How does a bong work?!
Answers: how does a bong work? where do you put the weed / whatever yoiur smoking? why do you have to pull that ring thing?
As someone who's been around these things for longer than i care to admit, I think I can help:
Let's get anatomy of a bong straight first. The place you put the "tobacco" is the little metal or ceramic bowl/bell/dish. This is called the "bowl" (easy, right?). The hole at the top is where you inhale from. There will also either be a very small hole usually on the opposite side of the bowl or the bowl will be able to lift out of place entirely and this is called the "choke".
Some bongs are "water bongs" and will have a little pipe that extends down from the bowl, into the bong and come close to the bottom of the inside of bong. If you fill it with water a few inches higher than this pipe it will help cool the smoke for you.
Now to use it. Pack the bowl with your "tobacco", you can use either ground up bits or full buds. Hold the bong with your thumb covering the choke hole. Put your mouth over the hole at the top (don't put it in your mouth, put your lips in the hole) and inhale SLOWLY while lighting the "tobacco". If it is a water bong it will fill with smoke and NOT ENTER YOUR LUNGS much at all. Now move your thumb away from the choke and inhale again, all that smoke will now enter your lungs. If you don't have a choke hole you would fill the bong with smoke and then lift the bowl out of the bong before inhaling to get the smoke.
What's happening here is that when the choke is covered you are basically creating a vaccume where the smoke is getting stuck in the bong and has no where to go (even though you are inhaling). When you release the choke the vaccume is broken and air is allowed to enter the bong while you inhale which allows the smoke to leave via the hole at the top you are sucking from. This is EXACTLY why putting 2 holes on opposites sides of a large tin will let the tin drain very, very quickly instead of glugging out.
Tips:
- Inhale slowly or else you'll fill your lungs with so much smoke so quickly that you'll wish you had died.
- A bong can hold enough smoke for 2-3 people to share a single smoke-filled bong depending on the size of bong and smoke level you are comfortable taking in.
Ring thing?
I've no idea what you are talking about, and I've used plenty of bongs in my day. Can you post a pic?
"Smoking using a bong contrasts with smoking using a pipe or cigarette in two major ways. Bongs cool the smoke before it enters the user’s lungs and a large amount of smoke is inhaled quickly as opposed to the smaller, more frequent, inhalations of pipe and cigarette smoking."
You put the weed in the little holder thingy (possibly the ring thing you are describing) light up, pull out the holder once you have had enough (this stops from wasting your weed and allows no more smoke in the bong) then you clear (suck in) whats left of the smoke inside.