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billmerit Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 8:27 AM EST
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Not a bad cigar, but I love the band.

cigars are a status thing with me, being that i'm an ****.

i found when i was walking my dog and smoking one, that if i held the band toward the sun, it glitters like crazy.

really impressed my neighbors.
Mr.Mean Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 8:57 AM EST
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LOL
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 9:55 AM EST
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bill, in keeping up with your history lessons, do you know why cigars have bands on them? open book test.
billmerit Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 11:58 AM EST
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To impress your neighbors. It works, too.

When I was smoking the Llopis, this cute nurse who lives in my building walked by and said: "Hey ****. What are you smokin."
abennett23 Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 12:06 PM EST
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A ring of paper wrapped around the closed head of most cigars. Legend says that cigar bands were invented by Catherine the Great or by Spanish nobles to keep their gloves from being stained. Others credit this invention to a Dutch advertising and promotion genius named Gustave Bock, who stated that the band helped keep the cigar wrapper together. Cigar bands are often printed with the name of the brand, country of origin, and/or indication that the cigar is hand-rolled. They also often have colorful graphics, which have made them popular collectors' items. In many folk tales, a cigar band served as a wedding band in impromptu ceremonies. However the best reason I ca think of is to impress the neighbors.
Todog Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 1:45 PM EST
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Wow! This man is a fountain of information or useless information!!!!LOL
Charlie Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 2:31 PM EST
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The Catherine the Great story is the one I had heard. In Europe it is fashonable to remove the band when smoking the cigar! Some of them will tear the damn wrapper, so I leave mine on, unless it is a dog rocket!

Charlie :):):)
SESDVM Offline
#8 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 2:46 PM EST
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the band can also be used instead of postage stamps to see if viagra is needed. You never know where a stamp has been.
joedayan Offline
#9 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 3:24 PM EST
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I read the bands were invented in the usa around the time of teddy roosevelt. Cigars became popular and the makers to differentiate themselves from others put bands on them.
delarob Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 5:00 PM EST
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Would that be Gustav Bock Y Ca?
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#11 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 7:39 PM EST
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bill wins with the best answer.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#12 Posted: Sun, Oct 28 2001, 7:40 PM EST
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abennett23 is a close second for having the correct answer about katy the great.
rookie139 Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Oct 29 2001, 1:38 PM EST
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Great...We now have another "Mr. Cut and Paste" %^$#@ in our club!...Dammit!
rookie139 Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Oct 29 2001, 1:38 PM EST
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;)
joedayan Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Oct 30 2001, 10:03 AM EST
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I still like my answer.:)
wanyburger Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Nov 2 2001, 10:22 AM EST
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this guy bill cracks me up.
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