The Gravity Bong

The Gravity Bong


    I was introduced to the gravity bong by a friend.  He told me the full name

as described to him was the "Afghanistan Gravity Bong".  We were sitting around

one night and decided to try one out.


    While I could go into detail concerning the mechanics of the bong's

operation, I don't think that is really necessary.  The reason it is called a

"gravity bong" and not something else is this is what someone called it, that is

how they described it to their friends, and now it is an accepted term for the

following setup.  I have observed some people on the net arguing about gravity

vs. pressure vs. whatever.  If you have comments like this as a result of this

description, I refer you to: alt.engineering.geeks.  The type of argument I have

observed would have been halted a long time ago by declaring a "TECH TIME OUT

!!" at our school.  Take a hit man.  I feel better now having said all that,

so... on with the important stuff...


GRAVITY BONG OPERATION:


STEP 1:

    Place the bottomless bottle into a water source such as a bucket of water,

sink, bathtub, larger bottle, fishtank (just kidding), etc...When the bottle

rests on the bottom, the mouth piece should be above the water level enough to

grip the bottle. I'm not sure if warm or cold water is best, or even if it makes

much difference seeing as the smoke is not bubbled through it.


STEP 2:

    Pack the bowl and place it on the mouth of the bottle.


STEP 3:

    SLOWLY!! draw the bottle out of the water, while lighting the bowl.  The

herb should really burn and the smoke will look intimidating.  Stop when: a)the

herb is all ash (preferable), or b)when the bottom of the bottle is still an

inch or so below the water level in the bucket.  Begin preparing yourself for a

huge hit.


STEP 4:

    CAREFULLY remove the bowl without letting the bottle move downward (up a

little is o.k., but don't lwt the bottom come out of the water), exhale deeply,

and place your mouth over the opening.  Inhale quickly and completely, allowing

your head to move downward.  Try not to drink any bong water as this kind of

sucks! (although its like learning to swim, it's bound to happen a little).


STEP 5:

    Don't cough and hang on tight!


                                 PACKED

                                 BOWL >> $$

             I  I                       I\/I BOTTLE  >>  /    \         BOTTLE

>>  /    \

           /      \                   /      \

    |     /        \     |     |     /        \     |

    |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|     |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|

    |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|     |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|

    |~~~~|~~WATER~~~|~~~~|     |~~~~|~~WATER~~~|~~~~|

    |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|     |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|

    |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|     |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|

     \__________________/       \__________________/

            BUCKET                      BUCKET


            Step 1                      Step 2

                       \/ = BOWL

              %        $$ = HERB

 LIGHTER  __  *%       ** = LIGHTER FLAME

     >>  |__|@**

              $$                        SUCK

     /\      I\/I               ||

     ||     / . .\              ||      I..I

     ||    /. . . \             ||     /. . \

     ||   /. . . . \            \/    /. . . \

         |. . . . . |                /. . . . \ BOTTLE  >|   SMOKE  |

  |. . . . . |

         | . . . . .|               | . . . . .|

    |    |~~~~~~~~~~|    |     |    |~~~~~~~~~~|    |

    |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|     |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|

    |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|     |~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~|

    |~~~~~~~WATER~~~~~~~~|     |~~~~~~~~BONG~~~~~~~~|

    |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|     |~~~~~~~~WATER~~~~~~~|

    |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|     |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

     \__________________/       \__________________/

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