Gasket Poll

[delSol_si]

Rubber doohicky. Why is this even a debate?

QFT! I always used to call it a grommet until Eric corrected me. I think I will not just call is a rubber ...I mean a rubber doohicky.

[Arcane]

i still refer to it as a grommet or "plastic thing"

[cotsi95]

Gasket just look at the definitions


Grommets and eyelets are metal, plastic, or rubber rings that are inserted into a hole made through another material. They may be used to reinforce the hole, to shield something from the sharp edges of the hole, or both.

A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. Gaskets save money by allowing "less-than-perfect" mating surfaces on machine parts which can use a gasket to fill irregularities.

[ilikemyusername]

Pina coladas are gay if a guy drnks it so I guess that means I can enjoy the delicious drink forver without being judged

Oh, and it's a grommet.

Pina Coladas are gay depending on how much rum you have in it, imo.

GROMMET!

+1!

[Sonthert]

GASKET

I have a few points, if I might.

I like Pina Coladas as long as their not blended.

[chinamon]

Gasket just look at the definitions


Grommets and eyelets are metal, plastic, or rubber rings that are inserted into a hole made through another material. They may be used to reinforce the hole, to shield something from the sharp edges of the hole, or both.

A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. Gaskets save money by allowing "less-than-perfect" mating surfaces on machine parts which can use a gasket to fill irregularities.

i did look at the definitions and this is what i found on dictionary.com

grom⋅met  [grom-it]
–noun
1. Machinery.
a. any of various rings or eyelets of metal or the like.
b. an insulated washer of rubber or plastic, inserted in a hole in a metal part to prevent grounding of a wire passing through the hole.
2. Nautical.
a. a ring or strop of fiber or wire; becket.
b. a ring having a thickness of three strands, made by forming a loop of a single strand, then laying the ends around the loop.
c. a ring of fiber used as a seal or gasket, as under the head of a bolt.
3. a washer or packing for sealing joints between sections of pipe.
4. Military. a stiff ring of rubber or metal inside the top of a service cap, designed to keep the top of the cap stretched flat.
5. a metal-bound eyelet in cloth, sometimes used decoratively, as on a garment.


gas⋅ket  [gas-kit]
–noun
1. a rubber, metal, or rope ring, for packing a piston or placing around a joint to make it watertight.
2. Nautical. any of a number of light lines for securing a furled sail to a boom, gaff, or yard.

i would probably go with grommet. look at the seals in your car's firewall for wires to pull through and prevents water and air from getting in or out. those are called grommets.

[Vampy6997]

i would probably go with grommet. look at the seals in your car's firewall for wires to pull through and prevents water and air from getting in or out. those are called grommets.

I agree...and to disagree with cotsi's definitions...I actually don't look at my hookah as a machine. Sure, it's contraptiony, but it doesn't work without my lungs. And my lungs aren't a part of the hookah.

Also, I think that to reinforce a hole is exactly what the grommet is doing.

I'm also going to doubt the compression. Open the valve, and nothing comes out unless you blow into the hose.

[r1v3th3ad]

it will be grommet until more mini phunnels come around

[Click]

it will be grommet until more mini phunnels come around

Lol! I just have a problem calling it a gasket after working on cars.  Gaskets to me are flat sheets.

[chinamon]

it will be grommet until more mini phunnels come around

Lol! I just have a problem calling it a gasket after working on cars.  Gaskets to me are flat sheets.

and they are compressed between two pieces... like sandwiched.
grommets are not compressed.

[Codename067]

I think I go the right answer:

Its NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sonthert]

Chinamon: You should read a little further down on your source:

"Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid."

Gasket

Also, your definition for grommet is talking about sections of pipe...you know the things that bring water in your house?

From Websters Dictionary. An actual, unabridged Dictionary, with words and pages and such:

Grommet:

1. A ring of rope or metal...to fasten a sail together.
2. A metal eyelet in cloth, leather, etc.

Gasket:
1. A piece or ring of rubber, metal, paper, etc. placed around a piston or joint to make it leakproof.
2. In nautical usage...a rope which a sail is tied to the yard.

Joint:
1. The place or part where two parts or things are joined or united.

Last I checked, Webster's is the big nuts in terms of the English language.

So lets summarize:

Gasket:
1. A piece or ring of rubber, metal, paper, etc. placed around a piston or place where two parts are joined or united to make it leakproof.

QED:
Gasket: A piece of rubber, etc. placed around a place where two parts are joined or united to make it leakproof.

Sure sounds like a GASKET to me.

You don't have to agree with my definition or Cotsi's definitions. You can call it a footstool, but you're still wrong if you call it something other than a gasket. Definitions are not a matter of public debate. It is a gasket, I assure you.

[hookah hippie]

Gasket just look at the definitions


Grommets and eyelets are metal, plastic, or rubber rings that are inserted into a hole made through another material. They may be used to reinforce the hole, to shield something from the sharp edges of the hole, or both.

A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. Gaskets save money by allowing "less-than-perfect" mating surfaces on machine parts which can use a gasket to fill irregularities.

i did look at the definitions and this is what i found on dictionary.com

grom⋅met  [grom-it]
–noun
1. Machinery.
a. any of various rings or eyelets of metal or the like.
b. an insulated washer of rubber or plastic, inserted in a hole in a metal part to prevent grounding of a wire passing through the hole.
2. Nautical.
a. a ring or strop of fiber or wire; becket.
b. a ring having a thickness of three strands, made by forming a loop of a single strand, then laying the ends around the loop.
c. a ring of fiber used as a seal or gasket, as under the head of a bolt.
3. a washer or packing for sealing joints between sections of pipe.
4. Military. a stiff ring of rubber or metal inside the top of a service cap, designed to keep the top of the cap stretched flat.
5. a metal-bound eyelet in cloth, sometimes used decoratively, as on a garment.


gas⋅ket  [gas-kit]
–noun
1. a rubber, metal, or rope ring, for packing a piston or placing around a joint to make it watertight.
2. Nautical. any of a number of light lines for securing a furled sail to a boom, gaff, or yard.

i would probably go with grommet. look at the seals in your car's firewall for wires to pull through and prevents water and air from getting in or out. those are called grommets.

you forgot to put the definition of rubber doohickey up

Rubber doohickey. noun

Doohickey made of rubber

[Vampy6997]

but a hookah isn't a piston. I return back to the compression issue. It's not the compression of the two objects by plastic doohickey, it's the compression of liquids, etc. Anywho...a hookah has no compression like that, such as described for a piston. The "it" part would mean that "it" is a "piston" and a hookah, most assuredly, is not.

"it" always is significant to the noun it represents. Such as in this case..."it" is referencing "piston" which was the only proper noun for "it" to be representing in the entire gasket definition of Eric's.

Edited July 24, 2009 by Vampy6997

[chinamon]

ahhh i give up.
its a piece of shit for all i care.

[Vampy6997]

ahhh i give up.
its a piece of shit for all i care.

[mushrat]

ok, technically it is compressed between 2 parts, the port and the hose, making it a gasket. In the popular cultural usage however, since this is NOT a scientific discussion, more of an actual use discussion, Grommet seems to be the more common usage. As long as we know what we are talking about when speaking to others, then i will continue to say grommet. Except when ordering from Mya in which case I will say rubber.

Like any other argument on the internet... "we all win!"

[Vampy6997]

I have a book compressed between the floor and another book...so the book on the bottom must be a gasket! ;-)

btw...the rest of the definition, since cotsi only gave "a" for grommet...

NOUN:

1. 1. A reinforced eyelet, as in cloth or leather, through which a fastener may be passed.
   2. A small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce such an eyelet.

So I still think it's a grommet.

[Zyram]

Gasket just look at the definitions


Grommets and eyelets are metal, plastic, or rubber rings that are inserted into a hole made through another material. They may be used to reinforce the hole, to shield something from the sharp edges of the hole, or both.

A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. Gaskets save money by allowing "less-than-perfect" mating surfaces on machine parts which can use a gasket to fill irregularities.

Totally, I posted this the other day as well when I first heard there was a massive forum war going on over the terms.

-Z

[ZAGO]

Grommit?

[r1v3th3ad]

Grommit?

made me laugh out loud

[Sonthert]

Vampy, I don;t know where you are getting that part about compression. That is not present in the Webster's definition.

It also says "Piston or joint" A joint is the applicable word in the definition. Thats why I put the definition for a joint there.

[ashes87]

I still say it is a gasket, mainly because of the function of a gasket. Yes, it feels odd calling it a gasket due to working in an auto parts store for several months, but gasket is the true term we would need to use.

[Vampy6997]

Well, the look at wikipedia for both, and it does mention compression for gaskets, and also the photos kind of show a better idea of which is which. I say grommet. The photos tell the whole story.

btw-compression was mentioned in a post somewhere in here in definition, but oh well. I'm not searching the forum for it. lol.

[714xDGAFxKING]

pina coladas from taco bell are pretty bomb by the way!!