OP's story reminds me of the good ol times!

but i can only do that with close friends since i dont mind bitchin at them to pass the bowl when they are frozen and have long 4gotten to pass it around!

as with strangers, I WILL need an order of rotation, i dont find it cool to tell strangers or people u dont know well to pass along the stuff, some may get offended and that may offset new set of problems to occur later on...

me n my crew just got us a badass persian hookah which had multiple smoke outlets and we would just load the top and use burning charcoal (same as the setup for tobacco hookahs) to keep the fire ready and each would hit at his own pace... usually the top could accommodate some 1/2 oz or even more of ground herb

but that was when weed was abundant in my lifestyle and i wouldnt mind sharing it with friends... nowadays without a job and on a shitty gas-only income for school, i can only think of those days and get a memory-high for a few moments! lol