Bringing cheap cigars from now on

jjmitchem · 10-18-2017, 06:33 PM

My daughter's wedding was this past weekend. It was a big deal for us - youngest daughter and I was officiating it.

So I did what the event deserved, I bought a box of good cigars to hand out - Arturo Fuente Hemingway Work of Art Maduro.

I asked if they would like to join me for a cigar and I offered. Quite a few took "one for later" or smoked a 1/3 then tossed it. I even found a couple laying on the tables the next day when we went back to clean up.

From now on I will bring some good ones for those I know will appreciate or want to learn and some factory cigars for those who dont

UpInSmoke79 · 10-18-2017, 06:41 PM

Ouch!

hudd · 10-18-2017, 06:58 PM

Been there...done that.

AdamJoshua · 10-18-2017, 07:04 PM

Did the split at my friend Liz's wedding, brought a handful of good sticks for me and a couple people I knew would actually smoke them and a box of so / so sticks that could be pitched for all I cared. It was funny because I even told her new husband, if I see this snubbed out somewhere you're on the sh!t list because I brought a couple cohibas to their place for a cookout and he smoked about half of a killer coro then mashed it down into an ashtray... almost threw him into the drainage ditch.

Brian D. · 10-19-2017, 07:23 AM

I've got enough pals who appreciate cigars that I don't feel much compelled to hand any out to strangers. We have three good sized organized herfs per week around here, the one I hit most often is at a bar on the Ohio River. So naturally, some of us are in there other nights too. Other folks will wander in, see us, and suddenly want to mooch or buy cigars. Sometimes their demeanor is polite, other times they're just obnoxious drunks, or obnoxious guys on the way to being drunk. The polite guys, we might indulge, but not the jerks. Guaranteed they will take a few puffs and leave the sticks sit, or worse.

BigAsh · 10-19-2017, 07:36 AM

there's a drawer in my humi for sticks destined for "those people"...

sigsauer · 10-19-2017, 08:00 AM

I hate this ****...bunch of ingrates

oldforge · 10-19-2017, 08:59 AM

I hide my WOAMs--just hope I don't get too old to remember where they are. :-)

dave · 10-19-2017, 10:21 AM

unfortunately, too many people see it as a wedding first...and the cigar part just secondary, if given a thought at all.
So, I don't go to weddings any more. My sons will just have to get married at herfs if they want me there

dvickery · 10-19-2017, 10:43 AM

For these situations I have my "brother in law 'ador" .

Derrek

stearns · 10-19-2017, 10:46 AM

Always sad to see, I remember at least a dozen monte 2's at my sisters wedding with less than an inch smoked

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Originally Posted by dave

So, I don't go to weddings any more. My sons will just have to get married at herfs if they want me there

mosesbotbol · 10-19-2017, 10:52 AM

As mentioned already, you need to have different cigars for different smokers. The worst cigar offered has to be something you'd smoke yourself if someone gave it you. Doesn't need to be "expensive", but a minimum level must be maintained.

dave · 10-19-2017, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dave

So, I don't go to weddings any more.

I'd go to Ben's, though. You KNOW the cigars would be killer....dude doesn't know what a chitty cigar is

Ashcan Bill · 10-19-2017, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

As mentioned already, you need to have different cigars for different smokers. The worst cigar offered has to be something you'd smoke yourself if someone gave it you. Doesn't need to be "expensive", but a minimum level must be maintained.

I do the same. I have some old friends who I get together with a couple times a year who like to smoke a cigar with me when I light up. But most of the time whatever I give them ends up half smoked and discarded. While I gladly give them a decent cigar that I'll smoke right along with them, I no longer give them expensive cigars. It's a waste and they can't tell any difference, nor do they really care. They just want something to puff on while we shoot the breeze. There are plenty of good cigars out there that aren't that expensive.

icehog3 · 10-19-2017, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dave

My sons will just have to get married at herfs if they want me there

Epic!

hammondc · 10-19-2017, 06:06 PM

Yep. Been there. Done that. I always buy a box of the cheaper General Cigar RyJ/Monte I can find. Folks recognize the name.

10-18-2017, 06:33 PM	#1
jjmitchem Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Jim "Chappy" Location: Ft Campbell Posts: 445 Trading: (3)	Bringing cheap cigars from now on My daughter's wedding was this past weekend. It was a big deal for us - youngest daughter and I was officiating it. So I did what the event deserved, I bought a box of good cigars to hand out - Arturo Fuente Hemingway Work of Art Maduro. I asked if they would like to join me for a cigar and I offered. Quite a few took "one for later" or smoked a 1/3 then tossed it. I even found a couple laying on the tables the next day when we went back to clean up. From now on I will bring some good ones for those I know will appreciate or want to learn and some factory cigars for those who dont __________________ "I'm not ashamed of anything whatever that I do, and I don't feel that smoking makes me ashamed, and therefore I mean to smoke to the glory of God." - Charles Spurgeon

10-18-2017, 06:41 PM	#2
UpInSmoke79 Just in from the Storm Join Date: Oct 2017 First Name: Justin Location: Minco, OK Posts: 8 Trading: (0)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on Ouch! __________________ Justin

10-18-2017, 06:58 PM	#3
hudd Still Watching My Back Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 210 Trading: (0)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on Been there...done that.

10-18-2017, 07:04 PM	#4
AdamJoshua Article 4 Free Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2013 First Name: The Other Adam Location: Satellite Beach Posts: 14,787 Trading: (40)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on Did the split at my friend Liz's wedding, brought a handful of good sticks for me and a couple people I knew would actually smoke them and a box of so / so sticks that could be pitched for all I cared. It was funny because I even told her new husband, if I see this snubbed out somewhere you're on the sh!t list because I brought a couple cohibas to their place for a cookout and he smoked about half of a killer coro then mashed it down into an ashtray... almost threw him into the drainage ditch.

10-19-2017, 07:23 AM	#5
Brian D. Have My Own Room Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Brian Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,617 Trading: (1)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on I've got enough pals who appreciate cigars that I don't feel much compelled to hand any out to strangers. We have three good sized organized herfs per week around here, the one I hit most often is at a bar on the Ohio River. So naturally, some of us are in there other nights too. Other folks will wander in, see us, and suddenly want to mooch or buy cigars. Sometimes their demeanor is polite, other times they're just obnoxious drunks, or obnoxious guys on the way to being drunk. The polite guys, we might indulge, but not the jerks. Guaranteed they will take a few puffs and leave the sticks sit, or worse. __________________ Any gathering that includes Elderboy02 is "NKA"-- --No Ketchup Allowed.

10-19-2017, 07:36 AM	#6
BigAsh Don't knock the Ash... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Keith Location: Yardley, PA Posts: 5,046 Trading: (46)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on there's a drawer in my humi for sticks destined for "those people"... __________________ Keith

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sigsauer Have My Own Room Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,370 Trading: (63)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on I hate this ****...bunch of ingrates

10-19-2017, 08:59 AM	#8
oldforge Still Watching My Back Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Porcupine Quillage, CT Posts: 248 Trading: (0)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on I hide my WOAMs--just hope I don't get too old to remember where they are. :-)

10-19-2017, 10:21 AM	#9
dave Have My Own Room Join Date: May 2011 First Name: Dave Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,180 Trading: (15)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on unfortunately, too many people see it as a wedding first...and the cigar part just secondary, if given a thought at all. So, I don't go to weddings any more. My sons will just have to get married at herfs if they want me there __________________ I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. Thomas Jefferson

10-19-2017, 10:43 AM	#10
dvickery Team of 1 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: derrek Location: edson , alberta , canada Posts: 685 Trading: (0)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on For these situations I have my "brother in law 'ador" . Derrek __________________ i hope i someday become the man my dog thinks i am

10-19-2017, 10:52 AM	#12
mosesbotbol That's a Corgi Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Moses Location: Boston Posts: 6,171 Trading: (6)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on As mentioned already, you need to have different cigars for different smokers. The worst cigar offered has to be something you'd smoke yourself if someone gave it you. Doesn't need to be "expensive", but a minimum level must be maintained. __________________ Port Wine & Claret \| British Cars \| Welsh Corgi's

10-19-2017, 06:06 PM	#16
hammondc Moar Padrons! Join Date: Aug 2010 First Name: Chip Location: Senoia, GA Posts: 2,625 Trading: (17)	Re: Bringing cheap cigars from now on Yep. Been there. Done that. I always buy a box of the cheaper General Cigar RyJ/Monte I can find. Folks recognize the name.