I wrote this a while back when someone else asked the same question. There are loads of ways of rolling a J, and everyone has there favourite. I like this one as it makes it easier to do the actual rolling 'cos you have a double thickness of paper in the middle so it stays straighter, but that has it's drawbacks as you're obviously smoking a bit more paper. Anyway ....... Fundemental Social Skills - Revision 1.0 - Joint Rolling -------------------------------------------------------- Everyones got there own way of sticking a joint together, but here's my favourite. You get a little more paper in it than is completely necessary, but it's pretty easy to get a decent looking J. Start off with two normal sized rolling papers - remember those, the really little one's that those strange people with the yellow fingers use. This method also has the additional advantage that when buying your papers you don't have to do that, shuffling feet motion and looking really embarrassed while asking for "some king sized super reefers please". Advanced users can try it using king sized paper's instead and the results do look quite spectactular. Anyway, I digress, start off with two normal sized rolling papers, like so : ################################################ | | . | | | . | ----------------------------------------------- | | . | |_________________|__________.___________________ the dots are the end of the paper at the back. The hashes are the sticky on the papers. Then add a third paper to the back of both of them to keep it all together like this : ################################################ | | . | | | . | ---------##########################------------ | . | . . | |__________.______|__________.______.____________ | | |________________________| and fold the sticking out bit (technical term that one - remember it) back into the center of the papers, like so : ################################################ | | . | | | . | ---------##########################------------ | | | | |__________|________________________|____________ So if we cut out all the unwanted detail, from the top it should look like this : ################################################ | | | | | | ----------========================------------- | | | | |__________|________________________|____________ then add you gear into the fold in the middle, leaving space on the right hand side to put your roach (slight note on terminology, I use roach to mean the bit of cardboard you bung in the end, I know some americans use it to mean just the end of the spliff). If you're using hash, you'll obviosly have to add some backy or weed or whatever to pad it out, roll it, lick it, stick it, slide in the roach (ie roll up a piece of a train ticket or similair bit of thin cardboard and shove it in the end so you don't end up eating the gear, or cooking you lips), and smoke it. A couple of tips for rolling, worry about keeping the roach end tight to start with, because you can always just force all the gear down one end if it's too loose and have a short fat carrot. Secondly, it helps if your fingers are just a little bit moist, because then they grip to the papers better. Other than that, whatever way you use to put your papers together, it's just a matter of pratice, and you can always do that with just tobacco, which is generaly a lot cheaper (then just break it open and try again, you don't have to smoke them :v). Oh, yeh, if you use tobacco in your joints (which does tend to be the case in the UK because we tend to get hash), I find rolling tobacco is easier because it sticks together easier, rather than using the contents of ripped open cigarettes. It does go out easier though, so you just have to keep sucking on that baby (what a shame). -- Descartes thought an animal, _ . That couldn't talk, /##.,.##\ Glyn Hanton Couldn't think, or so he taught, #### ###### But to summise, ###@ @### glyn@crosfield.co.uk My cat thinks otherwise. ##/ v \## ` ~ '