HookahDuck Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I was curious about this. Im currently enjoying a bowl of Tangiers Cooling/Rasberry in my stargate, and I noticed something.I dont like to exhale with my eyes closed. I've noticed that while I exhale, no matter what, I nearly always watch the smoke exiting my lips. Even while im not attempting to puff rings or anything of the sort. Its quite mesmerizing to watch.Do all of you do that? Do you close your eyes? Not pay attention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tico Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 At least half the fun of it all comes from watching what the smoke does when you exhale it. I find that when I close my eyes to focus on the music I'm listening to at the time it actually deters from the hookah experience...weird, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 The nice thing about hookah as opposed to ciggs is that the smoke doesn't burn your eyes, so I NEVER close my eyes when exhaling. As a matter of fact, I dont know anyone who exhales with their eyes closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
methodical13 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I actually will blow the smoke towards my eyes when its real thick so I'm looking through the cloud...Now that i think about it, its kinda wierd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Well, I like the way this thread started. No I never close my eyes unless me and a young lady are passing smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahLion Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I do that... I don't think I know anyone who doesn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 The only time I close my eyes when exhaling is when I am lying in my bed, having a "goodnight" smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I have some really strange sleep patterns, (borderline sonambulism) I used to smoke, before I'd fall asleep and sometimes, I'd knock the hookah over when I rolled over, I'd always wake up immediately to pick up before the water spilled on the floor. Yeah, that was slightly off-topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipeSmokeMcGee Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 has anyone done this? if you take a long draw with a lot of smoke and keep it in your lungs for a long time (20 or 30 seconds), you exhale and nothing comes out. why does it do this? does the water help it dissipate extremely quickly or what? tangiers, you probably know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
methodical13 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Seriously man, Everclear's gotta be pretty rough. Why not just go for the glory and use gasoline in that case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
methodical13 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 well that was strange...i clicked on one topic and it opened another....my last post made no sense whatseover. But while I'm here, I think the reason the smoke dissapates the longer you hold it in is because while it' in your lungs the oxygen is pulled out or something like that....Don't know for sure, it's been a while since i took biology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Pipe: could be your lungs are getting the chance to grab ALL the nasty crap in the smoke instead of exhaling them out safely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Its not the oxygen you see in your smoke, its the particulate matter like burnt carbon from the sugars and burning tobacco. All the stuff that DAMAGES your lungs when you smoke. (oversimplified, im sure Tangiers will elaborate.) Short version is you don't WANT that crap in your body any longer than you have to...exhale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipeSmokeMcGee Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 haha, that might be a good call. however, i practice an ancient religion called Mu Cau Syndrome Employees Anonymous. we believe in the desecration and denigration of ones body through actions such as roller skating and hookah smoking. but thanks for being concerned mushrat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I was always just told that hardly any smoke comes out when holding it in for a while because your lungs absorb all the smoke into you system. I know this is hardly scientific, but yeah..thats all I got.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 aaaanyway.....for me it depends.alot of the smoking experience is seeing the smoke.but if im at home i sometimes like to listen to music,put my head back,close my eyes and relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Elaborate. I can't say. Off the top off my head, I...still don't know. Sorry. Even Superman had Kryptonite. Why he would be supceptible to luggage, I can't say. I don't know why it wouldn't come back out unless the glycerine refluxed back into a liquid. Maybe it seeps out your nose and you don't realize it. Try it while holding your nose. Thats what I tell alot of girls I know, anyways.I can say that the tobacco doesn't burn in a hookah. When glycerine is present, it boils before (and Propylene Glycol or Ethanol) the tobacco can burn (at a lower temperature). It is roughly analogous to putting a wet log in a fireplace and trying to get it to burn...it will keep going out until all the water is boiled away. By the way, Mushy, when we burn carbon, we call it carbon dioxoide . Carbon monoxide if there isn't enough oxygen available. Carbon monoxide is, of course, harmful. Unfortunately, once it goes into your lungs it will readily bind to your red blood cells, so almost none will come back out, holding your breath or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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