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Title: Cigar Sells For $185,000
Post by: careless hal on January 29, 2013, 09:53:11 AM: Rumor has it itwas bought by an ITS member.

Some people are simply not financially struggling. An anonymous buyer has bought a giant cigar for $185,000 from a Florida cigar dealer, according to a Jan. 28 UPI report. The mammoth stogie stretches 19 feet long and over 3 feet thick and would be large enough to start a beach bonfire that lasts several days.

Is bigger always better? The cigar is equivalent to 25,000 average-sized cigars and looks more like a thick, wooden telephone pole than a bundle of dried tobacco. It also has a unique (Freudian) name: the "Gran Habano #5 El Gigante" cigar.

At a purchase price of $185,000 the buyer chose several lifetimes worth of smoking as opposed to buying a new house or purchasing a Lamborghini. "We pride ourselves on finding the hard-to-find cigars," said the dealer. "This shows we are able to fill all our orders."

However, it seems that the "El Gigante" - which consists of 1,600 pounds of tobacco - won't even go up in smoke. Not that there's any way to light this stogie except by way of a Vietnam-era flame thrower or engine exhaust from an F-16 fighter jet.

Juan Panesso, who runs CigarsDirect.com, said the buyer intends to add the giant cigar to his private collection. Presumably, the buyer has a warehouse or storeroom large enough to accommodate "El Gigante".

The buyer successfully negotiated $50,000 off the six-figure purchase price. The product was shipped out of the United States to an unidentified country. According to Panesso, it comes with its own 900-pound wooden carrying case, an enclosure that looks like cargo storage
Title: Re: Cigar Sells For $185,000
Post by: chicagojazz on January 29, 2013, 09:57:49 AM: no i didn't buy it rflmao1 rflmao1
Title: Re: Cigar Sells For $185,000
Post by: LVGaryD on January 29, 2013, 11:53:00 AM: I wouldn't pay that much even if the "tobacco" was weed. 4pezz2
Title: Re: Cigar Sells For $185,000
Post by: old and slow on January 30, 2013, 06:22:33 AM: Quote from: chicagojazz on January 29, 2013, 09:57:49 AM
no i didn't buy it rflmao1 rflmao1
No?

Then why did you ask to borrow my hay trailer? rflmao1 rflmao1
Title: Re: Cigar Sells For $185,000
Post by: The Giss on January 30, 2013, 07:23:23 AM: Not me, either.
Title: Re: Cigar Sells For $185,000
Post by: chicagojazz on January 30, 2013, 10:36:41 AM: Quote from: old and slow on January 30, 2013, 06:22:33 AM
No?

Then why did you ask to borrow my hay trailer? rflmao1 rflmao1

to haul this
Title: Re: Cigar Sells For $185,000
Post by: old and slow on January 30, 2013, 04:43:37 PM: Quote from: chicagojazz on January 30, 2013, 10:36:41 AM
to haul this
Ahh...I see ;D
thumbsup
Title: Re: Cigar Sells For $185,000
Post by: MichiganDale on January 31, 2013, 08:36:16 AM: Quote from: The Giss on January 30, 2013, 07:23:23 AM
Not me, either.
Well, that puts my first thought to rest.....you immediately came to mind, Gisser!