Why We're Here
The first question we're usually asked when we tell people about this site is "Why?". The answer is simple really...blue collar, working class schmucks like us enjoy cigars just as much as the white collar, society types. The only difference is, we have a hard time justifying to ourselves (and to our wives) spending more than a few bucks on a good cigar, especially when there are too many other things to put that money towards...like the bills. Furthermore, Bubba and I couldn't help but notice that just about every cigar magazine out there caters almost exclusively to those in a way higher tax bracket than ours; let's face it, when you're pushing everything from $400 golf shoes to $93,000 Jaguars, in addition to quality cigars, you have a certain target audience...and it wasn't us. Now, there's nothing wrong with that, but it really bummed us out and we figured that if we were bummed, maybe we weren't alone in that sentiment. So after much discussion (over a few cigars, of course!) the idea of a website where we could list the good (and bad) cigars for under $5 was born. The only problem with that idea was a budget...we didn't have one and couldn't afford one.
As it turned out, that wasn't a problem after all (thank you Freewebs!). So with a major expense out of the way, all that was left for us to do was smoke some cigars...and smoke them we have!
Enjoy the fruits of our labor!
~ Bubba & the Big Kahuna
Who We Are
Well, we go by many names and monikers, depending on who you talk to...at our home-away-from-home, Finck's Cigar Company's Retail Store in San Antonio, we are known as "The Dentalmen's Club" or "those Dental guys"...but here we're known as "The Two Fat Guys", even though there's more than two of us! Confused? So are we!
Ok, well maybe this will help...
The Big Kahuna and Bubba are the ones that came up with the idea for the website and are the original "Two Fat Guys"...but we needed input from other cigar lovers, so we recruited a "smoking panel". Alright, so it's just a couple of other uncredentialed guys like us that love cigars too...the point here is, we wanted to get a variety of input. So, for those of you following at home, the poor men of Poor Man's Cigar Guide are:
The Big Kahuna (Matt) - Co-Creator of "The Poor Man's Cigar Guide", Editor/Webmaster and El Presidente of "The Dentalmen's Club".
Bubba (Adrian) - Co-Creator of "The Poor Man's Cigar Guide", Creative Consultant/Comic Relief and Official Representative at all functions requiring a kilt!
Retread (Marc) - Cigar Testing/Advisory Panel Member and purse carrier...don't ask!
Mini-Me (Ike) - Cigar Testing