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Came home to some great boxes today, but this one I am the most pumped about: 50 Cab of 2003 Des Dieux. They smell great. Definitely won't be waiting long to smoke the crooked one under the ribbon. About 15 min.

A man decided to go on a safari. He took his faithful dog along for company. One day the dog starts chasing butterflies and before long the dog discovers that he is lost. So, wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The dog thinks, “Oh boy, I’m in deep stuff now.” Then he notices some bones lying nearby on the ground and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dog exclaims loudly, “That was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here?” Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-stride, and slinks away into the trees. “Whew”, says the leopard. “That was close. That dog nearly had me.” Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes. But the dog sees him heading off after the leopard and figures that something is amiss. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans about the dog’s ruse and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, “Hop on my back, monkey, and see what’s going to happen to that conniving canine. “Now the dog sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, “Oh boy, it looks like I’ve really had it now.” But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to the leopard and the monkey and pretends that he hasn’t seen them. And just when they get close enough to hear him, the dog says… “Where is that monkey? .. I sent him off an hour ago to get me another leopard and he’s still not back.” Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

An 85-year-old man was requested by his doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam. The doctor gave the man a jar and said, "Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow." The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day. The doctor asked, what happened and the man explained. "Well, doctor, first I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing. Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then with her left, still nothing. She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing. We even called up the lady next door and she tried too, first with both hands, then an armpit, and she even tried squeezing it between her knees, but still nothing." The doctor was shocked! "You asked your neighbor?" The old man replied, "Yep, none of us could get the jar open."

I have a smoking area in my carport which I use several times a day. About s month or so ago I noticed a nest of Carolina Chikadees nesting like 10 feet from my chair. Typically these birds will find a hollow tree or a birdhouse to raise their young in this area. But this pair choose to remain in this spot Then I noticed an absence of spiders and insects around my fourteenth overhead light. After the eggs hatched they became skittish for a couple of days dive bombing is when I went out to smoke or take out the trash. Now they pay me little attention and will sit on a chair only 3 feet away watching me. I have been putting out sunflower seeds and water for them. They are truly fascinating to watch catching insects and feeding their young. I have almost got them to take seed from my hand but not quite. Still can't believe that they remains this close to so much activity

A young man was eating in a diner when an old couple walked in and sat in the booth behind him. After their meal, he overheard the old man say to his wife, "Darling, do you remember the last time we were here 40 years ago, when we made love against the fence behind the diner?" His wife replied, "Yes dear, I do remember that. It was wonderful." The old man asked, "Shall we go round back and give it one more go for old time's sake?" The wife agreed and the couple quickly paid their bill and left. The young man, surprised and a little shocked to hear such vigour in their voices thought to himself, "I have got to see this for myself". The man leaves the diner and sneak around the back to see the old couple slowly walking round back, holding on to each other. Finally they get to the back of the diner and make their way to the fence. The old lady lifts her skirt and the old man drops his trousers. As she leans against the fence, the old man moves in. Suddenly they erupt into the most furious sex that the young man has ever seen. This goes on for about ten minutes. Finally, they both collapse panting on the ground. The young man is amazed. He thinks he has learned something about life that he didn't know. After about half an hour of lying on the ground recovering, the old couple struggle to their feet and put their clothes back on. The young man, still watching thinks, this was truly amazing. I've got to ask them what their secret is. As the couple passes, he says to them, "Excuse me, but that was something else. You must've had a fantastic sex life together. Is there some sort of secret to this?" The old man shakily replies, "Yeah, forty years ago, that wasn't an electric fence."

Apologies in advance to our Irish brethren.... Paddy died in a fire and was burnt pretty badly. So the morgue needed someone to identify the body. Paddy’s two best friends, Seamus and Sean, were sent for. Seamus went in and the mortician pulled back the sheet. Seamus said "Yup, he's burnt pretty bad. Roll him over". So the mortician rolled him over. Seamus looked and said "Nope, it ain't Paddy." The mortician thought that was rather strange and then he brought Sean in to identify the body. Sean took a look at him and said, "Yup, he's burnt real bad, roll him over." The mortician rolled him over and Sean looked down and said, "No, it ain't Paddy." The mortician asked, "How can you tell?" Sean said, "Well, Paddy had two arseholes." "What? He had two arseholes?" asked the mortician. "Yup, everyone knew he had two arseholes. Every time we went into town, folks would say, 'Here comes Paddy with them two arseholes....'"

MUO MAY 14 Siglo II with a late morning coffee. Delicious. Terrific size.

From our host... PRA DIC 10. I think I've done enough damage for quite some time! The scent is wonderful, even before you lift the lid.

This guy boards a transatlantic flight, London to New York, sitting business class. He takes his seat and as the rest of the flight is boarding a smoking hot 20-something walks on and he says to himself "please God, sit next to me." Much to his surprise, she sits down right next to him. They strike up conversation and chat about the reasons for travelling etc etc. He is heading over for an I.T. work conference. She is heading over for a sex conference. "A sex conference?" he inquires. She goes onto explain that she is actually presenting the results of her recent study, conducted as her university thesis, which looked at Global Sexual Trends. She went on to explain it delves into, psychology, romance, even physiological differences across race, religion and gender, and that the convention is actually very scientific and more about health and wellbeing than the sex. She stated, "I was looking to consolidate, establish and dismiss where possible, the many myths and misconceptions that mislead today's youth since the advent of the internet and the growing online porn industry." Truly fascinating stuff. It sounded super interesting, so the man inquires further. The young lady perks up at the genuine interest and tells him some of the more fascinating findings. "One major misconception we uncovered is that of penis size, all populations have their outliers and freaks of nature, but on average, the native American-Indian population are the most well endowed of all males on the planet. A good 20 to 30% larger." "Unbelievable" says the man. "What else?" "Most people think the French are the most romantic culture" she says, "but in fact it is the Greeks that scored WAY higher than everyone!" "Wow, I never would have thought that!" he said. "And the best lovers ("in bed" she whispers) were the Irish!!! While everyone thought it was the Italians!" "This was 4 years of research, 27,500 participants, with rigorous constraints and the data is highly correlated. Which is why I have been invited to present." "Outstanding" said the man "well done." The young lady then says "I am so sorry, I have been so rude, just blabbing on and on, I don't even know your name, I am Linda Johnson." And stretches out her hand. The man shakes her hand and says... "I am Tonto.... Tonto Pappodopolous.... but my friends call me Paddy."

A man and his wife travel to the same island and hotel in the pacific where they had their magical honeymoon 40 years ago. They walk into the same hotel room and the wife says "let me go change into something more comfortable". The man, lying comfortably on the bed when his wife comes out of the bathroom, looks her up and down with a sparkle in his eyes. Wife asks "what were you thinking about 40 years ago this night?" Husband replies "I wanted to F your brains out and suck your tits dry" Wife- "mmm hmmm, oh! And what are you thinking about now?" Husband, eyeing his wife up and down - " I did a good job"

Wait, Hillary Clinton is in jail?

Every man needs a cab of Party Shorts... especially if you don't often have time to smoke larger cigars.

A man comes home late from the pub to find his wife waiting on the doorstep. "What time do you call this?" she says. "Sorry, love," says the husband, "I got cornered by Frank in the pub. You know what he's like once he gets going." "Him and his tall tales!" says the wife. "What was he lying about this time?" "He was boasting that he's had sex with every woman in our street, except one." The wife shrugs dismissively. "Probably that stuck-up bitch at number 8."

Three blondes decide to go to Disneyworld. The drive for 12 hours and come upon a sign that says Disneyworld Left. So they went home.

A beautiful evening and my first smoke after seeing off my wife, daughter and parents at the airport to visit family overseas. It's been a while since I have enjoyed a RASS...great smoke Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How does a nun become pregnant? Dress as an altar boy.

Had a 3hr drive home from some training today, 05 diplo 1 kept me from getting bored.

well here goes.... In the great days of the British Empire, a new Commanding Officer was sent to an outpost in Africa … to relieve the retiring Colonel. After welcoming his replacement and showing the usual courtesies (gin and tonic, cucumber sandwiches without crusts, etc) that protocol decreed, the retiring Colonel said, "You must meet my Adjutant, Captain Smithers, he’s my right-hand man, he's really the strength of this Regiment. His talent is simply boundless." Smithers was summoned and introduced to the new CO, who was surprised to meet a hump-backed, one-eyed, toothless, hairless, scabbed and pockmarked specimen of humanity, a particularly unattractive man less than three feet tall. "Smithers, old man, tell your new CO about yourself." "Well, sir, I graduated with honours from Sandhurst, joined the regiment and won the Military Cross and Bar after three expeditions behind enemy lines. I've represented Great Britain in equestrian events, and won a Silver Medal in the middleweight boxing division of the Olympics. I have researched the history of ..." Here the Colonel interrupted, "Yes, yes, never mind that Smithers, he can find all that in your personnel file. Tell him about the day you told the witch doctor to fuck off."

Ramon allones extra

https://lights-sirens-and-cigars.com/2017/06/16/trump-hits-reset-on-obamas-cuba-policy/ Is anyone surprised at this really? As much as it does suck for fellow cigar fans and Cuba buffs out of the U.S., I think that most of us felt this was inevitable... Trump hits reset on Obama's Cuba policy, challenges Castro Most notable bits, in my opinion: "Announcing the rollback of President Barack Obama's diplomatic opening during a speech in Miami, Trump said Cuba had secured far too many concessions from the U.S. in the "misguided" deal but "now those days are over."" [Really?!?! The U.S. gave up too many concessions? From a brutal policy that they enacted almost 60 years ago?!?! LOL.] "More details about the changes are expected to be released Friday, when the new policy is set to take effect. But none of the changes will become effective until the Treasury Department issues new regulations, which could take months. That means that any U.S. traveler currently booked on a flight to Cuba in the next few weeks, or even months, could go ahead and make the trip." [Dear gawd, I hope that travelers don't get screwed over this. As we've all seen with the Trump White House's implementation of the Muslim travel ban, one minute things are one way and the next minute it's different. I hope that travelers that are currently booked for something, already "approved", don't end up showing up to an airport and getting stuck in limbo.] •"But individual "people-to-people" trips by Americans to Cuba, allowed by Obama for the first time in decades, will again be prohibited. And the U.S. government will police other such trips to ensure there's a tour group representative along making sure travelers are pursuing a "full-time schedule of educational exchange activities."" [Wait, what?!?! So, you're cancelling out some aspects of the détente, because you don't like the undemocratic military-state, but you're adding layers of bureaucratic policing? Pot, meet kettle.] It's just unfortunately another shitty situation for the Cuban people. The Castro regime(s) definitely aren't a piece-of-cake for the citizens there, and changes need to be made. But on the surface, this appears like it may hurt those local-people more, than any government entity. (Not that the détente has overly assisted those same people either, but something's better than nothing.) And frankly, as a longtime Canadian traveler to Cuba... I must be honest and say that a part of me is happy for this too, for purely selfish reasons, I may add. Many of my fellow American cigar compatriots know how to get to Cuba, one way or another, before/during/after this détente bullshit. Whether the U.S. government "allows" them to travel is of moot difference really. However, since the Obama-Raul détente, the sheer number of American travelers (not necessarily those brethren cigar aficionados either) have overwhelmed damn near everyone. Cuba is building additional hotel rooms in shudderingly terrifying numbers (especially if one is aware of construction "norms" in Cuba). Availability still continues to drop disproportionately, and prices have been skyrocketing. Gawd, I remember when we did one of the first bigger Canuck group-trips to Havana for the Friends Of Partagas festival in November 2012. Airfare from Toronto, transfers, taxes all-in, and double-occupancy room bookings at the Hotel Nacional in Havana was just under $1200 CAD then. We're just looking in the past month for a few different options for this November's Encuentros again (probably doing the same casas again as last year's big FOH / AmiCigar group trip, which were AWESOME). Anywho, looking at doing the same thing as we did in Nov. 2012, Toronto airfare, Nacional hotel, all-in, and the current pricing is just over $5600 CAD per person now! So, frankly, once the "standard American tourist" is banned from the island, I can't say I'll honestly be upset from my own personal perspective. That said, I definitely doubt that hotel prices will ever drop to what they were for us before (but shit, if they drop into the $2k range, it'd almost be a steal again.) But I still hope for the best for some Cuban friends - some have put some hard work into the current small-business atmosphere. I hope these changes don't see worsening conditions for them. It scares me what some foreign government's can do to another's country, just with the swipe of a pen. Without an appreciation for the people on the ground, who are these people to make those choices? Cheers all.

We're getting the band back together!

On a flight from NY to LA a blonde gets out of her economy seat, walks up to first class and sits in the seat vacated by someone in the toilet. And the Crew, no matter what threats they use, can't get her to return to her seat. So after a couple of hours they advise the Captain. The Captain says "I've got this. My wife is blonde and I speak blonde." He walks over, whispers in her ear and she gets up and returns to her seat. The crew is amazed and asks what he threatened her with and he responded "nothing, I told her First Class isn't going to LA." Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

A man was mowing his lawn when he happened to look into his neighbour's window and see four small statues in a row on a shelf. The first one is holding his nose, the second is pointing to the next one, the third is in a fighting stance facing the second statue, and the last one has its head in its hands, The man sees his neighbour come home and he calls him over, "Hey! I just noticed those four statues on your shelf. What do they mean?" The neighbour replies, "Ah, those four statues are special and represent different things. The first one is the 'Sense of Smell', the second is 'Direction', the third, 'Defense', and the last one is 'Sorrow'". The man looks embarrassed and exclaims, "Oh! Is that what they mean?! I thought it was.... 'Who Farted?', "You Did!', "I Didn't!!', "I Did...'"

Post birthday evening smoke. I really have taken a liking to these little things. Very consistent since I first cracked the box, a more classic LFdC mixed with a Partagas Short. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk

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Few recent smokes. Hoyo des dieux -11 and Fonseca no. 4 were both bit flat and disappointing. Partagas SdC no.2 -07 was a really great cigar. Sadly the only one I had.

I thought the photo's were excellent. http://www.businessinsider.com/why-are-cuban-cigars-the-best-2017-6/?r=AU&IR=T/#tobacco-plants-are-generally-planted-late-in-the-year-and-grown-for-three-months-before-picking-it-leaf-by-leaf-1

08 Sancho Panza an excellent smoke!

Whats the difference between a family celebration and a 69er?? .......with a 69er you only have to kiss one C**T. Sorry we only have raw and filthy jokes in Manc. Please dont ban me, it's just too good

Finally i decided to try something new & bought these nice sticks here in Moscow. Take a look at bloody cracking RyJ! Can't wait to smoke it

One day a man decided to retire... He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank. He soon found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas and coconuts. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore. In disbelief, he asks, "Where did you come from? How did you get here?" She replies, "I rowed over from the other side of the island where I landed when my cruise ship sank." "Amazing," he notes. "You were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with you." "Oh, this thing?" explains the woman. " I made the boat out of some raw material I found on the island. The oars were whittled from gum tree branches. I wove the bottom from palm tree branches, and the sides and stern came from an Eucalyptus tree." "But, where did you get the tools?" "Oh, that was no problem," replied the woman. " On the south side of the island, a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock is exposed. I found that if I fired it to a certain temperature in my kiln, it melted into ductile iron and I used that to make tools and used the tools to make the hardware." The guy is stunned. "Let's row over to my place," she says "and I'll give you a tour." So, after a short time of rowing, she soon docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before him is a long stone walk leading to a cabin and tree house. While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck. As they walk into the house, she says casually, "It's not much, but I call it home. Please sit down." "Would you like a drink?" "No! No thank you," the man blurts out, still dazed. "I can't take another drop of coconut juice." "Oh, it's not coconut juice," winks the woman. "I have a still. How would you like a Tropical Spritz?" Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they exchange their individual survival stories, the woman announces," I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There's a razor in the bathroom cabinet upstairs." No longer questioning anything, the man goes upstairs into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet is a razor made from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism. "This woman is amazing," he muses. "What's next?" When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but some small flowers on tiny vines, each strategically positioned, she smelled faintly of gardenias. She then beckons for him to sit down next to her. "Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, "We've both been out here for many months. You must have been lonely. When was the last time you played around? She stares into his eyes. He can't believe what he's hearing. "You mean..." he swallows excitedly as tears start to form in his eyes, . . . "You've built a Golf Course?"

There was this virgin that was going out on a date for the first time and she told her grandmother about it. So, the grandmother says sit here and let me tell you about those young boys. He is going to try to kiss you, you are going to like that but, don't let him do that. He is going to try to feel your breast, you are going to like that but, don't let him do that. He is going to try to put his hand between your legs , you are going to like that but, don't let him do that. But most important, he is going to try to get on top of you and have his way with you. You are going to like that but, don't let him do that, it will disgrace the family. With that bit of advice, the granddaughter went on her date and could not wait to tell her grandmother about it. So, the next day she told her grandmother that her date went just like she said. But she said "grandmother I didn't let him disgrace the family. When he tried I turned over, got on top of him and disgraced his family."

A blonde, a brunette and a redhead are stuck on an island. One day, the three of them are walking along the beach and discover a magic lamp. They rub and rub, and sure enough, out pops a genie. The genie says, "Since I can only grant three wishes, you may each have one." The brunette says, "I've been stuck here for years. I miss my family, my husband, and my life. I just want to go home." POOF! The brunette gets her wish and she is returned to her family. Then, the red head says, "I've been stuck here for years as well. I miss my family, my husband, and my life. I wish I could go home too." POOF! The redhead gets her wish and she is returned to her family. The blonde starts crying uncontrollably. The genie asks, "My dear, what's the matter?" The blonde whimpers, "I wish my friends were still here."

Whats ET Short For? Cause he's got little legs

"There are also no plans to reinstate the limits that Obama lifted on the amount of the island’s coveted rum and cigars that American can bring home for personal use," one White House official said. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-idUSKBN1962Q3

ETP JUL 16 BRC while watching some of the US Open. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Brilliant! I myself have a soft spot for all creatures. All are welcome in my yard. It is incredible to watch nature in full force. My dogs go nuts when the bun bun's are in the yard but when they find one, they are so sweet to them. They just want to sniff and I can only assume they have questions. Birds are also prevalent in my yard and my girls want to discuss territory with them. Love them all!!!!

13 SLR regios from a solid BOTL Don! Thanks buddy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Travel Humidor packed for an extended weekend in CA! Which to smoke first...

Slightly aged Hoyo de Monterey Le Hoyo du prince RAE MAR 15 Not many video reviews of these but since they're being discontinued and HDM is one of my favorite marque, I had to jump on them. Plus I've been on the petit corona kick lately! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

How do you find Will Smith in the snow ?? You look for the fresh prints.

Just doing a little bit of research on who funded the project. it is all becoming a lot clearer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

My friend Charlie (Puffdaddie), Jose and I went to see Hamlet roll cigars at a tasting put up by Roberto and Arturo Molina owners of Habano Port in Metairie ,LA. As always Hamlet was a GREAT host and very entertaining. When I told him I was a member of FOH and that I had met him at Havana Fest in November 2014 he rolled a special cigar for me that I would treasure forever. Hamlet is coming out with a new cigar soon that is going to be the bomb and from what I heard I believe that is going to be very successful. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Nothing can go wrong. They just had to finish the instal of the equipment, power and water lines. Later they will get to the computerized systems but it will be done by June 30. That may be problematic as the article was written May 17 Hang on.....the Water Treatment Plant !!! I mean...do you really need one? Lead and Zinc mining is pretty safe

FOH Rompers!

C & C Time. Party Serie D No 4 - 24:24 [emoji16] Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

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HUPC in the garage while it rained some more.

Fugu, Thanks for picking up on that nuance. And now for the ugly truth. I'm 40 years of age. I left while I was still a pup, but have plenty of family affected. My maternal side of the family has been very lucky, winning several visa lotteries to exit in the last decade. My father's side hasn't been as lucky. It was my father's nephew who fled on a raft lovey 15 years ago. For those who doubt how good it bad it really is... Pause and think of how many Cubans have died on homemade rafts in those waters. How desperate must you be? Let me rope in my punchline... Folks in my age group specifically have been indoctrinated to think of the USA as the evil Imperialists. So some folks say the embargo has done nothing. It's been a tool used by the Communists to promote their agenda. What some might not know is that Cuba has been buying food and medical supplies from the USA for over 15 years. Yes, those awful Yankees sold food and medicine to Cuba after the island was decimated by hurricane Michelle back in 2001. They continued to buy food and medicine but the numbers have gone down considerably, even under Obama. So we haven't been as cruel or inhumane as some would think. Certainly not as awful as the government in Cuba would have their citizens believe. In my estimation, the embargo was in place and is in place to allow the Cuban people to take their freedom back. One of previous posts had mention of a graffiti artist, El Sexto Maldonado... His rant that got him arrested? After Fidel's death he posted a video on his Facebook page challenging all Cubans. He said, the mule is dead and it's midnight in Havana. Where is everyone? Why are we not taking to the streets? Do you really think your liberty will be delivered to your doorstep? We have to fight for it. Go out and get it ourselves. He was arrested without charges and beaten to a pulp. We know why he was arrested but my point is... The only way freedom comes to that island is from within. Just like Fidel snatched it from Batista. They need a leader within to have an insurrection. Communists are not dummies. Why is Cuba so safe to travel to? Nobody owns a gun and people are terrified of going to jail. You can get sentenced without any due process. They've subjugated an entire population. It's incredible! That's why the Bay of Pigs was so important and why there's no love loss between Cuban Americans and President Kennedy. Who knows what the real story was but it happened on his watch. Ultimately, the Cubans have to take their island back. Will it happen with the aid of the CIA or some other US intervention? I'm sure Cubans on the island have a sour taste in their mouths over that one. Opening 2 Sheratons and 8 McDonald's in Havana shouldn't drive change. Real freedom for Cubans should drive them to make the change. Communism is lovely, maybe even noble, on paper. It's never worked. It will never work. Go to Venezuela and ask the zoo animals is they think it's working. Or how there's cannibalism going on in their prisons. I hope a few brave Cubans can muster the energy to be real heros. I don't think exiled Cubans would give a shit about reparations if their island was given back to its people. I just wanna sit down to an espresso near my childhood home. Feel that sun. Feel at home.