Shisha/nargila/hookah????????????
03-16-2008 at 07:42 PM
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Shisha/nargila/hookah????????????
hello to all peoples
im a prospective student i noe dis may be weird but i was wondering if anyone
has a hookah/shisha/nargila or whatever u wanna call the contraption???
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03-16-2008 at 07:47 PM
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What is this Shisha thing you are speaking of? Please describe it.
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03-16-2008
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03-17-2008 at 12:19 AM
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Nikolai, may I ask why are you asking this?
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03-17-2008 at 05:50 AM
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From personal experience i know that smoking shisha/hookah/nargila is something practiced in the eastern culture. Smoking it is also a very social activity, so I was just wondering whether it is practiced at mac or not.
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03-17-2008 at 07:26 AM
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It is; there were guys in my residence building who had a hookah. They would use the different flavoured tobaccos and whatnot.
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03-17-2008 at 10:34 AM
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However, I should add that you're not allowed to smoke in residence. To do so breaks the Residence Code of Conduct. You must smoke in the smoking shelters outside of res.
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03-17-2008 at 12:39 PM
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Yep, every year I was at Mac someone always brought one. Seeing people smoke them outside of residence wasn't exactly frequent, but it happened often enough (especially in the West Quad/Matthews courtyard, in my experience). And yes, it is a very social activity, people always seemed to be having a great time doing it. You will most likely get approached by Mac security at first just so they can make sure it is, in fact, tobacco, but it's not an alien concept to them, so I wouldn't worry about it from that perspective (most of the officers are actually really great people, so long as you're not pompous/cocky/doing something clearly illegal).
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03-17-2008 at 12:48 PM
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Oh, and for those people reading the thread that have no idea what we're talking about, Wikipedia to the rescue! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah |
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03-17-2008 at 01:08 PM
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its clearly a cultural thing, so people will allow it on campus. Just like they have pray space, etc.
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03-17-2008 at 02:55 PM
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Many thanks to all who have replied. You've been a great help and now i shall think about bringing one.
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03-17-2008 at 07:49 PM
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