Originally Posted by JenksAnejo (Post 1917870)

Question? - What is a bomb and should I be scared?

Answer - A bomb is really a package of cigars that has been sent to a person unsollicited and unannounced. They are a gift to the person who recieves them. Some people may fear getting this type of a gift.

:sh

Maybe I missed the message..

Originally Posted by JenksAnejo (Post 1917870)

Question? - What is a bomb and should I be scared?

Answer - A bomb is really a package of cigars that has been sent to a person unsollicited and unannounced. They are a gift to the person who recieves them. Some people may fear getting this type of a gift.

:sh

Maybe I missed the message..

Originally Posted by bruceolee (Post 1917880)

Bombs can be secret and random and those are certainly fun to do but they can also be public. Like a declaration of war and so on which involves everyone on the boards and I think can bring a lot of positivity into this place. It's entertaining as well. We all enjoy watching a BOTL or SOTL getting their mailboxes or houses destroyed. Especially if that person is very deserving of such a thing. It's a lot of fun but there should never be any pressure to compete. It's entirely up to that person but it's also infectious. :)

Originally Posted by markem (Post 1917887)

The notion of a bomb has actually changed over the years to include the "incoming!" announcements. Some see it as hubris or "look at me!", but I doubt that is the case for most people here.

Originally Posted by markem (Post 1917887)

The notion of a bomb has actually changed over the years to include the "incoming!" announcements. Some see it as hubris or "look at me!", but I doubt that is the case for most people here.

The quiet, anonymous bombing still occurs, but of course you don't hear about it.

Originally Posted by shilala (Post 1917907)

I think it's fun, and perfectly okay, no matter how it's done.
I've done it every way that I've thought of, from anonymous to making videos, to saying to a friend in a banter thread "ya know what, I haven't bombed you for a long time."
Lots of my bombs aren't even bombs, really. I'll be talking to someone about smokes, they'll say something that makes me believe they'll really enjoy something I have that they don't, and I want to share. That's what we do with our cigars. We share.
If my motivation is to spread some love, I can't see how that can be wrong.
I can't see a problem with the brothers getting a "feel good" out of the bomb via sharing a picture. And if it motivates them to do the same, all the better. :tu

That said, I completely understand Vinnie's words and he made me smile. I'm taught to do for others and keep my mouth shut about it, that doing the right thing is it's own reward. Life allows plenty of opportunity for that, beyond cigars. It's a wonderful thing, although I won't comment any further via part two of that teaching.

Originally Posted by Catfish (Post 1917915)

He always puts things so much better than I could ever hope to. :tu


As someone who is guilty of enjoying finding "bombing" related pictures and captioning them to go along with a sent bomb, I can only hope that anyone here would believe me when I say I don't do it for recognition, I do it for fun.

Originally Posted by Whipper Snapper (Post 1917919)

:pn <--- I've had a lot of those bombs lately. Might have something to do with my diet though. :r

Originally Posted by Remo (Post 1917920)

With those bombs you really should announce and warn people !!!!

Originally Posted by Whipper Snapper (Post 1917919)

:pn <--- I've had a lot of those bombs lately. Might have something to do with my diet though. :r

Originally Posted by The Poet (Post 1917924)

Maybe you should change your handle to Smeller Felller. :D

Originally Posted by Whipper Snapper (Post 1917933)

My two scents.

Originally Posted by The Poet (Post 1917934)

Fixed it for ya, Feller. ;)

Originally Posted by Remo (Post 1917884)

It's all in fun, just because it's announced doesn't mean the target knows where it's going, unless the bomber puts the tracking number up. Seems to me that it really doesn't matter how we bomb, all good clean fun...do we really need rules of bombing and is it really something we need to concern ourselves with :sh

Bomb how you like is my motto :tu

Originally Posted by Whipper Snapper (Post 1917925)

Yeah, I should probably change it. I think most people know by now that I used to be tecnorobo. If they don't, that might not be bad thing either. Not sure many people liked that tecnorobo guy, but I hear that whipper snapper is pretty awesome ;)

Originally Posted by bruceolee (Post 1917940)

Tecnorobo was SOOO cool back in the club stogie days. I wonder what happened to that guy?

This "whipper snapper" impostor on the other hand seems like tecnorobo's evil doppelgänger. he probably has a goatee just to complete the picture :)

Originally Posted by maninblack (Post 1917942)

I'm still trying to figure out where the ego and look at me comments are coming from. If you feel we are doing that, then by all means call me out. Just shows how little people know about me. And I don't see very many here who are like that. We bomb as we please. Don't like it, don't make an issue of something that isn't there. Let's just all get along. This is a great forum. Bombs are a big part.of what makes it great.SSpreading the love.

Originally Posted by Lockspur (Post 1917977)

One benefit to bomb announcements is there seems to be "contagiousness" to them. A few people dropped tracking numbers…and now there's a crap load of bombing going on.

I've bombed with and without starting threads…and honestly, I prefer silent attacks.

As long as you're doing it in the spirit of passing on love, and not competition, then bomb as you see fit.

Originally Posted by maninblack (Post 1917942)

I'm still trying to figure out where the ego and look at me comments are coming from. If you feel we are doing that, then by all means call me out. Just shows how little people know about me. And I don't see very many here who are like that. We bomb as we please. Don't like it, don't make an issue of something that isn't there. Let's just all get along. This is a great forum. Bombs are a big part.of what makes it great.SSpreading the love.

Originally Posted by maninblack (Post 1917976)

A 5 at best. But she'll have some nice tasty breasts when she's older.

Originally Posted by replicant_argent (Post 1917938)

It is a rare man that will admit to being egotistical, a wise man once said.

Originally Posted by Lockspur (Post 1917977)

One benefit to bomb announcements is there seems to be "contagiousness" to them. A few people dropped tracking numbers…and now there's a crap load of bombing going on.

I've bombed with and without starting threads…and honestly, I prefer silent attacks.

As long as you're doing it in the spirit of passing on love, and not competition, then bomb as you see fit.

Originally Posted by markem (Post 1918009)

That someone asked the question should be no reason for people to raise their hackles. That some see it as self-serving to announce that you are sending out a package to some unnamed person isn't surprising. I have had people active on this board admit to me in person that one of the reasons for announcing bombs is to get bumps and recognition. Is that bad? Probably not, but is a new-ish addition to a very old custom.

Originally Posted by shilala (Post 1918015)

I can remember when we used to have bombing wars. And by war, I mean war.
Two guys would sling stuff back and forth at each other for weeks or months. All out in public and it was an absolute laugh riot.
Talk about sweat. You'd just hope someone would cave.. :lr

We've done mass bombing runs that had nearly 100 people join in. I can remember one in particular that literally transformed the recipient. The overwhelming love changed the way he thought about people, period.

I can remember when I was in an accident at work and I broke my back. It was the day before my birthday. I was laying on the couch feeling as low as I had ever felt in my life, with so much misery coming in the near future, bills, operations, doctors, it was awful.
On my birthday came a package. A box of cigars from someone I barely knew. For my birthday. It literally made my cry. It also changed my entire outlook on the crap I was about to go through. It reminded me how much I love people and how much I love being loved, so I sucked it up and got on with it.
When I went into surgery, the brothers here (at CS, actually) sent me everything I could possibly need to keep me entertained while I healed up. The outpouring of love and caring was astounding.

I can't even begin to tell all the stories of guys who's bomb arrived just at the right time. Right when they were lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut. A small gesture of kindness that truly saved them that day, and an amazing "coincidence".
I don't believe there are any coincidences in God's world. There's no way that I could know that someone was about to jump off a roof, then the package that I sent days before caused them to step back from the edge. I've been on the receiving end of those "coincidences" many, many times.
I bet that nearly everyone, if not everyone here, can relay such a story as it happened to them. I can think of a bunch off the top of my head.

I say that if anyone wants to announce a bomb, go crazy. Let's just hope the bomb has the same tremendous impact. I think that's what folks worry about with the "announcing", that the magic healing part of the bomb may be lost with the announcement?

Originally Posted by shilala (Post 1918015)

I can remember when we used to have bombing wars. And by war, I mean war.
Two guys would sling stuff back and forth at each other for weeks or months. All out in public and it was an absolute laugh riot.
Talk about sweat. You'd just hope someone would cave.. :lr

We've done mass bombing runs that had nearly 100 people join in. I can remember one in particular that literally transformed the recipient. The overwhelming love changed the way he thought about people, period.

I can remember when I was in an accident at work and I broke my back. It was the day before my birthday. I was laying on the couch feeling as low as I had ever felt in my life, with so much misery coming in the near future, bills, operations, doctors, it was awful.
On my birthday came a package. A box of cigars from someone I barely knew. For my birthday. It literally made my cry. It also changed my entire outlook on the crap I was about to go through. It reminded me how much I love people and how much I love being loved, so I sucked it up and got on with it.
When I went into surgery, the brothers here (at CS, actually) sent me everything I could possibly need to keep me entertained while I healed up. The outpouring of love and caring was astounding.

I can't even begin to tell all the stories of guys who's bomb has arrived just at the right time. Right when they were lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut. A small gesture of kindness that truly saved them that day, and an amazing "coincidence".
I don't believe there are any coincidences in God's world. There's no way that I could know that someone was about to jump off a roof, then the package that I sent days before caused them to step back from the edge. I've been on the receiving end of those "coincidences" many, many times.
I bet that nearly everyone, if not everyone here can relay such a story as it happened to them. I can think of a bunch off the top of my head.

I say that if anyone wants to announce a bomb, go crazy. Let's just hope the bomb has the same tremendous impact. I think that's what folks worry about with the "announcing", that the magic healing part of the bomb may be lost with the announcement?

Originally Posted by Lockspur (Post 1917977)

One benefit to bomb announcements is there seems to be "contagiousness" to them. A few people dropped tracking numbers…and now there's a crap load of bombing going on.

I've bombed with and without starting threads…and honestly, I prefer silent attacks.

As long as you're doing it in the spirit of passing on love, and not competition, then bomb as you see fit.