Cigars and Friends

I have heard the down side to smoking and I agree with it, lung cancer, stinky clothes, reduced physical activity, blah, blah, blah and more blah. But what about the upside to smoking {cigars} that is?  I have recently acquired the habit of smoking cigars when I’m relaxing after a hard day’s work and I have a found a terrific upside, THE PEOPLE. 

There is a fantastic world of people from all races, religions, colors and creeds all drawn together by one simple denominator, cigars.  When I smoke my cigar in the local cigar store there are dozens of people that congregate to talk, discuss, lie and just plain gossip about what they know and how they know it and from whom they found out about it.  Listening to these stories and adding my own as well has become quite a habit that I want, nay …need on a daily basis.

What size engine does a Ford Mustang have? Who threw the last “no-hitter” in baseball? What did President Obama REALLY mean when he said…., all of these topics and more can be learned by simply smoking cigars.  Knowledge abounds and it is there for the taking.  “…and how does smoking a cigar bring you this wisdom, you ask?”  Simple sitting in the middle of the cigar store and NOT smoking just would look dumb.

The best part is that everybody has a role and a forte in which they excel and based upon the current clientele at the particular moment dictates the host of topics that are discussed.  For instance, when you see Dave, cars it is. George means politics and Brent is all about the sports and football. I myself am good for real estate and investing and of course the current climate of the economy as it pertains to real estate.  Stick to your strengths so to speak.  I am always plugging, my radio show on freedom 95.9 FM on Saturday’s at noon; however, when you see Gary…. you just cringe.  Nobody knows what Gary is going to talk about, not even Gary.  He can hardly wait to hear what he’s going to say next.  So in short I learn something every time I go smoke a cigar and hangout with the smartest people I know.  Whether its the size of the engine in a Ford Mustang, Peyton Mannings favorite cereal or Barack Obama’s zip code as a child, I learn SOMETHING every time I go.

So, the next time someone bad mouths smoking just tell them that a persons IQ is drastically increased when they smoke a cigar, at least if they do it with the Real Estate Monkey