Origin of the term "Dog Rocket"

Started by jbshumidor, 03/20/2014 07:42 PM

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jbshumidor

Ran across this cool excerpt from a 2005 interview with Steve Saka, former President and CEO of Drew Estate, published on puff.com.

I'm sure a lot of the more experienced guys saw this a long time ago, but thought I'd share for some of newer folks....

http://www.cigardiary.com/content/origin-term-dog-rocket

bmac7754

And now we know.  Cool article
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Pretty interesting read. Thank you for posting that!
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sauraspop

 

Great story. So, when I refer to a cigar as a DOG-ROCKET, am I calling it Crap or not?  :confused:

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jbshumidor

Quotesauraspop - 3/21/2014  11:02 AM  

 

Great story. So, when I refer to a cigar as a DOG-ROCKET, am I calling it Crap or not?  :confused:

 

Right....total (dog) crap!.....Hey, maybe we could get that term "Dog Rocket" added to the CG Glossary!


sauraspop

Quotejbshumidor - 3/21/2014  10:23 AM  
Quotesauraspop - 3/21/2014  11:02 AM  

 

Great story. So, when I refer to a cigar as a DOG-ROCKET, am I calling it Crap or not?  :confused:

 

Right....total (dog) crap!.....Hey, maybe we could get that term "Dog Rocket" added to the CG Glossary!

That's what I thought and great idea to get it added to the CG Glossary.

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Cool story. I've read it before, think it was right here on CG, but it's still a nice story with a lesson to learn.
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jbshumidor

Quotesauraspop - 3/21/2014  11:31 AM
Quotejbshumidor - 3/21/2014  10:23 AM  
Quotesauraspop - 3/21/2014  11:02 AM  

 

Great story. So, when I refer to a cigar as a DOG-ROCKET, am I calling it Crap or not?  :confused:

 

Right....total (dog) crap!.....Hey, maybe we could get that term "Dog Rocket" added to the CG Glossary!

That's what I thought and great idea to get it added to the CG Glossary.

Just submitted add request along with some cut and paste definitions for the glossary on the 'contact us' link.

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