Funny Cigar Story . . .

[StevenC]

Hello All,

I hope you guys find this as funny as my friend John (NJ Stogie King) found it.

So i'm new to Puff but not new to cigars. I have been smoking for about 8 years now. My first cigar was a macanudo cafe robuso when i was 13. My Dad gave it to me sarcastically thinking i wouldn't like it, turns out i loved it. It had a beautiful earthy aroma and taste. Any who shortly thereafter i began smoking cigars, not your typical hobby for a 13 year old but hey we all need a vice right?

My cigar smoking sort of died down until i hit high school. Here is where the funny part starts. So as i'm sure many of you did when you were in high school, all of my friends barely made it to class in time let alone woke up in time. Well i used to get to school at around 6:30 when class started two hours later. I'd have my cup of coffee and the NY Times and i'd smoke a nice churchill to get my day started right! Not a philly blunt or a dutch master, usually a Rocky Patel Vintage 1992 or a nice Fuente what ever i had in my travel humidor that day. It became a nice ritual in the morning and i knew all the neighbors who used to walk their dogs (great conversation).

Better yet, our senior trip to Disneyland. I brought my travel humidor with me packed nice in my suitcase. When the administrators checked the luggage they were a bit curious when they saw a 17 year old with $100 worth of stogs! Any who as it was vacation i woke up a bit later, around 7AM and did the same thing as my buddies were all sleeping off the night before. It was a bit odd when i woke up earlier than the principal but hey what can i say i love me some cigars!

Anyway i hope someone will find this as funny as John and I do.

Best,

Steven

[dj1340]

I would say that was an early start on some serious cigars. Good tastes.
You must of had a hell of a job in high school, all I could afford was the occasional box of White Owls.

[StevenC]

Originally Posted by dj1340

I would say that was an early start on some serious cigars. Good tastes.
You must of had a hell of a job in high school, all I could afford was the occasional box of White Owls.

haha ya i worked at walgreens and as i was too young to buy cigars i would write down a list for my mom to buy from my local tobacconist!

[Cypress]

That is great. Do you have any pics of your stash?

[StevenC]

Originally Posted by Cypress

That is great. Do you have any pics of your stash?

glad you liked it. . . no pics sorry! probably looked like a case at a cigar shop!

[fiddlegrin]

Welcome to Puff Steven,

Thanks for the fun anticdote!

[karmaz00]

very nice

[Jack Straw]

Funny!

[scottw]

good story, thank you for sharing.

[Dom]

That reminds me of myself. My one buddy and I both got off of school 2 periods before the day ended so we'd go to either my or his house and kick back with a cigar to cap off the day.

We only smoked CAO or Hoyo de Monterrey at the time, and when I was a Junior and he was a sophomore, we both had 50 qt. coolerdors that were stuffed with CAO & Hoyos. Gotta hit the slope early.

[smokehouse]

Cool Story...Ain't nothin wrong with lovin the leaf.

[azpostal]

Good story you are really dedicated to the leaf.

[Shaz]

Are you like a stock broker or banker, or something like that now??? I can picture you with sports jacket and a tie, sitting down with leg crossed, reading the paper (ala Alex P Keaton) with a big fat stogie in your mouth. Funny.......

I believe I was about the only guy who smoked a pipe in high school.

[MrMusicMan1]

Originally Posted by Shaz

Are you like a stock broker or banker, or something like that now??? I can picture you with sports jacket and a tie, sitting down with leg crossed, reading the paper (ala Alex P Keaton) with a big fat stogie in your mouth. Funny.......

I believe I was about the only guy who smoked a pipe in high school.

I'm willing to bet you weren't the only guy who smoked a pipe in high school... You may have been the only guy smoking that kind of pipe!

Great story never heard one like it before. You were quite worldly in HS and I don't know of anyone else who had a mother that would run in to the tobacconist for their son!

[Cigary]

Good for you,,sounds like you got some extra education when it came to premium cigars. I started smoking cigars at around the same age and I am still going strong at 54. I can remember being on the golf team in high school and I got all of my buddies to smoke cigars on our practice rounds. We'd start out on the first hole being good boys while the coach watched each 4 some tee off. Since we were the best 4 we got to go out first and by the 3rd hole we all had our big fat churchills going strong. We actually played better golf with these stogies. We almost got caught a couple of times and one of us was always on the lookout for the coach who would ride around the course on a golf cart to check on all of us,,,see how we were doing. When we saw him approach we'd throw the cigars into our golf bags and put the towels over the opening to keep the smoke from coming out. He'd usually only stay a couple of minutes and drive off,,,this one time he ended up staying for 15 minutes and we had to be very careful not to put the bag over our shoulders and losing the cigars deep into the bag. One of the guys put his cigar to close to the towel and you could smell it burning and the coach wanted to know why there was smoke coming out of his golf bag? I went over and whispered in his ear that it was a practical joke and not to say anything,,,upon hearing that he laughed and drove away,,,had he seen that it was a cigar he'd have kicked us off the team,,,that was in the day where coaches kicked you off teams for bad behavior. Good times!