# Dude... Bongs **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-bongs/59687 "2001-03-27T15:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-bongs/59687/1 "2001-03-27T15:32:20Z")
Someone please answer this for me. What exactly is a beer bong? Is it a water bong where the water is replaced with beer, or is it a funnel in some idiot’s mouth with beer being poured down the guy’s throat? I’ve heard both. Also while we’re here, can someone tell me what a gravity bong is? ---
**Author:** ![jmullaney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-bongs/59687/2 "2001-03-27T16:08:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alias \* > is it a funnel in some idiot’s mouth with beer being poured down the guy’s throat? Yes. Putting beer in a water pipe is a waste of good beer. On a side note, I went into a head shop one time looking for a beer bhong. He said I had to leave because I had used the word bhong. I tried to explain that beer bhongs are perfectly legit, but he had his marching orders. > [@](#): > > Also while we’re here, can someone tell me what a gravity bong is? [http://www.marijuana-hemp.com/cin/culture/gravity1.shtml](http://www.marijuana-hemp.com/cin/culture/gravity1.shtml) “essentially a device that uses gravity and air pressure to draw the smoke into a large chamber and then expel it quickly into the lungs.” ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-bongs/59687/3 "2001-03-27T17:28:25Z")
Fuck this. I quit. Go find a new whipping boy. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-bongs/59687/4 "2001-03-27T18:41:07Z")
**manhattan**? Sir? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-bongs/59687/5 "2001-03-27T19:10:45Z")
Folks, **manhattan** has let it be known on this board (more times than he would care to remind us) that nothing pisses him off worse than dope questions in GQ. He just has “issues” with it. If you seek to get on his good side, bringing up dope is _not_ the way to go about it.