I know this topic pops up from time to time but after last nights suprise I couldn't resist posting up.

My third cigar of the evening was a Maria Mancini which I have had resting for about 3 years now. Nice dark wrapper... blah blah blah.... to the point-

I clipped the cap and the cutter did not separate from the cigar? I was thinking WTF? As I force the two apart I see something white? (Sorry the pictures are bad, they were taken with a camera phone)
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Oh yeah, this is weird shite. I pull the end that is sticking outside of the cigar and out comes a nugget of rolled up paper towel.
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After further discussion we came to the conclusion that it was probably a dingle-berry. :-)

I smoked the cigar anyway and it was great.


What kind of garbage have you found inside your cigars?
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Blue tarp strand... :-)
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Fortunately, so far, only tobacco. Did have one that I pulled a pretty good sized stem out of though.
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Lets see......A piece of paper, red plastic thread, blue plastic thread, mystery stuff (have no idea what it was and don't care to know either.), five strands of human hair(about 3 inches long and reddish-brown sticking out the foot), and my personal favorite: a small metal nail (it was in a torpedo, I found it after I cut the tip off the cigar and the nail was stuck in my Xikar.)


Ya gotta love hand made products!
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Ive had a string run the full length of cigar, at least it came out with no problems. I guess you can say the cigar was "laced"
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At least you hope it was a piece of paper towel!:-)
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I grabbed a LFD one day when I was working and looked at the foot and saw something white. So I started trying to pull it out and I noticed there was more. So I grabbed a cutter and started hacking away. Now at his point I was so damn curious. Not sure what it was, kinda looked like a cobweb rolled up. :-) X10!

It was close to a 1/3 of the way in the cigar.
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I found a piece of string once as well
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Or TP! :-)
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I've also pulled a wicked long hair out of a Padron 2000.
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Yep, dingle-berry with a hint of chocolate. :-)
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a string in a Monte 4, looked like a brown tampon:-)
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I have had this happen a couple times as well.

The first time I remember very well from an RP 92 several years back and again on an CC Peso.

It was exactly like you say, a cobweb...



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I smoked something that was bigger than a gnat but smaller than one of those long-legged mosquito things. It was rolled up just under the wrapper and flared up nicely when it lit.

I smoked it good. I think it was in a Carlos Torano. Added a bit of body...
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I wonder if this could be related to beetles, either pupae or larva?
Kinda gross anyway you look at it.

This might explain some of the "flavors" mentioned in a lot of the reviews. :-)
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Probably a cocoon of some sort. Seen that before.
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You should have seen the look on Hal's face. I was honored to see this in person = priceless :-)
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That's such a pedestrian review! It was 7-year old Madagascar chocolate, but we're not sure about the hints of nuts!
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I have had a pebble fall out of a cigar.
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A brown, CURLY hair. :-)
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