macms
12-07-2008, 08:28 AM
Depending upon were you are going be sure to dress appropriate. If its a bar, jeans and sneakers are fine. If its a nicer place you may wanna wear shoes and a collared shirt just to be safe.
Bring money for food and drinks. Be prepared to buy a few drinks as most people always switch back and forth buying rounds. Make sure you eat something as cigar smoking can do a number on your stomache.
Bring cigars, bring more cigars than you will smoke. There will be a lot of giving, swapping and smoking that day. No one expects any reciprication but it is nice to give it. It's not required that you bring smokes for anyone but yourself. If you have them to share, great - otherwise don't worry about it. When others give you smokes - it's not required that you return the favor. You can if you want - but again not required. Smoke what you want - whether it's one or more or parts of some.
As you participate in these, you will find that most of the people will become friends, so just treat them that way. Many herfers worry too much about what they bring, you'll get a feeling for it in time. Bring what you like to smoke, and what you want some others to try. If you are trying to impress people, you have the wrong idea.....and there are some here that you will never be able to impress with your selection, but can impress them with your attitude and friendship. Just remember that cigar smokers are the most generous group of people you will ever meet. Be yourself and have a good time.
Most of all have fun smoke a lot of cigars and drive safely after the herf.
The first known use of the word "herf" as follows:
Subject: worst cigars IMHO
From: aloysius@gte.net (Prince of Skeeves)
1996/11/21
Message-ID: <571i9b$ht4@news3.gte.net>
Newsgroups: alt.smokers.cigars
I bought a Canaria d'Oro(sic?)Robusto out of curiousity
and it was really a horrible, stale,grassy smoke with a
peed-on taste. I gave it about 2 inches before I put it
out. Also, anything Macanudo...I tried several when I
first began smoking cigars and found them all to be very
bland and almost impossible to herf, they were so tightly
wrapped. I think the list of `Mediocre Smokes' for most
folks would be huge.
Bring money for food and drinks. Be prepared to buy a few drinks as most people always switch back and forth buying rounds. Make sure you eat something as cigar smoking can do a number on your stomache.
Bring cigars, bring more cigars than you will smoke. There will be a lot of giving, swapping and smoking that day. No one expects any reciprication but it is nice to give it. It's not required that you bring smokes for anyone but yourself. If you have them to share, great - otherwise don't worry about it. When others give you smokes - it's not required that you return the favor. You can if you want - but again not required. Smoke what you want - whether it's one or more or parts of some.
As you participate in these, you will find that most of the people will become friends, so just treat them that way. Many herfers worry too much about what they bring, you'll get a feeling for it in time. Bring what you like to smoke, and what you want some others to try. If you are trying to impress people, you have the wrong idea.....and there are some here that you will never be able to impress with your selection, but can impress them with your attitude and friendship. Just remember that cigar smokers are the most generous group of people you will ever meet. Be yourself and have a good time.
Most of all have fun smoke a lot of cigars and drive safely after the herf.
The first known use of the word "herf" as follows:
Subject: worst cigars IMHO
From: aloysius@gte.net (Prince of Skeeves)
1996/11/21
Message-ID: <571i9b$ht4@news3.gte.net>
Newsgroups: alt.smokers.cigars
I bought a Canaria d'Oro(sic?)Robusto out of curiousity
and it was really a horrible, stale,grassy smoke with a
peed-on taste. I gave it about 2 inches before I put it
out. Also, anything Macanudo...I tried several when I
first began smoking cigars and found them all to be very
bland and almost impossible to herf, they were so tightly
wrapped. I think the list of `Mediocre Smokes' for most
folks would be huge.