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Cigars lost to fire

PostPosted:Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:09 pm
by Don

PostPosted:Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:19 pm
by Tortolia
That kicks ass. Heh.

PostPosted:Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:23 pm
by Lox
Is that legit?

Cuz that's exactly what happened in a Brad Paisley song off his latest album.

Here are the lyrics:

Well I'm a sucker for fine Cuban cigars
The problem is I can't afford 'em
But last year I went and got myself a whole box
And just to be safe I insured 'em

Chorus
I took out a policy against fire and theft
And then I hurried home
With a thirty-cent lighter I sat on my back steps
And I smoked 'em one by one

Two weeks later I went to see that insurance man
And I handed in my claim
With a straight face I told him that through a series of small fires
They'd all gone up in flames

2nd Chorus
They reviewed my case and they had no choice
But to pay me for what I'd done
And I took that check and bought a whole new box
And I smoked 'em one by one

Two weeks later this detective shows up
Tells me that company's pressin' charges
One speedy trial later they locked me up
On twenty-four separate counts of arson

3rd Chorus
And now I sit and I stare at a blank brick wall
Lookin' back on what I've done
To pass the time I've got some ten-cent cigars
And I smoke 'em one by one
Yeah, I smoke 'em one by one

PostPosted:Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:25 pm
by Agent 57
Jeez, don't you people read Snopes?

http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp

PostPosted:Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:45 pm
by Lox
Agent 57 wrote:Jeez, don't you people read Snopes?

http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
I usually forget about Snopes. I've used it a few times to prove those stupid email stories false.

So I guess Brad Paisley based his song off of the legend then.

PostPosted:Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:16 am
by Sephy
Not real, but hilarious anyway ;)