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qdavid
07-21-2007, 12:17 PM
This might be stupid, but I think some waterpipes are being advertised as bongs. I always thought a bong was different from a waterpipe in that with a bong there is a chamber that accumulates the smoke that is inhaled all at once. I just bought what is advertised as a "mini bong" but is in fact a waterpipe. I like it a lot, but it's not really a bong. The chamber for the smoke to accumulate is just too small to actually be considered a bong. I think marketers just assume stoners are more apt to buy a bong rather than a waterpipe. Am I right or wrong about the differences between waterpipe and bong?
vej33
07-21-2007, 12:59 PM
I think you can call a bong a bubbler

but you can't call a bubbler a bong
qdavid
07-21-2007, 01:56 PM
Exactly. Good one!
Nick Hooper
07-21-2007, 04:16 PM
eerhm..?

:smokin:
WidespreadJazz420
07-21-2007, 04:42 PM
its illegal in CO to call it a bong, so they call it a water pipe, im not sure if that is for everywhere but, i still go with bong
4twentE
07-21-2007, 05:11 PM
Bongs and bubblers and whatever else are just different forms of waterpipes. If it holds water that the smoke travels through, it's some form of waterpipe.
Nyghtfire0
07-22-2007, 05:04 PM
there both the samew to me
Mr. TBAGU 420
07-22-2007, 06:17 PM
its illegal in CO to call it a bong, so they call it a water pipe, im not sure if that is for everywhere but, i still go with bong

Yup! I live in colorado and it is illegal to say it in a headshop. They get angry if you do. And could get fired.
4gan2ja0
07-22-2007, 06:20 PM
its not illegal here, just to make sure though, they call them waterpipes. any smoking device that uses water is a water pipe, but like said before a bubbler is not a bong but a bong is a bubbler. kinda like a squares a rectangle but a rectangle isnt a square...
BeatlesRGod
07-25-2007, 07:24 AM
A bubbler has a carb, shotty, little hole ur finger covers (w/e u wanna call it). A bong has the removable stem/bowl.
420_24/7
07-26-2007, 05:19 AM
in headshops they call bongs and bubblers and whatnot waterpipes because technically theyre supposed to be used for tobacco, thats how they can sell the things legally, so a waterpipe is just a word that means bubbler and bong, u got a bubbler
big smoke07
07-26-2007, 06:34 AM
Walk into a head shop one day and ask for a bong....



*slap*
User Name Here
07-26-2007, 06:57 AM
Yeah don't say bong. Enless you know the smoke shop. Because you can just get kicked out.