Post #520263 by Koolau on Sat, Mar 27, 2010 1:36 AM

Trad'r Bill asked "what's up with that crooked stogie?"

That's a culebra . . .

. . . which consists of three panatella cigars braided together. The story is that back in the day cigar factory workers were given three free cigars per day - in order to keep them from stealing the product, they were only allowed cigars with this unusual shape.

You cut the three cigars apart and smoke them separately - that's what you see in Vic's mouth - one of the three culebras which still retains it's crooked shape from the braiding.