& wooden matches/spills. A tooth pick is an un-plugger and a nub holder.
Allow me then, to amend.
8. You shall have no other accessories than a simple toothpick [and a schmatta I will sell you for five-dollars, s&h included.]
We shall begin.
A simple toothpick, and by simple, I mean wooden and round and pointed on each end, can be used to:
* Clean leaves from yer teeth upon being visited by the fairer sex.
* Unplug a plugged cigar.
* Hold a nub for smoking purposes.
We will now delve further, in reverse order:
On occasion, in fact every time, I disregard Zino Davidoff’s idea of smoking a cigar only to its halfway mark and allowing it to burn out. This, as I’ve stated elsewhere, sounds like a man who sells cigars -- attempting to sell twice as many. When enjoying a cigar, I do not usually want it to end the affair at all prematurely. I oft want to suck the last few pulls of the nub, even. Too, I do not wish to burn my precious fingers. A toothpick stuck into the side of a nub is an excellent handle. NOTE: into, not through.
There are fancy implements sold fancifully by and through fancy companies that are meant to unplug plugs. They all look a lot like toothpicks. Sure, they are longer, but that usually serves to simply pierce the wrapper, ruining your cigar.
You can also pick yer teeth with toothpicks, natch.
Wooden Matches
Cedar Spills are ideal. Wooden matches are second best -- simply allow them to burn a few beats prior to igniting stogie. That stated, I oft smoke on a wind tunnel of a porch. I sometimes am forced to use a Djeep. I use this tact as a last resort. Too, Djeeps are not what they once were. I now flick my Bic.
* Unplug a plugged cigar.
* Hold a nub for smoking purposes.
We will now delve further, in reverse order:
On occasion, in fact every time, I disregard Zino Davidoff’s idea of smoking a cigar only to its halfway mark and allowing it to burn out. This, as I’ve stated elsewhere, sounds like a man who sells cigars -- attempting to sell twice as many. When enjoying a cigar, I do not usually want it to end the affair at all prematurely. I oft want to suck the last few pulls of the nub, even. Too, I do not wish to burn my precious fingers. A toothpick stuck into the side of a nub is an excellent handle. NOTE: into, not through.
There are fancy implements sold fancifully by and through fancy companies that are meant to unplug plugs. They all look a lot like toothpicks. Sure, they are longer, but that usually serves to simply pierce the wrapper, ruining your cigar.
You can also pick yer teeth with toothpicks, natch.
Wooden Matches
Cedar Spills are ideal. Wooden matches are second best -- simply allow them to burn a few beats prior to igniting stogie. That stated, I oft smoke on a wind tunnel of a porch. I sometimes am forced to use a Djeep. I use this tact as a last resort. Too, Djeeps are not what they once were. I now flick my Bic.
Please don’t use a lightsaber torch. Please do not punish your stogie. Please ESPECIALLY to cease immediately your indoor torchings. You look insane.
I am aware that accessories at first glance serve to enhance the ritual. Before you know it, however, you are engaging in pantheism and the monotheism of a cigar-centered meditation/prayer, is all but lost. Think of your Xikar paraphernalia as a Golden Calf.
