[Da Klugs]

The 1492 Incident

It was the Dark Lords doing (Bruce). I was the stage manager. Chris was the unwitting guest star who inserted an unintended plot twist making it so much more fun for everyone. (He is the memory maker)

Bruce calls me and says.. "we need to do something to spice things up at the herf this summer". I'm game, and his plan is devious. He has me find some Corona Gordas... I used 95 Punch punches. We reband them with 1492 bands. You can kind of see where this is going.

On Friday or Saturday night everyone is sitting in the tent doin PPP's and I fire up one of the 1492's. Folks notice. Get ready to pass it and get a funny look on my face. Bruce, who is watching, asks "whats wrong"? I pass him the cigar and tell him it doesn't taste right.

He takes a couple hits and says... "it's really off".

Then he throws it on the ground and stomps on it.

I freak out and say.. WTF it wasn't that bad!!! You could have heard a pin drop.

He smiles and says no problem. Pulls out another one from his humi and lights it up. Takes a few puffs and says.. "what are the odds of that", "I cant believe this". Gets real quiet again.

Hands it to me. I take a couple hits and.... throw it across the table full of very quiet smokers out into the yard saying that sucks.

Here is where the intended plot takes a bit of deviation....

Very quiet. Suddenly, Chris jumps up, runs and retrieves the cigar from the yard.

When he gets back I ask him what he is doing. It gets real quiet again. He just looks at me. Ask him.. Who's cigar is that? He says "yours". I take it and throw it in the yard again saying.. that cigar is not good enough for my friends.

Chris is very white and unbeknown-st to many of us who did not know him that well at the time, very upset.

Folks figured it out at their own pace. We came clean out of concern for Chris's health and mental well being after a bit of time.

So there is the story. Chis made it soo much better but was never intended to be the brunt of anything.

It's lore now.. the 1492 "incident".