No More Special Occasion Cigars...Contest

Started by ninfiction, 11/07/2019 09:20 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

ninfiction

A great man said recently..ok, he's a great friend...no, he's a lawyer...wait he's a fellow BOTL here on CG...anyway, he promoted this contest with a comment made to a few of us here.

"No more special occasion cigars! Smoke them when you're in the mood. You could be hit by a bus tomorrow."

This resonates with me because I hoard cigars better than any hoarder could hoard. So let's have a contest!

Here's the deal. Post a pic in this thread of that cigar you've been saving for a special occasion or because "you'll never get another one" or "so and so gave it to you and now they're dead"...hopefully not but you should get the point by now.

Smoke that !@#%$ing thing, it's time. Let's all do it together. Today is that special occasion..

Light it up, post a pic, win a fiver from me which will include one of the many cigars I have deemed too special to smoke along with a few others that will be fantastic.

The cigar has to be special to you for some reason, it doesn't have to have cost $100 or any of that bs, it just has to be something you've been saving for the right time, that special moment.

It has to be lit and you have to post a picture of it...lit..in this thread. It would be cool if you gave the backstory too, but you don't have too.


You have until the end of the month(November) to smoke em. You can enter multiple times. On or around December 1st I will pick a winner via random number...if you smoke 2 special occasion cigars you'll get 2 numbers and so on and so on.

Let's try our best to not give some average ordinary, bought on cbid cigar the status of "special occasion"...unless you have a story to go with it.

I'm running this contest, I make all decisions and all my decisions are final.

Go forth, smoke the stuff you've been saving for that special occasion, weddings, births, alien invasion....if you don't understand and need some clarification shoot me a pm.

Hopefully I covered it all, if not I retain the right to change the rules at any time. Ready...set...go smoke that "special" stick.

Edit: Open to anyone able to follow the directions

This is not the admin you're looking for...

Adwinistrator

I think I have a good cigar for this...

Chefjohn

What a cool idea. I think it will be a lot of fun hearing the stories.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

Beegerply

Well this contest leaves me out lol I don't keep anything I buy and smoke no special occasion for me, everyday is special. At most times I'm lucky to have 10 cigars on hand.  :biggrin:
Byron

Guru of small balls and big sticks
--------------------------------------------------

"If there are no cigars in heaven I shall not go" Mark Twain

Kid Montana

I like it.  Time to get over this  :angry: cold ASAP.


I'd rather have a cigar...

Cfickter

Brian, great to see you carry this thru.  I have more than one I have been saving, especially one given to me by the person who inspired this contest.
Guru Master of the Minions

Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms should be a convenience store, not a department of our government!

Gunga galunga ... gunga, gunga-lagunga." - Carl Spackler

Education is important, cigars are importanter!

I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people who annoy me





StogieDad

Love it....I have several options....:biggrin:
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"I call this turf 'n' turf. It's a 16 oz T-bone and a 24 oz porterhouse. Also, whiskey and a cigar. I am going to consume all of this at the same time because I am a free American."
-- Ron Swanson

arrow34

I agree with you, but I still have a few I have hoarded for a special occasion... Which hasn't come yet. You are giving me a good excuse... Just gotta fly home

Brlesq

Thanks for the contest, Brian!

God of Fire Serie B 2010 the other night out in the cold. This cigar was special to me because it ignited the idea in some crazy hoarder's head for a fun contest. :crazy:

It wasn't a special occasion.  I was just in the mood to smoke it. I could be hit by a bus tomorrow.
Bruce
Chief Enabler 
Guru of Decorum & Sarcasm


Hey! How come Habana is written on here with a Sharpie ?!?

A day without whiskey is like . . . just kidding, I have no idea!


fropones

Awesome idea! I have way too many to choose from for this, I think. Which I guess is the whole point!

Chefjohn

I have something I've been squirreling away for a special occasion which I think will be today/this evening. Later this afternoon I conduct my last bourbon tasting at the Kentucky Distillers Association to complete my certification as Executive Bourbon Steward.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

nickthafish

Making my inner hoarder nervous already!

Murphy223

Hmm... need to think about this.  Not sure I've got any I'm really holding on to but it does make me think about a bottle of Pappy I've got which I've been hesitant to open

Chefjohn

QuoteMurphy223 - 11/8/2019  11:23 AM  Hmm... need to think about this.  Not sure I've got any I'm really holding on to but it does make me think about a bottle of Pappy I've got which I've been hesitant to open

What age? 

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

Cfickter

are there extra points if you are hit by a bus?
Guru Master of the Minions

Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms should be a convenience store, not a department of our government!

Gunga galunga ... gunga, gunga-lagunga." - Carl Spackler

Education is important, cigars are importanter!

I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people who annoy me





ninfiction

QuoteCfickter - 11/8/2019  10:52 AM

are there extra points if you are hit by a bus?

I'll send out a bonus fiver to anyone that is actually hit by a bus.
This is not the admin you're looking for...

headfirst

Man, I can think of some but am I emotionally ready for this?!  This may be a ground-breaking contest for me.
When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm, refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name...
-Charles Spurgeon

http://www.cigargeeks.com/index.php?action=humidors;area=public;member=headfirst

StogieDad

"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"I call this turf 'n' turf. It's a 16 oz T-bone and a 24 oz porterhouse. Also, whiskey and a cigar. I am going to consume all of this at the same time because I am a free American."
-- Ron Swanson

appollo

I do believe I have some of these,I think this is a special occasion  :-)

BewareDaPenguin

Wow this contest is RIGHT up my alley lol and the reason I do my own special occasion pass haha, I will be sure to enter at some point! Cool contest :thumbsup:
"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't." - Jack Dempsey

"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen." - JFK

Brlesq

QuoteBewareDaPenguin - 11/8/2019  2:43 PM

Wow this contest is RIGHT up my alley lol and the reason I do my own special occasion pass haha, I will be sure to enter at some point! Cool contest :thumbsup:

Yeah, at some point, if somebody ever takes their last turn that has been 2+ months.  :shamebag:

Bruce
Chief Enabler 
Guru of Decorum & Sarcasm


Hey! How come Habana is written on here with a Sharpie ?!?

A day without whiskey is like . . . just kidding, I have no idea!


Chefjohn


I’ve been saving this one for a special occasion. I successfully presented my final bourbon tasting this afternoon and have passed the course to become a Certified Executive Bourbon Steward. 

 

5-CF84-D8-D-183-B-4-A9-E-B016-53-F0896-B11-F8 

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

BewareDaPenguin

QuoteBrlesq - 11/8/2019  5:00 PM

QuoteBewareDaPenguin - 11/8/2019  2:43 PM

Wow this contest is RIGHT up my alley lol and the reason I do my own special occasion pass haha, I will be sure to enter at some point! Cool contest :thumbsup:

Yeah, at some point, if somebody ever takes their last turn that has been 2+ months.  :shamebag:


Lol yeah we are still in the midst of working out a trade/ pass so those 30 are off limits lol but I got a good 150 I think that fall into this category as well, I haven't smoked hardly at all in the last 2 years! With any of "those" special sticks, I'm always just grabbing what's on top to play golf haha, so I for sure need to get in on this! Thanks for the inspiration!! :biggrin:
"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't." - Jack Dempsey

"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen." - JFK

ninfiction

Congrats John! Great cigar.

So with your new title what do you plan to do?


The first 2 entries are in, great to see so many of you thinking about doing the same.
This is not the admin you're looking for...

nirab

I guess I'm gonna have to smoke my last original OSOK...great contest idea Brian!!  :biggrin:  :bigthumbs:
The Punk Rock Guru of Meditation and Lending a Hand

DON'T believe EVERYTING you THINK...
it's COOL to Be a GEEK!

''Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth.''-Roberto Clemente

"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That is my religion." - Abraham Lincoln

"It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available - more than enough for you to be happy right now." -

Thich Nhat Hanh

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation."

The Cigar Vault
512-361-3289
in Beeuudaful Buda, Texas!

 

                                                               




   
Privacy Policy     Terms of Service
Copyright © 2007-2024 Cigar Geeks, Inc. All rights reserved.