Hawaii text thread for Grady

want!

yeah afaik its 100% legal

i think its rep as a evil bad narcotic comes from old timey missionaries

its on the same level as not having done any tobacco for a year or two and then having a smoke or a chew or something.

it wont knock you out or anything, i just like taking it before bed.

also ive only brewed/drank it-- never chewed/sucked

grady, have you ever chewed khat?

no i dont know what that is

low-level narcotic, imported from the horn of africa. maybe akin to a stronger chewing tobacco>? the somalis i half-know, i've wanted to ask them about it...

Kava kava is banned in most of Europe. Supposedly linked to liver failure

I've chewed qat/khat! It's a nice way to spend a day with friends but it fucks up your teeth and also can make sleeping difficult since you're all wired up. It's also extremely bitter so I always chewed it with some gum. And if you like nicotine it will make you want to smoke like a chimney.

ive heard of khat from studying swahili, lol

i think it sounds like a fun thing to do that i would like to try

one of my books told me never to try it because it would cause certain death, lol

it was like, a sidebar in a language course book

lol

my immigration law professor kept telling us about somalis getting caught with qat, like every time he forgot he had just told us this story last time

caught with qat

ive heard of khat from studying swahili, lol

― roxymuzak, Friday, December 5, 2008 5:00 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yeah I chewed it while studying swahili for a summer in Mombasa. It's kinda crazy though...some people chew that shit everyday. There are all different kinds--the most sought after was a short, stubby type. It was supposed to be the strongest, and softest to chew. I actually liked the slightly longer kind. Just make sure to strip off the leaves, and only chew the soft parts, not the hard stem.

Thing was, after I came back from Mombasa, I had this dark spot in between my front two teeth from the qat (I had chewed quite a bit, and was probably doing it wrong).

Wow! Were you worried it wouldn't go away?!

lol I am visiting hawaii in about a month ^__^

one of the things that I liked about Hawaii: the sports guy on the local news was a huge bloke in a Hawaiian shirt and his big story was a baseball umpire getting hit in the nuts

oh okay and the ~magical~ sunsets on Maui

the couple from Utah who could not believe the place where they sold SIXTEEN DOLLAR CHEESEBURGERS (understand that it came with fries tho)

hahahaha hey guys we be in waikiki and there is hahahaha like six thousand abc stores ahahahaha