Or you could show up to work smoking a favorite and sit down in your desk...

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Regift them as their Christmas Bonus. Maybe they'll get the point.

Just leave a few CCOM catalogs sitting on your desk and in the break room. Anything they order will be better than G&V's! You could also leave certain items circled and such. I think the gift cards work best!

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (and Explosives!) should be a convenience store - not a government agency.

Many great ideas here. So, Garcia y Vega boy came by to pick up his girlfriend yesterday, and I said “I hear Kim likes to buy you Garcia y Vegas. Do you ever smoke a real cigar?” He says, “Like what? I had a Macanudo once. I didn’t like it.” I said “I’ll bring you one of my Gurkhas to try, you may never go back to those cheap ones.” So what does he say? “Hey, my cigars aren’t cheap man. I’m spending over $1 a piece!!!!!” Beyond hope. I give up. And now I have to waste a Gurkha on him to boot.

Even a 5V Classic or Gold would probably rock his world. Tell him, "I was gonna bring you a Ghurka but since you've been smoking those things I'd better start you off slow". His pride won't let him not try it.

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (and Explosives!) should be a convenience store - not a government agency.

Or pull a Black Band Project on his ass.

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Ubi Cigar

I'm intrigued...whats a black band project?

Google it for the entire rundown, but in a nutshell, it's a project by Camacho to get people to try new cigars, the three stereotypes they show are the guy who only smokes highly rated sticks in cigar magazines, the guy who only smokes cubans and the guy who smokes whatever in front of him because he thinks cigars make him look cool.

To get people to try a new cigar and using their tastes (instead of their preconceptions) to see if they like the stick, they are sending out 3 unbanded cigars to everyone who signed up for the project. Basically what beta is saying is have Al give this guy an unbanded cigar and have him smoke it, see how he likes it and have him compare it to his Garcia y Vegas.

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brsmith21:

I've heard the first step is admitting that you have a problem. Thankfully, I don't have a problem. I'll just smoke more.

Al, I agree with Zoom. I'm all for converting the uneducated, hell I'm one of them most of the time, but don't waste a primo stick on this guy. He sounds like one of those guys who gets their cologne in bar bathrooms and buys his girlfriend plastic jewelry (no offense meant if anyone in the forum does that). I'm not saying, I'm just saying.

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When I die I want you to spread my ashes...but make sure you smoke me down to the nub first. Smoky the Bear

The easiest solution is to invite kaspera79 over for a BBQ on your birthday. He shows up with around 15 or so sticks for you and has a beer with you on the patio. Awesome.

I had to update this thread. The best suggestion was dropping C.com catalogues around the office. People would look at them and it would start a discussion, like "My husband would love some of these, what do you recommend?" or "I never realized there were so many different brands of cigars. What's the difference?" Anyway it worked. For my birthday this year I got a pair of Opus X's and a pair of Padron 1926 Anniversaries. (compared to last year, when I got a box of low end crap) I knew going to this forum would pay off!

havanaal:

Anyway it worked. For my birthday this year I got a pair of Opus X's and a pair of Padron 1926 Anniversaries.

Hell freakin yeah man!

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There are two kinds of people in this world that go around beardless — boys and women — and I am neither one.

Hays:

havanaal:

Anyway it worked. For my birthday this year I got a pair of Opus X's and a pair of Padron 1926 Anniversaries.

Hell freakin yeah man!

It doesn't get much better than that! Nice score bro!

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GO 'CUSE!!!

Heavy:

3. Tell your dog you'll quit smoking cigars when he quits licking his a$$. That'll knock him off his high horse.

"If I paid $10 for a cigar, first I'd make love to it, then I'd smoke it."
-- George Burns

This has been one of the best threads I've read here lately.

Are they hot? If so, I would take the low end cigars with a smile!

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