Villigers vs Marlboro

[Robusto]

Sounds good!

[nicwing]

Thanks 'Jock. So 'Busto looks like another problem solved, we can search them out over half term and give them a try.
Salut!

[Scottish_Cuban]

Hi Nic, you can still get Cohiba cigarettes, they have a fab taste about them. I got my uncle some and he's now hooked on them. I found them for ?4 a pack from my local Cigar shop. I have no idea how much they would be in and around London but you can still get them!!!

[nicwing]

I thought I heard someone mention that once Cohiba had made some cigatette's anyone ever heard of these?

[Olls]

By random selection more than design I've got a Monte no. 4 and a Por Larranaga Petit Corona lined up to try along with some more Robustos and other larger sizes. I reckon they'll go well with a quick cup of coffee when I haven't the time or inclination to smoke something larger.

I'll let you know how I get on with them, but I too would be interested in hearing more suggestions of decent Petit Coronas for comparison.

[Robusto]

By the way.

I've decided Villigers really are ropey and are not good enough for a real cigar man.

The last Villiger I smoked was my very last one.

Thanks, Dale. Thanks, Drew.

[Robusto]

When I lived in South Yorkshire, because I have a generic (fairly boring) Southern accent, I was perceived as rich. I was thought of as someone up from London trying to take Yorkshiremen's money!

I can imagine that a cigar habit at that time would have caused major ructions! "What an effin snob!".

That's why I'm an "out" stogie cowboy around these parts.
To confound others.

I like the fact that the rival club owner in Phoenix Nights burns down the other club with... A CIGAR!

[emeraldisle]

Bryan,

The reference I made was effectively a rural thing, where I live in North west Ireland the sight of anyone who breaks the mould is perceived as snobbishness and delusions of grandeur to some extent. I do take your point tho about not really giving a stuff about the general consenus aired by the vox populi.

Gabriel

[Robusto]

I've been a cigar smoker since i was 18 and now i'm 35...who cares what they think? mind you took me a long time to get to that opinion.

Drew - Did you come to cigars after cigarettes?

On another cigar forum, I read a similar discussion about cigars and other people's funny or anti reactions to cigar smokers.

One person posted this, in essence:

Fuck what other people object to in cigars and cigar smokers, and let's get on and enjoy them wherever and whenever possible.

[daverave999]

Petit Punch maybe? I'm only suggesting as I had one the other day, but your review of the Punch Punch was pretty positive.

As a cigarette smoker, I'd suggest against just smoking fags for the sake of it (purely from an addiction potential POV). The more 'decent' cigars I smoke, the more I'm going off the taste of cigarettes. They're rubbish. JMHO.

[Drewmidorn]

I've been a cigar smoker since i was 18 and now i'm 35...who cares what they think? mind you took me a long time to get to that opinion.

[emeraldisle]

D, thanks for agreeing with the statement, its hard to put it in context the preference for a cigar over a cigarette. Certainly this is very much the case where I live in Northern Ireland. People would be very critical of myself in fact because I have a liking for cigars saying in their derisory fashion things like " Who do you think you are " etc.

Gabriel

[Drewmidorn]

Gabriel

Spot on!

D

[emeraldisle]

Interesting debate, I know when I went to see my cigar retailer initially he made I up a sampler selection of cigars which included a Villiger/King Edward and a Phillie. I had several small Upmann cigars in my humidor recently along with a small Diplomaticos. If it came down to a size issue ie between a cigar or a Marlboro and I didn't have either then I would not be too upset and would be willing to adopt the patience approach. A good cigar comes to he that waits.

Gabriel

[Drewmidorn]

Screw Marlborough. I did a gig for Philip Morris and they were basically having meetings trying to work out how they could still addict people to tobacco when the smoking ban was in... thats cold... they weren't talking about the joy of smoking... they were talking like smack pushers!