Funny story to go with your thoughts on people calling your hookah a bong andy704. So about a day ago im walking up the driveway and my dad is emptying out the trunk of the family car. ( I had used it the previous night to go smoke hookah with some friends and had left the hookah in its bag in the trunk.) And as I am walking past him I hear him stop mid sentence and just say BONG? really loudly and all confused like. Quite the funny circumstance. He really didnt care once he figured out it was a hookah but still funny. Unfortunately the hookah in question was a gift and therefore is cheap and without a stainless steel downstem and is starting to rust. I am going to get another one real soon and the cheapest best value hookahs I can find are on hookah-shisha.com although I am still skeptical of ordering online.