Weed Etiquette

[Raven Fox]

Got Weed? Here are some guidelines:

1) The person who rolls the joint (no matter whose weed it is) gets to spark up the joint and get first hits.

2) If someone rolls a nice joint, its good to give the person a compliment on his rolling skills.

3) If someone starts bogarting the bowl and starts using the excuse that its okay for him to bogart it since it's his weed, this is definitely not cool. the punishment depends on the quality of the weed (if it was real crappy and he was real cheap with it, then you bug on the person and rag on him)

4) If someone is too high to light the bowl (due to being too stoned or the person is just a retard) then they must relinquish control of the lighter to someone more able to get it lit. This does NOT mean the person who lights gets free hits... this privilege tends to get abused ("hey lemme light that for you.")

5) If someone is so high that they blow INTO the pipe and blow all the shit on the floor, this person must be ragged on and the person can't smoke on the next round (unless it was his stuff)

6) If you smoke with someone in your house, you should let them eat some munchies you may have lying around... don't be cheap with your food, if you have any.

7) If someone who's smoked asks for a sip of your soda, you must give him some, (cotton mouth is not fun).

8) Converse of #7: if you ask for a sip, don't take a large gulp.

9) If smoking from a joint, never put the whole thing in your mouth and get it all sopping wet. It is disgusting and it messes up the joint.

10) If your smoking from a bong and there is not enough in the bowl for a whole other hit, you should save the smoke in the chamber for the next person. (Don't let go of the rushhold or 'carb' and take it all yourself)

11) Never bogart

12) Never bitch about someone else's weed being no good, If you don't like it don't smoke it!

13) If a friend or a friend of a friend gets you high sometime in the future you need to get that friend or friend of a friend high.

14) Thou shalt not turn down a smoke. Ever!

15) Phrased in the form of a narrative: My buddy and I are sitting around smoking the weed that I just scored. After flaming-up, and taking a few moderate puffs, I pass it on. The sounds that follow can only be described as vacuum-like. After an a couple of huge, lung-busting tokes, the guy passes back the remnants of something that could have, at some point, been a joint. If it's not completely "canoed out", then it's absolutely soaking wet. I not-so-subtly drop that old Cheech & Chong line "Hey man, can I wring it out for you?" He just looks at me.

16) I have noticed the following: After smoking, some people will actually eat the stained, disgusting roach. This must be because they want that "extra bit" of oil, resin, or whatever is left on the paper. This situation can be compared to the patron of a good restaurant picking up his "as good as empty" plate and licking off the remaining morsels of food. Sure he got that little pool of gravy, but was it really worth it?

17) If you buy weed from a friend or a friend of a friend, it is polite to roll a joint, (a small one, if you wish) and smoke with the person who sells you the stuff.

18) It is very impolite to hand someone an empty bowl, without notifying that person of it's condition. A proper warning would be 'Here ya go. I think it might be spent.

19) The person who fills the bowl is given the opportunity to take the first hit. It doesn't matter who's weed it is.

20) Always remember to thank a person who has gotten you high. I know it sounds silly, but I know people who never say thanks and it gets a little annoying.

21) The person who brought the bud picks the music (subject to if the dj smoked out too).

22) When using a bong, DON'T blow out the ashes, unless that's what the "owner" does.

23) NEVER go to someone's house EXPECTING them to catch you a buzz. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule...

24) If you spill the bong, clean it up! (And don't forget to put water back in!)

25) When the roach gets too small, if someone has a problem with it, it is common courtesy here to put the roach in a bowl and finish it that way.. that way the people who don't mind burning their fingers don't get it all.

26) Thou shalt not roll pinners.

27) If you, for some reason (too ****ed up or you just suck), ask someone else to roll you up a blunt, you must smoke it with them, they are not required to match you, but it is considered a kind gesture.

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from a friend of a friend

[ April 28, 2003, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: Raven Fox ]

[richierich]

Words to live by

[U]

Originally posted by Raven Fox:
Got Weed? Here are the rules:

10) If your smoking from a bong and there is not enough in the bowl for a whole other hit, you should save the smoke in the chamber for the next person. (Don't let go of the rushhold or 'carb' and take it all yourself)

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from a friend of a friend I agree with all of your statements except this one. I think it is quite inconsiderate to pass stale smoke to someone else. The only way that I would even consider it, is if it were the last hit of weed totally, not just the end of the bowl. ;)

[Martin Red]

Never bogart


Is this like a Humphrey thing ? or does it mean don't hog the spliff.

Local laws differ, I mean:- that puff and pass thing here isn't done, if you puffed a joint once it would be handed back to you to take some more. Basically divide the spliff size by number of people taking into consideration the fat end (if you roll Jamaican cones graemlins/thumbsup.gif ).

The passing direction stays the same as the direction it was passed in the first place.

[U]

Originally posted by Martin Red:
Never bogart


Is this like a Humphrey thing ? or does it mean don't hog the spliff.

Local laws differ, I mean:- that puff and pass thing here isn't done, if you puffed a joint once it would be handed back to you to take some more. Basically divide the spliff size by number of people taking into consideration the fat end (if you roll Jamaican cones graemlins/thumbsup.gif ).

The passing direction stays the same as the direction it was passed in the first place. we usually hit it two or three times before passing it along...always in the same direction.

[The Buddy Love Show]

rule #28 - shut up and smoke - aint nothin worse than a cat yammering on while good herb gets sent into the ether unhit

[AD]

Originally posted by Raven Fox:

7) If someone who's smoked asks for a sip of your soda, you must give him some, (cotton mouth is not fun). Very true! Cotton mouth is my biggest problem, therefore, I ALWAYS make sure I have a tasty drink with me. graemlins/all_coholic.gif



Originally posted by Raven Fox:

8) Converse of #7: if you ask for a sip, don't take a large gulp. F that!! I'm takin' a large ass drink and I don't give a phuck what anyone thinks.
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Originally posted by Raven Fox:

12) Never bitch about someone else's weed being no good, If you don't like it don't smoke it! Unfortunately, I've been known to break this rule because I don't like dirt weed, unless I'm fiending it then I'll smoke.



Originally posted by Raven Fox:

18) It is very impolite to hand someone an empty bowl, without notifying that person of it's condition. A proper warning would be 'Here ya go. I think it might be spent. Very true! There is nothing worse than smokin' a bowl that has been dusted. That is a nasty ass taste! graemlins/puke.gif



Originally posted by Raven Fox:

21) The person who brought the bud picks the music (subject to if the dj smoked out too). Amen to that!



Originally posted by Raven Fox:

26)Thou shalt not roll pinners. Sorry, but this rule is bullshit! I roll pinners if it's just for me or for some dumbphuck that I barely know who insists on me smokin' him out. Also, girls get pinners for free if I know they're gonna be kool and the gang with me.


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from a friend of a friend [/QB][/QUOTE]

[David Le C]

Rules are made when the Weed is rare IMO...

[lyot]

haha, i agree with David.. David, did you ever hear of a situation that's called a 'double-crossing' ...? Always loved when it appeared.. graemlins/rofl.gif

[blackwax]

ive noticed the major difference between smoking in the uk to us is the one toke and pass rule here in the uk we normally take a few tokes and pass but sayin that your way sounds better.

the first time i came to nyc i smoke a joint philly style (empty out a philly cigar & re roll with weed) mmmmmm i LIKE THAT

[Ken1015]

14) Thou shalt not turn down a smoke. Ever! I don't smoke so I always break this rule but for those that do smoke I think that it may be wise to break this one also. This rule can be a particularly dangerous to follow if you don't know the person offering a smoke. You really don't know what you'll be smoking.

[Raven Fox]

Originally posted by blackwax:
ive noticed the major difference between smoking in the uk to us is the one toke and pass rule here in the uk we normally take a few tokes and pass but sayin that your way sounds better.

the first time i came to nyc i smoke a joint philly style (empty out a philly cigar & re roll with weed) mmmmmm i LIKE THAT pass the dutchie...

but the way they roll in london was like with a little piece of cardboard as a filter in the top of the joint / plus the weed was mixed with rolling tobacco. NICE EFFECT!

blackwax got blunted in nyc! http://undergroundarts.org/joint.gif

[Dr. Freud]

"14) Thou shalt not turn down a smoke. Ever! "

But, what about if the weed is shit? I mean, I wouldn't want to break rule 12...

"12) Never bitch about someone else's weed being no good, If you don't like it don't smoke it!"

[Raven Fox]

Originally posted by Soulful1015:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />14) Thou shalt not turn down a smoke. Ever! I don't smoke so I always break this rule but for those that do smoke I think that it may be wise to break this one also. This rule can be a particularly dangerous to follow if you don't know the person offering a smoke. You really don't know what you'll be smoking. </font>[/QUOTE]"the weed etiquette guidelines apply to smokers only" - not to be taken TOO seriously now :D

true - beware of what u are smoking!

rule revision / use your brains - ask WTF is u shmokin son? If it smells oddly weird, don't smoke until u know it's not laced up.

peace!

[Raven Fox]

Originally posted by Dr. Freud:
"14) Thou shalt not turn down a smoke. Ever! "

But, what about if the weed is shit? I mean, I wouldn't want to break rule 12...

"12) Never bitch about someone else's weed being no good, If you don't like it don't smoke it!" politely say, "I'm good" when it comes your way again.

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[David Le C]

Originally posted by lyot:
haha, i agree with David.. David, did you ever hear of a situation that's called a 'double-crossing' ...? Always loved when it appeared.. graemlins/rofl.gif You mean pass the joint just to get another one passed over? Yup, happens quite a lot :D
Nice game to pass a joint; say the first part of a famous duo, or someone's first name, and the others have to guess the other part.
Like; "Starsky &...", "Cheech &..." you know what I mean, it sounds stupid but it can get quite hilarious... graemlins/rofl.gif

[Sensei Melei]

Raven Fox for President!!!

[Raven Fox]

Originally posted by Sensei Melei-1010:
Raven Fox for President!!! "i didn't inhale"- bill clinton :D

i'd legalize it!!!

[ April 28, 2003, 12:57 PM: Message edited by: Raven Fox ]

[blackwax]

Originally posted by Raven Fox:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by blackwax:
ive noticed the major difference between smoking in the uk to us is the one toke and pass rule here in the uk we normally take a few tokes and pass but sayin that your way sounds better.

the first time i came to nyc i smoke a joint philly style (empty out a philly cigar & re roll with weed) mmmmmm i LIKE THAT pass the dutchie...

but the way they roll in london was like with a little piece of cardboard as a filter in the top of the joint / plus the weed was mixed with rolling tobacco. NICE EFFECT!

blackwax got blunted in nyc! http://undergroundarts.org/joint.gif </font>[/QUOTE]graemlins/clap.gif sure did about half hour before going to shelter @ vinyl for the 1st time
you got hi in london smile.gif
thats the way i smoke or occaisonaly a pipe

[JoeB]

Originally posted by Martin Red:
The passing direction stays the same as the direction it was passed in the first place. i thought you always passed it to the left?

[Querck]

Originally posted by JoeB:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Martin Red:
The passing direction stays the same as the direction it was passed in the first place. i thought you always passed it to the left? </font>[/QUOTE]You can pass it either direction, but don't you ever switch the directions up! mad1.gif

[MC]

There have been times that I had a FLAG THROWN ON ME FOR HOLDING!! Ended up holding both joints while 2 were going at once !! Too BAKED!! http://deephousepage.com/smilies/whistle.gif

[MC]

Oh!!! One of the WORST is trying to SNAKE a roach when the party is OVER!!! Please don't do this!!

[Mack-Williams]

To the weed smokers I don't see how yall do it. I smoke and end up sleep for hours.

[Woody Rosen]

Originally posted by Mack-Williams:
To the weed smokers I don't see how yall do it. I smoke and end up sleep for hours. word. i been clean for 6 months now. cant go to school and be smokin. i do love me soome weed tho.

[Raven Fox]

Originally posted by Mack-Williams:
To the weed smokers I don't see how yall do it. I smoke and end up sleep for hours. nice dreams! graemlins/sleep2.gif

then we wake and bake http://undergroundarts.org/joint.gif

[jcapeverde]

Reminds me of my past weed smokin days of yore. I don't agree with #17 though. If you're buying weed, the SELLER should let you sample some first, so you know exactly what you're getting. That's how it was done way back in my day.

[Kemi J]

Originally posted by David Le C:
Rules are made when the Weed is rare IMO... Very true. Or when they are ****ing hilarious to read.

REspect for the Eco-joint. Roll that ****a with the Rizla inside out and tear away the excess paper, which tastes like ass...

Respect for the filter, and for mixing with tobacco. If you don't smoke you definetly feel it, because the unfiltered nicotine hits you hard and makes you dizzy... as you're coming out of the nicotime buzz, the high hits. Wonderful effect...

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Hippokleides doesn't care...

[David Le C]

Originally posted by Kemi J:


REspect for the Eco-joint. Roll that ****a with the Rizla inside out and tear away the excess paper, which tastes like ass...

Respect for the filter, and for mixing with tobacco. If you don't smoke you definetly feel it, because the unfiltered nicotine hits you hard and makes you dizzy... as you're coming out of the nicotime buzz, the high hits. Wonderful effect...

[/QB]The reverse rizla rolling manner is referred to as being the Dutch rolling style... Don't ask me why :D

I certainly dig putting some tobacco in your spliff, not too much though, over here a 70/30 percentage is in custom, 70 procent being the weed of course...

[MC]

Also don't be stingy with yo Shit! I smoke out all my boys, but when I run out they are nowhere to be found!!! :(

[Raven Fox]

Originally posted by Michael J. Carmona:
Also don't be stingy with yo Shit! I smoke out all my boys, but when I run out they are nowhere to be found!!! :( nah' mean... nah'm sayin graemlins/cussing.gif

[blackwax]

speaking of weed can someone explain what the 4.20 is all about

[MC]

Originally posted by blackwax:
speaking of weed can someone explain what the 4.20 is all about http://deephousepage.com/smilies/gap.gif I want to know, too. Where did this start?

[AgentDoubleA]

"Also don't be stingy with yo Shit! I smoke out all my boys, but when I run out they are nowhere to be found!!!"

You just described a weekly situation out wif the fellas. graemlins/rofl.gif

Yo Mack quit smoking that sh-wag! I myself pack my "Jamaican walking stick" with the kind and get to doing my chores. The only thing I have to fight is the "detail to the little things".

Raven I noticed on another post that your a fan of Checch and Chong. Take a listen to the first track of my "demo mix for Smooth Agent Records". If ya like maybe we can exchange some musica?

[Martin Red]

Originally posted by Raven Fox:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael J. Carmona:
Also don't be stingy with yo Shit! I smoke out all my boys, but when I run out they are nowhere to be found!!! :( nah' mean... nah'm sayin graemlins/cussing.gif </font>[/QUOTE]graemlins/jpshakehead.gif truly is a crime.

Give and take and all that.


It's amazing when you buying how many people don't smoke

and when you've bought it they are willing to start.

[Raven Fox]

Originally posted by blackwax:
speaking of weed can someone explain what the 4.20 is all about It's 4/20 -- do you know where your marijuana euphemisms are?

Actually, one of the biggest is in the previous sentence.

In the hazy world of weed, the most blazing buzzword around these days is "420" -- the number, the time and the date. It has come to mean everything from the act of smoking and the stuff that's smoked to optimum smoking time.

"It's well on its way to becoming a hippie holiday," says Steven Hager, the editor of High Times magazine.

Actually, in case you haven't noticed through all the smoke, the dope-y digits "420" are beginning to appear everywhere.

They're on T-shirts, hats and bumper stickers, in rap and rock lyrics, and also on the big screen: In Quentin Tarantino's Hollywood hit, "Pulp Fiction," the clocks were all set to 4:20.

"It's become a code people use to identify with each other and talk to each other without letting outsiders know what's going on," says Hager. "Ninety-nine percent of the people outside of stoner culture have no idea what 420 means; but 99.9 percent of the people inside the culture, they know.


The First 420 Recognition
By Brian Jarvinen
High Times Magazine

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Though it is believed that 420 is either police code for pot-smoking in progress or the number of compounds in tetrahydrocannabinol (also known as THC, the stuff in marijuana that gets users high), it's neither, police officers and scientists say.

Instead, it's simply the time of day a group of San Rafael High School students known as "The Waldos" set as their after-school marijuana meeting time back in 1971.

This according to Steve "Waldo," who says he's willing to take a lie-detector test to prove he and his friends created the number that is now No. 1 in cannabis culture.

"We've never made a penny off it, and we don't plan to," says Steve, who now runs a reputable financial business in San Francisco and, thus, did not want his last name used. "We're just proud of the legacy we began.

"We used to sit on this wall and mock everyone," explained Steve. "We would mock the greasers with their fast cars, we would mock the cheerleaders." The Waldos were mostly known for their great devotion to cannabis, the Marx Brothers and stand-up comedy. One day, while they were sitting on the wall, a friend gave them a treasure map to a pot patch on nearby Point Reyes Peninsula. "His brother grew the patch," said Steve. The Waldos decided to meet after school and pick the patch. Since school got out at 3:10, and since some of the Waldos had after-school activities that lasted approximately one hour, someone decided they should meet at exactly 4:20 PM, at the statue of Louis Pasteur, which was located near the entrance to the school parking lot.


The True Story Of 420
By Steven Hager
High Times Magazine

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"Who needs to be told that you can only smoke pot at a certain time of the day!" my friend Thom, the original Freedom Fighter of the Month, screamed at me a while back. "This is prohibition! I should be able to smoke pot whenever I feel like it."

Now, it's my personal belief that when a meaningful event becomes so overburdened with ceremonial trappings and repeated rituals to the point where people forget what the original meaning was all about-it's way past time to end that ritual. But for most of us 4:20 is just like the British daily indulgence in tea-time (and after all, "tea-time" never meant you can't drink coffee in the morning). That is, to most people 4:20 is just a way to make sure you take a mid-afternoon break, and light up with coworkers or fellow students. Most of us aren't synchronizing watches, counting down the seconds, and frantically passing the bong or joint so we can stop smoking at precisely 4:21. In my opinion, people doing stuff like that need professional help.


The 420 Backlash
By John Holmstrom
High Times Magazine

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Some very important historical facts that make April 20th the perfect date for a Stoner New Year. The spring activist season has always kicked off around April 1st at Ann Arbor in Michigan. It's often too cold during the first week in April to draw a big crowd though. The second important date for political activists who are trying to relegalize cannabis is May 1st. The Annual May Day parade in New York started in Washington Square Park in 1973, and has been going on ever since, and is the last big date before the end of the college year. So April 20 fits in perfectly for gathering in protest of anti-marijuana laws, whether it's done privately and secretly or with thousands of others in public.

The traditional New Year's Day is also usually associated with alcohol consumption, so most hardcore stoners would prefer to celebrate their own New Year's on a different day. What better day than April 20, when spring is in the air and it's time to plant the seeds for the fall harvest? Cannabis smokers tend to be close to the earth, so a date of April 20th is the perfect time to celebrate the earth's renewal. The weather is turning nice, the leaves are appearing on the tress, and the flowers are beginning to bud. (Not cannabis flowers, the other kind!)


The 420 Celebration
By Phil A. Bole
High Times Magazine

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I believe 420 is a ritualization of cannabis use that holds deep meaning for our subculture. It also points us in a direction for the responsible use of cannabis. Before one can understand the difference between responsible and irresponsible use of cannabis, one must come to terms with the fact there are really two cannabis cultures in America: smart stoners and stupid stoners.

The stupid stoners wake’n’bake on exam days. They think being high is an end in itself and strive to be stoned as often as possible. When a stupid stoner shows up at your house, they usually feel it's their duty to compulsively decimate whatever stash you have immediately and save nothing for later. Stupid stoners are the people Cheech and Chong made fun of when they created the most widely accepted stereotype of a pothead.

Smart stoners, on the other hand, are the ones who use cannabis as a creative tool to enhance their lives. They know cannabis can be an asset if used intelligently. Bob Marley, Willie Nelson, Louis Armstrong, Ken Kesey and Stephen Gaskin are among the many cultural icons who fall into the smart stoner category.

But what does all this have to do with 420? First, it means it's better to wait to start smoking pot until 4:20 PM-unless, of course, you have a medical reason for starting sooner. The late afternoon is the time to step back and review the day’s events. It’s the time to brainstorm. The people who use cannabis sparingly get more impact than those who use it continuously. The more you smoke, the less high you get. The less often you smoke, the higher you get. This has always been my experience.


The 420 Philosophy
By Steven Hager
High Times Magazine

[Raven Fox]

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roll up in this... icon_rofl.gif