what's the problem with cigars in UK??

[dreameruk]

Here you go, this should do the trick.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/godfather-horsehead-pillow-2

You've just got to find out where he lives.

[skyhigh]

Nope, he even had the balls to say it stinks. Please point to the nearest horses head vendor.

[moidoid]

I recently got out the car sporting a fat one in my gob, to which the paperboy replied "who do you think you are, the Mafia" bloody cheek, why i oughta!!

But did he ask with respect? Did he even call you Godfather?

[skyhigh]

I recently got out the car sporting a fat one in my gob, to which the paperboy replied "who do you think you are, the Mafia" bloody cheek, why i oughta!!

[Masterdj]

I think the key is "where to smoke-when to smoke".......

[whisky77]

Setting.

I think it depends on the setting as well though. I was at Cheltenham for the races recently and smoked every day I was there, without anyone pointing or staring.

There were also a few other lads smoking Partagas P No2, and one lad was chain smoking Esplendidos as his horses failed to finish.

Nobody semed to bat an eyelid.

[Maxi-J]

I wish UK was a bit more like the continent for bars etc.

Quoted for Emphasis.

[Burner]

Just popped into Waitrose to get some cohiba minis and was handed a pack with a warning sticker on the back with a hideous picture of an operation taking place. Now I'm no stranger to horridness but this kind of thing is offensive. I am not gullible and do not enjoy a cigar because I have been beguiled by flashy packaging or smooth marketing and do not need the nanny state to educate me in the way of the state preferred lifestyle. Does every new car come with graphic pictures of road accidents? Every pint of beer with a leaflet on cirrosis? NO and it never should do. My life my choice. So I got the assistant to change it for one with an impotence warning on the back - No worries there thanks!

What a lovely 6 minutes it was though once I lit one up.

[Lee Nub]

Britain can be very odd in some ways Rok. In America if an everyday bloke works hard and gets a top end car. Folks will look at it and think, yeah he's made it, I want to work hard like him and get me one of those. In this country some are more likely to think 'flash git' and 'key' it!

Couldnt be more true that tipp, ive had my car bricked and keyed, bastards .

[misterbulgarin]

I dont smoke out and about as I don't really get out for extended periods . I dont walk & smoke. Saying that, Ive not had my humi & collection for a year yet, I got my stock september onwards really, so I only got the tail end of the summer weather to enjoy some cigars.

Now that it's coming back (or is it?!?), I'll make sure to think of cigar smoking places when I take a trip

[Cigar-aficionado]

Some very good points raised in this thread about why cigar smoking may get some surprised looks.

I once had a woman come up to me in Plymouth and comment on the size of my, erm, stick... I was quite pleased with that... As I probably would be if I was told it suited me.

Were you smoking at the time Simon?

[ctrl]

tis tru...ive had cars vandalised a few times......
uk seems to suffer from a lot of jelousy over material things

[tippexx]

Wasn't Churchill revered as a ghod, the saviour of the Bruitish Aisles? Aren't there statues of him smoking a big, fat one on every street corner where the hoi polloi bow down to worship thrice daily? Seems to me a stogie smoker on the streets in the UK should be having rose petals strewn at his feet. Virgins should be offering up their maidenhood and vendors showering them with goods. Wot's the world coming to then?

Britain can be very odd in some ways Rok. In America if an everyday bloke works hard and gets a top end car. Folks will look at it and think, yeah he's made it, I want to work hard like him and get me one of those. In this country some are more likely to think 'flash git' and 'key' it!

[rokkitsci]

I don't geddit

So...what is this class thing in UK about cigars??

Wasn't Churchill revered as a ghod, the saviour of the Bruitish Aisles? Aren't there statues of him smoking a big, fat one on every street corner where the hoi polloi bow down to worship thrice daily? Seems to me a stogie smoker on the streets in the UK should be having rose petals strewn at his feet. Virgins should be offering up their maidenhood and vendors showering them with goods. Wot's the world coming to then?

[satch]

I smoked a JL#1 on the way to the pub on sunday. I had to walk down a main road for a bit. The looks I got from some of the passing cars. Amazement, shock , sneers, smiles, people quickly talking to each other-
"Did you see that!", "what a wanker" hopefully "gee, he looks cool"
I think it is because it's not quite the norm so yer average Joe/Josey can't cope. Unfortunately this country is more and more going this way
Conform...conform (obv said in a robot stylee!)