I had guests here last night, that said they smoke this stuff...and I thought that it had to be illegal, and was some kind of wacky weed or something....I can't believe I am 40 years old and made it through life and never heard of such a thing.
It absolutely is nothing that I want to try or do, and can't understand anyone else wanting too-but I didn't want to offend them about it, so I acted interested in knowing more- just out of curiosity. It was crazy. They said they have bars that you go smoke this stuff. It is some kind of nicotine free tobacco, that Indians smoked, and it's mixed with molasses, and has different scents/flavors....they said it mellows you out...and I thought if it alters your personality in any way- how can it be legal...I never heard of it....I was curious if anyone else ever heard of it, and why anyone would want to try something like that??
Posted by Sammy Reign In Blood Hain (Member # 3150) on :
It can be smoked both legally and illegally
It was referenced in the Jefferson Airplane song White Rabbit
One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar Has given you the call Recall Alice When she was just small
When men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving slow Go ask Alice I think she'll know
When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said; "FEED YOUR HEAD
Posted by Sammy Reign In Blood Hain (Member # 3150) on :
Sure I've heard of hookah...there are tons of hookah bars spotted all over NYC. Being a non-smoker, I've never much been interested in trying the stuff.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
I went one night with some friends to one of these places, being a lifetime non-smoker I was apprehensive, but it wasn't too bad and it didn't have any effect on me. You see a lot of mid-eastern places around my way have these.
Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on :
the first i heard of this was on 60 minutes or some show like that? wierd stuff not interested in trying it myself any time soon though but hey whatever floats your boat lol!!
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
Wow...I didn't have a clue what they were referring to in the White Rabbit lyrics.
Is that where the song " They call me Mellow Yellow"- got it's origin too?
I looked it up, and it said it has not been proven that it doesn't cause the same bad things that tobacco does, so why take a chance. I have never had any desire to ingest or inhale any kind of weird stuff, that just seems nuts to me.
What if it did completely scramble your brain, what on Earth would be worth that.
No Hookah for me.
I just couldn't believe I never heard of it, but then there are so many things out there in that realm of the world that I know nothing about, but this seemed more mainstream, and that they sell it in Malls in inscent stores and stuff.
It sounds like people are smoking potpourri.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Potpourri is a good comparison. There's been so much written over the years about White Rabbit, Grace Slick said that it was written about stuff you are taught and read from childhood like the Alice in Wonderland references. She's saying maybe drugs are bad, but parents are the ones who read these nursery rhymes with their connotations when we were young.
I believe Mellow Yellow was actually written about a type of vibrator back then, not that I was aware of this kind of technology back then.
