmade cigar
production by 13.3% to 48.8
million cigars rolled.
That's from 2 pairs.
Just the two, just the two, just
two guys.
Due to increased production.
Well, there was a lady in two
guys.
Yeah, the lady is the.
She's the roller, the roller,
the rapper.
She does a rapper.
Oh, she puts the wrapper on the
bunching.
Ah, I see.
More often than not, the lady
does a wrapper.
Yes, because it's more delicate
operation.
Yeah, because they pay attention
to detail, whereas man, we just
kind.
Of fucking right.
That's where the bunch is.
Due to increased production, the
company says that it's working
on expanding its production
facilities in the Dominican
Republic to to include a new
blending center.
A short filler center.
There's a filler, there's a
center, just short filler.
Center just for short filler.
And employee cafeteria.
Oh, more food.
Sandwiches.
Sandwiches sounds like.
A Disney World.
See, I would love to see the
interview from that guy.
What we did was sandwiches.
Sandwiches.
We got sandwiches.
We wanted a room where everybody
gets together.
Bring them to them like.
That's how you get your money
back when you pay your
employees.
Oh, they're going to buy this?
Yeah.
Punch in your code.
They're going to come like like
school lunch.
Punch in your code.
Comes out of your pay.
Then boss, boss and they get
$50.
Yeah.
You had to eat, then you.
Had to eat.
We're not letting you go home a
lot.
Of baloney sandwiches you eat,
fella.
Well, it's goat.
It's goat in Dominican.
It's GOAT.
Oh really?
They don't have.
Baloney.
They don't have baloney.
Baloney.
You sure?
But they have goats.
Do they import baloney?
No.
Is it like a delicacy?
No, they don't bring in baloney.
They don't bring in baloney.
No, but it has a first name.
But other than that, no.
That's.
It baloney is literally all the
other meats put together.
Right.
They can't do that.
If you get all the meats
together over there, it's olive
loaf.
It's baloney's like a flat hot
dog, is what you're saying.
Right, exactly.
Dab It Off operates 2 factories
in the Dominican Republic
cigars.
Dab It Off in OK cigars as well
as a number of other ancillary
operations.
I got that word right.
Ancillary.
The company says that the
Davidoff 32.3% and the Zeno
32.2% brands were key drivers of
growth, as well as strong sales
in Asia and global travel
retail.
Yeah, I believe that.
Well, these numbers are record
setting for the current area of
outtinger David AG.
They are not the highest.
I believe that too.
Through 2016, the company
generated revenues of more than
1 billion through much of what
is thought to through Contra
Adidas AG, a distribution
company that was once used by a
company but has since been sold.
Yes, I don't, you know, I don't
know anything about Dabitov, but
I could tell you that a lot of
the things that I do know as far
as how they run their operation,
like their corporate structure,
right as they do some pretty
impressive things.
I look at that, even from a
retailer aspect, I'm like, man,
that's pretty fucking smart.
Well they got rid of Mabu so
they save money there.
Yeah, you know, and I went to
cut and run, I guess.
Right.
Just kidding, Matt, I love you.
But I'm bumped.
Well, he doesn't need that
anymore.
He's got, he's got STG money.
He's got STG.
Money.
Screw you guys.
That's a gold helicopter.
He's giving the finger.
He's flying over in the gold
helicopter he's giving his
finger to.
Him and I.
And I think STG has more money
than Davidoff anyways.
Probably does.
Yes.
They should buy Davidoff.
That's probably the plan.
That's why they have these
Monday meetings.
Somebody's got somebody's got to
buy somebody, right?
Did you see he lost his wallet?
By the way, who did?
The guy?
Justin.
Justin Andrews, yes, and he
didn't know he lost his wallet.
Somebody picked it up or
something.
I I didn't read the whole.
Thing American Airlines.
It was very, it was very low.
Got to punish it.
They brought it to him.
Right.
Yeah, they brought it to him.
So did they put it on another
flight?
No, he was sitting down, didn't
know they lost his wallet.
Somebody had turned it in and
the.
Who puts their wallet in their
back pocket these days, right?
I I put where do you put it?
It's.
In a pocket?
Really.
Backpack.
Little man Purse, he's not going
to answer.
The phone I know, but I like to
call him anyways.
Your call has been forwarded to
voicemail.
Does.
It show the number.
Yo.
Oh my God.
Oh my God.
Wow.
This is his whole.
This is his.
Voicemail.
This isn't really him.
It's his voicemail.
Oh.
He's fucking with us.
Holy shit I just want to mix.
It up a little bit actually
answer the phone this time.
Wow, so.
We don't know what to do now,
Julie.
I feel like God was punishing
you for not answering us for all
these years, and that's why,
that's why you lost your wallet.
Yeah.
He's trying to make a change.
Now, you didn't have, you didn't
have a plan for me to actually
answer.
I have.
I always have a plan, don't
worry.
We always have something.
I can wing this shit no problem
dude dude, you just you just
point me in the direction I'll
show up and I'll fucking bat
1000.
Don't worry about it.
So you so you lost your your
fucking wallet.
When did I lose my wallet?
That was on.
It was on Facebook.
That was he.
What wasn't that him on Facebook
that lost his wallet?
Yeah.
Did you lose your wallet,
Justin?
No.
Oh, see, my my friend Mike
Palmer, he's getting, I read it
quickly.
He's kind of losing his mind
like Mike.
Mike, you need to take a multi
vitamin man who?
I mean, is there another Justin
Andrews out there that's your
friend's with?
That's driving a Hennessey
fucking pickup truck.
Is there another one?
I didn't say that.
Oh, it stopped recording.
No, I'm looking at my wallet
right here.
So I don't I don't know about
this lost wallet stuff.
Oh no, somebody lost their
wallet in an airport.
It wasn't you, I guess.
Dude, the is the power coming
onto the camera.
Yeah, it was not me.
It was not Justin Andrews and
right now that that's not is
this recording here on this?
Yes, OK.
Thank God dude.
We're we are dealing with some
technological issues, we're
trying to upgrade here and it is
absolute fucking chaos.
Well, it sounds like you guys
are dealing with a lot of
issues.
Misinformation.
Fake news.
Sorry, so much easier to talk
about you SO.
He didn't lose his wallet.
Hang up on him, he lost his
wallet.
So God, so God's, so God's not
punishing Justin is where he
still is.
I wanna I wanna look on Facebook
now to see if this if somebody
tagged me and talked about
losing their wallet.
Oh man.
You don't fly American Airlines.
Let me ask you, have you been
hacked?
I do.
Did you?
Yeah.
I mean everything.
Everything.
Else did you did you click a
link or something?
Were you trying to look at some
porn on Facebook and like all of
a sudden, I mean, I'm.
Always doing.
That, yeah.
Heck, let's see here.
Oh, that was hours ago.
I saw it too.
It's gonna take forever to.
Find Oh my God.
The boots.
Boots saw it too, or fell.
Let me.
Ask you, do you keep your wallet
in your back pocket or you keep
in your front pocket?
Let me ask you that.
I actually do not carry my
wallet on me, I keep it in my
backpack because I have one
there.
You go.
Those things on the back of my
phone that has like my credit
cards and some cash and all that
stuff in it.
So at this point.
You got to be curious now.
It's kind of weird.
It's kind of weird to have your
wallet in your back or in your
back pocket.
Could be richer.
I agree.
Richie Otero from Espinoza lost.
It could only be.
Richie, it could have been
Richie.
I mean, I don't believe that
Black Star, that guy, that.
That lines in, you know, Justin
losing his wallet didn't really.
You guys confused me for Richie.
I mean, you're practically the
same person.
We don't know what.
You sound like or look like
anymore.
You never.
Answer the fault, yeah.
Oh no, It was John.
It was John Carney.
Carney lost his wallet.
He kind of looks like Justin
Andrews, just with glasses.
His wallet and he he made his
whole post about thanking
American Airlines for returning
it.
Wow.
OK, we got to call John Carney.
Justin, we'll talk.
About, you know, it's funny.
Carney usually flies Delta.
Yeah, now you've mistaken me for
Carney.
I can.
I can live with that.
You're OK?
We're OK with that.
He's a little more.
He's a handsome guy, is what
you're saying, like.
He's very big.
He's got, he's got his act
together, you know, he's doing
some good stuff.
So you you find Carney more
attractive than Richie, is what
you're saying?
Is that what you're saying?
Carney's probably more important
than I am.
That's that's probably the
thing.
He's not driving a Hennessy
fucking pickup so.
Carney's married with a kid,
yeah.
I was going to say he's got.
OK, so So what you're saying,
Justin, is that Carney's willing
to commit and you're not he?
He, he, he's not committed man.
He went, he went full in.
So he he got married and had a
kid pretty quickly I think.
Yes, Sir.
So when are you going to have a
kid?
What's going on?
What are we doing?
I mean, I had a couple people
text me and wish me Happy
Father's Day, so apparently I
got a few smokes out there.
Oh nice, were they wishing you
Happy Father's Day to be an
asshole or they just they're
just oblivious and they assume
that at this point, at your age,
you should probably have kids.
Might have been for John Carney.
Yeah, see, probably a little bit
of both.
I now I was just like, I was
just worried about my wallet.
Now I'm worried about my man.
Maybe, maybe I need?
To follow up on it.
I I have traveled
internationally a lot for the
last decade, so, you know, do
not.
All right, well.
How have you guys been?
What's what's new with you?
Oh, we're doing technical
difficulty.
We're doing fantastic.
We're not recording video
anymore because that shit the
bed just now.
Did it overheat again?
It's that thing is never
overheated.
Oh, it was the other one.
It says it says no space.
Oh, the hard the card's full.
I thought you cleaned it up.
I've removed 11 fucking gigs but
I guess apparently that was not
enough.
Were were we calling about the
Davidoff News?
They made a lot of money.
Is SDG bigger than Davidoff?
I believe we all.
I think so too.
Like I said, we.
Also, they're going to buy.
We claim we claim to be the
largest in the world, so.
Yeah.
Do you think that the Matt Booth
acquisition is really what kind
of puts you over the top that?
Really.
That really moves the needle.
Board, I got to say it like.
Financially we were not going to
make our year that year, but
thankfully to the acquisition of
Room one O 1 and it's you know
tremendous growth.
We've, we, we really look like a
bunch of bunch of geniuses now.
Absolutely crushing it.
OK, that's fantastic.
That makes me very happy.
You know, you you making right
decisions and then and
partnering with him and then,
you know, the whole back story
of originally being with
Davidoff and now being with STG.
I'm glad that it's, it's a, it's
a high success, bigger nows.
Is it possible to get him a
second helicopter 'cause he
wanted me to talk to you about
that?
He's.
Gonna come see us if if, if his
brand keeps doing what it's
doing.
I think.
I don't think that'll be an
issue.
Yeah, I believe that.
I you know what I gotta tell
you, Room 101 sales are up in in
in our store for sure.
Hey, he's, he's killing it.
So he's.
He also.
Distributed global brand now.
He's a big deal, he and he
normally he answers the phone
sometimes.
On Mondays.
I think Matt a little more
accessible, yeah, than I am.
He's a much better person than I
am, honestly.
Yeah, I know.
And you think as far as like
order of like, you know,
importance because he's higher
up, like you would be more
available, but you know, you're
not so but here you are.
Maybe that's why I'm not
climbing the corporate ladder,
because I'm not as accessible.
I could learn a thing or two
from old Boosie.
Yeah, you just got to work
harder, buddy.
You just got to work harder.
That is.
I need.
I need to work harder and have
more time for random phone calls
at 3:00 on a Monday afternoon.
Absolutely you can reschedule
that meeting. 100% yeah, so.
What I'm understanding though is
that there is no meeting on
Mondays.
Maybe it's 3:00.
You guys were you guys are in
luck because for whatever
reason, the meeting has been
moved from 3:00 to 3:30.
Ohh, slit it in.
Weekly call.
Booth did it for us.
Yeah, Booth.
That was Matt Booth.
He got tired of us calling him.
He's like, listen.
They're meeting, they'll call
him instead of me all.
Right.
I was looking at my phone when
it was ringing.
I was like, these guys must have
known this meeting got pushed
back half an hour.
Like son of a bitch who told
them so.
Yeah.
So that's we.
Get the newsletter.
You want to talk about people
with anxiety?
He's also in that group and he's
like son of a bitch.
They have to know.
How do they know?
How do they know?
They don't answer the phone,
they'll just keep calling and
calling.
They haven't called in months
and all of a sudden they're
calling this one time when
there's not a meeting.
Yeah, you guys haven't called me
in a while.
I assumed you just gave up.
Oh no, we don't give.
We'll never quit on you, Justin.
We won't quit, ever.
I love it, I love it.
But we'll let you go prep for
your meeting.
Wait, does he need to place an
order?
With coop too if you need some.
I got quaaludes, I got acid and
I got cocaine.
So if you need any of those.
If you need any drugs, go go
ahead and give Coop a call.
Oh my God, that was great.
You know, I know that you guys
are kind of in the vicinity of
each other too, so I'm sure you
could, you know, you might be
able to drop it off for you.
There you go.
Yeah.
We could try, you know, a little
little cash exchange.
Yeah, that makes it makes it a
lot easier to try to ship that
stuff.
Leave it down the receptionist,
just a little slide to slide
back across the table.
Yeah, it's.
Funny, I'm surprisingly low on
quaaludes right now so they're
hard.
To come they're.
Hard to come by.
He's got a niche market there.
That's hilarious.
I think.
If Coop this whole time was a
drug peddler that would be the
best thing I've ever heard.
You would never expect it.
Didn't see that one coming.
All that international travel.
Yeah, that's so weird.
Yeah, you'd.
Never.
Expected.
Been running Colombian Bam bam
this whole fucking time.
How do you think?
How do you think he gets through
his ad so fast?
This has brought you back.
Before he starts, he's good to
go.
And that's why.
He refuses to pre record his ads
like most normal people do.
Exactly.
Right, exactly.
All right.
Well, thank you, Sir.
We appreciate you.
Let us know when the next
diesel's coming out.
We'll have you on.
We can talk about.
It we got a couple coming out
pretty soon and I'll let you
guys know.
And, and then just also be
reminded that the next week's
meeting will be moved back to
3:00.
I I won't answer the phone.
That's the that's the preemptive
meeting of the meetings before
the meeting.
And and then I have the follow
up meeting after.
So I'm really tied up from about
3:00 to.
Six.
All right, buddy.
Well, that'd be good.
All right, brother.
Thanks for answering.
Dana talk to you.
Bye.
Bye.
Justin Andrews of STG.
Wow, that.
Was a star-studded show today.
Look at this.
Dude, it went to, it was on the
cusp.
It was, he said your.
Call has been put.
And I'm like, we're gonna leave
a voicemail.
And he answered.
He answered the phone because I
thought he lost his wallet, but
he didn't.
Oh, apparently it's John Carney.
What do I?
Know maybe we should call
Carney.
Hey, we have your wallet.
We got a rat the shop in a
couple minutes anyway so.
Oh, how much time you got?
I got one new story and a
Florida story.
Both are one.
You can do both, but we're not
gonna have video for the we're.
Not gonna video for the last
half of the show anyway so.
Yeah, and what about?
Oh, the other show completely.
Oh yeah.
Well, you still do audio.
Yeah, OK.
All right.
The Freud Agape, Limited
Edition.
Oh, the agape I.
Didn't say agape this time,
yeah.
Oh, see Agape Limited.
I see a gape.
Yeah, Gape, the 2021 David
Staduski venture capitalist, and
Luis Torres, formerly the CEO of
Casa de Monte Cristo and the
head of the retail for Davidoff
of Geneva, launched a new brand
inspired by the founder of
psychoanalysis himself, Sigmund
Freud.
Carrying the somewhat obvious
name of the Freud Cigar Company,
the new company he's first
released is a four Vittola
regular production line named
Super Ego.
Is this an old story?
It sounds super, yeah.
Oh it it was in this week's News
Flow.
Maybe he's just trying to get
more sales.
Could be all right, skip that
shit.
Yeah, they're talking about the
PCA 2022.
That's weird.
Yeah.
All right, we got a Florida
story.
You know what?
I don't think you know what's
going on anymore, buddy.
Somebody lost a wallet.
We don't know who.
Then he started blaming poor
Richie.
He gets involved.
He blamed Richie.
I had nothing to do with it.
He blamed Richie.
No, it was Palmer, it was
Bomber, it was you.
All right, well, it was an
alligator attack.
Yeah.
Man loses arm while swimming in
Central Florida, lake, Fish and
Wildlife says.
Central Florida, that's here,
yes.
A man who was swimming in the
Central Florida lake early
Sunday morning when he was
attacked by an alligator,
according to Florida Fish and
Wild officials.
He survived, but his arm was
amputated at the elbow.
The FWC told local media that
the man was swimming in Lake
Monroe.
That's close.
That's right at the bridge
there, possibly Lake Monroe.
When the Gator attacked, the FWC
got the call just before 2:00
AM.
He's swimming in that lake at
2:00 AM.
You're going to lose something.
What the fuck is he doing out
there at 2:00 in the morning?
Few details have been released.
The FWC is investigating what
led up the attack.
Alligators the most active
between dusk and dawn.
The FWC said this is also mating
season for the alligators and
they may be more active.
Tallahassee police removed one
from a resident's front yard
Sunday in Jacksonville.
Police were called to one last
month.
Last week, a kayaker captured
the video of a black bear taking
on two alligators in the Saint
Johns River, Ohio.
I saw that.
That was amazing.
He started swimming from one
side of the river to the other
and an alligator attacked him.
He beat up that alligator, went
a little bit further, a second
one grabbed him.
He beat up that alligator and
then climbed out the other side,
sort of looked over his shoulder
like who the fuck that was hard,
and then went off into the
woods.
You 2 idiots just trying to go
for.
A swim whoever swims in the
fucking lake Monroe.
At 2:00 AM in.
The dark.
That guy had to be drunk as
shit.
Man, it was a homeless guy I
read.
But yeah, he had to be.
Maybe he just wanted to end it.
He was like, fuck no, I'm
amputated, God damn it, and I'm
home.
Maybe it was dirty.
Didn't want anybody to see him
skinny.
Dipping.
Oh yeah, maybe he's cleaning
himself.
And cleaning himself in Lake
Monroe.
Well, now he's got less body
parts to clean, so there you go.
Well, it's hard to clean with
the one arm.
You can only clean one side of
your body.
Wow.
And I'm the dark one.
I'm the, I'm the one that says
evil shit.
And you're like, oh, maybe
you're fucking fucking beating
on the homeless guy.
Maybe.
Oh my goodness.
Well now he's got 3 squares for
a while till he gets out of the
house.
Place, Yeah.
Yeah, I guess that was one way
to get in there would.
Have been better off robbing
somebody and going to jail he's
saying you still have both your.
Arms all right.
All right, you got anything?
Oh, you, a shop of the week,
Michael, Of course you have a
shop of the week.
I do have a shop of the week.
Go ahead, Lake Country cigars.
We're.
Not we're not where you were.
I just did to back knowledge
that was that.
Last week.
Oh, that's right.
So OK.
Lake country's where I'm going
in July.
Oh, Lake Country.
What are you releasing?
I'm not releasing anything.
They they have their big, big
main.
Event.
Family reunion event.
Well, it's not a family reunion,
but it's.
Family get together.
I can't think and you're driving
me fucking nuts.
Very themed, cutting my
sentences off.
I can't think of what it is.
It's but it's a, it's like a
multi vendor.
Oh, it's a multi vendor.
Go ahead and take that, but it's
Phil.
Phil, Phil.
And take that Phil.
Yeah.
All right, You got a listener of
the Week.
Sure.
Oh, I can't wait.
Michael Ellitharu.
Did you say that greatly?
Probably not.
Probably not.
He's a listener of the week.
Yeah.
How do we know him?
I got to send out his tin.
He.
He he helped on the the group
thing on Post Sonia Mafia's
Facebook group.
And he did a friend of get the
cigar.
Yeah, he did a bunch on the
mentor program and I wanted to
send him a tin and I haven't got
around to it and I shipped it
today.
Oh, it's good for you.
Well, it's on its way, Mike.
Yes, Sir, I don't need to look
at the camera because it's not
working.
Another mic.
I wonder where I want it shut
off.
It it shut off a little,
probably a little bit after you
called them because it was on
when you called them.
All right, so at least we got a
lot of.
Yeah, we got most of it now.
OK, All right, this episode 339,
this is a Garster podcast.
That needs to be updated.
Yeah, I know.
It's very busy.
Very busy.
All righty.
All right, guys, we gotta go.
Thank you.
Bye.
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Show Notes
In Episode 339 of the Cigar Hustlers Podcast, we have an exciting lineup! Join us as we chat with phone guests Brett from Tobacology and Justin Andrews from STG Cigars. We delve into their latest projects and insights into the cigar industry. Plus, hear all about Mikey's experience at The Family Reunion event in Virginia and our special appearance on The Cigar Jukebox. Don't miss out on this episode filled with industry updates, event highlights, and entertaining conversations. The Guys Light Up an Plasencia Alma Del Fuego Ometepe for the Patreon