Do You Have A Shisha Rule?

[cotsi95]

My main one is dont just come up to me and expect the hose....Its my bowl get your own!

[mikeypas]

I used to adhere to the rule that I would only smoke after sun-down.
In my travels in the middle east, the locals would never smoke when the sun was up (too hot!)

but i like my hookah too much.. used to work night shifts, come home at 8am and have a hookah before bed!

[10ryno]

1) never leave it uncleaned over night
2) never smoke alone, to me it's almost as bad as drinking alone
3) only let a select few set up the hookah, because they actually know what they are doing
4) never use shitty coals

[Stuie]

dont give stuie k apple

Oh the memories...man that never happened before or since....still haven't touched K Apple since... but since i am use to K Cherry and Peach now. I might just have to grab a bag!

[Scoop]

drinking alone is bad? whoops.

my rules are simple:

1) if i dont know you, you aren't smoking. (one dude asked me what kind of music i liked, loaded it up on an old ipod connected to a boom box, asked to smoke, i said no, he then asked if i knew who he was, i said no, he said jesus and asked to smoke again, i said no again, he cursed me out for a few mins then left)

2) if you're sick, don't even think about smoking, conversely and hypocritically if i'm sick, i will probably be smoking, so if you don't wanna get sick don't smoke.

3) don't argue with me about the best tobacco, if you haven't tried what im smoking dont dare tell me starbuzz is the best

[delSol_si]

I can't stand people fucking with my coals. Everybody thinks they know how to manage heat and rotate coals and such, when in fact that have no clue. I guess it is a pet peeve for me if anyone touches my coals. Example: I went to the dorms smoking lounge with my hookah to smoke. I decided I wanted to go get some more shisha and coals for later, so I left my hookah in the lounge to go get the stuff from my room. When I got back down, I noticed that one of the people I was smoking with had moved the coals and had put one in the middle of the bowl...and I was using a phunnel bowl with tea light mod. I moved the coals back to the correct position and the person couldn't understand why I didn't like his coal movement. Dumbass...

[Tati]

rules are simple you break it you bought it, you burn it you fix it, and if your sick stay away, and if you smoke regularly with me, help supply the stash (i.e. dont be a freeloading douche).

Pretty simple if you ask me.

I completely agree with that! Perfect and simple.
The only people I let pack my bowl are other forum members, specially if its something I dont have much experience with (ie tangiers).
I also dont like to smoke by myself, but Ive been craving it all this week and I deserve it, so I think I will...

[ammoura1]

rules similar to whatever been said here but to add:
Absolutely NO lightning a cigarette with lit charcoal, and NO cigarette smoking when I am puffing for that matter!

[ZWAN]

I have a few stupid rules that im strict about (without rules there is chaos!)

1- Don't suggest smoking it. I will usually sesh a bowl but I have to bring it up ( I find it rude and feel like people are only around to smoke)
2- No one touches the hookah but me
3- I will pass the hose when I feel like it, so dont stick out your hand after 2 draws
4- If there is a 40oz friday at my house I expect some one to buy me my Olde English as I am supplying more than its price in shisha (Canada they are like $6)
5- If your sick your S.O.L
6- No NHT mixed in with the shisha (not that im againt NHT, just takes away from the taste)
7- Be respectful
8- No using the tray to ash ciggarettes in

[ZWAN]

I have a few stupid rules that im strict about (without rules there is chaos!)

1- Don't suggest smoking it. I will usually sesh a bowl but I have to bring it up ( I find it rude and feel like people are only around to smoke sheesh)
2- No one touches the hookah but me
3- I will pass the hose when I feel like it, so dont stick out your hand after 2 draws
4- If there is a 40oz friday at my house I expect some one to buy me my Olde English as I am supplying more than its price in shisha (Canada they are like $6)
5- If your sick your S.O.L
6- No NHT mixed in with the shisha (not that im againt NHT, just takes away from the taste)
7- Be respectful
8- No using the tray to ash ciggarettes in

[newjacksm]

1. I set up my hookah and only me. I would let people on the forum set it up however its my hookah and I feel as if its my job to set up my own hookah.
2. I usually ask for help when setting up the hookah EX: carrying shisha and foil back and forth to the smoke spot when at a party to make process faster.
3. I only move the coals around if some one picks up the coals with the tongs and im not looking and the bowls completely fucked I usually just pack it away
4. NO NHT AT ALL if some one asks its a NO 100% all the time
5. If some one hogs the hose I give them time out
6. I have to know them if they want to smoke with me if they are a complete stranger or a friend of a friend well then you aren't just hopping in with out talking to me or trying to get to know me dick
7. When at a party I usually get beer while I supply the hookah 90% of the time

[JDHarding]

I'd say my one major rule.. because shisha's so expensive, or at least the Tang I buy is.. is to never throw out any good shisha after a session. If it isn't crusty, it's still smokeable, so throw it back in the tub. Even blackened shisha is fine. No joke.

[Imsomint]

I can't stand people fucking with my coals. Everybody thinks they know how to manage heat and rotate coals and such, when in fact that have no clue. I guess it is a pet peeve for me if anyone touches my coals. Example: I went to the dorms smoking lounge with my hookah to smoke. I decided I wanted to go get some more shisha and coals for later, so I left my hookah in the lounge to go get the stuff from my room. When I got back down, I noticed that one of the people I was smoking with had moved the coals and had put one in the middle of the bowl...and I was using a phunnel bowl with tea light mod. I moved the coals back to the correct position and the person couldn't understand why I didn't like his coal movement. Dumbass...

That's right. Touch my coals I'll take your fucking fingers off.

[srawas89]

a little

No nht near the hookah, no matter how persuasive retards try to be about it
Don't let other drunks use the hookah

I think those are my main ones. I almost exclusively smoke alone. I mean my roommates or people will be around, but rarely smoke. Haven't found anyone cool around here to actually smoke with that enjoys tangiers and hookah culture.

Sweet. Exactly. Not hard - no tards, no drunks (except me and its my sh**).
A little respect.

Hey ur in Ohio as am I. Which city you live in?

[mattarios2]

drinking alone is bad? whoops.

my rules are simple:

1) if i dont know you, you aren't smoking. (one dude asked me what kind of music i liked, loaded it up on an old ipod connected to a boom box, asked to smoke, i said no, he then asked if i knew who he was, i said no, he said jesus and asked to smoke again, i said no again, he cursed me out for a few mins then left)

2) if you're sick, don't even think about smoking, conversely and hypocritically if i'm sick, i will probably be smoking, so if you don't wanna get sick don't smoke.

3) don't argue with me about the best tobacco, if you haven't tried what im smoking dont dare tell me starbuzz is the best

haha when people say things like this to me i just stare directly at them and laugh uncontrollably.

[Tyler]

a little

No nht near the hookah, no matter how persuasive retards try to be about it
Don't let other drunks use the hookah

I think those are my main ones. I almost exclusively smoke alone. I mean my roommates or people will be around, but rarely smoke. Haven't found anyone cool around here to actually smoke with that enjoys tangiers and hookah culture.

Sweet. Exactly. Not hard - no tards, no drunks (except me and its my sh**).
A little respect.

Hey ur in Ohio as am I. Which city you live in?

I'm in Cincinnati too, man. I know I'm not the one you responded too but I saw your post and figured I'd say whats up, too.

My rules:
1) Every brand of shisha has it's ups and downs, nothing is superior to anything else, except Hookah-Hookah which is below everything. SB, Tangiers, AF...all on the same level for different flavors. Don't try to convince me differently. We all have opinions, and I don't care about yours on this subject.

2) Do not harp on my hookah, if you don't like it, you don't smoke it. Appriciate it if I'm letting you use it.

3) Do not, under any circumstance, mention NHT while smoking hookah, you will be immediately cut off and probably not allowed back to my house.

4) I control the coals.

5) If a flavor vote cannot decide what we smoke, I get my pick.

6) You break it, you buy it.

7) No drinking while smoking. Period.

8) I can hog my hose if I feel like it. I paid for it, you didn't. Do not assume because I took 6-7 hits off of it before passing you can do the same, ask about the passing procedure.

9) If you don't know, ask.

[mustang_steve]

rules are simple you break it you bought it, you burn it you fix it, and if your sick stay away, and if you smoke regularly with me, help supply the stash (i.e. dont be a freeloading douche).

Pretty simple if you ask me.

I need to take up a policy like this...too many damn freeloaders lately...one I know of has over the past year had close to 20 cigars of mine, and has yet to give me one....that guy is cut off from cigars entirely.

Then we have a few that come over to smoke hookah but never contribute to shisha or coals. Hell, just a canister of Butane would be nice....i go through a ton of that lighting coals.

[Bulldog_916]

2 simple rules: I invite you to smoke with me, otherwise, I'm smoking by myself. And, if I invite you to smoke with me, you dont touch anything or trip over anything or have your drunk friends over. Simple.

[Majid]

1. Never allow anything smoked in my pipe that's not supposed to be.
2. Not bother other people with my smoke.
3. Try to smoke only when the time and place allow me to smoke calmly.
4. Try to get my pipe going for every major sports event i really want to see
5. Keep it clean. (lol, it's just by chance that this one is number five)
6. Keep the hookah on the ground, not table, as much as possible.

[A.T.A.L.Smoke]

- Always smoke with at least one other person
- If you're talking excessively or telling a story, pass that shit
- I am the only one who can set up my hookah
- Drunk people can only smoke if they are sitting down. Too many times have I had someone try to walk away with the hose still in their hands
- Once you start a bowl, finish it (unless there are severe circumstances). If you're gonna go to the trouble of setting it up, make sure you have the time to smoke it
- Nothing but water or ice water in the base
- Pay it forward (no freeloaders)

[likespaceships]

only real rule is to not pick up the hookah by the stem.
how many broken vases result from people doing this?

[JDHarding]

I got another rule..

No milk in the base! No cream, no milk, no dairy products of any kind. Infact, only clean water is allowed in there.

[Bye bye now have fun]

i have final choice of flavor, i always get firsts, you go out of order or ask the next person to hurry up you gets skipped and if you knock it over youre getting the fuck out (only happened twice (my brother managed to knock over a qt once dont know how))

[shaffaaf27]

whats wrong with milk?

[mustang_steve]

milk froths up, which makes it far more likely to crud up your hose...any particular matter that gets into the water and usually settles down will be held in place by the froth.