Bongs

For those of you who don't know what yeshiva is, it's a school where Jewish boys go to spiral upwards in their spirituality, by the study of Torah, and other holy books.

For those of you who know hat Yeshiva is, or have been to Yeshiva, you know that is hardly the case (most of the time.) Yeshiva, in Israel, at most is a way to get out of mandatory military service, and at the least, postpones it. So, just like during 'Nam, those attempting to be ordained did not always have the best of intentions, you find more than your share of guys in Yeshiva who are not quite the righteous students you would assume.

When you are in an enclosed place with this element...well, it can rub off.

Since I've come I've seen some pretty bad drinking competitions, I've seen more pornography than I've seen in my entire life, and I've smoked my first bong.

It wasn't anything illegal. It was apple tobacco, with a vodka base. But, this is from a guy who's never even touched a cigarette.

Maybe it's a first step for me, maybe it isn't. I've smoked it since, but the water pipes not given me anything more than I've gotten from a regular asthma machine. Every time I've smoked it since was peer pressure. On the other hand, I've made it a point to stay away when ever they put anything but tobacco in.

You see these things everywhere in this country, or rather, this part of the world. A very fancy nargilla, as it is called in Hebrew can be easily purchased for 35 shekels (10 dollars), where in the States it could go for five times that easily.

The novelty of these things wears off pretty quickly, though. Since I am stuck on the mountaintop, I figure now is not the time to risk getting addicted to drugs. So, I'll take a hit off of tobacco, on occasion, other people say that it helps them to relax.

It does Jack to me.

The combined facts that they're common place, that it doesn't affect me, that I don't want to take another step has virtually killed the initial novelty of these things.

Virtually.

There's just one cool thing left. The name. Nargilla.

I really don't care to smoke weed, but I am a bit curious to see some younger Americans take some hits of pot, just to see the bad jokes that would arise from it.

Let's see...

"Dude... I'm shomer nargilla!"

"It's like...Nargilla Gorilla!"

"Dude, stop neckin' the narg'."

"We're smoking the narilla, and drinking our tequilla"

"Hey, we're reading the Nargilla Esther."

"What, you gonna narg on me?"

"We're blowing Gila"

I mean what do we have in English? Banging the bong? What else? Every time they bring out the nargilla, somebody starts singing Cypress Hill, "Take another hit off the bong," but, the bad jokes really don't compare to the potentials of "nargilla"

Get me outa here!!!

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Michael Kadish

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