Cigar mishaps and the like...

[Silound]

Let's see...left a bag of Padron #9's and two Zino Emperor Edition 2010s on the hood of my truck and took off. Never saw them again. Lost a nice Xikar cutter too.

Ruined more than my fair share of clothing with losing the ash...now I tap it off more regularly.

Washed a few cigars in cargo shorts.

Lost a bag under the seat of my truck. Fast forward a year later and I found them...shredded as they were by the seat rails.

Gave someone a nice cigar and watched them smoke an inch and throw it out.

Watched that same person pick the leftover up later and relight it.

Took a puff to be polite.

Fell asleep with a smoke in my hand and burned my leg about an inch from the family jewels.

Yeah I'm not too bright.

[ActionAndy]

Originally Posted by Silound

Let's see...left a bag of Padron #9's and two Zino Emperor Edition 2010s on the hood of my truck and took off. Never saw them again. Lost a nice Xikar cutter too.

Ruined more than my fair share of clothing with losing the ash...now I tap it off more regularly.

Washed a few cigars in cargo shorts.

Lost a bag under the seat of my truck. Fast forward a year later and I found them...shredded as they were by the seat rails.

Gave someone a nice cigar and watched them smoke an inch and throw it out.
Watched that same person pick the leftover up later and relight it.

Took a puff to be polite.

Fell asleep with a smoke in my hand and burned my leg about an inch from the family jewels.

Yeah I'm not too bright.

RAGE. This has happened to me a lot. Here's how it normally goes down: my roommate has a party or a barbecue, he gets 7 or 8 beers in him and wants a cigar. He keeps a few singles in my humi so we both go up to the room to grab one. Somehow we acquire leeches along the way. I want to stress this--I am more than willing to share. If we're having a party at the house I think it's part of my job to be gracious, but really it's more than obligation, it's just good character to share.

And for some reason these people always end up not realizing that a cigar lasts much longer than a cigarette. And I think they also don't realize that we're not smoking swishers--these aren't fifty cents apiece!

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

...And for some reason these people always end up not realizing that a cigar lasts much longer than a cigarette. And I think they also don't realize that we're not smoking swishers--these aren't fifty cents apiece!

Sounds like it might be worth it to have some inexpensive (but decent), short cigars on hand for these occasions...

[darkleeroy]

Originally Posted by CigarNut

Sounds like it might be worth it to have some inexpensive (but decent), short cigars on hand for these occasions...

I buy Robusto bundles at my B&M for that exact same reason. That and they are my daily smokes.

Anyways, beginner cigar smokers aren't going to tell the difference in nuances that would make a 5 dollar cigar a 20 dollar cigar. Finally, they're unbanded, so I don't have to worry about them thinking how much it cost (not much).

[guado]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

RAGE. This has happened to me a lot. Here's how it normally goes down: my roommate has a party or a barbecue, he gets 7 or 8 beers in him and wants a cigar. He keeps a few singles in my humi so we both go up to the room to grab one. Somehow we acquire leeches along the way. I want to stress this--I am more than willing to share. If we're having a party at the house I think it's part of my job to be gracious, but really it's more than obligation, it's just good character to share.

And for some reason these people always end up not realizing that a cigar lasts much longer than a cigarette. And I think they also don't realize that we're not smoking swishers--these aren't fifty cents apiece!

Reasons I always keep a fully stocked and unlocked MOOCH humidor on my desk. I always say "Take whatever you want" and walk the humidor into an open area. LOL


So far for me the biggest mishap is putting the wrong end in my mouth.

I always say you have been smoking(and drinking) long enough if you haven't done that at least once!

[brigey57]

Cigar mishaps and the like...

Yeah, almost done that but just caught myself before I got burned. I also have beard and mustache, gotta watch out for them longer hairs. Whoa!

Originally Posted by guado

Reasons I always keep a fully stocked and unlocked MOOCH humidor on my desk. I always say "Take whatever you want" and walk the humidor into an open area. LOL


So far for me the biggest mishap is putting the wrong end in my mouth.

I always say you have been smoking(and drinking) long enough if you haven't done that at least once!

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by ActionAndy

RAGE. This has happened to me a lot. Here's how it normally goes down: my roommate has a party or a barbecue, he gets 7 or 8 beers in him and wants a cigar. He keeps a few singles in my humi so we both go up to the room to grab one. Somehow we acquire leeches along the way. I want to stress this--I am more than willing to share. If we're having a party at the house I think it's part of my job to be gracious, but really it's more than obligation, it's just good character to share.

And for some reason these people always end up not realizing that a cigar lasts much longer than a cigarette. And I think they also don't realize that we're not smoking swishers--these aren't fifty cents apiece!

More of a gripe or pet peeve than a "mishap".

I gave one of my friends a OpusX "Love Afair," cause she never had one & she's a beginner... So as we're working at JR's (in the cigar store) i told her to not worry about the ash trays... well she was starting to enjoy it and as she was cleaning the last ash tray she dropped it in the ash tray, with kitty litter. I was laughing my tail off, it was so funny...

Last thanksgiving we took the trailer up to the mountains (Canadian Thanksgiving is in October)

When I was setting up the trailer I checked the forecast and it was going to be cold, I hummed and hawwed about the whole thing and in the end decided that the trailer would stay warm enough that the lines wouldn't freeze so I loaded up all the tanks and away we went.

So the forecast was wrong and it was more than a bit cold, in fact it never got over -7 so sure enough everything freezes up. Black water drain (from the shitter), Grey water drain (from the sinks) and the fresh water tank drain lines. Perfect


So I MacGuyver up a set up, put the Coleman lantern under the trailer, and use about a mile of tinfoil to make a shroud around the pipes, two hours later I have success and get the black and grey tanks empty, quick shower and head home.

Well now everything freezes up again. Just great.

So the next day it looks like it is going to warm up enough to work on it and get it fully winterized (drain all the lines and tanks and fill with RV Antifreeze). Now my main fresh tank drain line is frozen and I figure since it is far under the trailer I will give it some help with a space heater. I get it all set up, no problem back in the house. I go out to work on it, figure might as well have a cigar.........grab a Cohiba Siglo I and off I go.

Great smoke, enjoying it............but only get to smoke half. Why you say............bad burn, nope.......plugged, nope.........

As I am working the line I grab a wrench and go to take out the plug, in the process I knock half the heater off on my chest. phuck, I am lying in a pool of ethanol with a heater on my chest.............what happens I panic thinking I am about to burst into flames... take a deep breath..........phuck me the cigar is still in my yap and I get a lung full of smoke. That freaks me out more, I sit up...........oh crap I am under the trailer WHAM right on the forehead...........now I am rolling out from under the trailer in the ethanol, wet snow........oh ya and the grey water that I drained out of the tank earlier coughing my brains out and my wrist is burnt where I rubbed the heater off, and a lump on my head.

Stand up, I have a half crushed Sig I in my teeth, I am wet and cold, I smell like a sewer and ethanol cocktail, my head is pounding and my wrist is burnt, and my lungs feel like I doused them in gasoline and lit a match.

42 years old and all I could think was...............I want my mom


I like to think I am a somewhat smart individual, that day I thought maybe Darwin missed me in the whole evolution thing.

Does that qualify as a cigar mishap?

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

... Stand up, I have a half crushed Sig I in my teeth, I am wet and cold, I smell like a sewer and ethanol cocktail, my head is pounding and my wrist is burnt, and my lungs feel like I doused them in gasoline and lit a match...

The joys of RV ownership

I was enjoying a Hoyo De Nic A. Grand Reserva, and I ask my buddy if she wanted to taste a good medium-full bodied cigar (note: she is a beginner) ...So she says okay, well she took two puffs and said she liked it, so i say "exhale out of your nose, to get a little more flavor." So she trys and half-inhales it, she started to caugh her lungs out so i walk away with my cigar laughin my ace off... customers we're asking if she was okay...

[warren G.]

I thought I lost my Xikar cutter (my very first cutter ever). The following week I bought another one. Then my friend call me and told me he found my cutter.

For some reason I decide to light up a Padron 1926 when I was sick and on empty stomach no less. It wasn't a fun experience and I had to end the smoke shortly (still kicking myself for that).

A guy at my favorite B&M gave me couple of Davidoff cigars, put it in my pocket and completely forgot about it. The next day I discover two crush cigars...

I got together with a bunch of friends. My buddy and I decide to smoke a cigar by the lake. A flying Frisbee pwned me in the face and the cigar dropped in the lake. This is probably my most weird mishap thus far.

[neoflex]

Originally Posted by warren G.

A guy at my favorite B&M gave me couple of Davidoff cigars, put it in my pocket and completely forgot about it. The next day I discover two crush cigars...

This is why I have always made it a habit to never ever put cigars in any pocket whether it's the top pocket of a dress short, cargo pocket or even a jacket pocket. I even get nervous putting a cigar in the inside pocket of a suit jacket.

[BigCat]

I forgot I had a nice Xikar cutter my uncle had just given me in my pocket on my way into court. I realized it when I was in line and slipped it into my briefcase hoping the screener wouldn't catch it. She did. I explained I could get on an airplane with it no problem - she didn't buy it. I didn't have time to run back to the office before the hearing, so I stepped out of line and, when I thought no one was looking, I dropped it in a plant near the door hoping to re-claim it on my way out. Someone must have seen me. It was gone when I got done. I was pissed. I realize it was my fault, but still...

[sikk50]

Was visiting my (now ex) girlfriend (she went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) and I got to CSU Chico. Needless to say we were 400miles apart and saw eachother 1-2 times a month with the exception of school breaks. She always tried to do stuff she new I liked while I was down bc generally when I was down I was being force to go to her sorority events.

So she takes me to the local cigar shop. I pick out a few cigars and she was kind enough to buy them for me. We go to a movie and dinner and back to her house. For the life of me I couldn't find the cigars. She offered to replace them but I said no.

Fast forward three months. I get a picture msg from her of a horrific scene. It was four shredded cigars cuddled together in a baggie! She was cleaning her car and found them under the passenger seat which was always being adjusted.

Sad day for me

[area51]

Putting the wrong end in my mouth, stepping on cigars and inhaling the smoke only to puke it all up are probably at the top of my list.

[Bill86]

One time I left a Oliva V in my cup holder in my car, I put a beer on top of it and crushed it. It only ruined the wrapped but still.

[dwoodward]

Biggest cigar mishap? Giving a friend one of your best smokes, watching them light it and smoke an inch off it and then pitch it away... That would probably be my biggest mishap, and its happened twice now.

Now if a friend wants a smoke, I make sure to ask if they smoke cigars at all, and if all they smoke are gas station smokes, I just give them one of my cheaper handmades. I don't have enough quality smokes to have them going to waste by people who don't even enjoy them.

I had one that made me go red in the face just this Saturday! My younger cousin took me to a local cigar lounge, let me pick out a cigar which was a Rocky Patel Vintage 1990. Now granted, I think my cutter is dull (Colibri, been over it on BOTL) but I'm also a very lousy cutter. I placed my cutter where I thought I wanted to cut and chomped down. A nice crunch, a half cut cigar, that is now completely unraveling. I destroyed my cousins gift right in front of him.

[dwoodward]

Originally Posted by TheRuckus13

I had one that made me go red in the face just this Saturday! My younger cousin took me to a local cigar lounge, let me pick out a cigar which was a Rocky Patel Vintage 1990. Now granted, I think my cutter is dull (Colibri, been over it on BOTL) but I'm also a very lousy cutter. I placed my cutter where I thought I wanted to cut and chomped down. A nice crunch, a half cut cigar, that is now completely unraveling. I destroyed my cousins gift right in front of him.

Hehe, probably a dull cutter, or you just didn't "want" to cut the cigar. Like I tell all my buddies, "cut it like you mean it"... If you baby the cut, your just going to crunch the cigar.