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- From: chuckies@cs.mcgill.ca (Charles J. Savoie)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: Gravity Bong!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.040352.15539@cs.mcgill.ca>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 04:03:52 GMT
- References: <Bx3o5F.JDy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov8.072733.18421@wam.umd.edu> <Af1gY_q00Vo90z92gW@andrew.cmu.edu>
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- In article <Af1gY_q00Vo90z92gW@andrew.cmu.edu> Kevin Paul Goldman <kg1i+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >
- >I saw eons ago a set of instructions on how to make a good gravity bong
- >posted on this bboard. If anyone has it, or a good clue it would be
- >appreciated if you could take the time to send me a copy/post the
- >information.
- >
- >thanx
- >
- >Mongo
-
-
- Here goes (knew this stuff would come in handy sometime... even if I never
- build the damn thing):
-
- -------------------I DID NOT WRITE THE FOLLOWING------------------
-
- Article 17378 of alt.drugs:
- From: app45293@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (ZUSS)
- Subject: gravity bong
- Message-ID: <1992May11.215652.3508@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 11 May 92 21:56:52 GMT
- Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
-
- I'm reposting this for the benefit of anyone who might
- have missed it the first time.
- -----------------
-
-
- bowl
- || water tube uncapped two liter bottle
- |----| _____________________
- |||| / ___________________ \ | |
- / || \/ / \ \/ \
- / || / / \ \ \
- / || ||\ /\ \ \
- | || || | | || |
- |___||_||_| | || |
- | || || | | || |
- | || || | bong bottle | || |
- | || || | | || |
- | || | |__||______|
- | H20 | | H20 |
- \________ / \________/
-
-
- This marvelous picture is gonna need some explanation. We have two two-liter
- plastic bottles. You can use larger bottles if you wish but you will save
- yourself trouble by making them the same size.
-
- A cap that fits the bong bottle will have the bowl attatched to it in an
- airtight manner. The best way is probably to have a threaded bowl and make
- a snug (it takes care to make the hole snug) hole in the cap. A tube is fixed
- to the bowl/cap, also airtight. The depth to which you allow this bowl tube
- to go is up to you. If you make it short, probably not all the smoke will
- pass through water. It you make it long, your construction methods will have
- to be pretty good because it takes a greater pressure differential to 'pull'
- the smoke to that depth. If the pressure gets low enough, flaws in your
- airtight sealing will make a big problem.
-
- The water tube must be flexible (probably polyvinyl, get it at your pet
- store) and needs to be about four feet long. It will enter through holes
- near the top of each bottle. These holes MUST BE AIRTIGHT. Each end of the
- tube must go to the same depth in each bottle. The deeper you run the ends
- of the tube, the larger your smoke chamber will be. {water tube should be
- about 1/2 inch diameter, BTW}
-
- Now she's ready to run. Fill the bong bottle with water, almost to the
- top. Fill the water bottle only to the exact level of the tip of the tube.
- BUT BE CAREFUL--this is why they call it the gravity bong. The water tube is
- a siphon. Before you start, the water bottle must be higher in altitude than
- the bong bottle.
-
- Pack a hit of your -er- special funny tobacco in the bowl. Have lighter
- in hand and ready. NOW, lower the water bottle below the bong bottle. Through
- the magic of gravity, the water will flow out of the bong bottle and into the
- water bottle. In the bong, an expanding smoke chamber is 'sucking' air through
- the bowl tube to replace the lost water. Be applying the flame as soon as the
- water is flowing, so that the air will be rich with the smoke.
-
- If when you lower the water bottle there is not immediate flow, have a
- friend suck on the mouth of the water bottle to start it off. Once it is
- going it will not stop, since we are using the famous siphon which steals
- gasoline and empties my brother's aquarium. You can adjust the rate of flow
- by decreasing the height difference between bottles. If, however, you raise
- the water bottle above the smoke bottle, the flow will reverse and this will
- make you severely unhappy. When the water level in the smoke bottle gets to
- the level of the end of the water tube, there will be a !SLURP! and the process
- will halt itself. KEEP THE BONG HIGHER THAN THE WATER.
-
- You should now have a bong filled with concentrated and mostly cooled
- smoke. Remove the cap/bowl/bowl tube. The bowl tube must be connected to
- the bowl and not the bong chamber or you are going to be inhaling water in
- the next step. Place your hand over the top of the uncapped smoke bottle so
- that the smoke will not escape.
-
- It's especially good to have a friend help you with the next step, unless
- you happen to be a real pro at using this contraption. When your courage is
- up, wrap your lips tightly around the hole in the bong bottle. Have friend
- slowly raise the water bottle above the level of the bong. Friend had damn
- well better not raise the water bottle too high, letting the water flow too
- quickly. Once again, the siphon might not work immediately, so a short suck
- on the bong might get it started. When the water does flow, the smoke chamber
- will shrink and the smoke will be forced out. In other words, marij--er--
- special funny tobacco is being PUMPED INTO YOUR LUNGS. Is this behavior
- befitting of idiots? HELL YES! Nonetheless, I have done it myself. It
- is probably best to inhale lightly while the smoke goes in. Don't resist
- the inflow or you make big waste.
-
- It is very unlikely that you'll be able to take in an entire 2 liter
- of the world's thickest smoke in one hit. Signal your friend that you
- need oxygen, swap your mouth for your hand over the bong opening, and try
- to bring the bottles together at a level where the water levels in each are
- at the same height. Now your friend can take his turn.
-
- I hope I was able to explain this adequately. If you actually want to
- make one yourself, I highly recommend performing trials with -um- cheaper
- non-funny tobacco. When I made one myself I found that you've got to get
- the hang of it before it goes smoothly. I never got very fond of it simply
- because there's lots of steps involved and plenty of room for screwing it
- up. After one hit off that baby you aren't going to be in the best shape
- to operate it again--well, I wasn't. The maniac from which I learned this
- insisted that it's the 'most efficient way to do doobie.' He was in the
- habit of sucking down about 4 g-bong hits in a row. He is also proof that
- with LOTS of practice one can fill the g-bong with smoke so thick you can
- walk on it and administer it to oneself.
-
- *DISCLAIMER* This posting is for informational purposes only. I do not
- endorse any illegal activity. That means all you kids who
- are less than 18 years old had better perish the thought of
- making one of these.
-
-
- --------------END OF ORIGINAL ARTICLE---------------
-
- -Chuckies
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