so about 5 years ago i gave the old man a few "CCs" i got from mexico. no idea if they were real but he likes the smell. so i gave him a 4, punch and some other thing, well they have been sitting in his curio cabinet since that day. never touched 'em, sitting in the same spot that i put them in. well fast forward and I'm home and he sees my cigars, got a little interested in learning so i was teaching him the basics. storage, environment, flavor profile, etc etc. he brought up those old "CCs" i had given him after he saw the couple that i have aging, goes to the cabinet takes them out and brings them over. first question: "are these still good?" i opened the tube knowing that they weren't but showed him a properly humidified stick and let him hold and touch both. told him i think they are a little to dry to smoke LOL. Second question he asks "can you save them?" not that he wants to smoke them but the old man likes to ask question about what he is interested in. so i go into my explanation of soggy stogies and dry stogies and how to get them back to where they should be. he says "ok, sounds neat" i head back to front room not thinking anything about it. about a minute later i hear the microwave ding and he calls me into the kitchen, i get in there AND THE OLD MAN IS TAKING ONE OF THOSE OLD STOGIES AND A CUP OF WATER OUT OF THE MICROWAVE! i laughed my ass off and said pop it dont work that way, but dammit if he didn't try.
i hope some body gets a chuckle out of this story, i know i did when it happened. he laughed when i told him i was putting this on BOTL and said "go ahead" moral of the story is 1) my father is a 61 year old cigar noob and 2) isn't allowed near cigars with out my direct supervision ever again!
i hope some body gets a chuckle out of this story, i know i did when it happened. he laughed when i told him i was putting this on BOTL and said "go ahead" moral of the story is 1) my father is a 61 year old cigar noob and 2) isn't allowed near cigars with out my direct supervision ever again!
