December 2007 – Page 2 – The Hookah Blog

All dried out.2 tips

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I tend often to use large shisha bowls, and after smoking an hour, I can still have lots of shisha left! For a long time I’ve sifted through the shisha remaining foraging.After much experience I can give you this advice!¬† :

If you have shisha left over in your bowl ¬†not burnt,or crisp to the touch but BLACK and¬† gummy its still very good to be smoked. Not “smoked again”, since it was never smoked or would be completely crispy.

Why throw it away? I don’t have tractor loads of $¬†¬†¬†

I have done just this yesterday. I kept the leftover until I had a good ammount (about 100 gram! a lot to waste). I added about a teaspoon full of glycerine ¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† which ¬†I keep on hand, mixed it up well in an open container and left it out to acclimatize and let it soak all the way in for 15 hour or so. Do not put in more than a tespoon per 100 gram, since it DOES have still glycerine in it. Too much will take the fruit taste away.

I am smoking¬† the mixture now and find it 95% as good as regular shisha!

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Here is a nice video on preparing¬† shisha.

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“Its the oil, stupid”

Here is another tip:, if you want¬† a stronger shisha, pipe tobacco with their many great flavours or loose ¬†cigarette rolling tobacco is great to add to¬† your shisha! Or plain.¬† But now you must add twice as much glycerine, since its dry as a¬† desert. ¬†In this ¬†case add¬† a teaspoon¬†¬†¬†per 50 grams dry tobacco, let it sit out open to soak up and to acclimatize for 24 hours.Wait.I’ve done it, smoked it plain but for me¬† its too strong, so I added it to regular flavoured shisha. Much stronger. Don’t overpower¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†your flavoured shisha–add a little.

So don’t worry, be a “Scrooge”, your friends won’t even taste the difference¬†¬† ¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†if you prepare it in the shisha ¬†bowl and put¬† the tinfoil on).

Second-hand shisha!!yeah!

Have a Happy Christmas !, but give your friends boxed new shisha!Wow!Those must be specially welded jobs!¬† (Check out the 2 meter tall blond Dane looking up to the top in amazement.This is one for my photo album!

The funniest music video you have ever seen!

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and finish with Mike Oldfield playing¬† “Woman of Ireland”

Lastly, to take your eyes¬† and heart out, so to speak, I have found one of the most beautiful collection of art work on Arab life in Northern Africa, Middle East and Iberia , Southern Spain after the Arab conquest of it. You’ll see the positive ¬†cultural effects in art, geometry, building and craftsmenship that they achieved!

I think there are about 40 very large art paintings of day to day life by it seems mainly ¬†the same artist.

Don’t miss this.

There are¬†3 ¬†beautiful paintings of hookah smokers.

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A continue from the previous post!

Yes, “The¬† meaning of life”

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¬†Quite funny

Part 2 continued

“The Afterlife”can’t wait for summer!

Moby’s song has a happy ending

¬†¬†says it all

live a little

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“Death for dummies”

“The Meaning of Life”

Is it the chicken created first, or the egg?

Montegue P. has their version¬† :

“The Meaning of Life” :

In the Torah, Talmud and Mystical teachings have it that G-D Created the chicken first.

As in Adam & Eve, was it the female egg and then the sperm created? Not on your life!

So, why do¬†YOU live?¬†¬† What’s it all about?¬†¬† A very famous Israeli poet,¬† singer (R.I.P.) ¬†who was in my infantry platoon army had a great song called :

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“I live to smoke”. Meir Ariel, its on YouTube, but some weasels are lipsynching it!Too bad.

So what’s going for you? Why are you here? While you’re thinking, try this Oriental techno song in Hebrew. Some Arabic great photos.

¬†”Knife of Belief” (non political)

another one in Hebrew with some Arabic singing.

“Don’t leave him;open your heart” nice Oud playing, tambour, zither and “techno” Oud.

Tambour, “Hey Mr.Tambour man”(Bendir).Where do you think the banjo came from? North africa!

Zither.In Arabic¬† “Kahmahn” c’mon!

these 3 are mentioned in the Bible ,played in the Holy Temple 2,000 until 2,700

“Techno”¬†- Oud Adel Salameh Samir Joubran

not only are these very small kids smoking nargilah, but its under the Christmas tree!!!!

This short must be 2 years old, no more!

smokes pretty well

¬†And this Junior must be Max. 3!

Abu tells him “inhale” “exhale”, “thru the¬† nose, good boy”.

¬†The are puny rings

Lastly, we have a kidwho blows about 20 smoke rings¬† from¬† one Shluk!

19, I just counted!

Those are not Arabs!

So did you figure it out?

Try this :

“The Australian Philosopher’s song”:

(Hear what he says about American beer”)

3 minutes 29 seconds is a very young Seinfeld in the audience

“Decartes was a drunken ….

I DRINK THEREFORE I AM”Descarte (I always thought that this was a picture of Spinoza!

Here’s B.Spinoza

So?¬†¬†¬† “Why life”?¬† should be the real question.Is this it, or the pits?

Are we higher on the Food Chain?When I was a kid, and we’d be teusday’s at my uncle’s house, it was “sloppy joe” night. At my home itwasn’t “on the menu”. Probably the worst¬† mental torture was too eat a sloppy joe¬† under the rathfull gaze of my silent uncle.By him he never said a word (except to¬† the dog), but each facial expression said more than a thousand words!

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Last Hookah Toke before he leaves for¬†Grande ¬†El Rancho in the sky!!!!

So in the meantime, I’m going to clean my hookah,¬† put on ¬†some music, ¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† pick a nice flavour of shisha¬†¬†¬† pack it,¬†¬†¬†¬†

¬†Light da coals

And Suhtool¬† , enjoy, its gonna give you time to contemplate the mysteries of life and poor grammer!

¬† “A tenth, a tenth”!

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Squirrell says:

use background lighting behind your hookah

off your P.C. ! use as an LED backlight!

¬†for special lighting effects, bulbs, neon lights, “glow sticks”,

¬†coloured candles! Incense

¬†would be cool too.

incense with coloured lights behind it and the hookah would be great!and good music

you choose

I’ve mentioned under “hookah tables”(see archives)

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how to make a rotating hookah table, or an end table to keep your hookah from falling over. Best tip, put the narghilah on the floor.

Use tin foil under the hookah so any burning coals will torch your rug .

try mixing your shisha the best way using even 2 different brands of tobacco with¬† un-even¬† ammount % of glyceryine.

You will see NAKHLA is¬† around 19% glyceryine and Abed El-Khader or Al-Sultan with 26%. If mixed inthe same bowl it won’t smoke evenly.Ugh!

This double-header will keep that from happening since¬† each burns separatel.¬†¬†¬† (Just smoked the said combo in a 2 header!).

or get a gigantic “Party Bowl” which holds a few hours of good smoking without tamping your shisha down too much, you’ll have room for airspace much needed.

Get them at this link below :

http://www.smoking-hookah.com/Store/Hookah-Accessories.asp

“Some” companies are suggesting that you hold your¬† shisha in…the refidgerator????whata?Crazy thing to do.

your hose mate?

You know about acclimating shisha, right? Well,¬† the fridge has a quite high humidity level. Your shisha, and you will be shocked upon smoking it, and it’ll get rancid.

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try some wine, vodka with fruit juice in your water bowl for a kick.¬† Add icecubes to cool it!

Did you clean your hookah lately? Give it the shaft once in awhile to get the gunk out.

¬†I use a bit of dishwashing soap in the cleaning of everything,

¬†no need to sandblast!

¬†don’t¬† forget the ball bearing! If soap washes off your dishes with warm water and NO AFTERTASTE, you can believe you won’t taste it, but you’ll have to rinse 3 times at least. I have a number of hookahs, have been smoking hookah for over 6 years and none of my friends complain (even before they are boozed).

No aftertaste

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