mushrat Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 [url="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/education/19hookah.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogin"] http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/educatio...9hookah.html?_r[/url] =2&oref=login&oref=slogin damn I hate being trendy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Interesting read, thanks for the link Mushrat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataneja Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 good article. I wish people wold not assume that I was smoking weed from my hookah, it's so annoying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Funny you say that. Saturday in NY was one of our first beautiful days, finally got to take advantage of my deck which happens to be in the front of my condo. Whipped out my 32" Egyptian with some friends. Put it to you this way, I definately got some pretty dirty looks while some of my neighbors walked by. One of them actually asked what it was and found it intriguing. The rest of them definately thought I was up to no good. F 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Nice article. I emailed it to my mom. Sadly it is just going to take time for people to lose their current view on hookahs. Maybe even a few generations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahEnthusiast Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Nice read mush.thanks for bringing that to our attentionPS: any luck with the blackberry starbuzz yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenWizard Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 As soon as I see people smoking hookahs on MTV, I'm gonna have to find a new hobbie!!! I like the fact that it's not "mainstream" and is kind of "underground", if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I don't necessarily see being mainstream as a bad thing. Hell, I'd be happy if I could find Al Fakher at the local grocery store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Shisha Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Meh, I don't see it being an MTV fad or anything. In the article even they mention Frats having them. I am not trashing my Hookah just because some Frat boys do it. Which Btw, I associate Frat guys with MTV, no offense to guys out there in serious frats. Anyway, I was/am a philosophy double major, political science being my other degree, and I have to say, there are no two subjects that come near being as fun to deliberate upon while smoking your nargileh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Oh,God! Smoking hookahs are not safe?Not Safe?OH no!Well, I'm gonna stop right now...in fact I'm never gonna start...I gonna do one of those born again virgin things and regress to the point that I never smoked in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzzT Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Everything in moderation including moderation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornellius Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']Oh,God! Smoking hookahs are not safe?Not Safe?OH no!Well, I'm gonna stop right now...in fact I'm never gonna start...I gonna do one of those born again virgin things and regress to the point that I never smoked in the first place. [/quote]Tangiers you are done dude, you are guilty of killing billions of innocent college students! Close your lounge and factory asap and make a new business hmm ermmm.... be a weapon dealer at least it is legal in USA to kill any tresspassers WITHOUT even a question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Yes, hence the death avatar...for a merchant of death.The thing that really annoyed me was the "documented cases of transmitting Herpes". Oh...you mean if I don't use a tip, I can pass cold sores around? Wow. Revelations. Seven golden vials of the wrath of God, the first one is Herpes! I'm surprised thay haven;t come out with an article condemning kissing...it transmits Herpes! Oh yeah, they're not opposed and biased towards kissing like they are smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve07 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Is ignorance bliss or ignorant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuschultz Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 My fraternity has a nice hookah, done in our chapter colors. We use it at one of our ice breaking events with new pledges. I'll make the statement now that we are VERY anti hazing at my school, and in my fraternity. We don't force anyone to smoke it, and noone is pressured to do so, but many of our pledges try it out and it really breaks the ice. I have to say, Aggie, that I do take offense to your statement lumping frat boys in with MTV. There is a lot more to greek life than partying. There are fraternities that run a wide range of missions, from academic success, to community service, to international student organizations, and many more. Modern media will always portray the fraternity in a poor light, because that is what the people want to see. And I am not saying that there aren't a fair share of fraternities that don't exist for the sole purpose of partying. But there are many sports teams that haze longer and harder than any frat ever thought of doing, and they are never harassed about it. It is a terrible double standard that, no matter what, will probably never be broken. But it won't stop us from trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 The truth is the vast majority of the upper echelon people of society, the captains of industry and masters of finance were all in fraternities, even now. Like I said in a previous thread, only one US president wasn't in a fraternity or fraternal organization, Bill Clinton. I found being in a fraternity to be very positive for me. Getting drunk is only the outward things people see, and its the negative thing people associate with fratenity members. Is it fair to say that all black people are gang members and only interested in dealing drugs, committing crime and killing people? Why would you then have a preconceived notion about fraternity members are like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 being a frat boy sounds pretty cool actually..and about smoking on the balcony i know how it os.im in ny too(bklyn) and i get a lot of looks from ppl wondering if they should call the cops on me and my boys.lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Since you are under 18, the answer is yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 ......i have 18 id man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Cops KNOW when they're fake...they can just run them, if you get caught with that, they can get pretty indignant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 i have scannable id dude.i didnt pay 100$ bux 4 sumthing im gunna get caught with.its state id;hologram and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Sweet! I used to know some guys that did alot of fakes on a color laser printer. Good stuff...stick it to the man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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