Anatomy of an Ash

[DesertRat]

I once smoked a Brazilia that had dozens of small, perfectly circular balls in its ash. That told me the stick was full of beetle eggs. Fricken creeps me out to this day.

You mean like this?

Thanks for an informative article!

I've had sticks that looked similar to the photo in your article and with me being the not so informed partaker of the leaf, always assumed it was a botanical characteristic of the wrapper. I honestly never once thought I was smoking beetle eggs (thank goodness).

 

[souldog]

Wow. What precipitated this jab? ??? Nice sarcastic use of the though.

In fact I consider carefully everything I write. Has my record suggested anything to the contrary?

Now how about you take a closer look at what I wrote? Notice the double quotes around the word "expert?" Let me be explicit. I did so to emphasize the connotation of experts in the specific sense of "self-appointed" experts.

Wilkey

WOW!!! ??? How about YOU take a closer look at what I wrote. Give me a break Wilkey, that's a joke not a jab. That's poking fun, not sarcasm. ??? Lighten up!

Brian

It's getting warm in here.......



"TWO FOGS ENTER, ONE FOG LEAVES!" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

[Matty_Vegas]

I was once told that "black" ashed cigars were usually a way of telling the authenticity of ISOM smokes. That added with a few other features was a solid indication

 

[Macion Grey]

Wow. What precipitated this jab? ??? Nice sarcastic use of the though.

In fact I consider carefully everything I write. Has my record suggested anything to the contrary?

Now how about you take a closer look at what I wrote? Notice the double quotes around the word "expert?" Let me be explicit. I did so to emphasize the connotation of experts in the specific sense of "self-appointed" experts.

Wilkey

WOW!!! ??? How about YOU take a closer look at what I wrote. Give me a break Wilkey, that's a joke not a jab. That's poking fun, not sarcasm. ??? Lighten up!

Brian

It's getting warm in here.......



"TWO FOGS ENTER, ONE FOG LEAVES!" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

More likely to break out the walking sticks and duel to first blood. Winner gets tapioca pudding.