Ever try this trick on your friends? John

not with a Henry Clay I haven't LMAO!!!!
good shot!!!

Hog

Oh yeah, how to do it...

Legend has it that the famous trail lawyer Clarence Darrow used this device to keep members of the jury revited as his opponents delivered there arguments and other orations. Darrow was a cigar smoker and during his trials his cigar ash would get longer and longer without falling. Everyone in the court room stared at the end of his cigar……waiting……..and anticipating when it would finally drop; It never did. Needless to say, the jurors had a difficult time concentrating on what the prosecute attorney was saying. Instead, all they can do was focus on Darrows ash.
All you need to perform this trick is a hairpin or paperclip which has been straightened out and a cigar. Insert the long wire into the head of the cigar. This wire in the middle prevents a precariously long ash from falling. Light the cigar and begin smoking as usual. Even if you do not point out the long ash people will eventually notice it.

I heard a similar story about Winston Churchill in cabinet meetings. Hmmmm....

can't you taste the metal from the paper clip when you inhale?

no, not really, but I have only done so once, as I wanted to test the "trick"! I really do not like to have long ash anyway, cause, if it drops it makes a mess......

Charlie

A friend and I did that back in college days and kept gesturing toward a listener while holding the cigar ... it was nothing short of hysterical to watch them bob and weave, anticipating the ash being dumped on them ... LOL

Of course, a similarly long ash CAN be achieved without the insert if you're smoking the right cigar ...