Which famous cigar smoker would you like to have a smoke with?

[moteyi]

I'm torn between Sir Winston Churchill, who I am sure would be fascinating, and Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great 19th centuary Baptist preacher, and I think on balance I'd go with Spurgeon. This is partly because in a former life I worked in Zaire (DR Congo) as a missionary with the Baptist Missionary Society and actually did a short course at Spurgeon's college which is located near Crystal Palace in South London.

The most famous story concerning his love of fine cigars can be found here http://www.spurgeon.org/misc/cigars.php there's also a photo of his cigar case with some of his un smoked cigars!

The following is a short extract from the account given in a Christian magazine of September 1874.

"Well dear friends, you know that some men can do to the glory of God what to other men would be sin. And notwithstanding what brother Pentecost has said, I intend to smoke a good cigar to the glory of God before I go to bed to-night. If anybody can show me in the Bible the command, 'Thou shalt not smoke,' I am ready to keep it; but I haven't found it yet. I find ten commandments, and it's as much as I can do to keep them; and I've no desire to make them into eleven or twelve."

So who would you like to sit down and have a smoke with?

[dvickery]

My father ( dad was a cigar smoker ) ... I would give anything to spend one more summer with my dad .

derrek

[PeeJay]

Jennifer Lopez

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[smokey joe]

Hmm...Sigmund Freud was the 1st one I thought of.

[PH45]

Churchill or Kipling

[jerryr]

Hmm...Sigmund Freud was the 1st one I thought of.

Freud and Churchill sprung to my mind

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[Rich B]

I think Andrew Neill, as it'd be a fascinating couple of hours dissecting the politics of the day.

[the pondering moose]

Jeremy Irons? Maybe even Sylvester Stallone, under the muscle, the man can write. Sigmund Freud, though that might cause an argument as I'm a Jungian (though he smoked a pipe, so maybe counts).

[handlebarpipe]

I spent a delightful hour and a quarter enjoying a cigar in the company of Billy Connolly at a London cigar shop a few years back. There were great discussions on topical issues and some amazing stories. He came across as a really nice, genuine and down to earth person. Someone I would love to smoke a cigar with again.
Marc

[strommy1]

Jack Nicholson
Loved his character Jack in The Shining
Would really be great to herf with Jack

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[Simon Bolivar]

Great idea for a thread & some interesting stories, especially like the Baptist tale of Pastor Spurgeon; indeed 10 commandments are more than enough! I spent Lent abstaining from wine & spirits & smoking the last of a few NC's & C.C. & cigars costing less than E5. I already abstain from alcohol & sex for 6 months a year & age a box of cigars for 10yrs so I think I know how to moderate my temptations!

For my own suggestions for a smoking partner, the Young Winston post his escape from POW camp & Mark Twain when still a river boat pilot. Now there should be some interesting stories & a show of promise yet to come.

One a more down to earth level, herfing with the Guys & Gals who attended the Mill Hill GC Herf 2015, it's been too long since then.

[the pondering moose]

Young Winston would be really fascinating. And top marks for a herf with Billy Connelly.

On a similar down to earth note and as per someone higher up the thread, I've remembered my great uncle Cedric - he fought his way across the western desert and all the way up Italy chomping on cigars or looking stylish with a pipe and a sten gun. I miss that fellow.

[moteyi]

Interesting that pondering moose and dvickery both mentioned relatives that they'd like to sit and have a smoke with. I was at a family wedding a couple of weeks ago and whilst enjoying a cigar in the sunshine outside the hotel my Aunt came up to me and said, I do love the smell of a cigar as it reminds me of Dad (my grandfather) and his Dad (my great grandfather). I never met my great grandfather and although my grandfather died when I was in my teens I didn't know he'd been a cigar smoker. Thinking about it, it would be fascinating to share an hour or two with my great grandfather who worked as a carpenter in the naval dockyard at Portsmouth. I'm now a self employed carpenter / cabinet maker and actually have one or two of his tools in my workshop, so it would be great to talk woodworking over a fine cigar with him!

[snooky]

First 2 from different ends of the spectrum Castro and Arnie.

[coxie56]

Mr I.k. Brunel

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