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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

78: Give That Man a Cigar

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Eddie was really good at blowing smoke.

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0:00.0

These days, it's nice to know what you're getting.

0:03.3

Like the same, hmm.

0:04.9

When you took into our tasty breakfast, the same, yes!

0:08.2

When your kids stay and eat breakfast for free, the same, woo!

0:12.0

Knowing there are over 800 hotels and the same, ah!

0:16.2

Every time you sink into one of our super comfy beds,

0:19.3

enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip.

0:21.6

Premier in, rest easy,

0:23.5

only available to book at premierin.com.

0:26.4

The season sees apply up to two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full-paying adult.

0:30.2

This is the way I heard it.

0:32.2

One day, Eddie sent his uncle a large box of expensive cigars.

0:42.7

He did this every few months because Eddie loved his uncle.

0:47.0

And also because Eddie looked forward to those long and lengthy thank you notes.

0:52.6

Five thousand miles away, Eddie imagined his uncle opening the mahogany box and smiling

0:58.8

as the unmistakable aroma of Cuban tobacco filled his study.

1:03.8

The plump, hand-wrapped tubes of temptation would be lined up in two neat rows, destined

1:09.6

to be picked up, set a fire, and slowly sucked upon.

1:14.0

A destiny that Eddie's uncle could scarcely wait to fulfill.

1:19.4

A few weeks later, a 3,000-word thank you note arrived at Eddie's office in Manhattan,

1:25.6

handwritten, single-spaced.

1:28.3

In Austria, Eddie's uncle imagined the enthusiasm on his nephew's face as he poured over every

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