Rush Averts Humidor Disaster!! (And Rush's Recommendations)

[Funnymantrip]

Here's what I don't get. He is in FL, I am in FL. It's hot right now, but unlike myself, I bet you Rush has the A/C system and the $ to keep his house very cool. Big guy like him, 68 degrees year roundand that is probably a bit too warm. So he loses power to the humi room and is running to save his cigars. With that logic, my house that probably right now is 78 and will get up to 82 before I get home must be infested with beatles and all of my cigars will be dead.

[KASR]

Limbaugh liking cigars is very well the ONLY thing I like about him.

[Teninx]

Originally Posted by Tidefan73

You'd be surprised at what he actually does know. I've heard him speak about cigars many times on his show and he's no dummy. He's met just about all the big time makers and visits them often. Money does that sorta thing for you.

Nahh, I'm sure he knows as much about cigars as the guys I meet in the Herfs every so often. I've met a bunch of the big cigar people. I haven't gone to the Dom. Rep. to visit Fuente, so he's got me there.

[Corona Gigante]

It's funny that he recommends the Honduran Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey. He wasn't as sniffy about "communist-controlled Habanos s.a. of Castro's Cuba" in his Cigar Aficionado interview.

"I have always been interested in getting the best that I could afford, whatever it is. So I was just dying to taste some of these Cubans. I was reading all about the Cohibas and the Hoyo de Monterrey Double Coronas. And then I went to London last September with the same friend who had the pre-Castro Montecristos.''

Limbaugh stayed at the Connaught Hotel, "and I got up on a Friday morning and walked across the street to Desmond Sautter's. And I was in heaven.'' The store didn't have any Hoyos, he says, "but they had some Punch Double Coronas and Partagas Lusitanias and Montecristo No. 2's. And I tried them. And I don't care what anybody says. I know it's a matter of taste, but as far as I'm concerned, this is something that not even the Communists have been able to screw up. It's the best tobacco in the world. There's no comparison. This is not to put anybody else's down. I've looked into it. I've studied it. It's like Bordeaux grapes. You can try growing them in California, but they're not the same. They've taken Cuban seed to Jamaica and Honduras, but it just isn't the same.''

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Originally Posted by Corona Gigante

It's funny that he recommends the Honduran Punch and Hoyo de Monterrey. He wasn't as sniffy about "communist-controlled Habanos s.a. of Castro's Cuba" in his Cigar Aficionado interview.

"I have always been interested in getting the best that I could afford, whatever it is. So I was just dying to taste some of these Cubans. I was reading all about the Cohibas and the Hoyo de Monterrey Double Coronas. And then I went to London last September with the same friend who had the pre-Castro Montecristos.''

Limbaugh stayed at the Connaught Hotel, "and I got up on a Friday morning and walked across the street to Desmond Sautter's. And I was in heaven.'' The store didn't have any Hoyos, he says, "but they had some Punch Double Coronas and Partagas Lusitanias and Montecristo No. 2's. And I tried them. And I don't care what anybody says. I know it's a matter of taste, but as far as I'm concerned, this is something that not even the Communists have been able to screw up. It's the best tobacco in the world. There's no comparison. This is not to put anybody else's down. I've looked into it. I've studied it. It's like Bordeaux grapes. You can try growing them in California, but they're not the same. They've taken Cuban seed to Jamaica and Honduras, but it just isn't the same.''

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I kinda miss your point!!??

I also enjoy CC's, and think they have advantages over many NC's. OTOH, I also have a lot of NC's that I recommend, maintain, smoke, and will not quite smoking just because I happen to have CCs that I also enjoy (even some with the same names i.e. Punch, LGC, Montes...). If you are pointing to a possible double standard as your point, then I agree that Rush has a double standard for CCs and NCs. But then again, I think that is probably true of a VERY large majority of members here.

As to Rush's plight: I wish I had a walk in humi so I could work on ways to protect it from power outages and lightening strikes! Isn't capitalism great that people can actually reach the financial stage to be able to afford such luxuries! Maybe one day I will have that ability!

[Cigarmark]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

I kinda miss your point!!??

I also enjoy CC's, and think they have advantages over many NC's. OTOH, I also have a lot of NC's that I recommend, maintain, smoke, and will not quite smoking just because I happen to have CCs that I also enjoy (even some with the same names i.e. Punch, LGC, Montes...). If you are pointing to a possible double standard as your point, then I agree that Rush has a double standard for CCs and NCs. But then again, I think that is probably true of a VERY large majority of members here.

As to Rush's plight: I wish I had a walk in humi so I could work on ways to protect it from power outages and lightening strikes! Isn't capitalism great that people can actually reach the financial stage to be able to afford such luxuries! Maybe one day I will have that ability!

I agree totally.

[Corona Gigante]

Originally Posted by SvilleKid

I kinda miss your point!!??

Mr. Limbaugh seems to be taking pains to imply that he had not smoked a Cuban cigar before the trip to London that he describes. This seems unlikely to me. It's also noteworthy that someone who is supposed to know so much about cigars would not know that he broke the law when he purchased and smoked those Cuban cigars in London just as surely as if he had had Cuban cigars shipped to him from overseas and smoked them here--not that Mr. Limbaugh does not have something of a record of misinterpreting the law (if misinterpreting is the word I'm looking for).

Finally, I find it very unlikely that anyone would prefer a Honduran Punch or Hoyo de Monterey to the Cuban original if given the choice. Mr. Limbaugh's selections therefore seem a little disingenuous (if disingenuous is the word I'm looking for).

[Tidefan73]

Originally Posted by Corona Gigante

Mr Limbaugh seems to be taking pains to imply that he had not smoked a Cuban cigar before the trip to London that he describes. This seems unlikey to me. It's also noteworthy that someone who is supposed to know so much about cigars would not know that he broke the law when he purchased and smoked those Cuban cigars in London just as surely as if he had had Cuban cigars shipped to him from overseas and smoked them here.

Finally, I find it very unlikely that anyone would prefer a Honduran Punch or Hoyo de Monterey to the Cuban original if given the choice. Mr Limbaugh's selections therefore seem a little disingenuous (if disingenuous is the word I'm looking for).

I thought that law about not being able to do it in another country just came about recently?

[davemo]

Originally Posted by Corona Gigante

Mr. Limbaugh seems to be taking pains to imply that he had not smoked a Cuban cigar before the trip to London that he describes. This seems unlikely to me. It's also noteworthy that someone who is supposed to know so much about cigars would not know that he broke the law when he purchased and smoked those Cuban cigars in London just as surely as if he had had Cuban cigars shipped to him from overseas and smoked them here--not that Mr. Limbaugh does not have something of a record of misinterpreting the law (if misinterpreting is the word I'm looking for).

Finally, I find it very unlikely that anyone would prefer a Honduran Punch or Hoyo de Monterey to the Cuban original if given the choice. Mr. Limbaugh's selections therefore seem a little disingenuous (if disingenuous is the word I'm looking for).

I think he was just specifying the Hondurans to be clear that he wasn't talking about the Cubans. I mean, he was offering a list for new smokers to try and it probably wouldn't be a good idea for him to encourage folks to break the law on air/on his website by endorsing CCs there.

[Teninx]

Originally Posted by Corona Gigante

Mr. Limbaugh seems to be taking pains to imply that he had not smoked a Cuban cigar before the trip to London that he describes. This seems unlikely to me. It's also noteworthy that someone who is supposed to know so much about cigars would not know that he broke the law when he purchased and smoked those Cuban cigars in London just as surely as if he had had Cuban cigars shipped to him from overseas and smoked them here--not that Mr. Limbaugh does not have something of a record of misinterpreting the law (if misinterpreting is the word I'm looking for).

Finally, I find it very unlikely that anyone would prefer a Honduran Punch or Hoyo de Monterey to the Cuban original if given the choice. Mr. Limbaugh's selections therefore seem a little disingenuous (if disingenuous is the word I'm looking for).

[Habsrule29]

I love RUSH!!! I saw them in concert a few years back. I love the way Neil Peart bashes away on the drums and Geddy Lee is a kick-ass bass player, one of the best ever!

Oh wait, we're talking about that american radio political dude... nevermind.

[JDO]

Originally Posted by Habsrule29

I love RUSH!!! I saw them in concert a few years back. I love the way Neil Peart bashes away on the drums and Geddy Lee is a kick-ass bass player, one of the best ever!

Oh wait, we're talking about that american radio political dude... nevermind.

hahaha

[yamaha6000]

Originally Posted by Corona Gigante

Mr. Limbaugh seems to be taking pains to imply that he had not smoked a Cuban cigar before the trip to London that he describes. This seems unlikely to me. It's also noteworthy that someone who is supposed to know so much about cigars would not know that he broke the law when he purchased and smoked those Cuban cigars in London just as surely as if he had had Cuban cigars shipped to him from overseas and smoked them here--not that Mr. Limbaugh does not have something of a record of misinterpreting the law (if misinterpreting is the word I'm looking for).

Finally, I find it very unlikely that anyone would prefer a Honduran Punch or Hoyo de Monterey to the Cuban original if given the choice. Mr. Limbaugh's selections therefore seem a little disingenuous (if disingenuous is the word I'm looking for).

Do I sense a little dislike for the Man Who Runs America???

[kurly]

Originally Posted by Habsrule29

I love RUSH!!! I saw them in concert a few years back. I love the way Neil Peart bashes away on the drums and Geddy Lee is a kick-ass bass player, one of the best ever!

Oh wait, we're talking about that american radio political dude... nevermind.

But Geddy makes my hair fall out when he sings.

I'm sorry to all the fans out there, but the Wilson sisters from Heart have more balls than Geddy. IMO. Ahh well. They back the Trailer Park Boys and Geddy made an appearance on the Rick Mercer Report, so he's not all bad.

Neil Peart is awesome. And Geddy does no his way around a bass.

Does anyone else not remember an interview in Cigar Aficionado where Rush talks about his love of Cuban Cigars (it's in one of the first few years of the magazine). I think it was a Cuban that got him into it, and at the time that seemed to be what he was smoking...

I could have read it wrong though.

[kurly]

Originally Posted by Habsrule29

I love RUSH!!! I saw them in concert a few years back. I love the way Neil Peart bashes away on the drums and Geddy Lee is a kick-ass bass player, one of the best ever!

Oh wait, we're talking about that american radio political dude... nevermind.

But Geddy makes my hair fall out when he sings.

I'm sorry to all the fans out there, but the Wilson sisters from Heart have more balls than Geddy. IMO. Ahh well. They back the Trailer Park Boys and Geddy made an appearance on the Rick Mercer Report, so he's not all bad.

Neil Peart is awesome. And Geddy does know his way around a bass.

Does anyone else not remember an interview in Cigar Aficionado where Rush talks about his love of Cuban Cigars (it's in one of the first few years of the magazine). I think it was a Cuban that got him into it, and at the time that seemed to be what he was smoking...

I could have read it wrong though.