ok i have a question,
i havent been smoking that long but how come sometimes when you smoke, everythings fine but other times like, you cough like crap and the smoke burns the shit out of the back of your throat?
is it the pipe or the weed? or the way u smoke it? or am i just a retard and putting things in the bowl that shouldnt be there? I used a wooden pipe and things were really good, and i used a gravity bong twice and once it was fine, but the second time it hurt, and i just got a new metal pipe and the same bud is really harsh. ummmmm why?

You may be getting the metallic taste, but probably since you haven't been smoking that long you aren't breaking it up well. Do you take out all the seeds and stems??? Even the small pieces of stem make the smoke a little harsher. Try seperating it better, it may work.

Keep in mind, too, that when using a bong the smoke expands in your lungs and you can easilly find that you've taken a bigger hit than intended.

But, as they used to say in my day: You don't get off until you cough.

hey thanx
never thought about seperating it before, mostly becuz of combination of retardation and just mostly sharing with buddies, usually my only job is inhaling he he he

Make a bong. Or buy a bong. Trust me, this will greatly reduce how harsh the smoke is. And in conjunction with proper speration of bud and plant matter, it will be smooth as silk.

Just make sure to put cold water + ice into the chamber[s] and you're set.

Most of the time when I take a hit off my bong I really dont even feel it. After it sits for a few seconds it starts to tingle the lungs but usually not to bad. On monster hits itll make me cough some, but its still good. Keep in mind this is using a home made bong!

weed always stings your throat when your smoking it threw a joint. But after awhile you will get used to it and start to taste a sweet taste and you dont really feel the burn. I havent reached this stage yet because i just started smoking also but i just heard this from other people.

i would prescribe you: bong hits. like everyone said they arent as harsh. but i also think that i get a different high from a bong. i like how after you take a couple hits and you are still somewhat sober you think "man this isn't getting me that high" then 10 minutes later you feel so stoned you could eat a whole box of swiss cake rolls.

Ive been smoking for 8 years and smoking weed for 3.... I still find the occasional joint harsh.
They are right, use a bong it helps alot.

okay, why have my fellow smokers not mentioned this? If you smoke imported mexican schwagg, chances are that it is old, and was packaged in order to conceal, and save space. The tight compression, combined with lack of airflow can cause mold, bacteria, mildew, and other undesirable contaminats. These make the smoke harsh, and make the weed taste like shit. Also if you are smoking hydro, or chemicaly fertilized soil based smoke, not flushing the nutrient fertilizer out can cause harshness. I recomend spending the extra cash, and getting a bag of organic soil grown goodness.
By the way, plants with high THC content can be hard on the throat and lungs too.

Yup a bong would do you well. (btw my fav bong water is passion fruit gatorade w/ ice cubes, but thats just me)but sometimes the better tha weed is than tha more harsh it is. I (sorta) remember this one time where i smoked two little bowls of allright shit and a pretty big bowl of NICE shit & after that i could not even take in like half a lungful of regular air & it sucked ass. But that was after a pretty big bowl and clearin a pretty big chamber (it was a homemade bong made out of those 59 oz. twister juice bottles) a couple of times. but still man bongs r tha way to go dammit!

I still live at home, so its really hard for me to hide a bong, any ideas?

If there is a closet where nobody goes in your house then just hide it behind some junk in there. That is what I do. hmmm *thinking*.... i got a couple of my bongs hidden under a bookbag and another traveling bag thingy in a box in my room. And we are pretty well off so we have a cleaning lady come in every tuesday and she hasnt seen it and neither have my parents. but that is really all the insight i have to offer.
Peace Out

*Dooby Snacks*

Maybe if you had some water around, you wouldn't have to cough so much. Make sure the water is cold! It has to be cold!

Gravities are always going to be harsh. Me and my friends have really long grav sessions. Once, we all went to this one dude's house, and he set up the grav in his attic. then he gave us an amount of pot...like....the size of gamecube disc, and we had to go and do as much as we could. It was so damn hard. After the 4th grav, you would be in another world. I could only ever get up to a range of 9-12 gravs total. Each bowlpack consisted of 2-3 full gravs. So thats about 3-4 bowls. I would eventually get to the point where I'd have to worm out for 5 minutes before having the courage to try again. And it would kill your lungs. Anyway, you really should use a bong. The smoke gets filtered and it's a hell of a lot easier.

[This message has been edited by Mista Piccolo (edited 11-28-2002).]

i've found wetting the bowl with a couple drops of water will help the harshness...

that's my 2 cents...