Rent-A-Hookah - Neatorama

While other college students deliver pizza to help pay for tuition, University of Colorado graduate Eric Osowski got another idea: he started a business delivering ... hookahs!

Launched last year, Deliver-a-Bowl rents hookahs -- Indian water pipes used for smoking tobacco or more illicit substances -- for $15 apiece, or $13 each for two or more. The pipes come with flavored tobacco; varieties include everything from peach, grape and guava to chocolate mint or Irish crème.
And when renters are finished, Deliver-a-Bowl comes back and picks the hookahs back up.

But don't you dare smoke something other than tobacco - the company will report you to the cops if one of their hookahs are used for illegal substance: Link - via Dave Barry's Blog (Photo: Cliff Grassmick)

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hookah is a great way to socialize, its not that bad and its better than cigarretes. i have one, it cost 50. its very cool to get together with some friends, smok, and talk. none of us blaze so its a good substitute.

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Yes "Hookahs"...

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Looks like a really dumb pastime.

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I hate it when white people call it "hooka"

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I think part of the lure of renting instead of buying one is the college demographic there. If you want to smoke a hookah very often and you're a regular mature adult with a house and a family and such, yeah, you'd probably money ahead to buy one outright. If you've got a hookah in your dining room or on the coffee table in the den, it's your house and your own business. But for college kids, many are still living under the scrutiny of the parents and other authorities like Dorm officials and such. They might want to use a hookah from time to time for get togethers or just to try it out of curiosity, but don't want to buy one and have to worry about explaining it to Mom and Dad or the RA when it's sitting out in their room. Even if you are genuinely only using it to smoke tobacco, you still don't want to try and convince your Mother of that when she sees it in the room she's paying room and board for. I think the rental appeal is in that it's a way to keep the hookah private.

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Wow, reminds me of the old PC Game B.C.'s Quest for Tires.

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$1500!? For that? I could make one in my garage with some old bike pedals and an old wheel. Cost: nothing. Junk is junk.

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Red Bunny, unless you're deliberately just trying to be a troll, you must have absolutely no idea what the Solowheel is. You're going to build a motor and gyroscope in your garage?

Junk comments are junk comments.

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So what unusual and strange demise will the owner of the solowheel befall?

//my bet is on open manhole cover//

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Another contraption invented to try and get me to break my neck.

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Lol I could just buy a folding bike or twenty instead of this legendary POS.

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Uhh these have exsisted for ages beforehand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-_bOImfKHc

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Dan, that one doesn't look like it is powered.

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@Minesotastan: That was mean. It says and I quote "consisting of only a wheel and foot platforms". Well, even if it is similar to a segway, with a gyroscope and a motor, it's still pretty dumb. Can you truly say that you would spend $1500 on one? If you would you're either filthy rich or just plain impulsive. The segway was stupid and so is the solowheel. They seem pretty pointless to me. Why not just ride a bike and get some exercise?

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OK, lets be nice. I'll amend the post to make it clear that this is a powered vehicle like the Segway.

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Unless you are riding this on perfectly smooth ground, you really ought to wear a helmet. Hit a rock just right and you'd go over on your face.

Personally, I think I'd prefer a unicycle.

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I imagine it would be easier to play the bagpipes while riding it.

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I think while riding this all I need is a spear and a thong. Speaking of which, I need to do my laundry tonight so I have fresh business casual clothing for tomorrow.

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I think I'd have more fun if it looked like a UFO half sphere.

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