CHPOD 658: Ozempic Lawsuit, Rojas KSG 2026 & Hermosa de Armas 11-11
Episode: Man Sues Over Ozempic | CHPOD 658
A Cigar Hustler's Podcast · Mike Palmer

Episode Summary
Episode 658 of A Cigar Hustler's Podcast opens with the usual lounge banter between Mike "BDP" Palmer, Mike Steponkiewicz and engineer Tim McGuffey, running through listener comments from YouTube and the CH Pod Lounge — including Veterans Day and Marine Corps birthday wishes, feedback on Siggy's tarot-card score predictions, merch talk (the quarter-zip pre-order and the new War Bear hat), and how to correctly pronounce "Wojtek," the Polish War Bear the shop's cigar is named after.
The news block covers three stories: two fishermen off Catalina Island who rescued a Royal Caribbean Ovation of the Seas pianist found treading water after roughly nine hours overboard; a 41-year-old Knoxville, Tennessee man seeking attorneys to sue over Ozempic after claiming the drug shrank his anatomy instead of his belly; and Opa-locka, Florida repealing its long-standing baggy-pants ordinance after the city failed to track the statistics it was supposed to collect.
Cigar news is the meat of the episode. The Rojas KSG Limited Edition 2026 — Noel Rojas' 6.5 x 42 Lonsdale "king of the small ring gauge," with an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler, $14.168 per cigar in 12-count boxes, limited to 1,700 boxes — is shipping. Bronco Cigars adds a second vitola, a 5 x 46 corona, to its four-country Rubio blend made at the Kelner Boutique Factory in the Dominican Republic, with founder Martin Smith describing it as medium-plus. And for Veterans Day, Hermosa de Armas is shipping 11-11, a 6 x 52 Toro with a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler made at La Tabacalera Cigars in Estelí, priced at $16.50 with 11% of gross sales donated to Team SAPO, a veterans mental health organization. Co-founder and Air Force veteran Zach Van Ginkel is quoted.
The show closes with "What's the Score," guessing Patrick Lagreed's Half Wheel redux score for the Siniestro NV Remus — a 5 x 52 robusto from El Artista with a 10-year-aged Dominican Corojo maduro wrapper, Indonesian Sumatra binder and a multi-country filler including Pennsylvania ligero. The crew also previews upcoming shows: Eric Espinosa visiting November 20th, Lozanopalooza that weekend, and the Simply Stogies guys on Thursday.
Cigars in This Episode
- Rojas KSG Limited Edition 2026
- Bronco Rubio
- Hermosa de Armas 11-11
- Siniestro NV Remus
- Wojtek (War Bear)
Linked cigars are in our shop. Mentions without a link aren’t currently stocked or couldn’t be matched with confidence.
Key Takeaways
- 01Lounge Comments & Merch TalkVeterans Day wishes from listeners, quarter-zip pre-orders, the new War Bear hat, and how to actually pronounce Wojtek.
- 02Cruise Ship Pianist Rescued at SeaFishermen off Catalina Island pull a Royal Caribbean Ovation of the Seas crew member from the Pacific after about nine hours overboard.
- 03Man Sues Over OzempicA Knoxville man contacts attorneys claiming Ozempic shrank the wrong thing, prompting a look at the drug's actual listed side effects.
- 04Opa-locka Repeals Its Baggy Pants BanFlorida city scraps a 2007 ordinance after failing to track the enforcement data it was required to collect.
- 05Rojas KSG Limited Edition 2026 ShipsNoel Rojas' 6.5 x 42 small-ring-gauge Lonsdale with Ecuadorian Habano wrapper is on its way to retailers, limited to 1,700 boxes.
- 06Bronco Rubio Gets a CoronaBronco Cigars adds a 5 x 46 corona to the four-country Rubio blend made at Kelner Boutique Factory, per founder Martin Smith.
- 07Hermosa de Armas 11-11 Veterans Day CigarA 6 x 52 Connecticut broadleaf Toro from La Tabacalera in Estelí donating 11% of gross sales to veterans' mental health nonprofit Team SAPO.
- 08What's the Score: Siniestro NV Remus ReduxThe crew guesses Half Wheel's revisit score for the El Artista-made Remus, with a phone-generated number beating the humans.
Brands Discussed
Full transcript
I don't want to steal that from him, you know, with tarot cards, yeah, that's, uh, well, I can't compete, can't, uh, can't compete? I can't compete with that, I can't even talk. You're not peeing. I would steal that from him.
With the tarot cards. Yeah. Well, I can't compete. Can't compete?
I can't compete with that. I can't even talk. You're not Pete. You're Tim.
I'm not Pete. I was flabbergasted when I saw that. Well, welcome to Cigar Hustlers Podcast with me, Tim, unfortunately. Sorry.
Unfortunately. Welcome to Cigar Hustlers Podcast. On today's show, two fishermen catch a big one. Okay.
Hey, it's smaller than it's supposed to be. Baggy Pants are back, baby. And then in cigars, we have a shipping notification, a new cigar, and a Veterans Day cigar. A lot of new cigars.
And then we end the show with a What's the Score? P. Palmer. Joining me today is my co-host, our in-house Bonobo, Mike Steponkiewicz.
Bonobo? That's a small gorilla that he's related to. Yeah, like that's his thing right now. You were supposed to make guerrilla noises.
Atta boy. And over in the engineering booth, our staff, Woody, and Chinese aficionado, Mr. Tim McGuffey. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
They know me as Toto at the temple. Toto? Toto. Light one up, settle in, and welcome to a Cigar Hustler podcast.
Dun, dun, dun. I guess it's just me. Has it worn out for you? Is it not as much fun as it was a couple weeks ago?
What do you mean? The podcast? Yeah. Is it the Chinese insults?
Are they too much? No, no, it's enjoyable. I'm having a good time. Okay.
I made a table for 50 bucks. It was a hundred bucks. It was a hundred dollars for the table. If you think about it, yeah.
Paid you 50, you paid for the material. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, right. Separately in advance. Yeah, that's true.
Well, actually, no, not separately. No, it was just for the material in advance. That's what I mean. I paid for the lumber.
You said separately in advance. You got to pay for the labor, and then you got a separate pay for the wood. They were paid separately. You said, oh, okay, I see what you're saying.
Separately in advance. Separately as in one. And whatever. All right, I love this.
I don't know what's going on now. All right, Michael, what's going on in the lounge? Let's just move this shit along. Just move along.
He's not happy. He's upset with the Chinese references. I'm fine over here. And apparently the table, we were underpaid him.
I never said that. Keeps talking about the price. You shouldn't talk to Greg about pricing. Like and subscribe for everyone who listens to the show.
com for all your chpod swag, where you can get a pre-order on the quarter zip sweatshirt, as well as... Should I turn the hats on? If we have them. Should I turn the hats on?
Turn the hats on. Turn the hats on. Turn the hats on. All right, I'm going to turn the hats on.
There's a new hat. There's a new Warbear hat. So wait, so by the time this comes out, the hats will be on, or are you going to turn them on, Tom? No, obviously if I'm saying this, it'll be on.
That's not obvious, maybe wait until the show airs. No, they'll be on. Fine. I gotta figure out how, but now we got a couple people with the pre-orders of the quarter zip, and then they're gonna go back in and order the hat.
I gotta be able for them to merge the orders, add this to my order. Robot, I need to be able to merge orders. Yeah, I gotta figure that out. Well, can't you just refund shipping on the second order?
I could, but wouldn't it be much better if they added it? Buy one, get half off thing, too. Yeah, I don't even know if that would track. I don't think I can make that work successfully.
You haven't announced it lately? No, intentionally. So it would be like, if it hasn't shipped yet, you can add to your order? Yeah, that's one of the things like Amazon.
That would be kind of cool. Oh, it would be. - Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. com, a Cigar Hustlers podcast where we talk more inside baseball about the cigar industry and review cigars.
This week we reviewed the World Cup by Ossinger. - Yes. - I can see where this conversation, where this podcast is going and it's already... - You're in a mood, I don't know what's wrong with you.
- I'm in a mood? - You're always in a mood. - How am I in a mood? What did I do?
You're making all these derogatory comments about the show already. Let me see where this is going. I said one comment. Well, there were several in the B-roll.
I really do feel like it's me that affects everyone. You're nasty. I see you guys with Siggy, and you guys are like, "This is a blast! " I love Siggy, he's so nice.
Did you watch the show yesterday, I guess? I watched the first little while. So now you just watch the intro? He doesn't even watch the full show anymore.
I watched like the good half hour. He's faded. Good half hour. Good half hour?
Yeah. All right. Because it was a full show. Mm-hmm.
At CW6383, he says, "Good morning. I want to make sure I wish all our veterans a happy Veterans Day. " Now, that is a guy that knows the show. Yes.
He is locked in. He is. He knows when it airs. He knows when we record.
Happy Veterans Day. Didn't he say that on yesterday's show, though, too? No. I thought he did.
No. Did somebody else? No. I thought there was a mention to Veterans Day yesterday.
Mm-mm. All right. @ChristopherWeiss from the CHPod Lounge says, "I'm giddy. Siggy acknowledged me.
Also, I'm disappointed that you guys didn't mention the Marine Corps 251st birthday on today's, now yesterday's show. And finally, congrats to Jackson for getting third in the school's fundraising event. When we give to the children, we're giving to our future. Absolutely, man.
Thank you so much. Appreciate that. He won. He also won his...
I wanted to mention this yesterday, but I didn't. He won his flag football championship. I saw the picture, yeah, with the trophy in the ring. Yeah.
It was long overdue for him, so he hasn't won one, I think, since, like, second grade in rec. Oh, wow. Yeah. He won one in school in CYS.
Right. It was a hell of a game, man. He went out there, and the first play of the game, he threw a pick-six, and then I'm like, "All right, well, let's go back out there. " And we didn't score, and then they scored, so it was 13-0.
Wow. And then our defense started to light up, and we had 31 unanswered points before they scored again. Wow. Geez, wow.
It was incredible, man. It was incredible to see them dig deep and figure it out. It was awesome. It was one of the greatest games I got to be a part of.
That's awesome. Yeah. How old is Jax again now? Thirteen.
Wow, yeah. Mm-hmm. Almost six years later, six, seven, something like that? Yeah.
Wow. Nice. Yeah. " A couple of phrases transposed could sink deals that would have caused Microsoft competitors' problems or misrepresent bad deals to look attractive.
Is that right? Yeah, it's pretty scary. It is? Mm-hmm.
Well, I mentioned that yesterday, and you said, "Oh, no, they won't do it. " Is that what I said? Yeah. Yeah?
" That's what I said? Yeah. Pretty much in that same voice. That same voice.
Is that what I said? Yes. Really? Yes.
I don't think I said that. Yes. Did I say that? You said that.
Palmer, this is the part that you would insert the clip. If someone would like to comment below that I did or did not say that, that would be fantastic. " Oh, every time you pick a new card, you're supposed to shovel them. Maybe that's why the cards didn't give the accurate score.
Right. Right. Makes complete sense. Yeah.
Sorry, Sig. Sorry, evil Sig. I wonder if anybody's wife knows how to read the chicken bones. She can get away with that.
That's crazy. Yeah. Chicken bones would be dope. We're going to be like Pirates of the Caribbean.
You get a bunch of rocks and throw them on the table. I'm sure that's in his rotation. Yeah. I'm looking here, and it says 87.
The rocks say 87. How do you get 87 from that, Siggy? It's my process. You know, it's my process.
The rocks speak to me. " Oh, dude. I got a comment on this. When I was younger, Dollar Tree had the boxed milk, and I freaking loved it.
Did you? Yes. They probably still do. I think they still do, actually.
It almost tastes like, it almost reminds me of like half and half, like coffee half and half, or creamer, that's what it tastes like. Yeah, it's kind of, I like it, I think it's kind of good. There's the pasteurization of it? Yeah, just super intensely pasteurized, I guess.
It's nice. I should, I want to try it now. I'll bring a box. I mean, I've always thought it was like fake milk, you know, like Yoo-Hoo is not really a chocolate drink.
I thought it was like that. Apparently it's just highly pasteurized milk. Yeah, like when you have it, you're going to be like, oh, this is not what I... This is not milk.
This is not milk. But what is this? But this is milk. Yeah, I'm going to...
It's white yoo-hoo. Yeah, it's white yoo-hoo. Yeah. So I'm going to stop at Dollar Tree.
I'm going to buy one of these little cartons, and I will happily share it with you. Oh, okay. Yeah, bring it in. Yeah, yeah.
Mike, would you try it? Sure. Would you like some highly pasteurized milk and cardboard? Like the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup that no longer has peanut butter in it?
Right. It's going to be Valentine's Day. I'm just staying away from peanut butter cups now as a whole. Peanut cream.
I'm done. I really did think that last time I had one, it tasted different. I thought it was just in my head. Hmm.
Hmm. T. Money from the CH Pod Lounge says, "Wow, thanks for the drawing and glad the kids hit their goal. Damn it, Palmer.
" Read the next comment. " I see it. Oh, it's next. A lobster is not worth your testicles, charged with petty testy theft.
" That is it. That's what we call it. That's what we call it. I have no customer, I have used the other word.
Voytek? The Voytek? Make sure you say it right, or somebody's gonna write in. The Voytek.
Yeah, the Wojtek. The Voytek, that's what I'm saying, no? I don't know. Okay.
It's the War Bear. I said to Jake, I was like, hey, could you grab the Voightech box? He's like, what are you talking about? What are you talking about?
The Pawandas? Yeah, because it doesn't say War Bear on the box. So that's why I said the Voightech box. Hmm.
Make sure you stay on mic there, buddy. That's why I asked if it was adjusted, because I'm... Look at it. Well, the mic moves, but not the...
Oh, my God. Let's not jip that. Oh, my God. Let's not jip that.
I missed that. Did he just do something obscene to the microphone? Yes, he did. I didn't do anything.
Mike, I didn't see anything. Mike, yes, he did. Mike, because the good engineer is taller than you. Mike, the worst part is it being a solid color, it's going to be very easy to edit something into that.
Mike, it's taking him back to his high school days. Mike, back to the movies? Should we go back to the movies and lay off the Chinese for a while? Mike, back to the movies.
Mike, back to the movie titles. Mike, Tim movies. At Franciletto, I think that you should. I think that you need it.
I don't think Tim needs it. I think you need it. Mike, go back to the movies? Mike, yeah.
Mike, I don't need it, but I can go either way. The Chinese seems to upset his family life. You could go either way? With either joke.
It's good to know. Okay. I'm fine. You're fine?
Yeah. @friendslettle says, "Darth Ziggy and also, what, you can't trust multi-billion dollar tech companies? " Right, exactly. I could have already been doing it.
" Well, we remember the shows differently. Well, I mean, it's recorded. Yes. And you have an utter hatred towards me right now.
I don't have an utter hatred towards you. Yes, you do. No, I don't. Yeah, you do, because I'm helping you configure your day.
No, I don't. Hmm. You good, though? Yeah, I'm trying to get it right.
I mean, it got switched around when I tried to switch the tables, so it's trying to get it exactly right. And now it's in your face again. Yeah, and these sound really weird today. Well, if you turn it up, you get the...
right. But it's very echoey. I'm sorry for being on the podcast, guys. Just say it.
I'm sorry. Okay. I like you on the podcast. I'm just worried about you because I feel like the first couple of weeks, you brought the thunder.
You know what I mean? Like you were... Very excited. Yeah, you were in it.
Looking forward to it. And you had funny things to say, and then like the last couple of times, you're just like... Well, Siggy busted out the tarot cards and the… Are you feeling intimidated? Is that the problem?
Yeah. I can't compete with the black guys and the tarot cards, man. I don't know. You don't have to.
You're you. Yeah, you're not… You bring a different flavor to the show. Oh, flavor. Oh, God.
Yeah. Definitely screwed then, man. The show every other day is different. Why are you screwed?
Tarot. Tarot? Yes, and Yahtzee. What was the other ones he did?
Yahtzee. He's done the dice and the tarot. There's only two. There's only the two?
Only two. He's worn the Pepper, the Harry Potter hat, and now the black eyes and the- I didn't see it. I listened to just the audio. I must have for the Harry Potter hat.
The Harry Potter hat? Dang. Well, I got this mask. Right.
You inherited that from your brother. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
That one. Yeah. Right. Him.
May he rest in peace. Mm-hmm. He's dead. Yeah.
Yeah. After not getting signs of life after X amount of time, you assume that- Yeah, there has been nothing. That he has passed. No verbal.
You got to call it. You know what I mean? It's very important. Yeah.
Somebody can only be brain dead for so long before you're just like, oh, yeah, he's gone. Yeah. Exactly. If you want to hear your comment right a lot on the show, simply comment below on this YouTube page or on the CH Pod Lounge.
I thought, wait. What? I thought I saw that Keanu commented on the YouTube video. Did you really?
I didn't. No, he didn't. Keanu did. Keanu did, yes.
I mean, look at his name tag. It says right there, not Keanu. It says not Keanu. Where's my finger?
There it is. Not Keanu. " Not Keanu. And is it parentheses?
I can't see that far. I don't know. Well, hey. Hey, you're right.
You're right. It's on here. " Wow. Wow.
Can't compete with... He's insulting himself. Yeah, he's beating himself. No, he's not.
I thought Keanu's gone up to Ziggy, but I guess he said that. I mean, Keanu is... Oh, wait, who is Keanu? I thought Keanu.
Yeah, yeah. Is he attacking you? Yeah, he's saying that Tim can't compete with Ziggy. He's kind of a dick, I guess.
Wow. That's your employee, Mike? What the f***? Yeah.
His days are numbered. Again. I don't think so. Normally, he leaves and comes back.
Right. He's like a cockroach. He keeps coming back. He's like this, you know, he's like, if you love something, let it go type of scenario.
Yeah. And then you keep letting go, and he still keeps saying, please, I'm just, just, just go. Well, he's tried various things. He's tried welding.
Yeah. Well, inspecting the welds, but yes. Inspecting the welds. Solar power or something?
He's trying to sell solar. He's part of that Ponzi scheme. Yeah. That lasted for a day.
Ponzi scheme. And then he also tried becoming an exterminator, and then they found out he had a speeding ticket three years ago. Oh, that's right. I forgot about that.
Yeah. That was funny. Yeah. Done.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Passed the background check. Not a sex offender, no felonies, but you had a speeding ticket in Georgia three years ago.
You're out. Sorry. Why were you speeding in Georgia? I wanted to get out of the state.
So it was a three-hour drive, and I was like, oh. It's too bad. Yeah, never doing that again, he told me. I think that there was one comment from yesterday's show from my Canadian friend.
And I feel like what happens sometimes is they comment too late. Right, they don't make the show cutoff. Well, I wonder if it has to do with, because on YouTube it won't show all the comments unless you pick like newest or show all the comments, so I wonder if that has to do with it too. He actually commented on the CH Pod Lounge.
Oh, okay, I don't know then. " Listen, Ken, I will do whatever the hell you want me to do. If you don't want the sleeve thing, consider it done. Yeah, just put it in, is there a comment availability on the order?
Just punch in the order and whatever, dude, I got you. Say less. Is that gonna be like 90s style with a sleeveless? No, no, just won't have the pressures of privilege on the sleeve.
Yeah. Oh, that's kind of cool, though. Yeah. I don't care.
I mean, I get it, whatever, you know. We got scissors, we can make it done. No, I don't have to apply it. It just won't put it on.
Oh, I thought you just, I thought he meant like a sleeveless. No, no, no. Okay, now I see. No logo.
Yeah. On the sleeve. Consider it done. You want it upside down, I'll put it upside down.
You want a pink one, I'll go get you, whatever you want, Ken, it doesn't matter. Don't say pink one. Don't we have to buy so many at a time. No, no, I'll just get one specifically for Ken.
Coach Power Phil, I'm glad that I just jumped to this because I didn't see that comment either. Oh, I didn't see that one at all either. Coach Power Phil from the CH Pod Lounge also says, Canada recognizes and appreciates your inclusion with a new War Bear release. Sap is highly valued and should be considered in more cigar-related products.
A step towards a better relationship for our beautiful nations. Stay sticky, my friends. That's nice. Yeah.
Sappy Bear. I think we did call it Serp. The Sappy Bear. Right.
Serp. Serp. Serp. Canadian Serp.
Serp. Serp. Serp. Serp.
How do you guys say it? Like, actually, you say "sirup"? Syrup. Okay, "syrup", yeah.
Teddy calls it "seriup". Oh, that's adorable. Yeah, so now we all just call it "seriup". I guess it is kind of spelled "seriup", so she's not wrong.
Can I have some more "seriup"? And like, I think we all know, I think she's aware that it's not "seriup". She just likes it. But we just call it "seriup", and that's a thing.
Oh. You want some more "seriup"? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
All right, let's get on with the show. All right, now the news. This microphone's bothering me. Yeah, 'cause it's in a bad spot.
On Friday, November 6th, Sean Norton and Grant Garrett were heading back from fishing from Marlin near Catalina Island. Okay. When the boat's captain spotted a man treading water in the Pacific. Oh, no.
Oh, no. Swimmy. Swimmy. Authorities estimated he'd been in the water for roughly nine hours.
Holy moly. That's exhausting. By the time the fisherman found him, Norton said the man was in shock and told him, "Thank you. Thank you.
I thought I was going to die. The 37-year-old worked aboard the Royal Caribbean's Ovation of the Seas as a pianist. Oh my God. He was a pianist?
Pianist? Pianist? You said "penist"? No, pianist.
He's not a pianist. He's a pianist. Pianist. I can't say the word.
Now you got a shirt on. Say it one more time. What's going on? He played a piano on the boat.
He played a piano on the boat? He played a piano on the boat? He played a penis on the boat? He played the piano.
It was a weird play. He had somehow fallen overboard and was not noticed. And nobody checked on him. Nobody checked.
Well, he's not a guest, so, you know, they don't, they don't track employees, apparently. Really? I mean, if he's not playing the piano, if it's not time for him to play the piano, it's not time. Right, maybe it was like the last show of the night, and they thought he went to bed.
Apparently that happens a lot on cruises. Like, people go overboard quite a lot. It seems to be a lot in the news here lately, but this is the first time an employee has gone over. Where's the penis guy?
Yeah, what happened to the guy who played his penis in front of the people? Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Norton said the water was around 76 degrees and credited usually warm conditions associated with El Nino for the reason the man survived. Oh, thank goodness.
Oh, really? Well, otherwise he would have froze. Titanic. Oh, thank you, El Nino.
Right. Newport Beach lifeguard responded after the fishing boat called for help and the man was taken to a hospital. Royal Caribbean says it's providing support to the crew member. I don't know what that means.
Well, we're very sorry. We're very sorry. He fell off. Do you go back to work with that company?
Yeah. Okay, they have not determined how he fell over yet. The Coast Guard's doing an investigation to see how he fell over. I guess it would depend on how.
But there are no parameters to make sure that he was okay. Yeah, you would think there would be something in place for a crew. I'm not going back. I hear they pay really well.
They pay pretty good. I don't care. Really? There's a guy on TikTok who plays a guitar on a cruise ship.
He does a lot of videos. Yeah. I mean, it looks like he has. He's gotten COVID three times, but other than that...
He's gotten COVID three times? Yes. They test all the employees randomly, and if you come up positive, they put you in a nice room. Yeah.
But you are... Isolated. Yeah, isolated from everyone else until you put up a clean bill of health. They don't have the best, like, ability to wash your hands on a cruise.
It's like you kind of got to go out of your way to find a... Most of them now have hand-washing stations before you go into the buffets. Oh, really? Yeah.
Do they check them for STDs as well? I'm not sure. I mean, he's in the band. You know what I'm saying?
Right. Plays the guitar. Random people always showing up. I think they frown on fraternization between crew and...
I mean, how would they know? They don't even know when a guy falls off the boat. You've got a point there. Yeah.
I guess they wouldn't. Yeah. Well, that's why they can't, like, become friends with you on, like, Instagram or Facebook or whatever. Because they, they don't allow it.
Oh, that's right. He was just on a cruise. Mm-hmm. Yeah.
I made friends with a guy named Jay. He's from India. Another guy from, uh, named... Was that his real name?
Yes, Jay. Well, logically, yeah. And then Annal, he was from India as well. Wait, what?
A lot of Indian people on this book. Yeah. Well, they were at the jewelry store that I was at. It's a long story.
I entered a high roller art auction. At the jewelry store I was at? What is going on here? I entered, like, a high roller art auction, too.
I don't, I don't remember. You went to it. Did you buy art? I won pieces of art for free.
Did you really? I really did. I won a bottle of champagne, too. I was just, and then when I would counter my friend, because it was like, it would be a period of time where we didn't see each other.
He was like, I was like, yeah, I won this, this, and this. He's like, I just lost 20 bucks in the casino. How did you keep winning stuff? I'm like, I don't know.
I'm not in Florida. I'm getting good luck right now. So what did you do with your paintings? They're at home.
I could bring it. Let's post it on the wall beyond us. That'll be fun. What's the painting of?
It was a painting of. It's some, it's some artists in Vegas. I can't remember. Not who, what?
I'm trying to remember what it is. Okay, one of them is like... Is it a boat? Is it a flower?
A tree? No, no, one of them is like a painting of like cars during a rainy day in like New York. Oh, very specific. Kind of like that.
Yeah, yeah, kind of like that. And then the other one, I can't remember. Yeah, they're like small. Can't remember.
Actually, one, three or four pieces, but the other two I couldn't take because they were too big, so they would have needed to ship them. It wasn't much. It was like 35 bucks, and they were actual like legit pieces of art. How big are we talking?
The other pieces that were too big, they were... Weren't fit in your car? Your car? They were like four feet, three feet.
And you didn't want to ship them? Nah, I didn't. It was like 35 bucks. I was just like, eh.
Where'd you get on the boat at? This was in Port Canaveral. Why didn't you call or text? I would have sent you the $35, dude.
Nah, it's okay. I appreciate it though. I've never asked for a loan. I don't know how you don't get a four.
It wouldn't have been a loan. Well, you know. I would have just sent you the $35. A four foot painting he could have fit in his car from Port Canaveral.
Hey, so I want this really cool painting and it's 35 bucks and I don't have it. I'm like, okay. Like, you want me to Venmo that to you? Well, I appreciate it.
Next time I'm on a cruise and I win multiple pieces of art, I'll let you know. So, that sucks because, like, you could have had that stuff. You could have my remembrance from your trip. I still want the other two.
The other two were pretty, like, kind of smaller. Smaller? Yeah. Art makes me angry anyways.
" Yeah. I don't know. Like, just look at pictures. " This is so stupid.
I know not to get you for your birthday. Yeah, I don't pay to cancel that painting of me and you I was having made for Christmas. But I have like particular pieces of artwork that have been made for me. Oh yeah, you have some at your house.
I got like Biggie Small smoking a postaña, I got Muhammad Ali knocking out Sonny List and smoking a postaña. Well, there's one artist particularly that you enjoy her work. Yeah, isn't there that one that's like right behind you over there? Kelly King Art and my buddy, Andrew.
Right. What did you say, Tim? Isn't that one right behind you too? Yeah, she did that one as well.
Yeah. Oh, that piano looks like the one you drew on the skull. Yeah. Did we send that out?
Yes. It was a lovely picture of it on his mantle above his fireplace. Nice. Yeah.
Only thing on the mantle. That's perfect. I love that. Just sitting right there in the middle.
Bam. Really kind of upset about some of these retailers that we sent product to for giveaways and like nobody did anything with them. Well, a couple of them did, but yeah, you're right, most of them, they're just keeping them. I think Corey said yesterday they're hanging theirs up in the shop.
Yeah. He smoked it on the way down. Oh, the cigar? I don't begrudge Corey.
No? No. It's a pass. Yeah.
Yeah, sure. But like some of these other guys, you know what I mean? Like, what happened? You know?
Prank. Now I'm just making sure that it's all going to media. Oh, is that the next round of what we're doing? two guys that we kind of shafted brass pipe right and somebody else oh harrisburg no he got one yeah but we're gonna make sure he gets oh he gets another one yeah put put the both together on his desk right yeah perfect other than i think they're just gonna go to media uh i know we feel bad about breast pipe but they've never mentioned it at all yeah no i mean they're not very social That's a social media savvy group of gentlemen.
Yeah, but Mark Palmer's on, he listens to the show all the time. Right. I talked to him yesterday though. Yeah.
No, he's an easy going dude. Yeah, yeah, he's not going to say. Super chill. " Like, yeah, I'm sorry.
We could just tell him he got one. He can't see well. Yeah, we could tell him that, yeah. Hey, no, you got one.
No, we sent it. We sent it to you. You didn't get it? We got a receipt here that you signed for.
Yeah. So weird. That's Mark Palmer right there. It's right there.
Emma Palmer. There you go. Okay, what else you got? All right, a story out of Knoxville, Tennessee, 40, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, dude, there again, and again, and again, and again, I was, I hate, like, I looked at myself, and I'm like, oh my God, I'm just, is yours still moving Palmer?
Yes. I'm still not there yet. You're still not there yet. Now it's way too far away.
They'll come back. For those, for those that are listeners, Mike just punched Palmer. Right, in the mouth. Three times, four.
And then Palmer said, I'm quitting. You can't quit. I can't quit. I can't afford to.
Even though I get paid little, it is still pay. He's in too deep. Right. He's in too deep.
A story out of Knoxville, Tennessee, 41-year-old Warren Pike took Ozempic for several months, expecting his belly to shrink. Yeah. According to other reports, the scale barely moved. Okay.
Pike claims the only thing that he noticed was his penis was smaller. Ooh, it shrinks your peepee? It shrunk his peepee. No, he was gaining weight.
He probably kept eating. He was a very large man in the photos. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he claimed that it looks smaller.
Honestly, I don't know how you can see it. Yeah, you probably can't see it. Right. But the story says he contacted several attorneys about suing.
Ozempic's prescribing information does not list penis shrinkage as a side effect. Oh my God, what are we doing? The most common side effects listed include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, and constipation. So either you're going too much, you can't go at all, or your stomach hurts.
Those are your three options. Those are the side effects? Those are the side effects. Is this, Zempic's the weight loss thing?
Zempic is the weight loss thing, yeah. Do you think he just didn't take a big enough dose? I don't know how it works. I guess if it's a shot, you do have to take a certain amount.
So it's not, it's not the same, I guess, for everybody. Yeah. I don't know. Or you have to increase.
I mean, it sounds like a large man. Or maybe he heard our show and he just shot it in his pee-pee, thinking that's what you were doing. Shots in the pee-pee? Shots in the pee-pee.
Oh, God. Oh, that's right. I forgot you were doing that, Mike. Yeah, it's my thing.
So who do you call first? Do you call the doctor and say it didn't work? Do you call an attorney and say it didn't work? And then they're going to ask for photos, so do you have to take a before and after?
Oh, like as far as the peepee? Yeah. I mean, you have to prove it got smaller. I mean, look, man, this guy's got a problem.
You know what I mean? Well, his peepee is very small. Yeah, he's got to lose weight. Right.
So he's either not doing the right doses or his body didn't respond to it. And I just think that he gained weight on it. I mean, how do you prove that he's been taking the dosage the entire time? Well, yeah, there's that too.
And how do you prove it wasn't that size to start with? Right. I mean, I'm sure Tim has photos. Yeah.
We always keep a detailed record of that. Monthly photos? In the McGuffey clan. Yeah.
We have monthly photos. We always like to keep track of it. You get together once a month and you go, okay, everybody whip it out, let's take the photos. Exactly.
Who's winning today? Who's winning today? Oh, that's a whole quarter of an inch difference right there. Who's the BDP?
Oh, is that what happened with the table? Yep. Okay, that was an eighth of an inch. Yeah.
Oh. Well, you never know. Hey, an eighth is an A. You know what I'm saying?
That's right. It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning. Mm-hmm.
So it doesn't matter if it's an eighth or an inch or an inch, it's still... It's still a part of a measurement. That's right. That's right.
And crooked. Two inches makes a difference. Mm-hmm. Okay, moving on.
In Opel Aca, Florida, the 2007 rule said you could not have baggy pants. Okay. The rule applied to city buildings and parks. The city later expanded into public spaces, outlawing baggy pants for men.
Then in 2013, the ordinance extended civil citations to women who exposed their underwear. Huh. What is going on over here? In Opel Aca, Florida?
Yeah. Apparently there's a lot of butts back in 2007 and 2013. We're regulating the pants. Regulating the pants, very offensive pants problems.
So much for civil liberties, freedoms. Where the hell is Opelaka anyway? I'm not sure. It's in Florida.
It's in Florida as far as I'm going because whatever we say, it's going to be wrong and we're getting more maps sent to us. Opelaka sounds like a Hawaiian place, Opelaka. Yeah, they say aloha. Yeah, man, Opelaka, aloha, take your, put your pants back on.
Vice Mayor Chris Davis sponsored a repeal because he believed the ban disproportionately affected young black men. Commissioner Matthew Kelly said he supported the repeal because the city hadn't tracked the statistics and it was supposed to, so the city forgot to track how many people were... Are you napping? No.
Oh, so your eyes were shut and looked like your head was going out. My eyes aren't shut. I'm looking at where Opelika is. They hadn't tracked the statistic it was supposed to collect.
They did not track number of baggy or droopy pants. So is there like one guy out on the road that's just counting them? Well, there was supposed to be, but the city didn't do that. So they don't know if the law worked or not.
It's Miami. Is it really? Yeah. What?
Oh, I mean Greg drive down there Friday. I'll make sure that his pants aren't droopy. It's one area. You grew up like an hour from there, right?
Yeah. Never heard of Opalaka? Did you have droopy pants? I did hear of Opalaka.
I've heard of it. I just didn't know where it was. Hmm. I guess I didn't.
Wow. That's weird. Opel Aca, Florida is most famous for its Moorish Revival architecture, its whimsical, Arabian Nights-themed street names, and its deep roots in aviation history. Oh.
Mm-hmm. And the fact that nobody can wear baggy pants. Well, you can again. Now you can.
And we're back on? We're back on because they didn't track the number of people that they had wearing baggy pants. After 16 years? Wait, what is it?
Wait, what is it? 13 years. 13 years. 13 years.
It was a stupid rule to begin with. It must have been a big problem back in... I don't think it was. I think it was, you know, it's some condo commando that took charge of this and they're like...
Oh yeah, it could be. You know? No baggy pants. No floaties in the pool.
You know what I mean? They're ruining the whole city. There's nobody else in the pool. Why can't I use my floatie?
Because they're baggy. Because they're bad for you. No baggy pants. I don't get...
Baggy pants. You don't get baggy pants? I can get not walking around in your underwear. I can get that.
But like baggy pants, what's the problem? What's wrong with the underwear? I don't know. I mean, I can get that between the two.
I don't, right? I don't agree with that. But I'm saying between the two, okay, sure. But baggy pants, baggy pants.
So, just so I understand the line here. Underwear, not okay. Speedo at a beach, okay? Is Opelika near the beach?
I mean, it's clothes? Are they baggy pants on the beach? I'm just asking. I'm just asking for you.
Like, you see a dude in underwear, and that's not okay. But if he's around sand, then it's okay. I never said that Speedos were okay. That's the qualifier.
I never said Speedos were that okay. They're really... If somebody wears a Speedo nowadays, it's... So you're against Speedos.
I don't like Speedos either. So you want them banned. I remember being at a beach one day and seeing a man on a Speedo, and then him just... He was just reaching in on the side of it, adjusting everything, kind of having it wide open so everybody could see.
Like through the leg hole? Yes, correct, yes. Correct. " Correcting his package?
Why wouldn't you go from the top? Yeah, but it wasn't even correcting. You can correct it from the outside, I feel like. He was going in.
He's probably a perv. You wanted to, you know? Yeah. I feel like, you know, let's get on.
Maybe it was really big and somehow it had gotten tucked behind or something. Yeah, only if you're at a, if you're only in Europe somewhere. That's what you're doing. Yeah, Europeans love the speedo.
Yes, yes, yes, yes. Well, they could do the top list there anyway. Anything goes. They have like hundreds of wars going on right now in Europe, guys.
Hundreds? They have hundreds of wars? They have a lot of wars going on. Really?
A lot of wars. Yes. Hundreds of them. Name four.
Oh, I don't want to name drop any war. I'm not kidding. That's my line. I'm not going to become controversial right now.
Name four European wars. Yeah, well, there's the big one. There's the Israel and Palestine war. That's Europe?
Okay. That's Europe? That's what you said, right? Yeah.
Middle East. Yeah, I guess that's Europe. Okay. Russia and Ukraine.
Okay. So we have one. There's the many wars that are happening throughout the Middle East. Does that count?
No, it still doesn't count. Still doesn't count. Still not Europe. That's not Europe.
Okay. Oh, yeah. I guess Israel is the Middle East, huh? Yes.
Yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah. Send the maps to Tim McGuffey.
That wasn't me. Yeah. And I guess half of Russia is also in Asia. So.
Yeah, I guess he's right there. Yeah. What about France? France had a war right now?
Are they in a war? It's a revolution. It's an internal war. It's an internal war?
It's a type of war. Yeah? That counts. I don't even know what I'm at right now.
So far we're in two. Two or three? Yeah, two. So many, hundreds of wars.
Hundreds of them. Well, they're smaller. There's a lot of wars between teams. Yeah, there's a lot of small wars that never make the media.
They're just like, oh yeah, that's happening? Okay. Oh, that's a war. Yeah, that's a war.
There's like Finland against... See, now it seems like I'm making light of the situations, guys. That's okay, we'll get some nasty comments. Oh, we'll get some nasty comments, don't worry.
Don't worry, apparently I made fun of people that crashed in an airplane. Oh yeah, I saw that comment. Ziggy's got in trouble because he said they don't refrigerate their milk in Germany. So, take your pick.
This is all jokes, people, okay? No, no, this is very serious. I mean, go to Tim, very serious. Very serious.
I mean, he's a man with feathers on his head. This is the face of serious. I believe in everything I say on this podcast. Death to All, no, okay.
Oh, wow. Now, here we go. Except Chinese, you love the Chinese. Yeah, Toto, like I said.
Okay. All right, moving on. What else we got? Thousands of Wars.
Thousands of Wars. 37 minutes, we finally loosened up a bit. Cigar News. Rojas KSG Limited Edition 2026 is heading to stores.
King's Short. This is the Short King. Yeah, right, right. See, I don't understand.
I mean, okay, you have to pull what stories are available because we don't make our own news. But they did a story about this cigar, and now this story is about the cigar, then it's shipping. They gotta announce the one they ship, man. Why?
Because they want, they gotta. Because they need stories too? Yeah! I mean, they give dates when the other story.
Right. But really, it's just, it's the same story with, at the end, it shipped. Correct. Noel Rojas, latest cigar, staking his claim as king of the small ring gate.
The King of the Small Ring Gauge is on the way to stores. 5x42 Lawnsdale with a new blend for the KSG line. It features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and filler, but they highlighted it's a hybrid broad-leaf seed development. It's the same thing as before.
Let's get to the shipping part. Hold on, we'll find it sweet and creamy. I didn't want to say where the tobacco is from. I know that.
He's the king. It's been age for seven years. Short kings, baby. You know what I'm saying?
Short kings. This is the one where they have him in the lid, right? Oh, small. And he's smoking a little.
12-count boxes. Yes, that's the one. Squall gauge. That's the one.
I was here. I remember. We talked about this last one. He's already lived it.
You know what I mean? He's lived it. 168. Limited to 1,700 boxes.
Incredible. Yeah. When's it shipping? Yeah.
I'm trying to get to that part. November 17th. Can we guess? Now there's a history of the cigar.
My guess is... You know what? November 12th. Other than the headline, it doesn't say.
It doesn't even say. Other than the headline. It just says that it was shipping. It says it was shipping, and this is all the information on the cigar.
We've already gone over it before. Yeah. Come on, Charlie. Short Gauge King.
Short King. Small King. Small King. Small King.
Very small. See, what he should have done, he should have done a box, and he just had a little king in the middle of it. Small King. Oh, like a little figurine?
A little figurine. He's a Lego-looking guy? Oh, that'd be nice. Oh, that'd be nice.
They're collectible. One of them is gold or something? Yeah, yeah. Oh, nice.
Oh, dude. Now you're thinking. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
By the way, you didn't show what cigar you were smoking. Oh. Cha-cha. Eh, eh, eh, eh.
There we go. There we go. There we go. It's got a terrible glare.
Mm-hmm. Broncano. Broncano. Yeah, it's Broncano.
I love this cigar, man. Classic. The Broncano? No, this cigar.
Oh. It's a classic, Ruby Corona. I haven't had the Toro in a minute. I've been smoking a lot of the Justice.
It's got a little more bite. That's the original blend, right? Yeah. This one has had one of the more unique portfolios of cigars.
It's because we have a lot of the unbanded Segundo ones. I've been burning through those. I don't like to smoke the abandoned stuff. Yeah.
But... Greg does. Yeah. Greg, you know, he's next level.
Right. He's just living his best life. The Patrons, the this, the that. Yeah.
Everything he smokes is a band. Uh-huh. We don't have that in a Segundo. Oh, Mikey and I are smoking one.
Right. It's so weird. Uh, let's see. What is this now?
Bronco? I don't know. I've never heard of it before. Has one of the more unique portfolios of, whoop, wrong button.
Has one of the more unique portfolios of cigars. Rather than having blends offered in multiple sizes, as of last year, it had four blends, each offered in the same size. Oh. A Toro.
Mm-hmm. This month, one of those lines has gotten a second Vitola. Not anymore. A Robusto, right?
No, no. I said in the title it was a Corona. Oh, I didn't listen. I was busy just talking over you to see if I agitate you.
Oh, no. I completely used to being talked over. Yeah. It uses the same four-country blend, Rubio Toro, which debuted last year.
The company describes it... Are you okay over there? What do you do? Yeah, I'm good.
I'm just looking up what wars are going on. Is that Mikey's wife? No, I'm just looking up what wars are going on in Europe. Oh, okay.
the company describes it as medium plus ruby has developed a strong identity for us we've never heard of this guy before no yeah apparently ruby ruby cg baby uh martin smith founder and president of bronico cigars in a press release the 5x46 format gives the blend He had a different balance in smoking experience while still being unmistakably ruby. Bronico says that the first shipments which are on the way are restricted to the company's existing retailers. Like the rest of the company's lines, it is made at the Kellner Boutique Factory in Dominican Republic. Oh, Hanky.
What? What? Yeah. What?
What's the retail on this pig? $25? I didn't say anything. My gosh.
What kind of news is this? I don't write the news. Something's shipping. We don't know when.
This one is shipping. We made the cigar in one size, four different blends, Toro, and now... We're known for our one size. And now...
A new size. And now, a new king of the small gauges has entered the arena. Oh, shoot. And his name is Bronchito.
Bronchitis. Bronco... Bronchiosaurus. No, I don't know.
Bron... Let's move on. Bronchio? What was the name of this company?
I don't know. We've already offended the man. Let's not dwell on it. You know what's funny is we're going to meet these people.
I'm like, oh man, hey, how are you? Nice to meet you. We never meet these people. And then they're like, you said horrible things, but I'm like, probably.
He's like episode 663. Don't worry, you're on a long list of many names. I don't remember. I'm sorry, but it's all said and fun.
I mean, we're still waiting on the German guys to come after us. They're just too far away. Well, at the PCA. Yeah, they don't remember.
No, they don't speak English. That's, that's, yeah. They have no idea what we're saying. Yeah, this podcast.
Oh, I've seen pictures of these people. I've seen pictures of them. I know them from the photos. Bring us, bring the large one.
The large one? Which one's that? What the heck? Ain't me.
That's probably me. I think it's Tim. I think it's probably me. It's Tim.
I think I weigh more than you. How much do you weigh Palmer? Um, I haven't weighed lately, but usually around 190. Oh, really?
Yeah. It's under 200. Oh, well. Nice.
We, in, in the world, we call that victim weight. Victim weight. How is it victim weight? Below 200.
I can fold you up and throw you in the truck. Oh, oh. Yeah. Okay.
Yeah. Mike, what about you? You know, you don't fold me up, just point, I'll just get in. You'll just get in?
I'll just get in the truck. Yeah. I'm just looking for the end. It's all I'm waiting on this point.
Just looking for the end. Just waiting on the time. I, I usually, I'm like a 225. Oh, yeah, I'm above that.
Are you? Yeah, I think last time I, myself, I was like 242. 250. Really?
Wow. Most recently, within the last couple months, 260. But my weight goes up and down very fast. It's a cruising.
Have you seen the image of Jake when he used to work out? Oh, yeah, he whipped that out the other day. Yes, I have seen how, yes. Holy...
I know. " Ow. He's a dick. He is.
He's a dick. He's a dick. He is. I dropped off a drill to him the other night, right?
You dropped off and drilled him? Yeah. No, no, no. That's what I heard.
Yeah, it's his newest movie. Dropped him off and drilled him. Dropped him off and drilled him. Okay, so I dropped off an impact driver.
There you go. An impact driver. Is that a type of person who drives a car? I dropped him off a tool.
No, that's still not good. I dropped him off something. I dropped him off something. I dropped him off a tool.
That's the best one, actually. Yeah, there we go. Okay, well, I dropped him off something, and his hair, so he actually does it up before he comes here, right? It was like almost full afro when he came out of his house.
" Oh, so you know where he lives. I do know where he lives. He lives about three minutes away. Well, he's stressed out because he's eating locales right now.
55 grams of protein, meal prepping. Poor guy. Yeah. -Israel-Iran War does count, by the way.
For European wars. Really? Maybe they couldn't find any either, so they mistakenly grabbed one. Maybe it's like, "There's nothing going on in Europe.
" It's fine. Pension this one from the Middle East. They won't know. Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, and Lebanese conflicts.
Lebanese? They're like, who's checking? Myanmar. They don't know where anything is.
They don't know where anything is. There's a lot of things going on over there. I'm just saying. Okay.
That's cool. Pension Iceland. Say Iceland's at war. Hermosa de Armas.
I don't know. This is a Veterans Day cigar. Okay. So be nice about it.
Veterans Day is coming up and Hermosa de Armas is commemorating the holiday with 11-11. A new limited edition cigar that has begun shipping to retailers. Everything's shipping except the one that's got a shipping notification. It's a 6x52 Toro and has a blend that uses a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper atop a Nicaraguan binder and filler.
The cigars are produced at La Tabla Calera Cigars Factory in Esteli, Nicaragua, with production limited to 450 boxes of 22 cigars for a total of 9,900 cigars. Pricing is set at $17. $19. 50 per cigar.
Boom shakalaka. $363 per box. Okay. Wow.
That's exciting. Zach Van Ginkle. Ginkle. Ginkle.
We got Ginkle over here, dude. It's Van Ginkle. Van is not the middle name. It's Zach Van Ginkle.
Is it really? Yes. That's crazy. S.
Air Force. Ginkle is iron horn. He said that the company will be donating 11% of gross sales to Team SAPO, an organization that is dedicated to the mental health of veterans. Specifically, the organization supports veterans from the tier one and special operations communities with integrative evidence-based healing.
What is integrative evidence-based healing? I don't know. Anybody? Anybody?
I don't know. Did they do that? I don't know. Matt and the wars, for the people in the wars?
Yeah, Israel and Ukraine, and let's just go for it, let's name drop them. Addressing trauma, identity loss, and wellness with a veteran-led, community-powered approach focused on lasting transformations. Team SAPO provides access to comprehensive holistic care for veterans and their spouses with a special focus on elite operators. We help veterans and their families reclaim their lives with natural medicine, therapies, regenerative modalities, and bio...
wait, what? Take your time. BLOPPS? I don't know what this word is.
BLOPPS? No, B-L-O-P-S-Y-C-H-O-S-O-C-I-A-L. Blosporus. Spiritual support.
Well, that's cool. The organization says that of the veterans who are completed his program to date, 88% report clinical approval. The organization says that of the veterans who completed his program to date, 88% report clinical approval. Basically significant reduction of the PTSD symptoms.
Well, that's awesome, man. At least, you know, that's cool to hear. You know? I like it when people do stuff like that.
Mm-hmm. What was the... I'm not trying to sound like that guy. Veterans Day, when is Veterans Day?
Did it pass? Today. Is it really today? Okay.
It's today when this show airs. You can sound like that guy. Yeah, it's 11/11. I was figuring what was called that because it would be tomorrow.
Oh, well, when this airs. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, today.
Yeah. Oh my God, I got two Palmers now. Yeah. I got it right.
I knew tomorrow was a day. You were locked in. Today is Veterans Day. You came in agitated and you're fired up.
You're like, let's go. Strike them down. Yeah. Just point to the trunk.
Yeah. Just point to the trunk. All right, it's time for the industry's favorite game. What's the score?
Today's cigar is the Sinestro NZ. Hit me in the mouth again. I'm sorry. I misfeel a little bit sometimes.
I do. He made an appearance this morning. Did he? Didn't say a word, didn't he?
Yeah. Wouldn't speak. Damn. It's time for What's the Score?
We take a cigar review from Half Wheel, give you the cigar. Because he was just really dumb. What? He was just so dumb.
You know what I mean? Like, I miss his dumbness. The blend, two negative clues and one positive clue. Just pushing right past the head.
Followed by a final thought. Let's play What's the Score? Yeah, let's play What's the Score. All right, today we've got a Half Wheel Redux.
V. Remus from 2023 and published his revisit on November 9th. You got to say it like that. No, I don't.
Remus. No, I don't. Tim? Remus.
Remus? You did it in the Jewish way. That's the Middle Eastern one. It's like Jewish.
Remus. I can't roll my R's. It sounds like he's dying. Gosh.
Do you have anything special to help you with this one? No, all of a sudden I got a sound that's just like bzzz in my left ear from the head. That's the tumor. That's the tumor, no.
That's the tumor. I'm just hoping the audio is not messed up. Am I guessing first? What?
Am I guessing first? You tell me. Yeah, sure. What mystical thing are you using today?
Yeah, what are you using? Hang on, I got it. I got it, guys. J-I-G-P-T?
I got it. No, put that down, put that down. Pick a number between 80 and 100. Okay.
84. Wow. You went 84. That's actually a decent number.
I was going to guess 85, actually, so I'm cool with that. Then I'm going to go 85. Damn it. Because I'm not held to the will of my phone.
It's a 5x52 Robusto made at El Artista in the Dominican Republic. It has a 10-year aged Dominican Corojo Maduro wrapper, an Indonesian Sumatra binder, and Dominican Orlo, Dominican Piloto, Cubano Lajero, Nicaraguan Lajero, and Pennsylvania Lajero in the filler. It was $20 at release and only $3,600 Remuses were made. Yeah, but it's got like 17 different tobacco.
It has a lot in there. The travel alone to pick all that up. I think of all the acquisitions. Yeah.
Huh. Okay. Don't do it. Don't do it.
Don't call Phil. He's trying to put his phone up again. No, I was just going to hit generate. Go ahead.
Go ahead. Go ahead. Do it. Generate.
85. Damn. He just took my spot. 87.
Clue number one. De Cigar. The second half picked up noticeably. The flavor got fuller with a richness lagrid compared to a dense chocolate cookie.
A dense chocolate cookie. Dark berry sweetness followed and the retro hail got brighter. Oh. I gotta wear shades.
Cookie. Magic Robots, eh? Oh, he's at a 90. I don't agree with that one.
Does it keep going up? Is that the thing? Sure. 86.
Glue number two. In the final third, the earthiness took on a fresh-turned-soil quality and gained a depth that didn't remember from the first review. The pepper perked up, too, making the last third taste livelier than the earlier sections. That pepper perked up?
Well, it was brighter before, so, you know. Okay, well, let's find out. Oh God. 89.
86. Clue number three. The first third opened with a sharp, defined flavor, but it felt thin. It mulled quick, leaving Lagride wondering how much flavor and nuance this cigar had lost in the two years since its first review.
Was this the third clue? That was the third clue. We still have a final thought. Okay, here we go.
Did I tip? Oh my God. Miss it every time. There we go.
81. 86. Final thought. Le Greed thought the way the earthy flavor developed was among the best he'd experienced in a long time.
He just wished it had shown up sooner and stuck around longer. He wondered whether he waited a year too long to revisit the cigar, but he was glad he got to enjoy the second half. All right, lock in your guesses, gentlemen. This is your final, final score.
Score. Yeah, that's the game we're playing. No, we're playing what's a score, not final score. This kind of counts.
Okay. Oh, gosh. Whatever this one says, I guess. I'm never doing this again.
Oh, 90. 86. Final score is? 89.
No! Oh, my God. What just happened? Did he win?
I should have just did an 89. You said 86? Yeah. Praise.
You were beaten by the robot. You were beaten by the Google. This is my life. Pick a number.
Pick a robot. I hope the chicken bones beat you next week. Or tomorrow. It could be tomorrow.
It could be tomorrow. I have no idea. Ooh, a Siggy tomorrow? Damn.
How exciting. Usually it goes over. Oh, it'll be such a good show. That'll be a great show.
I'm already happy. I bet Keanu will freaking love that too. Yeah. All right, wait, wait.
He gave it a, okay, now what did he give it in, okay, that was in 2020. 266, what was the original score? 89. Oh, you go first on this one?
I don't know. You go first. Pick your number. Too late.
You already said a number. 90. Mm, 85. You went the wrong way.
Really? It jumped up four. But he said that it probably was better when it released. You can't listen to them.
Okay. That makes sense. Yeah. This and all, uh, reviews can be found on Halfway.
Halfway. Don't ask them when things ship, though. They don't know. No.
Just that they do ship. They ship. You know, they could technically do that for every cigar they do. They do.
Oh, do they really? Yeah. Oh. Sometimes there's a follow up.
Sometimes there's not, I thought. Maybe if they like you, they don't. Or if it's a slow news day. You know what I mean?
Got to put up something. Got to put up something. Put up that thing of shipping that we talked about last week. Yeah.
Great idea. Okay. All right. My nose is lined up.
Hit it hard. Oh! Do you have anything else to add, Tim? Uh, no.
Uh, hello. Thank you. Do you have anything to plug? I made a table.
He will make you wood. Wood. I'll fabricate wood. He is available for private wooding.
Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah, you said you were gonna do, like, a thing with the collage of photos or something? Yeah. Too many photos.
You're, like, not really gonna do it. You said, no, I thought about it, but then you keep sending and sending and sending. You said keep sending photos. No, I didn't say keep sending.
I said send me some photos. photos. m. This is angry.
Because I knew you were up. I wasn't up. And you instantly responded to me? Because the phone went off.
I thought something was wrong. Nobody texted me at 5 o'clock in the morning. Put the notifications off. But then what if there's an emergency?
Well, I gotta tell you, Eric Espinosa will be in the building November 20th. Next Friday. Yep. Right.
Lozona Palooza is going on this upcoming weekend. This Friday. Right. Greg and I are going Friday.
Are you going to Lozona Palooza? Yes. Nice. Indeed he is.
You and Ziggy and him will do the show on Friday. Oh, that's going to be fun. Oh, you should both sit over there. Maybe get Norm.
Norm. Norm. Norm. Norm.
Okay. Okay. Cigar Bowl? Oh, Drake, and he's going to be here too.
Yeah. Oh, yeah, I would put him on the show. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
That'll be fun. All right, so you and Ziggy will work out who's going to be here. Okay. He would have to sit there.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good idea.
On Thursday, we have the guys from Stogie something. Simply Stogie? Simply Stogie. I was going to say suddenly Stogie.
Suddenly Stogie. We should have them just do the show and we'll put an engineer there. I mean, we'll provide all the content. We just don't come in.
Yeah. Well, we'll watch. Yeah. Let them run our show and do our stories.
Oh, that'd be great. That would be funny. That would be funny. Maybe we'll do that.
All right, guys, you're going to be doing the show. Yeah. Yeah. Free labor.
You heard it first. Free labor. Okay. All right, guys.
Thank you very much. We gotta go. Bye.
Show Notes
A pianist spent 9 hours treading water off Catalina before two marlin fishermen pulled him out, plus Ozempic and baggy pants.
Sinestro NV Remus · Rojas KSG 2026 · Hermosa de Armas 11:11 · Cruise ship pianist rescue · What's the Score
The crew opens with banter about Tim's mood and a table he built, then reads viewer comments about Veterans Day, Jackson's flag football win, Microsoft Teams, tarot and a Canadian War Bear note. In the news they cover a cruise ship pianist rescued after about 9 hours in the Pacific, a man suing over Ozempic, and Opa-locka repealing its baggy pants ban. Cigar news covers the Rojas KSG Limited Edition 2026, a new Bronico Ruby vitola and the Hermosa de Armas 11:11 Veterans Day cigar. They end with What's the Score? using a halfwheel revisit of the Sinestro NV Remus, then talk about La Zona Palooza and upcoming guests.