Other - "R.I.P." Stories about broken implements

[jgarlopa]

Originally Posted by RedBaron

She filled up a GLASS bong with steaming hot water and that was the end of the legendary Norsefire....which by the way was a $600 bong that Swim and his friend went halfers on.

moral of the story fill up your own bong!

Just like the old saying goes: if you want something done right, you've gotta do it yourself. Especially in this case, since there are things (if any) stronger than the love between a stoner and his glass.

As for the original thread topic, Cowboy can't really share a good story. Ever since he started smoking pot, he has been too afraid to buy anything made of glass, for obvious reasons such as the hypothetical situations stated in this thread and from many times seeing his brother's bong or pipe get broken because of his stupid friends. The worst thing that ever happened to Cowboy was when he was at a rave in San Bernardino (CA) and started packing the bowl of his friend's one-hitter and security took it away before they even got to smoke it. Not such a big deal as some of the losses incurred on this page, but the sad thing was that Homie had just bought it about ten minutes before from some guys who made it at their glass-blowing booth at the same party. Homie had it custom-made, too, telling the glass blowers what colours to put in it. Cowboy felt like shit for losing someone else's pipe like that, and even offered to buy him a new one, but Homie wasn't even mad and just let it go. It probably would have only cost Cowboy about $15 to replace it, but it was like a lot of weight lifted off his shoulders.

Hearing so many sad stories makes Cowboy still reluctant to buy anything made of glass, but if he ever does, he will buy the Hurricane bong. He hasn't even used it yet, but one of his German friends (who used to work at a smart shop) showed it to him the other day. It looks pretty damn cool and supposedly hits super hard due to the the bubbles in the neck that cause the smoke to swirl. The glass of which it is made is advertised as virtually unbreakable, but Cowboy has read many testimonials from customers saying that it survived many horrible drops. One website says that the company will repair the glass free of charge if it does break, although Cowboy couldn't confirm this from the company's website, so he will e-mail them about it before he buys one. Free repairs are God's gift from heaven for any stoner who prefers glass but dreads the thought of his beloved piece ever breaking.



jgarlopa added 863 Minutes and 8 Seconds later...

Originally Posted by porchy

Well SWIM feels stupid. This isn't exactly a story about a broken implement, just a dissolved implement! Infact this is more of a warning (for those who don't already know).

So SWIM decided to clean his acrylic bong today. First of all he soaked it in a warm de-greaser solution. This did nothing except wash the top layer of crap off and make it smell worse. SWIM then thought "hmmm I remember reading that acetone will do a good job of getting the oils out". Bad idea. Im sure alot of you are already cursing this idea. Anyway in goes the acetone, and the bong get shaken, and within seconds all of the crap inside is washed away. A second load of acetone is added and shaken. This time some drips onto the plastic base of the bong. It suddenly goes very rough. This is when he notices the acetone evaporating and leaving a white crust over the whole bong. The bong is now frosted too! Because (excuse the bad grammar) of the acetone dissolving some of the plastic the inside of the bong is very rough, and now within a few days the tar is gonna accumulate loads!!

I know this isn't exactly a broken bong story but its pretty fucked now.

Actually that is a pretty good story, because although it's not broken, the bong is essentially dead. RIP...