Posted on 10/25/2005 8:48:43 AM PDT by markedmannerf
The word on the street had been that hookahs were an underground phenomenon, but there they were, coals lit and hoses ready, atop patio tables at Nochee in downtown Minneapolis.
Hip-hop music played.
As seats filled, boxes of flavored tobacco were emptied, and organizers said there was no time to talk: "We have to host a party," said Sasha Patel, 26.
The hookah (pronounced WHOOK-ah or WHO-ka) is in the midst of a revival among college students and -- in Patel's words -- among 21- to 35-year-olds "with money to spend." A Dinkytown head shop stocks the smoking devices in abundance. A convenience store farther along 4th Street near the University of Minnesota campus rents them.
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Bushfault!
We've got a hookah place here on the UWashington campus. I guess I'm not in their demographic - it looks dingy and dirty to me. I can't imagine hanging out there.
Ahhhh, Shisha. Cherry flavored tobacco.
Flavored Tobacco.
Right. Okay.
Don't know what this is but there are times I do miss my pipe.
I prefer the double-apple, personally.
We USED to have a rather popular Hookah joint here on the UW Madison campus. I guess it's hard to stay in business with the new smoking ban our lovely city council has (barely) passed.
Bush put Chong in prison for selling these...
1. Bazookas are no longer utilized by the NATO allies. That is a WWII relic and would prove ineffective against today's armor.
2. Great! Let's IGNORE the threats to our country in the world and simply hope they go away.
Didn't Dr. Laura's kid open a hookah bar?
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