wetting spliffs b4 lighting

[smokinbomb]

i lick mine around the end i am gonna light i little so that when i light it it wont run up the side but i dont get the whole thing wet just enough to dampen the paper :jointsmile:

-Bomb

[High Plains Drifter]

Its to make the joint burn slower. the dude does it in "the big lebowski" the thing when you put it in your mouth and kinda pull it out.

[dankus maximus]

when you try to put out a fire...what do you pour on it? usually, water (if youre really unlucky, gasoline). its common sense that water makes paper slower.

and whats in your mouth? water (if youre unlucky...well i wont even go there).

just think about the answers to those two questions, if it doesnt come to you why people do this to a joint, then you should put the joint down!

by the way i know it as being called "baptising" it, and alot of the old tokers that i smoke with, the same guys who roll their joints as tubes with the ends twisted off and no filter, do this on every joint they smoke.

also if anyone watches kids in the hall, you may remember the sketch "hes hip, hes cool, hes 45" in which he pulls out a joint, baptising it and says to his son "hey, wanna split a doobie with your old man?"

[Frivolous248]

I've seen the joint in the mouth trick before to help it stay shut, not really necessary but I guess it could be efficient if you do it well.

[sttomassmoker]

if you can roll joints properly there should be no other steps after licking it shut other than fire :thumbsup:

[kyle kush]

In Canada putting the joint in your mouth before blazing is called "baptising the joint". Its to make it burn slower.

[LIP]

if you can roll joints properly there should be no other steps after licking it shut other than fire :thumbsup:

Exactly. A good joint doesnt need to be wet to burn properly.

[dankus maximus]

LIP has a good point, i never baptise my joints and they always last a good 15 minutes( i roll small joints too, like a .4 with a little batch). and the best way to get your joint to burn evenly and light well is to leave the tip open, like a cigarette and just suck at the flame slowly.