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Hokaah Sisha - Nargile
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03 Jan 2008 Thu 01:32 am |
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Nargile - Turkish Water Pipe
The nargile (NAHR-gee-leh), or Turkish water pipe, has for centuries been an icon of Eastern café culture. By forcing tobacco smoke through water, the nargile partially filters tar and particulates from smoke, in addition to cooling it. Also called a hookah or hubble-bubble, the nargile became popular in Turkey during the 1700s, at the height of the Ottoman Empire, and by the 19th century its pleasures had been discovered by European high society. After World War II, most smokers switched to cigarets. But now the nargile is back--and an increasingly trendy social activity in the coffee-house cultures of Spain, Sweden, Britain, and Asia, as well as the U.S.A.
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03 Jan 2008 Thu 01:50 am |
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Quoting Roswitha: But now the nargile is back--and an increasingly trendy social activity in the coffee-house cultures of Spain, Sweden, Britain, and Asia, as well as the U.S.A.
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They are mostly banned in the EU now (apart from personal use at home) as I found out last year in an Arabian restaurant in Spain - due to the tobacco content and appeal to children 
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03 Jan 2008 Thu 07:23 pm |
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HUMMMMM....I believe here in the US it is called a "Bong". I am pretty sure most people here don't use it for tobacco either.  
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09 Feb 2008 Sat 01:47 pm |
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Maybe this is a silly question, but are you allowed to buy one and bring it back to England then....?
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09 Feb 2008 Sat 01:49 pm |
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They are not illegal, so I guess so. They are just not allowed in restaurants anymore because of the tobacco content.
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09 Feb 2008 Sat 01:51 pm |
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Thank the lord I dont own a restaurant then 
Thanks btw 
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09 Feb 2008 Sat 01:52 pm |
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Quoting bjk: Thank the lord I dont own a restaurant then |
Why? Are you a bad cook? 
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09 Feb 2008 Sat 02:00 pm |
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09 Feb 2008 Sat 02:17 pm |
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Quoting Elisabeth: HUMMMMM....I believe here in the US it is called a "Bong". I am pretty sure most people here don't use it for tobacco either. |
its used like a bong by some people here
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09 Feb 2008 Sat 02:18 pm |
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Quoting bjk: Haha welllll I'm actually alright at cooking, but in our first ever week of uni I put a pizza in the mircowave on the 'micro' setting instead of the 'oven' setting for half an hour accidently (we didn't have an oven) and I ended up with a cremated pizza It was has hard as a brick, very very strange.... |
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