if it's some goodie indica or sativa cross, then only like one or 2 hits gets the job done, if its high sativa grade, I tend to take a few extra pulls as the head high is great and your not so "fucked up" and out of it, strong indica, I can take one pull and be fucking paranoid, I prefer sativas though, for some mids or commercial, usually half a joint to the face does me right, less for good middies though, I start the day with no more than 3 quick pulls to guage effect and progress from there though
i smoke till i have this moment of "sober" feeling... hit it again 2 or 3 times... BAM... body high... take a lorazepam and BAM head high... feelin just fucken dandy! relaxed like i was dead... but im fully functional.
Yeah we call bowls cones here in Australia, and I'm not sure what you guys mean by "hits" either. I've heard people use the word hit when for example, cornering the bowl (smoking like 1/3 of it without torching the rest), but once again almost no one does that or uses that lingo in Aus. But I would say it takes me about 4-5 cones of really good shit to get me where I want to be, but when my tolerence is really high like after a long weekend of hardcore smoking, I can do like 8-ups.
if im alone:
with people:
smoke until people stop packing
i usually have 2 or 3 cones (i think u guys call them bowls?? lol never heard it here in AUS) and top up every hour or so before I go to bed. though im enjoying brownies a lot more lately gives u a massive body high its awesome! just ate some then ahhhhh cant wait!