The Exploding Cigar

Although it may seem the mere brainchild of notorious cigar smoker Groucho Marx or a prank played on the normally carrot-nibbling Bugs Bunny, the exploding cigar has a history as both a novelty gag and a weapon of fatal goal. In the first half of the twentieth century the exploding cigar was a accepted practical joke manufactured by the same company that brought to the world such hilarities as sneezing powder, itching powder and the joy buzzer. Revelers in the novelty cigar included such well known names as Ernest Hemingway, who only narrowly survived the repercussions from a group of pranked Turkish bodyguards, and Ulysses S. Grant, whose gag gift found its way unlit into the museum of a Chicago college. So numerous however were the injuries created by manfunctioningcigars, that by the 1960’s states were beginning to ban the purchase of an item in which “the utility…is so minimal and the risk of injury so great”.
Despite, or more likely because of this unfavorable ratio, exploding cigars were changing from a joke into a serious means of inflicting harm was masterminded. Whether legitimate or dubious, the exploding cigar hit its pinnacle of fame as the protagonist of a supposed CIA plot to kill famous tobacco smoker Fidel Castro during the Cuban leaders’ 1966 visit to the United Nations.

Although it still holds an elevated place in the collective imagination, the exploding cigar must be laid to rest with exploding sea shells, femme fatales, and alopecia-inducing bacteria, as just another failed attempt at causing Señor Castro to put down his final Romeo y Julieta.Cigars-Now.com has been selling

My Best Cigar Ever – Was Cuban

I will remember it forever for I was not in a good mood that day. I wasn’t in a good mood that week. I had been struggling through that month. I simply wasn’t happy in Argentina. Until that special cigar…

I like Argentina, yet, find the natives of its largest city and actually more than half their population dreadful at times. I’m four times worse on a good day but they don’t enjoy the finer things in life. To those insulted by my reminisces, my apologies, but I’m going to go easy on a number of you when I over generalize, and pull my punches. You don’t enjoy the finer things in life, you are arrogant, selfish, and rude. These things extend beyond the acme of normal tolerance you’re not from Buenos Aires and find these remarks insulting, find thicker skin somewhere. Yet, these Portenos went a sixth step too far on Mother’s day 2008 by scheduling the Super Clasico on a day reserved for mothers.

For you to understand my best cigar ever you will need some background. The Super Clasico is the largest match in Argentine league football, played twice a year, in each of their split seasons. I fell in love with my friend Juan’s mother at first glance, a woman 30 years my age and I’m old, years prior in Guatemala. Juan was penning some Communist baloney in Central America while his father was heading the Argentine communist party back in Argentina.

Years later this family adopted me, or I them. Sundays were for family, although not my own. We always had dinner. That day, we were celebrating her day when the game came on; husband and son alike forgot why we were there as they shifted to the other side of the restaurant table to view the game.

Finally, at half-time we made our way back to their house. I was frustrated and angry with the treatment this mother was getting but in lieu of sharing this I just went outside for a cigarette. Half way through that cigaraeete, Juan’s mom joined me through the sliding glass doors leading to the viranda.

“Brendan, let’s sit down and have a cigar.”, she said.

“Of course. Wow! An authentic Cuban cigar. Castro’s brand, in fact.”, I remarked.

“A gift”.

“Thank you, I love gifts”, I replied, “But this is supposed to be your day for gifts.”

“No, these were a gift from Castro to my husband.” I smiled. We smoked the best cigars ever.Cigars-Now.com has been selling cigars online since 1998. After 12 years in business, demand for popular cigars brands (like Acid cigars) continues to grow. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.Cigars-Now.com.

Cigar Memories

For many cigar lovers, or non-smokers alike the cigar harkens back to a specific point in time, a delightful indulgence, which further harkens back to more specific moment in time. For the following cases in point please forgive the obvious male centric nature of the points to follow. Cigars an individual, and a very personal experience.

Regular cigar smokers seem to relive their cigar experiences each time they take a time out from the rat race to sit and smoke, to sit and smoke, and to sit and smoke. Unlike their cigarette smoking cousins, each cigar tells a story. You can see it in their faces and it is fun to speculate what they must be thinking. When that smile tries to emerge yet doesn’t wish to share, you are forced to guess why that person is smiling. Is he recalling the times of five cent cigars stolen from his since deceased Dad? Recalling his first single malt scotch, or the first time he lit up while wearing a tux? Is he recalling that shank on the par 4 fourteenth at Pebble Beach that inexplicably ran into then out of the sand trap leaving him easy in for birdie on that sacred golfing ground? Maybe, all of them. Maybe, none. Maybe he is simply thinking it is time to give these damn things up or more likely find a new brand to enter a new chapter in life.

For the non-regular cigar smoker, who knows what is on their mind? They seem to teleport to a completely different place and time. Probably that cliched passing out of cheap cigars to other expectant dads in the waiting room of the maternity ward. Or the questioning of this silly rite? Or more importantly how to get this odor away from himself lest their significant other turns mad upon their arrival home that night. But additionally for the rare cigar smoker, they find themselves in a land that they can not explain, only laze in as they smoke themselves through the profound times of their lives.Cigars-Now.com has been selling cigars online since 1998. After 12 years in business, demand for popular cigars brands (like Acid cigars) continues to grow. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.Cigars-Now.com.

Cigars and Politics

Sometimes you just want your elected officials to be cigar smokers. Perhaps not from the former Tammany Hall types whose graft and greed in NY cost residents great sums of cash but, rather, from the Churchills of the world and now equally from California governors. There was something incredibly sincere in old Winston’s bulldog face chomped down on a cigar the size of, well a Churchill, when he calmed England’s fears and assured that the Blitz and nightly bombings would be endured.

He just looked like a tough guy, not unlike The Terminator when he enjoyed cigars through his movies. From the aforementioned Terminator series where he, cigar in mouth extended a hand and suggested, “Come with me if you want to live”, to Predator and Commando where, for Hollywood’s sake he could continue to smoke because he needn’t ever bother to releoad as he shot his way through the jungle and hundreds of bad guys.

Schwarzenegger, early this week terminated California Legislatures’ promise to end smoking from all state parks and beaches. “There is something inherently uncomfortable about the idea of the state encroaching in such a broad manner on the people of California,” wrote Schwarzenegger in a short veto message. “This bill crosses an important threshold between state power … and local decision-making.”

Aside from this brief explanation, something that unavoidably comes to mind when the name Schwarzenegger comes up in conversation, is the fact that Schwarzenegger loves his cigars and this seemed the ideal time for him to stand up to the political correctness awash in the hallowed halls of California politics.

Well played Arnie, it is good to see someone take a stand for the cigar smoker’s rights. The idea of not being able to rest on a park bench in California and enjoy a fragrent cigar is criminal, unfortunately the same type of crime that would see you to be fined or arrested if you tried to match it with a nice glass of scotch in those same parks.Cigars-Now.com has been selling cigars online since 1998. After 12 years in business, demand for popular cigars brands (like Acid cigars) continues to grow. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.Cigars-Now.com.

Cigars-Now.com Launches New Cigar Websites Dedicated to Acid Cigars

Cigars-Now.com and Carma Fulfillment, LLC are ecstatic to spread the word about the opening of 2 novel webstores committed to the sale of Acid Cigars on a website and those smokers smoke Acid cigars. Obviated by the growing client base, http://www.Acid-Cigar-Now.com and http://www.Acid-Cigars-Now.com were built to provide for the ever expanding fan base of the Acid cigar brand.

With the rise in publicity of Acid branded products, the Cigars-Now.com online store was, at times, struggling to keep up with, the demand and the website would slow to a creep and resulting in disappointed shoppers. The dedicated websites are stored on separate web servers and will permit our web master to spread the hits across more web servers as well as supply additional redundancy.

About Acid Cigars: Jonathan Drew and Marvin Samel began selling cigars from a 16 s.f. stand in the WTC in 1995, in the midst of the cigar boom. It wasn’t easy to acquire good cigars during the boom, so they began selling a house brand made by a local Dominican roller, calling it La Vieja Habana. Eventually the explosion went belly up and the company wasted away. Drew transferred to Nicaragua and re-established the company from scratch, inventing ACID cigars along the way. By 2007, Steve Saka was on board as the firm’s president and a newly constructed 96,000 s.f. plant was opened for enterprise in Esteli.

About Cigars-Now.com: Carma Fulfillment began as a cigar wholesaler and launched Cigars-Now.com to begin selling cigars from their online store in 1998. The original website was only somewhat successful. In 2003, Cigars-Now.com contracted with a website development company called Image Advantages, and in 2004, the present web store was created. In the time that followed, the pair cooperated in partnership to build the business to what is seen today… a hugely successful retail cigar sites on the net.

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Cigars-Now.com has been selling cigars online since 1998. After 12 years in business, demand for popular cigars brands (like Acid cigars) continues to grow. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.Cigars-Now.com.

Cigars-Now.com Launches New Cigar Websites Dedicated to Acid Cigars

Cigars-Now.com and Carma Fulfillment, LLC are happy to publicise the launch of 2 innovative websites committed to the sale of Acid Cigars on a website and those cigar aficionados who get pleasure from them. Demanded by the humongous enthusiast base, http://www.Acid-Cigar-Now.com and http://www.Acid-Cigars-Now.com were created to provide for the ever rising customer base of the Acid cigar brand.

With the growing publicity of Acid branded products, the Cigars-Now.com website was, at times, struggling to keep up with, the load and the site would slow to a snails pace and resulting in exasperated customers. The newly launced online shops are served on different virtual hardware and should permit us to balance the load across more web hardware as well as provide additional horsepower.

About Acid Cigars: Jonathan Drew and Marvin Samel began retailing cigars from a 16 sf cart in the WTC in 1995, in the heart of the cigar explosion. It wasn’t easy to acquire high end cigars during the explosion, so enterprising young men began selling a house cigar made by a local Dominican roller, calling it La Vieja Habana. When the boom went belly up and the company shrank. Drew moved to Nicaragua and relaunched the company from scratch, inventing ACID cigars along the road. By 2007, Steve Saka was on board as the firm’s president and a new 96,000 sf factory was open for enterprise in Esteli.

About Cigars-Now.com: Carma Fulfillment began as a cigar wholesaler and launched Cigars-Now.com to begin selling cigars online in 1998. The first web store was only mildly successful. In 2003, Cigars-Now.com partnered with a website development company doing business as Image Advantages, and in 2004, the current eCommerce site was opened for business. In the time that followed, the pair cooperated with one another to expand the business to what is seen today… a successful retail cigar shop on the WWW.

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