Pretty sure I just pulled a tobacco beetle out of my mouth...

SmokeyJoe said:
Has this happened to you?

Was given a smoke by a friend recently purchased at a shop we frequent. Anyway, halfway through I felt something hard on my tongue (a tobacco stem, maybe?) and pulled it out. Looked a lot like this:

tobacco_beetle.jpg


First time for me... killed it and kept on smoking. But I couldn't help but think about that old "X-Files" where the guy had cigarettes whose smoke produced tobacco beetles in other peoples lungs!

Hey Tom... I think my lungs itch. :D
Click to expand...

So, did this have an effect on the overall rating you gave this stick?
 
BillyCigars said:
Now I gotta know: Which cigar brand was it?
Click to expand...

It was an Oliva V... but I don't blame them. From what I have read, all cigars likely have beetle eggs... they just don't hatch when kept in the proper conditions. This cigar obviously got too warm at some point in its life. I just picked up an order of Oliva V's! :tu
 
SmokeyJoe said:
Has this happened to you?

Was given a smoke by a friend recently purchased at a shop we frequent. Anyway, halfway through I felt something hard on my tongue (a tobacco stem, maybe?) and pulled it out. Looked a lot like this:

tobacco_beetle.jpg


First time for me... killed it and kept on smoking. But I couldn't help but think about that old "X-Files" where the guy had cigarettes whose smoke produced tobacco beetles in other peoples lungs!

Hey Tom... I think my lungs itch. :D
Click to expand...

is that plume? :r
 
SmokeyJoe said:
...I actually had a witness to the whole thing... ask BarneyBandMan. :ss
Click to expand...
No reliable witnesses, then?

No offense meant to the cowardly little shrinking-violet wussies around here but Smo'Joe did the right thing; if something crawlie hits your tongue when smoking a cigar you bite it in half, inspect it, then flik it. Continue to smoke as before. Muy macho. Like a worm in a mezcal bottle, only fresher.
:dr
 
Mister Moo said:
No reliable witnesses, then?

No offense meant to the cowardly little shrinking-violet wussies around here but Smo'Joe did the right thing; if something crawlie hits your tongue when smoking a cigar you bite it in half, inspect it, then flik it. Continue to smoke as before. Muy macho. Like a worm in a mezcal bottle, only fresher.
:dr
Click to expand...

:r Yeah... I know what you mean about the witness. When it comes to interstate exits and the motels that gather there... Barney is your man! But as for a beetle sighting... :confused:

Glad to see there is at least one other he-man type in the jungle. Toss a cigar for one beetle? Zounds! :ss
(Do he-men use words like "zounds?") :D
 
SmokeyJoe said:
:r Yeah... I know what you mean about the witness. When it comes to interstate exits and the motels that gather there... Barney is your man! But as for a beetle sighting... :confused:
Click to expand...

I never claimed to be reliable, only to sound reliable. Learned that from my poli-sci classes...

So, I guess a Beetle Tongue is like a Lizard Lick, but without the refinement or hallucinogenic coffee?:ss
 
I've got to say I hope I never have any beetle problems but one beetle in my mouth certainly wouldn't make me toss a good cigar. But in the same situation I probably would have pulled the trusty ol' torch on the little bugger.:D
 
Mister Moo said:
No offense meant to the cowardly little shrinking-violet wussies around here but Smo'Joe did the right thing; if something crawlie hits your tongue when smoking a cigar you bite it in half, inspect it, then flik it. Continue to smoke as before. Muy macho. Like a worm in a mezcal bottle, only fresher.
:dr
Click to expand...

Good point. There must be some serious nicotine in that baby. Rather than biting it, you can probably get a better buzz by just sucking on the beetle in between puffs.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top