The initial obstacles of starting to smoke cigars

[encephalization]

This was left at my local shop the other night. Three (frat?) guys were sitting in the corner of the lounge, I guess that's why noone caught it and gave some friendly advice.

I feel bad for the guy but couldn't help but smile when I saw this photo. I bet the profile was cedar dominated, eh?

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[PigFish]

... and this is a Woody!

Welcome to the forum. -Piggy

[madandana]

OMG

[zappaFREAK]

That has to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen!

[dominattorney]

Dude. I love it  

[Fuzz]

I remember seeing this pic posted a few years ago.

[oliverdst]

I saw somebody smoking the band. 

Nobody told me. I saw It.

[Cubatabaco]

I remember seeing this pic posted a few years ago.

How's that Chateau, Jeezy?

[Mattb82]

Haha. Love this 

[polarbear]

Wait, you're meant to take the cedar off!?

[Fuzz]

1 hour ago, polarbear said:

Wait, you're meant to take the cedar off!?

Don't forget to take the wrapper off too!

[BuzzArd]

It's all a matter of personal taste.   

Seriously, when I started 25 years ago i could have made the same mistake.  

Speaking of actual hurdles to starting, for me it was feeling overwhelmed and being afraid to make a silly mistake like the ones pictured.  It just seemed so daunting....   Ended up getting good advice from then new friends and getting a good steer down the path rather than thinking cigars all tasted like a burning split-rail fence....

[Thomasdenaro]

That is awesome, funniest thing i have seen in a while

[SignalJoe]

Tobacco vs wood; one is not like the other.  

[encephalization]

It's all a matter of personal taste.   

Seriously, when I started 25 years ago i could have made the same mistake.  

Speaking of actual hurdles to starting, for me it was feeling overwhelmed and being afraid to make a silly mistake like the ones pictured.  It just seemed so daunting....   Ended up getting good advice from then new friends and getting a good steer down the path rather than thinking cigars all tasted like a burning split-rail fence....

I completely agree. And by no means do I think that the guy who did that is any less than what I was when I started. I really do wish he had sat somewhere closer to anyone more experienced, maybe he would've become a regular.

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[PigFish]

43 minutes ago, SignalJoe said:

Tobacco vs wood; one is not like the other.  

... gives the concept of tunneling a whole new perspective! -Piggy

[Iznogood]

10 hours ago, SignalJoe said:

Tobacco vs wood; one is not like the other.  

Nicotine causes the blood vessels to constrict. So wood loses that battle I guess

[GrouchoMarx]

From the pics above, we need a thread "stupid cigar smokers" or something like that! LOL

[bman75]

i'm almost willing to buy a cheap NC cedro just to see how awful that must taste.

[PlatypusMaximus]

I remember seeing this pic posted a few years ago.

Hilarious!! Wow.

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[rhcolbert]

Hahahaha, god only knows how awful that has to taste!

bar for entry for me was the commitment to a whole box of Cubans when I had little to no brand experience being an American. Sure you can get samplers but box pricing was so much better