Notable Cigar Aficionados

[Orvil Newton]

There are some obvious ones of course. Men with great style, like George Burns. (Who smoked 15 Queens a day)

Shown here with a young Ray Bradbury


But I submit Sigmund Freud as my entry.

He reputedly smoked 20 or more a day.
Quote: "My boy, smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you."

Who else?

 

[indycop]

I heard Ulysses Grant was a high number cigar smoker, don't know how many though.

 

[scotrace]

Well, of course:

 

[Orvil Newton]

I heard Ulysses Grant was a high number cigar smoker, don't know how many though.

Grant, reportedly smoked twenty a day. I could find no reference as to what brand or type.

 

[Orvil Newton]

Well, of course:

Churchill was a remarkable man. He smoked about ten cigars a day. Exclusively Cubans.

 

[rmrdaddy]

I'm going with Mark Twain.
Sure he was crotchety....he's like a role model for me some days!

 

[Nighthawk]

Let's not start discussing politics, but Limbaugh is certainly notable.

NH

 

[Orvil Newton]

I don't think you will find anyone today who smokes fifteen cigars a day, simply because smoking is banned almost everywhere. And let's face it. Smoking that many cigars is bad for your health. Besides, 20 good cigars a day at todays prices

 

[Nighthawk]

I don't think you will find anyone today who smokes fifteen cigars a day, simply because smoking is banned almost everywhere. And let's face it. Smoking that many cigars is bad for your health. Besides, 20 good cigars a day at todays prices

At my local micro-brewery, one is not allowed to smoke cigars or pipes, but is allowed to smoke cigarettes.

NH

 

[Beowulf67]

Grant, reportedly smoked twenty a day. I could find no reference as to what brand or type.

I found this in an article about Presidents:
Grant was said to smoke 20 cigars a day. His habit increased during the Civil War, after the Battle at Fort Donelson in Tennessee in mid-February 1862. As he later told General Horace Porter, "I had been a light smoker previous to the attack on Donelson .... In the accounts published in the papers, I was represented as smoking a cigar in the midst of the conflict; and many persons, thinking, no doubt, that tobacco was my chief solace, sent me boxes of the choicest brands .... As many as ten thousand were soon received. I gave away all I could get rid of, but having such a quantity on hand I naturally smoked more than I would have done under ordinary circumstances, and I have continued the habit ever since."

 

[rmrdaddy]

At my local micro-brewery, one is not allowed to smoke cigars or pipes, but is allowed to smoke cigarettes.

NH

That sir, is some @#$%!

What's your locale ?

 

[Nighthawk]

That sir, is some @#$%!

What's your locale ?

http://www.cityofhoughton.com/

 

[rmrdaddy]

Wow, Waaaayyyyyyy up there are ya?

Neat. I guess you need some kind of indoor smoking venue, otherwise, you'd FREEZE!

 

[Mike in Seattle]

And the secret word for today is: GROUCHO MARX!

 

[rmrdaddy]

Excellent calll Mike!


DOH! :eusa_doh:
How did I miss him???


one of my favorites quips from Groucho:
"Outside of a dog, a good book is a man's best friend, inside of a doog, it's too dark to read!"

 

[Diamondback]

I'd say many Allied (at least American) generals of WWII belong on the list as well. MacArthur's known by his pipe, but he was also known to have cigars with his subordinate commanders when visiting in the field. Ike as well, IIRC... and I wouldn't be surprised if Patton did as well.

 

[Nighthawk]

rmrdaddy, yes, cold and very snowy!

Diamondback, I recall hearing something similar once about MacArthur as well.....I'll try to find more info.

 

[anon`]

Patton was an avid smoker of cigars and rarely--if ever--was without a supply of them.

 

[Diamondback]

Pre-war shot:

Can't tell much about the stogie, though. The photo that leaped to my memory was Mac with Horace Fuller in New Guinea.

 

[HadleyH]

W.C.Fields