Month: September 2007

Here is old Humphrey Bogart ,”BOGARTing” that old cigarette, like some of us “Bogart” the hookah HOSE.

As we are told, its not “proper hookah ettiqutte” to Bogart the hose, take a toke or two and pass it over to me.

He is even on a…stamp.There’s one for your collection!!!!

Humphrey Bogart Z”L

“Don’t Bogart that Hose, my friend, pass it over to me”

“Hey, don’t Bogart Ya Chabibi”

And now I present you with the winning prize for being such a faithful reader —————————-

Can you see the hookah in this video?   THE SONG :

“Don’t Bogart my friend, pass it over to me”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7wt4UqRvUFE

“You don’t call me darling, darling, you never even call me by my name” D.A. COE written by Steve Goodman Z”L

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LEo8poVlQrM

Also singing again David Alan Coe : “Take this job and shove it”http://youtube.com/watch?v=C63eYBBeqTg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C63eYBBeqTg

More pithy philosophy by “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”

“Repression of the masses” by King Arthur

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1xvnsIodU34

“Frontal Nudity”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg

“Romantic Film”

It gets better after this.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=i9Ue7XQ6MeE

Film :”Life of Brian” song :”Always look on the bright side of life”http://youtube.com/watch?v=1loyjm4SOa0

“The Lumberjack Song”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wDrIMzHzQQk

“The Galaxy Song”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9JSR_6qfXTg

1973 or so.One of my favourite country songs¬† “Mamma Hated Diesels So Bad” If you don’t give this song 27 seconds to try it out, then your a chump.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CBeai4VlZX4

“Hot Rod Lincoln” also a classic¬† (funny) by Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen from a bit earlier album 1972? http://youtube.com/watch?v=2CGpURoC_lo

So “don’t Bogart that HOSE my friend, pass it over to me”

Jack Nicholson Bogarts in “Easy Rider” Film 1969.The video ends (I’m happy to say, right before they get beat up with baseball bats while asleep.Whoever¬† uploaded the video gets¬† my thanks for that!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqbu55he4P8

Hookah 1 (simmering in a sauce of mushrooms and limburger cheese with diced onions and boiled borscht)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_collecting

Wikipedia on stamp collecting? What does this have to do with hookah and¬† shisha? You’ll see……..

http://www.gbstamps.co.uk/ Great Britain stamps

http://www.stamps.org/ American philatelic Society

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2769/

http://www.usps.com/household/stampcollecting/welcome.htm

U.S. Post Office stamps org.

http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/stamp/5_stamp.html

National Postal Museum

Some “bull”(the word for stamp in Hebrew is “bull”!!) That is not a “cock and bull” story either.Check it out.

I had this Canadian blue stamp  in my collection as a boy.

This comes in about 7 colours.

This was a 15 minute walk from my home when I lived in Safed,Israel.

Arabic stamps:Hungarian stamp.1878

This is not a stamp, but a modern Lebanese produced hookah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright…are you getting the idea?

We all feel in our wallets, purses pocketbooks, cheques and credit cards the high cost of hookah smoking!!!

But stamp collecting is quite expensive. When I was¬†7 ¬†years old I saw an advertisement in a comic book. “Foreign stamps from all over the world, yours for only 10 cents. (This was in 1960). They showed a randomly strewn spreadout of about 100 post marked stamps. Darn if I was going to start collecting brand new issued mint-stamps.I sent in my 10 cents and got about 50 foreign posted stamps, mostly with the King of Belgia in 4 or 5 colours, and Queen Elizabeth 2 in a few colours all the same exact image on 4 pence stamps. What a variety? I had no stamp book so I put them in a tin can and took them out often.

A few weeks later I was sent another bunch of un-asked for stamps with a few dollar price tag on the bill. In 1961 a $ dollar was worth lots more (and I was only 7!). Since they never told me that they would be sending more at a high price, I sent back the second letter and stamps telling them to cancel. Its like drugs .”Hey, want a bag of “candy”?Its only $10.00. Then when a person craves another hit, the CandyMan has upped the price to $50, then $90, then you have to go scrounging.

So…shisha for a pack of “Nakhla” can cost around $2.40, “Al-Fakher” from¬† around $11-$14, same “Romman” more or less depending if you buy in a store or online, (And don’t forget to look for the silver halogram on the Al-Fakher since their are companies which sell “Al-Fakers”. Really.Same box, different bag inside and no halogram on it. It was brought over in suitcases from various Arab lands. In England mostly¬† were the rip-offs pretty bad.

Bottom line. Good, well made, re-checked quality hookahs should cost a good price, but one can do you for as long¬† as you smoke. You don’t need to start a collection of¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬†¬† 57 varieties! Coals won’t last, but must be bought as often as you need, shisha as often as you want and according to price, quality, and flavour. One hookah wind cover is enough! As many hoses as you want. Try the new pvc all plastic completely washable hose .It is long, and very flexable. I bought a few. 2 pvc hoses I cut and connected so that I can smoke from afar.

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

And it is only $10.50!!!Some NEW postage stamps cost that much. Old postage stamps, the collector trade items will cost what the market will bear. Hundreds, thousands of dollars for one little stamp. Your own  piece of history shut up in a book  that can be taken out with pride to show .

Now, let me tell you about my younger brother who started¬† a COIN collection in 1965…….

As W.C. Fields was quoted¬† : “Save your money and buy good whiskey”

The price of a good narghilah?

Some people actually collect whiskey bottles(after they are finished? You can fill them with water and food colouring, or from your used oil change on the car.

Butterfly collection.This would probably buy you 5 years of daily shisha smoking.flag pin collection.

So as I was once quoted” Save your money and buy good shisha”.

My “French collection” :

(Not the spoon)So…”Save your money and buy good shisha”

Well, h’s right. No water, only ice cubes really full, and no liquid. It really is a cool smoke, lots of smoke but no sound, no bubbles, no noise. Its sick! Where is the fun? Its not harsh of course, but I can barely taste the shisha!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FYgSW_ixrAI

It “works”

Just as there are so many colours that our eyes can or may percieve, there seem to be just as many BRANDS od shisha tobacco out with their myriad new flavours. Traditional¬† brands like “Nakhal” and “Al-Waha” have sensed the competion for the European and North American palate.

So, even though in the past I’ve asked¬† readers what their favourite brand of shisha is, (in general) and their favourite flavour (in particular)- no mind! Time has passed, you’ve tried new and different shisha brands and flavours, or went back to¬† tobacco that you hated in the past, and found you’d developed an aquired tastte for it, like lets say “caviar” not that I have ever spooned ice cold black sturgeon eggs down MY throat.

Blueu’ Cheese I never needed to aquire a taste for, I loved it right off. Snails..(not Kosher).

Girls were never an aquired taste…you know, some guys don’t look at girls until they are 13,14 or never.I’ve been a very big fan of females since probably 4 or 5.

So lets bring it on down to shisha…The first, second, third time that I tasted “Abed El-Khader” brand shisha I was quite upset with it. Too strong, wierd tastes, etc. I dropped that brand for two years before I came back to it again, and now it is one of my most popular tasting brands to smoke. I also love “Al-Sultan” and I’ve begun a year back to realize that all the looked down upon “Nakhal” tastes are all really fine- except for the soapy taste of their peach flavour! The rest is really good, and you don’t have to pay a lot at all for it.

Here is where I say “barf” about “Romman ” brand shisha- all of its flavours. “Tangiers” shisha is just a wt dream for me, since I haven’t got a credit card since I don’t want one. I’d be up to my eyeballs in debt if I had one. Same goes for “Fumari”. Never tried it, though I’ll bet its great. Again, no credit card. Pay Pal will have to do.

SO, WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SHISHA BRAND¬† andYOUR FAVOURITE FLAVOUR? The 2 do not have to co-incide by the way. My favourite brand lately¬† has been “Abed El-Khader” which it seems only “Smoking-Hookah.com” has, but my favourite flavour by far is plain old “Nakhla”¬† Melon!

So dear readers and friends, please write in to this forum blog and tell us what your favourite brand is and your favourite flavour.

Al-AjamyShisha  pipe and cigarette lighter!!

New Nakhla line!

Alright hookah buddies, Brethren of Shisha,

 Narghila Frat-Underworld,

just what is YOUR favourite brand AND favourite flavour?

Write in comments.Please.