I was tasked with babysitting my friends two bongs. One I dropped in the sink while cleaning (+11 stitches to my right ring finger, -1 bong.)

Months later, I was cleaning the other in my neighbors sink one evening, and as it turns out the water comes out of their faucet near boiling. I held the bong under the faucet for less than 3 seconds and I'd say a cup of water got inside the glass, but that was sufficient to start a chain reaction of cracking down the tube, around and under the chamber, and back up the tube. The bong survived in one piece, but I have been too saddened by the whole ordeal to see if the cracks cause it to leak; I'm pretty sure they will, so it's just been collecting dust because I don't know what to do with it. I've contemplated sealing with fish tank sealant, but that will look bad.

The friend who lent me his bongs, upon hearing of the damage to the 2nd one, commented "giving bongs to [me] is a good way to practice Buddhist-like detachment from possessions."