Todd Ramsburg wrote:
> I'm a novice cigar smoker (like two weeks!) and I've been lurking here for
> a couple of days...I have to say ASC is a really great group!
> Annnnnnyway...two questions:
SNIP!
> Todd
Hi Todd --
Welcome aboard.
The complete FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for the newsgroup,
alt.smokers.cigars, can be found on the Web at:
http://www.cigargroup.com/faq (always the latest update)
Also check the website: http://www.cigarnexus.com
Below follows a repost of a series of posts that describe the
origin and usage of 'herf'. Glad to have you join us. Enjoy.
cheers,
--
John Gehman ...bumpkin, proud, herfer, pie-master.
Subject: Re: Newbie Question!!!... What is "Herf"?
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:19:50 +0000
From: John Chunko <jchu...@catalogcorp.com>
Newsgroups: alt.smokers.cigars
References: 1
ReleifPchr wrote:
> hi guys,
> I know this may sound kinda stupid but WHAT THE HELL IS A HERF???
> thanks, -Matt
Most simply, "
Herf" means to enjoy a cigar, usually by smoking it.
However, it can get a bit more complex, for example... you can go
to _a_
Herf, and not smoke a cigar, but still really enjoy the
Herf.
That being said, here's a bigger picture...
HERF... to herf; herfing; herfers; the ASC Philly Herf;
the Gellman Office Herf; Herfedor; Fart Nard Herfing;
circle-herfs; herf-off; an after-dinner herf;
the San Francisco Herf; Gentlemen, you may herf...
HERF - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The un-official word of ASC is Herf. Herf is a unique part
of speech. It can be correctly used as a noun, a verb, an
adjective, an adverb, an infinitive, a prefix, a suffix and
an explicative. The arcane word "herf" first entered the
ASC lexicon on November 21, 1996, and was quickly elevated
to frenetic and common use by ASCers. The Prince of Skeeves
(aloys...@gte.net) exposed ASC to the word herf in a casual
posting to the group... however it was ASCers, as a budding
collective, who took the word and made it divine. Herf is
now virulently spreading to worldwide common use as hip
cigar parlance.
HERF - CHRONOLOGY:
As for the _origin_ of Herf, here's the History of Herf
(it's a matter of record on DejaNews)...
The word "herf" first appeared on ASC...
-------- [post quoted below] ----------------------------------
It was November 21, 1996... the elections were over,
and "herf" unceremoniously beams into our lexicon...
And, you were there (here's the exact post)...
******************************************************
> Subject: worst cigars IMHO
> From: aloys
...@gte.net (Prince of Skeeves)
> Date: 1996/11/21
> Message-ID: <571i9b$
...@news3.gte.net>
> Newsgroups: alt.smokers.cigars
> I bought a Canaria d'Oro(sic?)Robusto out of curiousity
> and it was really a horrible, stale,grassy smoke with a
> peed-on taste. I gave it about 2 inches before I put it
> out. Also, anything Macanudo...I tried several when I
> first began smoking cigars and found them all to be very
> bland and almost impossible to herf, they were so tightly
> wrapped. I think the list of `Mediocre Smokes' for most
> folks would be huge.
******************************************************
And, the voices of ASCers cry out immediately...
saying, "what is this _herf_ thing?"
In answer... on November 23, Prince of Skeeves elucidates,
Message-ID: <5770op$...@news1.gte.net>:
> To `herf' is to draw on a cigar.
The voices of ASC follow in chorus: "this herf thing... it is good"
And, in a grand gesture, full grace is shared...
> Subject: an early definition of the
word...
> From: aloys
...@gte.net (Prince of Skeeves)
> Date: 1997/07/11
> Message-ID: <5q5f19$df
...@news12.gte.net>
> Newsgroups: alt.smokers.cigars
> EVERYONE MUST HERF
> The first time I heard the word `herf' and recognized
> it's potential for the enrichment of my vocabulary was
> in junior college in Clyde, Texas in 1982 from a blueblood
> derelict friend of my named Stu. In the context of the
> time it was used to describe the ungainly and humorous
> facial contortion required to deeply draw on a large,
> hand-rolled cigarette of unknown filling while driving
> a motor vehicle and keeping an eye peeled for the
> Callahan County sheriff. Later I found the term `herf'
> described nicely the method for getting a good mouthful
> of tasty smoke from my favorite cigars.(Padron and HDM
> Rothschilds)
> S. delaVega
> Prince of Skeeves
-------- [end quoted post] ----------------------------------
So, that's the herf story... on 11/21/96 "Prince of Skeeves" (whoever
he/she/it is/was) introduced our newsgroup to its very own beloved word...
And, as a bonus...
HERF LEVITY:
Herf... a word which is now spreading to virtually all corners of the cigar
world... thanks to the likes of the many and varied distinguished herfing
enthusiasts (herfnicks)... such as:
• the good Dr. Miguelit (used on his many national radio interviews),
• Mr. Lew Rothman (used proudly and prominently on JR's Winter
catalog issue's front cover, as well as the current cover of Smokeshop),
• ASC elder Mr. Bob Curtis (used liberally all over the ICG website),
• the Hon. Steven Saka (used strategically at least four times in the
course of the 1997 New Hampshire state senatorial debate and
once as an invective following the debate's broadcast, which,
btw, was televised on CSPAN-3 to over a half-billion viewers
worldwide, including the space shuttle mission crew),
• Connie Whittager, perky weatherwoman on Montgomery, Alabama's
WKKG-TV (used to describe the fog which paralyzed suburban
roadways for two straight days in April 1997... in an interview
on the Weather Channel, she explained, "...motorists were advised
to avoid the western beltway and all lakeside arteries due to a
stationary fog bank thicker than a hundred hounddogs herfin'
Hondurans in a hayloft", and
• by Jorge Jesus Delgado, Jr., now departed, (who ardently
pleaded to "herf a cigar" before his execution in the
Texas death-house in October 1997)...
....just to mention a few of the notables!
PS: Remember... November 21 is World Herfing Day!!!
That's Herf <g>
Regards,
...JC
Publisher of The CigarNexus...
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