Smoke Rings

[chefchris]

... I got em down.

I'm a bad ass.

who else?

[ashauler]

I can send smoke signals.

[guado]

Can't figure them out to save my life.

[hex1848]

I can do them pretty good if the air is still, but if there is any sort of breeze or draft, it gets difficult.

I do find myself constantly trying to blow smoke rings about every time I smoke though. It takes practice.

[Diesel Grinch]

I can do them pretty good if the air is still, but if there is any sort of breeze or draft, it gets difficult.

I do find myself constantly trying to blow smoke rings about every time I smoke though. It takes practice.

Shouldn't you be trying for a HEX?


DG

[heftysmokes]

Back when I was bartending (and a heavy cigarette smoker) I could send a smaller smoke ring through a larger one...I thought I was so cool. A hot girl came in one night so I struck up a conversation with her and let loose with my super cool double smoke ring move...and got a big ol' eyeroll.
Luckily she married me anyway.

[metaldonnieg]

yeah but who taught you, hmm?

[metaldonnieg]

Oh, and the advice I received and passed to Chris was draw a good amount of thick smoke (the thicker the smoke the easier it is) and then hold your mouth like you're trying to close your it around a baseball, leaving a very small hole in your lips. Then just kinda flick your tongue and/or more your jaw just the slightest amount and it should send a tiny puff of smoke out and if you were holding your lips right a ring should form. The mouth movement is the trickiest part of it for me. The best bit of advice is DO NOT BLOW any air!!!! All that will do, even with the tiniest movement of air I've found, is blow smoke out of your mouth.

But don't get me wrong. I only recently got 'em myself so I'm far from an expert. That's just how I was told and then worked it out.

[chefchris]

yeah but who taught you, hmm?

yes, yes. don did teach me these.

but he doesn't own me.

[drew_goring]

Finally have it (sort of) down pat.

If I take a decent draw, and am indoors, or the wind is calm, I can do it.

[prophetic_joe]

I can blow a series of pretty decent rings now. However when I first joined up here and asked this same question I was informed "Just because Gandalf looks cool doing it doesn't mean you will."