Corylax18 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 10 minutes ago, MrBirdman said: This is exactly how I feel. He’s become insufferable, even though his old videos on stuff like shoe care are still where I refer people who need a tutorial. Yup, this is how I first discovered him. My dress shoe care is heavily based on things I learned from him. I wish he would get back to make videos like these, ones with some substance. 12 minutes ago, MrBirdman said: Can someone explain which loophole or exemption he is using to film a vacation in Cuba? I guess he is classing this as a documentary? I post videos of my vacations to Cuba on Youtube. My channel only has like 5 videos and a couple hundred views, so not quite at Kirby's level. CBP could care less if you go to/from Cuba every week. The part of the government that does care (theoretically) is OFAC (Office of Foreign Asset Control), they had roughly 200 employees last time I checked and they are responsible for enforcing all of the Embargo's that the US maintains, world wide. Cuba has to be damn near the bottom of their list. Only 1 person has been convicted for travelling to Cuba since 2000, 1, single individual. Out of hundreds of thousands, maybe millions. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ford2112 Posted December 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2023 Part 2 just dropped... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adisaputra Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Very enjoyable following this thread 😅. If Kirby’s video alone manages to create this much fun, I wonder what will happen with Jasim’s 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPeterson73 Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ha_banos Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Just watched A Christmas Carol at the theatre. Swore I saw Kirby on stage a few times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usleepicreep Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Watched a few of his videos, does make me want to get a bespoke suit though, or some gator shoes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitmo Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Kirby is one of those Ned Flanders types, I bet he wears fish nets, drinks white claw and smokes menthols when nobody is looking. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westg Posted December 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2023 I don't know folks. Yes he is a little pedestrian in his delivery, that said, he is definitely not targeting people in FOH land. I admire anyone who submits cigar videos for the world to see. I wish I could do it, I really do. Let's not forget he is mixing it up with some heavy hitters in the cigar world. I just hope he is paying his way...to me, the fellow in the Partagas shop looked like he wanted him out. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBirdman Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 6 hours ago, westg said: I don't know folks. Yes he is a little pedestrian in his delivery, that said, he is definitely not targeting people in FOH land. I admire anyone who submits cigar videos for the world to see. I wish I could do it, I really do. Let's not forget he is mixing it up with some heavy hitters in the cigar world. I just hope he is paying his way...to me, the fellow in the Partagas shop looked like he wanted him out. Sounds like he was invited by H&F - he probably helps drum up some free business for the London cigar merchants and in the current climate I’m sure any help is appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post El Presidente Posted December 11, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2023 To my mind, anyone who produces content for our hobby should be celebrated. Well....if that content is accurate. Now the content may not be to our personal taste but it doesn't really matter. God knows, our own videos are despised by many Vive la difference! 10 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adisaputra Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 45 minutes ago, El Presidente said: To my mind, anyone who produces content for our hobby should be celebrated. Well....if that content is accurate. Now the content may not be to our personal taste but it doesn't really matter. God knows, our own videos are despised by many Vive la difference! I don't believe anyone would despised FOG videos. I learn how to light up a cigar from FOH video, thanks to Ken, not from the Sahakian or any other. Make it simple and just light up the goddamn cigar 🤣😂 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford2112 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 6 hours ago, El Presidente said: To my mind, anyone who produces content for our hobby should be celebrated. Well....if that content is accurate. Now the content may not be to our personal taste but it doesn't really matter. God knows, our own videos are despised by many Vive la difference! I stand corrected Prez, he is a true scholar and a gentleman! ( *bellend) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushman Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 6 hours ago, El Presidente said: To my mind, anyone who produces content for our hobby should be celebrated. Well....if that content is accurate. Now the content may not be to our personal taste but it doesn't really matter. God knows, our own videos are despised by many Vive la difference! May be despised by some Pres, but you and Ken aren’t wankers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dicko Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Tough crowd. I like Kirby. He clearly loves cigars and wants to learn! Also has some very good videos on leather care and polishing amongst other topics. Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ha_banos Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 He stands so close! Everyones a gentleman. Everyhtings dandy. He's learned the wave the cigar around while lighting... lol (sorry lol) "I really much look forward to adding uh to my new walk-in humidor uh so there we..." lol makes me cringe. I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebarnes Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 I appreciate some of the content. I don't love the delivery--it's stiff and ungenuine. It usually feels like he is trying to prove something or is already thinking about what he wants to say rather than listening to the actual answer of the person he is talking to and riffing off of that. I think that is part of what rubs me wrong. Not saying I'd be doing much better. That said, I do enjoy a good suit, blazer, etc. Maybe he does go overboard in the stuff, but it's also part of the branding. If taking pride in how you look a lot of the time makes you a bellend, then I guess I am one. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford2112 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 8 minutes ago, jakebarnes said: If taking pride in how you look a lot of the time makes you a bellend, then I guess I am one. @jakebarnesWearing Khakis and a Red shirt is far from being a bellend JakefromStateBarnes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamboinee Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 I thought I was the only person on the planet that is knock-kneed, pigeon toed, AND duck footed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlw4428 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 I dunno…he likes to wear a suit. I don’t mind wearing em, but I don’t own a full wardrobe of them that I can afford to replace or keep maintained properly to feel comfortable smoking a cigar and potentially burning holes into them (or shirt or ties). That said a good well fitting suit and shirt and tie combo should be comfortable and with the jacket off even downright easy to relax in. And he’s probably playing a character of sorts and if it makes him money, meh, the market for what he portrays. Shit, people buy lambos and other junk that you can’t really use in any pedestrian setting and wear expensive jewelry that cost like a 10th of the cost to make as what it sold for. Don’t forget, we’re all interested in cigars that are way overpriced for what they are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Holtz Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Pros: I like him bringing attention to smaller, artisanal companies when he does. Cons: Pretty much everything else. I dislike all of the airs and forced behavioral nonsense that he goes through in order to "look" the part of a gentleman. He's what I imagine would occur if you trained an AI robot to be a gentleman. "Bellend" is a perfect descriptor for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuns Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 I’m going to start mini-hopping and convulsing when I speak…..to be a Gentleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 Just now, BigGuns said: I’m going to start mini-hopping and convulsing when I speak… ....I thought you were just watching the Raiders 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuns Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 2 hours ago, El Presidente said: ....I thought you were just watching the Raiders Different type of convulsing. One is to get my point across, the other sends my dinner across. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 He’s interested in many of the things I like but comes at it from a slightly (ehm) different perspective. Good that he highlights these hobbies but can’t help feel (as an Englishman) he is trying for some kind of Dick Van Dyke/ Bertie Wooster American TV influenced aristocrat persona that died out here before the First World War. Believe me London (and in particular anywhere outside) does not have many like him….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugu Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Showed the first minutes of the cigar keep episode from above to my wife. Told her, look and just tell me what you think, without me commenting... She watched with interest and eventually came up with “he seems to be a nice, knowledgeable guy”... Jeepers, THAT got me thinking! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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