Category: Don’t Be Dumb

Smoking a Hookah in the Bathroom of Your Cubicle Job: How to Puff Away While Getting Paid and What to Do If you Get Caught

Yes.¬† You’ve all thought about doing it.¬† Having a hookah at work…

You say: “The british have their tea parties, why can’t we smoke a hookah?”

The answer is you can, and heres how.

  • Step 1: Buy a hookah
  • Step 2: Take it to work.
  • Step 3: Find a nifty little place in the bathroom where you can stash it during the day.¬† If you have a little cleaning supplies uper the sink or something, thats always a great place.¬† You might want to keep it in a trashbag during this time.
  • Step 4: Waste a few minutes of your time making a little sign that reads that the bathroom is closed and then sneak in with your hookah-friendly office mates and post the “Bathroom in service” sign on the door.
  • Step 5: Light up, have a fine time releasing the stress of the day.¬† Build some office moral!

And, just in case you get caught, you can always claim explain the health benefits of blowing off stress.  Enjoy!

How To Make Your Own Shisha, Shisha Recipes

Wow, today has been a busy day at TheHookahLounge. And, today is your lucky day if you have always wanted to learn How to make Your Own Shisha or get some Shisha Recipes. Yes, it is possible to make your own shisha on the cheap and impress your friends with how cool you are by making you own shisha.

Here is a link to the article…

How to Make Your Own Shisha

So head on over, check out the article, make some hookah and leave a comment on how to do it or go leave us a longer How To on our new forum at www.forum.thehookahlounge.org!

Shisha Information

Shisha Information:

Shisha is best kept in a cool, dark location. Refrigerating it can cause chemical changes that spoil the tobacco. When storing your tobacco, keep in mind that the best humidity to maintain is that of the ambient air. Hookah tobacco is best when it’s humidity is the same as the air you’re smoking it in. Therefore, don’t seal it completely. It’s ok to put it in a container, but don’t double ziplock it then put it in tupperware. It’s also a good idea to leave the portion you’re going to smoke out in the open air to acclimate for a few hours before you smoke it. This helps it reach an equilibrium with the air.

As you can see, if you’re coming from a cigar backround, a lot of shisha technique will be counterintuitive. I promise, it works.

As for stuffing the bowl, in fact, different tobaccos need to be packed different ways. This can depend on the cut, cure, and wetness of the tobacco. Most variances are between brands. Some is best “fluffed” and loosely laid in the bowl, while another brand is best “scooped” out of the containder and dolloped into the bowl. If you’re not getting enough airflow (and “pull” is a subjective thing) try poking more holes through to the bottom of the bowl. Some tobacco burns best when it’s touching the foil at the top, and other tobacco likes a little distance from direct contact with the heat source.

Part of the fun of hookah is figuring out how to set up the perfect bowl for you. It seems complicated, but that’s because I like to write more than I should.

Have fun!

Shisha Info

Alert: Smoking Hookahs Can’t Be THAT Bad For You!

Hookahs and Smoking and RunningSo all of you have been ambushed by those crazies who will tell you that smoking the hookah is just as bad as smoking cigarettes. Well, I am no doctor, but here’s a little story that made me a believe that this simply isn’t true…

Yesterday I had the great priviledge for running a 15K roadrace, which is about 9.3 miles, in Utica, Ny. Without (almost) any training and having been smoking the hookah quite often as of late, I didn’t have a bit of trouble. Hell, I was hung-over and didn’t have to take a break and walk during the race. I ended in 95 minutes… which was faster than most of those “I run everyday, never smoke, and only eat broccolli” types of people. You know em.

So when people come up to you and say that you can’t run if you’ve been smoking, just challenge them to a race and have a fine puff of the hookah when you win.