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I have heard of a sheesha before, from my son...when he was trying to cross from Israel, into Egypt, at a rather remote border crossing, fairly late at night, there were only two people who got off the bus to cross the border....my son, and a business man

Apparently word was sent ahead that there would be two people at the border, and since no bus from Egypt showed up that late, two taxicabs came

The other guy who got off the bus, was a businessman, and than there was my son...when the cabbie quoted my son the amount it would be to take him to where he wanted to go, my son balked, and refused to pay it, saying he would wait until morning for the Egyptian bus to show up...the business man, being in a hurry, bargained with the other cab driver to try to get a lower fare(tho this failed)...

My son, being in no rush, refused to bargain with his cab driver, and instead headed off walking towards the guard outpost on the Egyptian side of the border, with the cab driver following him, shouting out lower and lower fares

But my son, being stubborn, would not give in, and instead spent the rest of the night, sitting in the guard shack with the Egyptian guards, watching TV on a very small screened black and white TV, and sharing a 'sheesha pipe' with them...

He stayed there for a few hours, until another guard appeared, who was going my sons way, and took for my son with, for practically nothing..

And that was the first time I ever heard about a 'sheesha pipe'