Roundtable, The Day In Cigars | CHPOD 649

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- First of all, one, aficionado, I could say it. Two, what the heck is an au pair? And three, I like Siggy Bitter also. Does he look crooked?

Or was it just the way you were sitting? Do I? No, I think we're doing the best we can. I think it's fine.

All right, welcome to a Cigar Hustler podcast, premium cigars, unfiltered opinions and conversations that can go anywhere. Anywhere? P. Palmer, and joining me today as my co-host, the man we all admire, mostly out of fear, Michael Szczepankewicz.

Dang. Mostly out of fear. Mostly out of fear. Hi.

Now we're in the booth, our second best engineer, and star of the after school special, he touched me first, Tim McGuffey. He touched me first. He touched me first. After school special?

After school special. Geez. You might not be familiar with those, they were big when I was a child. Oh, okay.

I'm really bringing it back, huh? Yeah, they were some type of movie that would address some type of childhood trauma. Is that where the swinger thing came from for you? The after school special?

Yeah. I don't think they ever talked about swinging. Is that what prompted it? My mommy and daddy has special friends?

No, they never had that episode. That didn't happen? No. What is this upside down pineapple?

Mommy and daddy had special friends. I think the pineapple thing is relatively new. I'm not even sure. No, pineapple thing has been around for a while.

Has it? I have no idea. No idea. All right.

From cigars, sports, and business to pop culture and the wildest headlines, if it's worth discussing, we're going to talk about it. No safe spaces, just real perspectives, big laughs, and the chance for everything to go You can go off the rails at any moment. Light went up, settle in, and welcome to a Cigar Hustlers podcast. Dun, dun, dun.

Oh, nice, nice guys. On today's show, where is it? He's dead, it's mine now. And it wasn't me, it was the robot.

Hmm. Then in cigars, we have eight new cigars. Eight new cigars. I take my coffee black.

Okay. And another TAA cigar. Oh. Then, a What's the Score Hybrid.

Hybrid. Hybrid. Hybrid. But first, Michael, what's going on in the lounge?

What are people saying? What are they talking about? What's going on? Like and subscribe for every viewing list of the show.

com for all your CHPod swag. com, us, Cigar Hausters Podcast. By the way, thank you very much for giving me that email for the Patreon. I now have the list, but I don't have it submitted.

So tomorrow, tomorrow's the day is going to be the winner. Tomorrow is it. For the skull. We've been saying that for three days.

We're getting there. Tomorrow. Listen. It's a freak thing.

I'll get to it when I get to it. Okay? I'm doing my best. See, there's the fear part, people.

There's the fear. What else does it say? com for all your CHpod swag, where we got the new Xenomorph stickers up. Thank you very much, Frantz Leto, for picking that up.

I have to work that out because the shipping is just way too much for stickers. 95. I don't like it. Maybe you can get a couple- Didn't Mitch order some stickers?

Yeah, he ordered, well, he ordered the patch, but he didn't, he, I, I fixed a pickup order for him. Gotcha. And we're going to put it in his month club. Oh, okay.

That's why it said something about a pickup. Yeah. Okay. Do we have a, can we try envelopes?

Is there a different price for those? Well, I just have to adjust the pricing. Yeah. You know what I mean?

I'll figure that out. Mm-hmm. Put it on my list. Um, some comments from the CH Pod Lounge.

I took care of all the shorts this morning. Oh yeah? How'd that go? Um, Facebook wasn't up and operational yet.

Yeah, it said some of the things weren't attached, but I wanted to go ahead and approve them in the hopes that whatever you were doing today would rectify that. Perfect. Keep, just keep doing it and I'm gonna keep fixing things and it'll be running. I'm already, like, it's already kinda, um, for whatever reason, it's, it, our viewers, our views are down on the shorts on YouTube.

I saw that this morning. Yeah, so I'll keep working through that until it's all ironed out. Does it matter that they're kind of out of order or is that not important? I don't think that's important.

I didn't think so either. All right. Uh, we have no idea, mask, someone else has entered the bidding. Oh.

Yeah. We're currently at $127 and lucky for us, if this man wins, well, I think if either one wins, we won't be shipping it. Right. No shipping.

Charles at Rooks Coding is in the lead let me see if he made any comments oh you wrote we have a new player oh so look at you he texted me this morning and told me that he bid so you're just watching it habitually throughout the day no I try to check in in the morning nice for the for my kids fundraiser first of all They're almost at their goal already. Oh, wow. That's great. Yeah.

Shout out to a couple of you guys, especially Ken Miller, bro. You were, you're an incredible person and very grateful for what you did for my kids. I'm going to send you a special package on me. So some goodies just to show my gratitude, man.

Thank you so much. There's a couple other ones here as well that also deserve some notoriety, well there's an anonymous, Charles Goff, I think I covered, Matthew Brugger, Brugger, Brugger, Brugger, Brugger, Brugger, Brugger, Brugger, my guy from Minnesota, David Hasselhoffman, Julian Gordon, Stephen Wells, my guy Mark Palmer, thank you guys so much. If you guys want an opportunity to enter to win some of these goodies, the fundraiser is linked in the CHPod Lounge, and then just comment below, and we're going to pick a couple winners once that closes out. Eventually.

Yeah. Sometime between now and eventually. Let me see if there's comments on that. T-Money, Mark Palmer, did that one, did that one.

Matthew Brugger, "I got you, man. " Peter Gold, thank you, bro. And Julian Gordon, good luck to the kiddos. Thanks, guys.

That's awesome. And some comments from the show. Uh-oh, the YouTube ones aren't on there. I saw them this morning.

Not in the lounge? Yeah. Oh, really? You're on the right show?

Yeah, 6:49. Oh, is this the 650th episode? No, this is 6:49. Yesterday, I think it was 6:48.

Oh, it looks like it jammed up somehow. The Saturday one sort of messed it up because I used it to edit out the language. Got it. But I've just been backed, because it gives you the option to put in your own thing.

So I've just been backing it up a number. Ah, okay. @dwesthetics3432 says, "We want Tim. We want Tim.

" I like that guy. He's nice. He's nice. Yeah, he's a good dude.

He's a good dude. He's fun. " Classic. Not as big a fan there.

Chris is a nice guy. No, Chris is very nice. @RuckusUnchained. Oh, Mikey's mom.

Haven't heard from Sharon in a while. Yeah, I checked in on him the other day. Or her. Her.

I said, no, he said, she said, "No one messes with Siggy. messes with Siggy all these ideas but no SBC displays look we'll get to that I'll work on that I'm just not there yet ooh at Mike Palmer from the CH pod lounge what did he say he says I don't want to start any drama but the ceiling is just a floor with a better attitude just a random comment just a random comment is that what you said yeah just participating oh that's adorable Thank you. Just wanted to be included. Just wanted to participate.

Yeah. 0 says: I think both Tim and Siggy bring their own type of energy to the show uniquely. Tim is great on the days the King and Palmer are tired. Siggy is great for knowledge and a mature energy that doesn't distract from the conversations.

Well... I think that's fair. That's exactly correct. Yeah.

Yeah. I think that's fair. Tim can bring the energy. A couple episodes ago, I was, I was done.

Yeah, we have a lot of footage of you sleeping. Yeah. Tim, I expect you to not clip me when I'm sleeping. Tim, you just keep doing what you're doing.

Well, you'll say something, and I'll cut to you when you're saying something. I don't know that I can't see you, so I don't know that your eyes are closed, because I'll say, you'll say, "Oh, really? " It's 63. Yeah, exactly.

63. Did I win that one, too? Did I beat you in my sleep? Probably.

I think so. I'm wondering if this other episode had other stuff. Well, I had a comment on YouTube. I mean, no, I didn't.

There's a dead one or something you put up as a test. See, there's a double take here because, you know, here here's Lance from the CH Pod Lounge and says, too bad Half Wheel won't won't get to review the Japanese cigar. That would be funny to hear that review. Great show.

Maybe you need a shock collar on Tim. Can't wait to see all of Ziggy's matching outfits. Yeah, Siggily Wiggly, at Jared Harper from the CH Podlounge says, "Definitely need more Ziggy. Matching outfits and ears.

" The, uh, yeah, while I was watching that, I, I literally, I texted Palmer, uh, when he, when he said, uh, what'd you say? Uh, plumpunette. I'm talking about Mike. Yeah, yeah.

They call me plump or something. Yeah. It wasn't me, it was the Japanese. Oh, you're so blonde.

m. There's a white guy sound just like us in a plump brunette man. He's so portly, like, hey. He's so portly, like, hey.

I say portly. Oh, very tubby. He's so big. He look portly like a Jake.

Like Godzilla. Yeah, yesterday's episode was good, or today's, whatever, I don't know. It's hard, I understand, it's hard to keep track. Yeah.

Michael Zakovek says, "Is Tim out searching for Phil? We need Tim back. " It's so divided. You know what, that's good.

Yeah, I like that. That's good. Because if it was one way or the other, that would be so bad. We would have to get rid of one of you.

Yeah, and then I wouldn't know how to break it to you. Yeah. Because you'd be the one... We would miss you some.

Just me, yeah. You'd be the one that would be going. Yeah, that's fair. I mean, oh no.

This has to come off forever. Oh, you act like you don't like being a part of this. I enjoy it. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, a couple more days and then it's gone for a new one. The mask, yeah. Yeah, my face. But the podcast in itself is awesome.

Oh, yeah, it's good. You know, being a part of it. He loves telling people upstairs. Well, I don't know about that.

Have you stopped doing that? Because in the beginning, you were going crazy. Oh, is this because like of the whole Facebook post of Keanu laying down on the bar top there? And he was just like, oh, sorry, I was just watching the podcast, the episode I was on, you know?

That was before I was officially, well, whoever was officially joined. I like that you zoomed to me when I am ever scratching my nose. Well, it sounded like you were about to say something. Sorry.

Well, that's all I have for the comments. Ah! I think Keanu did leave a comment. Did he?

I think he did. Oh, did he? Yeah. Did he?

Are you sure? He did, yes. Now, is this actually like it wasn't, well, never mind. You're talking, you're talking, you jumped to me.

Yeah, I know, sorry. Get off of me, thank you. Now what? Was he actually not on the lounge?

I'm just curious. I think Keanu made a comment. That's what it was. Okay.

Oh, that's right. We're looking at Keanu's comment. Yeah. Keanu commented.

So, Keanu commented. Keanu R5674. I'm sorry. I don't know how I missed this.

Yeah. Stuff happens, you know. He says, laughed out loud at the Italian bear speaking. Oh.

That's right. Yeah, he did say that, huh? That's pretty good. Yeah.

m. delirious no sleeping, huh? Oh, yeah. Did you roll over and look at him or something?

or something? Yeah, we sleep together consensually. There's nothing weird. Consensually?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you have permission to sneak into his room? Yeah, when he's sleeping. He wasn't sleeping yet, so I was just kind of waiting outside his door.

Yeah. Yeah, ready to enter. At any moment? At any moment, yeah.

Just waiting for that first snore to come out, and then I'm like, okay, I'm in. Nice. Oh, you're not allowed in until he falls asleep? Correct, yeah, yeah.

Otherwise, then it would be weird for him, because then he knows that I'm there. So he needs to not know that I'm there. He gives me permission, but he needs to not know I'm there. Oh, okay.

Right. Like a surprise. Yeah, yeah, like, hey. Okay.

Hey. Yeah. There's a guy in a mask in here. Well, hey, if you want to hear your comment read aloud on this show, simply comment below on this YouTube channel or on the CHPod Lounge.

Now let's get on with the show. Now the news. I just read something real quick if you want to talk about it. There was a lady from Blue Cross during COVID who Blue Cross did the mandatory shot deal.

Yeah. And she was completely remote at home, never had to go to the office. She only did stuff at home. But they made her, or they fired her because she wouldn't get the shot.

She sued them and just got $127 million. No way. $127 million? $127 million?

Is that true? Yeah, for wrongful firing or whatever it was called. Wow. $127 million.

$127 million. She was remote, never had to go to the office for any reason. " Wow. And she just won $127 million.

That's incredible. Isn't it? Seems a bit excessive. Things a little excessive?

Yeah, it seems a little over the top. Pain and suffering adds up quick. She's got a really good attorney. Oh, yeah, right.

Mm-hmm. You know what I mean? Like, what do you think it is? I mean, the wrongful termination.

They said the word, wrongful termination. I mean, because they, basically, they fired her for not getting the shot, but she didn't need to get shot because she never went to the office. Yeah, but what do you think the bill should have been? You know what I mean?

Like, hey, okay, yes, you're right. Right. Well, we don't know. We don't know how much she got paid, so maybe this would be my salary over the next X amount of years.

What job does she have? Well, I'm not saying it's a one-year salary, but then they add pain and suffering and whatever else. I mean, they start piling on all the extras. Interest rate, compounding, carry the one.

Well, by our math, you owe us $5,000. 99 APR, compounded daily. Right, in today's market. You owe us $127 million.

An at-home worker would be making $127 million a year. And $1 for emotional damage. Oh, I forget about my opinion, suffering, emotional damage, healthcare. Yeah.

That's a lot of money, man. What is the one where you can sue because you're not having sex with your spouse? Oh, what? She lost her job, she wasn't in the mood.

You can sue that? Oh, yeah, yeah. What? You can sue for that.

Loss of something, it's called. What do you mean they're not in the mood? What is that? She was very upset because she got fired.

Interesting. Hmm. What is happening right now? There's so many things.

We're adding up all our extras. Like, I could see her- It's like a la carte suing. Yeah. Give her for getting 127, but at the same, I really, I feel like a $5 million headline would make more sense, something like that.

I mean, you know, like, even if you shot the moon at, like, 60 million, you know, like, whoa. Well, I don't think I would have brought it up if it wasn't $127 million. You would just let it go. Yeah.

Well, yeah. $127. $127. Wow.

That had been something ongoing for a couple years now, I assume. Do you think she gets like a Ferrari or something? Oh, is it a Ferrari? Oh, it's definitely, it's not.

It's $127 million. I mean, I'm getting everything. Seven Ferraris? I'm getting a flying Tesla.

You're getting the Tesla? I'm getting the flying one. Yeah. Yeah, Governor DeSantis says that they will be legal in Florida.

Really? Yeah. He said that last week after the information coming out. But isn't he about to get, he won't be here.

Well, maybe he's gonna do it beforehand. I don't know. He's doing a lot of weird stuff now. Like, he just picked the new state song.

Oh, really? Yeah, it's some country western star. He's closing out. Yeah, he's doing all these things before he leaves.

He's handling his business. You know what I want? I want a new song. Let's get the new song.

Get the song guy in here. We had a steak song in the first place? Neil Diamond? No, it's not Neil Diamond.

No, it's some country western guy with a long white beard. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Willie Nelson?

Is it Willie Nelson that made it? No, it's not Willie Nelson. Dang it. Is that the only country singer you know?

Long white bearded one. Yeah. Does he have a white beard? Garth Brooks.

You know, there's Johnny Cash. Johnny Cash? Well, there's only two. He's a country singer.

He's only two tops left. One of them died. Johnny Cash is dead. The guy without the beard, actually.

There was three of them? Yeah, there was three ZZ Topps. ZZ three tops? There was two guys with long beards, one guy without, the guy without died.

He should have grown the beard. You think it was because he didn't have the beard? I think that's what happens. Yeah?

Yeah. So funny. I just saw a thing last night about ZZ Top, about his collection. He has a bunch of the rarest cars in the world, and he also has an insane collection He's got the main collection of like hundreds of million dollars worth of just like a few guitars.

Beard oil and stuff? Yeah, I'm sure beard oil's in the mix. I thought maybe he had a huge collection of beard oil. All right, let's carry on.

All right, now the news, the real news. An Italian artist sold an invisible sculpture for... How much do you think he sold? $127 million.

What the heck? $18,300. It's an invisible. We have it, it's right here.

You cannot see it, but it's very, very heavy. Very good. The artwork is called the Lo Sono, meaning "I am". The buyer received a signed certificate of authenticity.

This is the real invisible thing right here. This is it. This is it. It does not exist in this universe.

It is multi-universe. No, no. It's right here. It's invisible.

It is a soul. Abstract. The artist says the work exists in your imagination. That's incredible.

He was using your brain. Where would you... okay, then Chachy P is adding statements and stuff, and I'm trying to wean it off of adding commentaries. But yeah, he sold nothing for $18,000.

That's amazing. So we have a new swag item. Yeah? Yes, it's $500.

Okay. It's a picture of all three of us, but it is invisible. It's an invisible picture? It's an invisible picture, yes.

I mean, I could put it up if you want. You should put it up and see what happens. I don't think anybody's going to buy it. You should see if somebody buys it.

You know, one or two people might buy it. One or two people might. T-money. No.

Is he Southpaw? He is Southpaw. Is he? Yes.

Well, nobody's reached out from the announcement of the winner, but I did see he commented on something, but he's Southpaw with a number, I think the Southpaw that commented didn't have a number, but is he the number on Instagram and on CHPot? He's not. I mean, how many Southpaws could there be? Well, I don't know.

Ask how many T-Moneys there are. That's a good point. Yeah. Right.

I'm fairly confident. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's Southpaw. Somebody could have, you know, the T-Money guy from Creekside could be upset, and now he is the Southpaw. with no number i mean the fake tea money that where i got all the hate mail and stuff and let's not bring that up and poor dave ember had to walk it back he's like hey guys guys they're just screwing around just calm down so relax everybody just pop the brakes they're like i know his address i'm gonna get him i'm gonna take him and his kids i know where he's at every day boycott this this oh yeah boycott these cigars yeah let's grow them he's going no i have them We have plenty.

We have plenty of them. Don't boycott those. No, no, no. They're good.

Only by the ones here. He's a good dude. Don't. Just because he said the tea money.

Fake tea money. Yeah. So how does this guy get an appraised when he goes to sell it to the guy? You don't.

The guy who bought it. It's just a write-off. How do you know it's still in mint condition? He's the appraiser.

He's the appraiser, too. You know, it's now worth $127 million. You know, I don't mean to brag here. Sell it to that one lady.

One lady. Put this invisible thing here, $2 million. I'm sorry, I really got to pause. This is legit.

Like this guy really bought this. Yes, it's a legit story. I mean, Chad GBT. That's incredible.

When I put some stories in, it'll tell me, I go, this really doesn't sound like this is a legit story. Yeah. Sure you want to do this? Because I know sometimes, you know, you throw a curveball once in a while where it's like.

Yeah, well, I mean, I can make him do things. Yeah. $18,000. Yes, it's real.

Put it through. That's crazy. Right, it is. It asks you?

Chad GBT asks you? Yeah. And I go, this doesn't, you know, I can't really verify this story. It does seem to be online, but I don't think it's real.

Oh. And I go, oh yeah, it is. Go ahead. We don't care.

Yeah, we're not. That's real. We're not fact-checking. We're a Cigar Hustlers podcast.

Right, you know, we're not, you know, Time Magazine or something. But the funny part is that I feel like a lot of our news is more validated than their stuff. Sometimes, yes. Like if you look at the controversy that's going up with the soccer kid at this point, like everybody's picking sides, I'm like, okay, let's just all, can we just all calm down for one?

One second. Right. You know, you weren't there. You don't know how anything went down.

You don't know if his parents were irate. You don't know if the other parents were irate. You don't know if anybody had validity into what they were saying. And the reality is, no parents should have been there anyways.

You guys are all just ridiculous. You're three years old. How else is a kid going to get there? Uber.

Uber, yeah. I'm not putting my three-year-old in an Uber out there. How good a sucker he is. Have him jump on a...

Was it in the back of the... Give him an invisible bicycle for $18,000. What's it called? Like a JL Bean?

What was those little tricycles? What was it called? Oh, what are they getting my electric bike? L.

Bean? L. Bean's a clothing company. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.

You know, a little trike? L. Bean. What is it?

I don't know. I don't have anything even close to that age that we need one. Something Bean. Oh, did you hear about the 90-day thing?

There's something that's been going on for the last three days, but 90 days? They're telling everybody to stock up on food for 90 days. Something was leaked from the White House that all the bases have been told to stockpile supplies for 90 days. Okay.

And Britain is doing it now, too. Okay. But today they've said, well, it's just a test, they just wanted to see if they could do it. They want all the bases to be self-sufficient for 90 days.

Oh, they walked that back. In case, well, yeah, well, the information leaked. Nothing to see here. Right.

Everybody was running out buying toilet paper again. Oh. All right, Lauder Hill police officer Brian Seguros, no relation to the comedian, responded to a welfare check on July 11, 2022, 22 and found homeowner dennis west dead of natural causes in his house okay so he calls the coroner four years ago right but he you know it takes a while for these people to be prosecuted okay our legal system is good but it's slow yeah right okay so he calls the coroner to come to the body goes hey this guy's my friend thank you take care of him then he takes the house the cop takes that oh i saw this i saw this the cop took the house yes investigators say seguros falsely told He told the medical examiner that he was Wes's friend and that Wes had no living relatives. Wow.

So then he takes the house. Okay. He forges the guy's signature so now he owns the house. Oh.

And he spends a bunch of money fixing up the house. Okay. Right. And then it turns out, hey, Pawpaw's dead.

We went into his house. After four years? Is that what you just said? No, no.

He's just been prosecuted. A lot of these stories don't come out until they prosecute these people. Okay. Because when I read it, it said that like the cop had taken his house for a while.

For four years is when I had that. Yes, he's lived in it for four years. It's a hell of a run. Yeah, he uses West identity to pay property taxes, utilities, forge West's signature on a repair permit, and access police databases to obtain information about the guy so he could fake all these documents.

Right. So, then he gets caught, and now he wants, so he's been arrested, there's charges, he spent $200,000 upgrading the house, and now he wants his money. He wants his money. He wants his money.

He wants his money from, from the actual heirs. What's again, is he going to sue for $127 million? Yes. He claimed he was securing a hazardous property and preventing squatters.

A real estate group purchased a house from West's relatives in 2025. Seguros is seeking reimbursement, sorry, for his renovations. He was arrested October 20th, 2026 on five felony charges, including official misconduct and criminal use of a deceased person's identification. So they arrested him on the 20th, on the 27th, he resigned.

So I guess you figured, well, I'm going to jail, I guess I'm not a cop anymore. They probably told them that he needs to resign. Yeah, I'm sure that's part of it. The charges remain allegations.

He has not gone to trial yet. But I mean, in four years, he had a good run. Can you imagine trying to figure that out? Like, I think the cop that found Pawpaw is now living in the house.

" Like, oh, Papa had a house. Oh, Papa lives somewhere. Papa, yeah. Yeah, we don't even like you.

Well, I mean, how do you not know? That's what I'm saying, for four years, it doesn't, what, how do they not? The body had to be, like, really bloated or something. Well, no, he had the body picked up.

No, no, no. Oh, you mean he got there? The guy had, no, the guy was, he took over the house for four years. Right, no, no, he's saying that, well, because he did a welfare check, so somebody made a phone call.

Yeah. Right. Could have been a neighbor. Or a friend.

Yeah, so I'm assuming that happened four years ago. And then he was like, oh yeah, this is the guy, take the guy, and then he was like, yeah, I'm his uncle, or whatever, just so happened to be. Say friend. Yeah, friend, whatever, or not his friend, uncle, yeah.

He told Quincy in the corner, he goes, hey, Pawpaw was my friend. So how does this Pawpaw's family not- I like that we just call him Pawpaw. Yeah, how does Pawpaw's family not be like, oh yeah, he lived in a house, whatever happened to that? Maybe he was an ass.

Maybe they didn't- Yeah, maybe they didn't like him, maybe anybody talked to him. There's a word for that, I don't remember, estranged. Maybe they were estranged from Pawpaw. Like, have you ever bought all lately?

Mm-hmm. Now they want the house. No, a real estate company bought the house. Right.

Now, the cop wants the $200,000 that he paid to fix up the house. Right. That ain't happening. Yeah, you're not getting that money back.

But thank you, now it's worth a lot of money. Why would you do that? Because he wanted the house. He figured he'd get away with it.

Yeah, but why reno it? You know what I mean? Maybe it needed, maybe the guy, maybe like you say, he was bloated, he smelled, and maybe they had to, you know, do some clean-up or something. 200K worth?

Ah, dang. Maybe it's a nice, maybe you're getting a $400,000 house for $200,000. Did he install a pool or something? What did he do?

Overtime, a hot tub. Dang, that's $200,000 is a lot of money, man. Alleged hot tub. A way to get rid of dead bodies.

Sauna. Cold plunge. Cold plunge, all this stuff. Could be.

All right, German police seized a humanoid robot after allegedly groped a teenage girl. Oh, no. It's already happening. This is it.

This is Skynet. Wait a second. Yes. It's a robot.

A robot. Went in and touched. Grabbed her butt, actually. And did like a little.

Humanoid robot. Right. A little squeeze. A little squeezy.

Well, it says groped. Okay, so what was the squeeze? It says groped. That groped is different.

A groped could be in the butt. Yeah, but like a squeeze can be like a little pinch. You know what I mean? Yeah.

Well, no, I mean, it's a bad thing. It wasn't like, you know, oh, you're cute. Right. That wasn't what it was.

No, it wasn't like that. A little pat pat. A little groping. Please stop.

With the sound effects and everything. And it's a robot? Yeah, it's a humanoid-shaped robot. Not like R2-D2.

So somebody programmed this robot. Well, that's the question. Yeah, yeah. Like, hey, hey, hey, here's what I need you to do.

What's going... Right. And then it does it, and then it's just like, no, no, no, after hours. I went in the after hours.

Not the children. Not the children. Oh my gosh. It's not when I met the lady next to the kid.

What are you doing? God. Wow. A tall robot allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl's buttocks and made sexual gestures toward the outside toward her outside a fast food restaurant in Germany.

What the hell? At Mick... Stop it. Mick Kielbasa?

I don't know what kind of... Mick Kielbasa? Isn't that in Germany? Yes, it was in Germany.

Oh, that's Poland. Kielbasa is Polish? Oh, what's a German... Kraut?

Schnitzel. Sourkraut? Schnitzel. Mick Sourkraut?

Mick Schnitzel. Bratwurst. Mick Bratwurst? Yeah.

It's suspected the 16-year-old owner and his 19-year-old companion allegedly filmed and live-streamed the incident. Oh, they have it on. Uh-oh. Wait, who filmed it?

The 19-year-old friend of the 16-year-old. Did they try and catfish the robot? Is that what's happening? I do.

Oh, did they? Yeah. Wow. Get over there.

It was a Nightline thing. And command it to grab its butt. Hmm. Police found the robot in a car trunk and confiscated it along with both suspects' phones.

What? The robot? He committed the crime. The groper?

Did the kids grab the robot and put it in the trunk? What is going on here? There's so many things going on, man. We're jumping around in the story.

I haven't been able to read the story all the way through. This is insanity. The robot wore a white tank top, sunglasses, a gold chain, and an apparent fake mustache. What?

How'd they know it was him? He was disguised. It could have been any robot. It says that?

Yes. Okay. It's gotta be fake. No, no.

This is real. This is real. This is Hustler authenticated. Yes, investigators were examining whether its movements were pre-programmed or controlled live.

Neither suspect had been charged at the time of the, this is from the Associated Press, from the Associated Press's report. It sounds like to me that somebody was controlling this robot. Well, it didn't say anything about a remote, but I mean, if somebody had to have taught it to grab the robot, and then whatever the sexual suggestions were, like a thrusting or something. We're just letting anybody run these robots these days.

You know what I mean? Well, they have a mind of their own now. It's AI. But I can't get my AI to log in without me doing it.

Well, I won't do that. Put a gold chain on them, a mustache and sunglasses. That's crazy. So you think if I just dress up my computer, I'll do whatever I want?

You put a little fake mustache on there. It might do more than you want, you don't know. It might start sending you porn or something. Gangster it up.

What if I wanted to do like Italian Mom, should I put it in a suit? Yeah. Put it in a spin-stripe suit? Yeah.

Hey, how you doing? Where's the bear? Hey, it's me, Doc. It's me, Doc.

That's how Doc sounds. They call me Doc. Actually, he does have an accent, but it's not Italian. That's crazy.

It is weird. I know. So, Chris Hansen shows up and they put this robot in the trunk. That's the name I'm thinking of, Chris Hansen.

Oh. No, it was Chris Hansen's robot, allegedly. Oh, it was Chris Hansen's robot? What is, I, what?

Plot twist. Plot twist. Wow. He got fed up with having to arrest all these people.

He thought, let's see what this is about. I'm going to make a robot. Wow. Allegedly.

Allegedly. All allegedly. I guess, I imagine he's a very, I don't know. Had to play grab ass to underage kids.

16 year old. Maybe I was supposed to grab the 19 year old. Oh, it's the wrong ass. How do I know?

It's the wrong one. She looked like she was 19. She says the robot as he was collapsed into the trunk. What if they handcuffed the robot?

Handcuffed him and perped, walked him over to the German police car. I would guess it was totally the dude that was running it. You know what I mean? Yeah.

He thought that this would be, dude, what's it? That would be funny. Yeah, it would be funny. Watch, I'll make a great.

Nope, but he went, not that one. Robot's like, I was framed. I was framed. It was somebody.

Someone was controlling me. It wasn't me. She looked 19. Okay.

All right. All right. Moving on to cigar news. Yeah, we got 75 new cigars coming out, so...

Right. Drew Estate adds 8 new... Oh, they're all new from Drew Estate. Oh, from Drew Estate.

Drew Estate. Feral Flying Pigs. 8 feral Flying Pigs. 8 new Flying Pigs.

So, you're gonna have the feral H99, you're gonna have the feral number 9, the feral T52... Okay, look, we're at 30 minutes, slow down. Tell me I'm wrong, I'm just guessing. Wait, thanks to the release of two new items from Drew Estate, there are nearly 10 new Flying Pig style cigars.

pig style cigars arriving on shelves one box is a new sampler of 10 different feral flying pigs while the other appears to be the first release of a box press flying oh box press pig box press flying pig most of the new cigars are found in the feral flying pig collection the sampler that contains 10 different cigars five and three by 60 feral flying pig vitola only two of the cigars have been offered for the sale before. All right, now you want to know what they are? Never been done before. The original Liga Privada Unico Series feral flying pig and the Liga Privada H99 flying pig.

Those have already been offered. Yeah, whatever happens to those ferals? I haven't seen them lately. Don't we have most stars?

Do we? We have some. Yeah. All right, there's a Herrera Esteli Brazilian pig.

Matafina? That's got to be dope. Herrera Esteli Habano feral pig. Not as good as Matafina, but okay.

Nicarustica, Shade, Feral Flying Pig. Next. Yeah, that was not good. Nicarustica, no, that's probably the good one.

Adobe, that's the blue one. Oh, that's the Habano. Yeah, that's the blue, we don't like the blue one. Okay, so far, I just want you to know, for me, my opinion, you're trying, I'm in for one.

I'm in for one. Out of four. Yeah, we're at four right now. The Herrera Esteli one, I'm down for one try.

Oh, I like the, uh, the, the, the Roostica, Shade. The, but it's Connecticut. That's the Connecticut, hold on. Yeah, that's not the...

Oh, they don't have the, the other one. Why don't they make the good one anymore? Wasn't that Habano too? No, that was a Connecticut Broadleaf.

Yeah, that's right. Yeah, it was. Yeah, because they made that. They made the Adobe, which was the...

The blue. Yeah, what was the blue? Was it Corojo? I don't know.

What? Listen. Pretend like I've been in the cigar industry for 18 years, okay? Liga Pravada number nine was a Connecticut Broadleaf cigar.

I thought we were talking about... Go ahead, cut me off both of you. Go ahead. - Were we talking about the number nine?

- No, we weren't. - No, we weren't. - Okay, that's what I was asking, sorry, go ahead. - All right, perfect.

The League at Nine then created its predecessor, the Undercrown, right? Which was Connecticut Broadleaf. The T-52, which was the Habano, created the Nicarustica, which was also Habano. And then the Adobe was something weird, like an Ecuadorian Habano or something else.

- Yeah, they don't say what it is. - Yeah, it was odd. I thought, I'm not trying to say that you're wrong, obviously you've worked here, you've worked in the industry a lot longer than me. I worked here, 18 years.

Yes. I thought on the bottom band of the Nicarustica, the original said CT Broadleaf. That's why I think it's that. The Adobe was Ecuadorian Habano.

Okay. Listen, I'll double check here and eat my words if I'm wrong. Oh, it says Connecticut Broadleaf. Boom.

I'm going to tell you the original Nica Rustica was not Connecticut Broadleaf. I believe you for that, yeah. It was Habano. So has there been four then, or do you think they changed it somewhere?

Well, it used to be a bundle cigar, right? No, I don't think it's ever been a bundle cigar. No, it was always in a box. It is lower cost though.

It says it was always Connecticut Broadleaf. Hmm. Wow. You know what, 18 years in this industry, you still don't know s***, I have no idea what I'm doing.

I'd high-five you, Tim, if I could reach you, but I can't reach you. Air. Air. Boom.

Air, high-five. Liga Privada T-52. Bono, you're not going to be able to convince me to know that. We're still wrong.

Right, we're still wrong, he's right. Liga Privada H-99, Connecticut Corojo feral pig, the Undercrown Shade feral pig, Undercrown El Tigre, Dominican feral flying pig. Oh, and an Underground 10, Fair of Light and Pig. What was that?

You said H99? Is that what you said? It was an H99 in the beginning, I think. I don't know.

Yeah. So many. I'm not going back. Well, just now, didn't you say H99?

I don't know. I'm not going back. Okay. Each sampler has an MSRP of, how much is this 10 pack of these little fat guys?

200 bucks. What happens in Connecticut broadly? $200? Timothy?

Uh, yeah, that sounds about right. 201. 201. You went the wrong way, 170.

Dang. Well, that's a pretty good deal, actually. The collection is waiting approval for approved sales in California, and then after that they're going to release it. Approved sales in California.

That's what it says. I mean, it can't be, it's not flavored. So they're putting it in the registry. Sure they are.

They have money. Lots and lots of money. Two of these blends, the Herrera Ashley Brazil and Liga Broad 1899, are also offered in Box Press Feral Flying Pigs via a separate three-count sampler. There's no way it was broadly.

That was introduced last month. Sorry. And the separate box is the new, Undercrown, LT-grade, Dominicano Flying Pig, which uses a shorter 3 and 15/16 by 60 flying pig patola. We almost need, like, air going in this area.

Why, is it getting stuffy? Yeah, like the smoke just sits on me. Oh, yeah, well, we had to turn, we turned the blue oxes off, obviously. Yeah, but what about that vent?

Well, that, that should be the regular air conditioner, that's still on. Is it running? Yeah, because I have to turn it down. Whoever comes in here at night turns it, turns it, turns it up to 77.

Dang. Is it hot? Yeah, when I come in here, it's hot in here and I have to turn the air down. Oh.

As with the feral flying pigs collection, the LT grade Dominicana feral flying pig is also awaiting approval. It's not in California either. Oh yeah, it's running. Huh.

Both items considered to be limited, though Drew Estate has not specified how limited. It's unlimited. It's unlimited. It's unlimited.

Unlimited. Okay, which ones, so what are you excited about? I just like the, uh, the Russica, the, the Connecticut Broadly. Connecticut Broadly one?

That one. But that's not available. It's on the list. Was it?

Yes. I thought it was the Adobe. They're both. And the Shade.

Those are both there. Yeah, but it didn't say... Oh, it didn't say the other one? No.

Then I don't care at all. Okay. What about you there, Timmy? The Brazilian Montefina does sound good, No, I'm good, because the Herrera Esteli, Brazil is pretty dang good.

Where the hell's Willie Herrera been? Is he still, what's he doing? I thought he wasn't with them anymore, honestly. Apparently, they had the rights to his name.

Hmm. Because they're still making stuff with his name on it. Well. Where's he at?

Esteli-land. Dominican Republic setting up the factory. Oh. Oh.

I don't know. Okay. That was reasonable. He's in Herrera-land.

Herrera-land? Herrera-land? Herrera-land. Herrera-land.

Ted's Dark Rose Coffee Liqueur seasoned a cigar. They are slated for November. Ted's Dark Roast Coffee Seasoned Liqueur. Yeah.

Yes. Comes in the glass tubes. Ted's Bourbon, like he makes those? Yeah, yeah, but now they're doing one with coffee liqueur.

Okay, so it's like the Kahlua? It's like Kahlua. They're saying coffee liqueur. They can't use the brand name, Mike.

Listen, I've been in this industry for 18 years. And I'm going to tell you that there actually was a Kahlua cigar. Oh, yeah? Yeah.

Well, yeah, I mean, there still is technically, but that's not what they call it. Is there still a Kahlua one? The one that we call coffee, Greg swears it's Kahlua. Which one do we call coffee?

The tabac. That was the original Kahlua. Oh, really? It's still around.

Yeah, that's what Greg says. He's been in the industry for 18 years. He's been in the industry for 18 years, right. I always tell everybody it's coffee.

It's not Broadleaf, I'm telling you right now. The original was not Broadleaf. The original tabac? Nicaristica.

Oh. No way. No way. I'll tell you.

It didn't look like it. It's like, Jonathan Drew himself comes here, he's like, no, it's Connecticut Broadly, like, you're wrong. No, it's Connecticut Broadly. He's not allowed to come here.

It's always been Connecticut Broadly. He came here one time, he's not allowed back. He's a sandwich. Not by me, but by his own choice, his own people.

Ted Cigars, best known for its flavored cigars that are sold in glass tubes, has announced its newest flavoring, coffee liqueur. Yay! Not cool. Bailey's.

The Ted's Dark Rose Coffee Liqueur Season Cigars, a 6x50 Toro that uses a Mexican sandwich. San Andreas Rapper. Used to be something else, I'm sure. It's fine.

It was Connecticut Broadly before. Now it's Habano. Nothing's ever been Connecticut Broadly, but everything's been Habano. Like other Ted cigars, it's made at an undisclosed factory in the Dominican Republic.

I don't like it. I don't like it. This is just the latest Ted's release to be infused with alcohol. The company sells cigars that have been seasoned with bourbon, rum, tequila, whiskey, and even Dumonte.

Can I tell you a funny story? Is that about the Nicaru cigar? No, no. Because I'm dying to try one.

No, you know, it's like you just, I mentioned Bailey's and Kalua and all this other stuff. I'm like, man, for a guy who doesn't drink, I know a lot about your store. I'll go work in a bar. Yeah.

All right, end of the story. Is that the end of the story? No, no. So I went to go buy a bottle of tequila for a gift for somebody.

Right. And he likes Clos de Azul Plata, right? So it's like the silver. Bless you.

Thank you. And there was a sales guy there. Right. And he's like, hey, listen, just so you know, like this tequila, this other tequila right here is far better than that Claude Azul brand.

Right. And I'm like, okay, well, why? And he's like, this is a, he gives you the whole thing. This house, this blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, da, da, da, da.

And I'm like, and I'm interpreting in my brain, I'm like, there's no way I'm buying this bottle. And I'm like, well, you know what? I'm like, this guy's, he's giving me a pitch. Sounds like he knows what he's doing.

He feels confident. He looks like he's excited. Like how would I feel if somebody, if I was excited, like, hey, you know what, if you like that cigar, you should try this. And they're like, nah, screw you, right?

So I'm like, all right, you know what, I'm going to buy the bottle. And I'm, you know, and then he's like, well, you know, and Ajos, as we're like, after this kind of transaction happens, he brings me to the counter. And he's like, do you like tequila? I go, yeah, I drink, if I were to drink, I'd drink tequila.

" And I'm like, "Wait a second, wait a second. " And I thought that I didn't hear him, right? I'm like, "Okay, so wait a second. So, of the three bottles that we've mentioned, the two that I'm I'm purchasing.

And then the Sincoro. Oh, you didn't buy one or the other. You were buying both. I bought them both.

Yeah. Okay. The Sincoro Anejo, he goes, yeah, without me finishing. He's like, oh yeah, that thing is way better than any of this.

I'm like, why didn't we go there? Why did we jump to this one? Isn't that kind of weird? Were the two you were buying around the same price?

Uh, yeah. So maybe you thought that was like the line you were looking at. The price for this in Coronejo isn't that big of a difference. Oh, I don't, I don't know.

Was it like on the other side of the aisle, it didn't feel like walking over there or something? It's too far away. I don't, I don't know. It was so weird.

It was like... He's getting a bounty off the one. Like he didn't, like he didn't bat an eye. He was like, oh yeah, that thing is amazing.

I'm like, what? Yeah, wait, what? Why didn't we go there? Yeah, wait, wait a second.

What happened? Maybe, maybe the one was similar enough to that one, but had better qualities. Cause like, there's times up there that like, Keanu, what he's told me, is selling a cigar, right? You might prefer this cigar, for example, but if somebody's smoking this Connecticut or whatever, he's going to find that this Connecticut's similar to that one, but has some better quality.

So I feel maybe that's what it was. No, it was weird. Like, here's a comparable. Hey, you should try this Menelik from Foundation.

Oh, you're a San Andreas guy? You should try this Menelik. This is a great cigar, right? Alright, well then I'll buy the normal cigar I buy and I'll buy that too.

Alright, great. Okay. And then like a person's being rung up and he's like, so you smoke a lot of San Andreas cigars? And the guy says, well, yeah, you know, I really love Padrón.

He's like, well, Padrón's the best. I was like, wait a second, how did we, but wait, and then just kind of walked, but you could tell that he was like, oh yeah, man, this is, yeah, Padrón is legit. Right? This is the way.

This is the one you want. It's like, you know, like the guy was expecting to have a conversation with you. Like, you didn't know a lot about stuff. And I don't think that I know a lot about tequila.

But when you mentioned that brand, all of a sudden it was like, oh, right? Like, okay, what did I just do? I'm like, you know? Right.

Weird transaction. That is weird. Yeah. Does he know you've been working in the cigar industry for 18 years?

You know what? I should have started with that. Yeah. I just said, listen, it's Habano.

Right. He's like, I don't even know what that is. Yeah, you go, what? Yeah.

Yeah. You're right. You're right, Tim. Thank you.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Is that all the cigar news? No, no.

I didn't know if he was done. Oh. I think that was it for me. Oh, okay.

Well, Diamante, or Dumonte, whatever. Dumonte? Dumonte. It's a brand of pistachio liqueur.

Oh, yeah. We have that upstairs. We have pistachio liqueur upstairs? We have, well, the cigar.

We have Ted's Dumonte upstairs. Oh, we have Ted's Dumontez. Oh, we already have it. Oh, we have this.

Yeah, because we have that little multi-pack that it comes in. So this was announced and we have? No, no, Dumontez is not the new one. The new one is the spicy coffee.

Ah, yeah. Right. Eat Cigar. What?

Spicy coffee? It's seasoned. It's not really spicy. Seasoned means it has the alcohol in it.

Infusion? Huh. Well, they're saying seasoned. That's the word they like to use.

Interesting. Eat Cigar is sold in a hand-sealed glass tube, which Ted, there's actually a Ted. Is it Ted? Says it keeps the cigar humidified until it's ready to be smoked.

Curiously, Ted declined to disclose price of the new cigar. They are expected to begin shipping in mid-November. Maybe just Ted couldn't be bothered with Charlie, is what it was. Yeah.

Because he knows that you're gonna give him an 81. Right. An 81 Charlie. Okay.

" I don't think he loses any sleep over any, no. No. You should text him in the middle of the night just 81. Do you want me to text him right now 81?

No, middle of the night seems more appropriate. Middle of the night? Yeah. Like, I could just set it to text.

Oh yeah, you can do that. Automatically. Yeah, you can have that option now. I'll try, you can.

Yeah, text. Give me his number, I'll do it too. m. 81.

m. m. m. Oh, okay, that works.

m. m.? That works. He might still be up.

I don't feel he's a late person. No. One of your favorite, what? One of my favorite stories, I don't know if I, I assume we've talked about this on the podcast maybe in the past, was the story of like how one of the first, like the, one of the first Postanias, the Habano or the Broadleaf, he was reviewing it and he put, it was Habano, and he put a burn inconsistencies or burn problems or something like that.

Burn issues. Yeah, burn issues. And then you and Greg were at the, what was it, PCA? Yeah.

You know, found him there, and asked for one of his business cards, right? And you could probably finish it off if you want the story. No, you're good. You can go.

No, no, please. I'll correct you when you're done. Okay, so I, yeah, it could be, it was, it was Habano Keown. But, you asked for one of his business cards, and then was it you or Greg, I don't know who, one of you guys lit it on fire and was like, yeah, burn issues, something like that.

Oh, that's close. Actually, Charlie lit it, and he was holding it. Oh, Charlie did? Yeah.

Oh. And he was lighting my cigar with it. Oh. You couldn't tell that in the video?

No. Hmm. Yeah. That's so fun.

I like Charlie. Yeah. I like Charlie. Yeah.

All right. La Flor Dominicana Chapter 3 announced as the TAA exclusive. Oh. Are you kidding me?

No. That's it. That's what it is. Is it broadly?

It was chapter... Because I heard it was Habano. I don't know. Let's find out.

It was Chapter 1 in 2014. It was Capulto 2. Capiluto? Capiluto?

Capitulo? Capitulo? Capitulo? Oh, that could be Capitulo.

Capitulo 2? Capitulo. Now, after more than a decade, the third chapter has been unveiled. Ten years later, chapter 3.

What is this? Lord of the Rings? What was that guy? Game of Thrones.

That's the guy. He's still not done. Right. Yeah.

We're only at chapter 3. No, Lord of the Rings works there. How many chapters in this book? Lord of the Rings has like eight.

Oh, yeah. Eight? That's it? But it's done.

Eight different movies. Well, it is now. They burned up the ring. Yeah.

He carried the guy with the ring. I think it took the author like 40 years to write the first Lord of the Rings book. 40 years? Yeah, because he wrote The Hobbit, and then he was a linguist, and he needed to make languages for the book, like Elvish, and so on and so forth, so he took like 30 or 40 years, or something crazy long time to develop the languages and write the first Lord of the Rings book, and then continued on from there.

I could probably AI four different languages. Right now. For lunch. He didn't have AI 40 years ago.

Yeah. R. Tolkien was lacking. Yeah.

He's weak. I can't believe that. He wasn't clotting back then. I'm so embarrassed for him now.

Yeah. You embarrass yourself. Chapter 3 was announced today as an exclusive for retailers that are members of the Tobacco Association of America. Like the Chapter 1 and the Capitulo 2.

Capitulo is a Spanish word for chapter. It uses LFD signature Chisel Vitola, a unique box press 6x58 torpedo that has a long flattened cap that comes together like two angled slopes. Hmm. What did you like more, the Chapter 1 or the Capuchula 2?

I don't know if I've had the two. Really? I know I've had the Chapter 1. It's the red band.

Yeah, it's like a maroon. Maroon. Chapter 3 uses a Mexican San Andreas wrapper over a blend of tobaccos from the company's farm in La Canela Dominicana. What about you, Timmy?

Tell me, Timmy. About between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2? Chapter 1 or Cappuccino 2. Cappuccino 2.

In English, it's Chapter 2. Yeah, they're fairly similar. I think the Chapter 1 had a little bit more kind of kick to it, I would say. So I think the Chapter 1 I prefer.

Well, the Chapter 1 is a Brazilian wrapper, while Cappuccino 2 is a Nicaraguan. No, it's not. I'm just kidding. , told Half Wheel that Chapter 3 will be exclusive for the TAA accounts for how long?

Six months. Timothy? One year. One year.

Signaling there will eventually be more than 3,000 boxes. Signaling that we would like to give the big dogs a leg up. He added that the company hopes to have Chapter 3 on shelves in December. Nice.

All right, it's time for the industry's favorite game: What's the score? I don't understand the camera flipping. I don't know. That was changing it up this time.

Can you predict a cigar score from half-wheel review before it's revealed? I had to argue with him today to get this back. We'll give you clues. You make your guess as the review unfolds.

The answer gets closer, or does it? The closest guest wins today's cigar, La Ranja Hybrid, Short Churchill. Ooh, I just ordered these. I hope it does well.

They're good. Date, October 27th, 2026, reviewer Patrick LeGreed, the cigar is the Espinosa La Ranja Hybrid, Short Churchill. Go ahead. That's a, you want to go first, or do you want me to?

I don't care. What do you want to do, Timmy? I think you went first last time. I feel like it's right I go first.

Okay, Timmy. Um, the La Rana series has been good. La Rana. I can't roll my R's, I'm sorry.

I sound like a cat dying when I do it. I'm going to go at 89. Didn't you just have a cat die? Uh, yeah, two.

Yeah? Mm-hmm. So you know the sounds that it makes? Oh, yeah, I did two of them.

Yeah. You should have shot it, it would have lived longer. Yeah, right there in the neck and head. Yeah, by the way, that's a good point.

I didn't, we did not shoot that dog, okay, it was not us, I saw some people commenting, questioning my moral stability, just got to put that out there. Keanu's moral stability. Yes, whoever did it. Listen, here's what I'm going to tell you.

The people of the internet, just ignore them. Just ignore them. You know what I mean? Yeah.

If they invest time and energy in watching the show, all right, maybe then we'll listen and consider their opinions, right? Like there's a handful of dudes that when they comment, I'm like, yeah, cool, right? Even if they agree with me or disagree with me. Everybody else, nah.

You don't even know what you're talking about. Like, you're chiming in on a 30-second clip, you know? Mm-hmm. So what'd you pick?

89. That's a good number. 90. It's a 6x48 from Lozona, Nicaragua.

50. A box of $10, $115. They smoked three. Man, this does sound like a good scar, dude.

89. I'm excited for this one. 88. The blend is an Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro.

We got a Habano. Oscuro. Oscuro over a Nicaraguan binder with Brazilian and Nicaraguan fillers. 89.

88. Clue number one. Oh, I see why it's a hybrid now. Okay.

Why is it a hybrid? Because it's a La Ranja hybrid. Hybrid. Can I get him one clue number one?

Sure. Whatever you're ready. Cream and milk chocolate open the cigar, followed by earth, black pepper, and tangy sweetness. Ooh, tangy.

Subtle raisins appear later. Subtle. The finish delivers stronger earth minerals and spice, while peppery retrohale remains a highlight. Mmm.

Earth minerals? Earth minerals. Yes. Rocks?

The minerality. What does that mean? The minerality of the cigar. Oh, no.

Uh, I guess I'll stick it to 89. 90. Clue on number two. All three samples perform extremely well, delivering good draws, even burn lines, and abundant smoke without significant construction problems.

Average smoking time is two hours. Seven hours and 58 minutes. Two hours? Two hours.

That's not a big cigar. It's six foot by 48, right? Well, you know, he's got to write down all the notes and everything. I guess.

Dang. And he's smoking three in the same time. Yeah, I mean, your average cigar for me takes about an hour, maybe under that. Yeah, 6x48 is not a big size.

89. 90. Clue number three. The middle loses flavor intensity and becomes difficult to describe.

The finish turns rougher and more aggressive, while the body feels lighter than the reviewer prefers. One sample produces smoke that irritates his eyes. Come on. Smoke in the eyes will irritate you.

Yeah, no matter what kind of smoke. Yeah. What did the wind shift or something in the middle of the review? Patrick, what's going on here?

Oh, it's in my eyes. Owie. 89, it's Habano. " It was Habano.

There's no way it wasn't. There's no way it was Broadly. It was not Broadly. Can I get a Broadly?

No. Always been. No. I don't believe it.

I don't know what to tell you. He had a rep on the phone. They were lied to too. They were lied to.

Is this like a Mandela effect? Yeah. That's exactly what's happening. They didn't even really make one.

Yeah. Doesn't exist. Shaq was not the genie. Shaq was not the genie.

Yeah. 90. And it's the Bernstein Bears. Oh.

Berenstein? Bernstein. I'm sorry, he said 90. Yeah.

He said 80. No, no, I said 90. Mike said 90. You said 90.

Yeah. Stop doing drugs. Final Thought, I red-lighted it this morning. Did you?

Final Thought, an enjoyable experience with changing flavors, excellent construction, and modest nicotine strength, the reviewer appreciates this interpretation of Brazilian tobaccos, although the original La Ranja remains his favorite. Gentlemen, what's the score? Mmm. Timmy?

Gosh, I wish I knew what they did with the score for the original, huh? Mmm. It's probably... Can't compete.

88. - Damn, he went down. - Because the original was Albano. - 18 years?

- 18 years ago. - All right, well, now, I mean, I would like to stay on 90, but I'm gonna go, I can't stay at 90 now, because he moved down to 88, and if I take 90, it's an 89, it's a tie. So I'm gonna take, I'm gonna go 89. - Ooh.

All right, final score is? - 89. - Wow. - That whole time you were on it.

- That whole time, and I switched it up. Celebration! Dang, you were out of stuff yesterday, so that's a fresh load. That's a scary...

Oh my God! It tingles when it hits me. It tingles! Maybe get another extension core for the extension core.

Push that back a little further. I can't, there's no... Let's just drop something. This could be it for me.

Did you just throw the remote on the ground? I dropped the remote because I'm covered in gunpowder or whatever this stuff is. Sparkler juice, I don't know what it is. Sparkler juice?

There's a skull. Did you show it during the show? Or are you supposed to show it during the show? Or can I get rid of it now?

I don't know what we're doing. This skull. Many people are putting those up now. Do not pass out.

Do not collect $200. Tape it to your face next show. Like this? Yeah, nice.

But no, you gotta put it like... You have to do where your face is. There you go. It's gotta be like right there.

I like that. Do you know who I am? We could only animate. Right.

There are animated options now on ChatGPT, but you got to join a new service. It's $1,700 a year. What? Wow.

There are plug-ins for ChatGPT now where you can do AI animations. Yeah. But they're extra, and it's $1,750. American dollars?

American dollars for the entire year. But why? I don't know. " Of course.

Of $1,750. Yeah, you pay up front. So if you're a Patreon member, the winner will be announced. Eventually.

Tomorrow. There may be something inside. Wait, not on the Patreon though, on the regular show. Yeah, we're going to announce a winner here.

We should just announce it on the Patreon show. Why? I don't know. We're trying to get more people to sign up to our Patreon.

Right, but how did them finding out who's winning on the other show, I mean, they know there's a prize now. At least they know that we legitimately do it. - Just 'cause we say somebody's name? - Yeah.

- We give away stuff every day on the Patreon show. - Tim won yesterday, Paul's winning tomorrow. - Yeah, once gave away a truck, and Nicky wins on Friday. - You better not call out Paul, because Paul's gonna ask you for what he won.

- I just picked names, I'd just say. - Yeah, we know the Paul though. - Right, yeah, we do know the Paul. - You did win.

- Wow, yeah, I think Cory kept his own. He opened it and said, "Hey, this is some wall art That's not for us. Oh. Yeah.

No giveaway for you guys. Nope. Hey, that was up to them. If they wanted to keep it, they could keep it.

Yeah, that's what I told people. Here's what we had planned, but it's yours. Do what you want. Yeah.

Right. Hmm. I've been working on the Christmas one. I'm excited.

It is. It looks neat. It's gonna be cool. A Christmas skull?

No. Oh. I'm gonna do it a little differently. Gifty.

Okay, cool. Gifty, gifty. Are you smoking a Habano right now? Or is that a Broadway?

It is a Habano. Oh, that's the Habano. Should have done like a turkey and it slides up inside of it like stuffing. Wouldn't be done in time.

Yeah, I know, the timing. So, there's that. I know what Habano tastes like. And that original Nicarusica was Habano.

Connecticut Broadway. Fight me. Why, it's not going to make it not Connecticut Broadway when you beat me up. You beat me up.

It was Habano. I don't care what you're saying. It's not like you're going to beat me up and all of a sudden the records are going to change. I don't care what anybody says.

It was Habano. It was Connecticut. No, it wasn't. At this point, I don't even know what tobacco is.

It was not Connecticut Broadleaf. That was the brownest Connecticut Broadleaf I've ever seen. Right, it was brown. Wait.

No, it wasn't dark. Huh? It wasn't like dark. It was dark brown.

No, it wasn't. I've been smoking those forever. Well, not now because they've changed. Because they've changed because now they're Broadleaf.

Oh my gosh. Yeah. I like Broadleaf. No, but you like that Habano.

No, no. I like Connecticut Broadleaf. No. Yes.

No. That's it. That's all I got. Mm-hmm.

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Show Notes

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The crew opened with banter about after-school specials, then read Comments from the Lounge about Tim and Siggy, plus updates on a mask auction and a kids' fundraiser. The news covered a $127 million wrongful-firing award, an invisible sculpture that sold for $18,300, a Florida cop who took a dead man's house, and a humanoid robot seized in Germany. Cigar news covered Drew Estate's Feral Flying Pig releases, a Ted's coffee liqueur cigar and the La Flor Dominicana Chapter 3 TAA exclusive, with a long argument over Connecticut Broadleaf versus Habano. They closed with What's the Score on the Espinosa Laranja Hybrid Short Churchill, reviewed by Patrick Lagreid,