what happens when you smoke too many cigars

Socorro

Basically, 'socorro' means help in spanish. Which pretty much sums up the situation.

And until today I had never smoked a lancero that I didn't like.

This is a TCC private brand and it seems to be one of the first casualties of the cigar industry free fall.

I hate to wave adios so quickly after trying just one. But I've got a feeling that the other four I have are going to taste just as crappy.

the real thing

PALMA REAL, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 6x44, MADURO,
LONG FILLER

I actually thought I might have seen these on sale for as low as $1 each somewhere. Otherwise consider it at the high end in the $2 dog rocket category. These are occasionally palmed off as premium cigars and mixed into those "big brand samplers".

But they really are quite good. Actually amazing. No advertising, packed in bundles ?

Well, anyway, I think you could make out in one of those "bands removed" cigar tasting routines with these best of breed dog rockets. Certainly, if "your not going to be a dumb smuck and buy the cheap knock-offs instead of the expensive puppies and save money..."

Forget the "might be seconds", or "alternative to", just get one of the best for less.

DON LUGO tastes more like DON LOOGIE

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 5x50, Robusto, Natural Combo Filler.

bow wow, bow wow...

These things are serviceable. Some people even seem to like these. But, frankly there's better cigars than these for a bit less these days...

I took the dogs down for a walk and tried to sit back and smoke one of these. Maybe the dogs took exception to the smell of a burning dog turd, or whatever, and I ended up having to walk around the bog while one of them hunted for frogs. Needless to say, later when I got back to the house, I started tasting this sucker again.

Needless to say, just hope you don't get a Christmas present from me !!!

we're saved ! peace and prosperity just around the corner....

it's official, big brother said so...

"Bernanke declared Friday that the U.S. economy is on the verge of a long-awaited recovery"

how, many more times do we have to listen to the wack jobs claiming the USS TITANIC isn't sinking and that BRAND AMERIKA is now a quaint historical anomaly ?

"Bernanke stressed Friday that despite much progress in stabilizing financial markets and trying to bust through credit clogs, consumers and businesses are still having trouble getting loans..."

"We must work together to build on the gains already made to secure a sustained economic recovery."

hey! what's this "we" shit. during the good times "we" were "losers" if we weren't borrowing at 30% to buy stocks paying 2%. now that the scam has blown up, "we" have to help.... ha! somebody has to pay taxes to pay the interest so the bankers can make loans and do it again....

"Bernanke also said the U.S. needs a process to wind down big, globally interconnected companies, much like the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. does for failing banks. "

now that sounds like a really good idea...hurrah ! time to bailout Zimbawbe, it's a good investment for the taxpayers... a win win really, the rascals can spend much much more money, and when the Zimbabwe dollar becomes worth as much as the paper it's printed on (btw, the Z$ has been "discontinued"- yet another government issued funny money joining the currency graveyard) the taxpayers will reap a huge return on the investment and there will be a source of affordable toilet paper...

perfect, absolutely fabulous.