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#1326964 - 02/22/12 06:06 PM Warning "Very Dangerous"
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I`ll bet everyone on these forums have tried this at least once.

Ref: http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/...helium_at_party
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#1326979 - 02/22/12 07:00 PM Re: Warning "Very Dangerous" [Re: 123]
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I've inhaled helium from a ballon, but never from a pressurized tank.
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#1327188 - 02/23/12 11:39 AM Re: Warning "Very Dangerous" [Re: twocats]
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I think most of us tempted fate as teenagers. Some of us were lucky enough to live and learn, others weren't as lucky. I just hope other kids learn from this.

Every generation of adolescent people seem to find new things to experiment with. I would never have thought of helium when I was that age. My peer group had plenty of other things we played with to put us in danger, though.

How sad.
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#1327203 - 02/23/12 11:55 AM Re: Warning "Very Dangerous" [Re: Kitty]
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My mother was the first one to give me helium in a balloon at Roseland Park. We did it to make our voices sound like the Munchkins in Munchkinland. I'm surprised you never did this. \:\)
I think in this case, the danger was in the pressurized tank, not the helium itself. It doesn't make you high or anything, just changes your voice.

Regardless, I agree with you that kids will experiment and think they are truly invincible.


Edited by twocats (02/23/12 11:56 AM)
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#1327235 - 02/23/12 12:26 PM Re: Warning "Very Dangerous" [Re: twocats]
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If you breathe in too much helium it can be dangerous. Common sense dictates if you're huffing on helium your lungs are filling with that instead of oxygen.

Helium itself is not harmful. In fact, divers sometimes use a breathing mixture composed of helium and oxygen for deep descents. Also, when mixed with oxygen it is used for asthma treatments.

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#1327238 - 02/23/12 12:28 PM Re: Warning "Very Dangerous" [Re: MeRightYouWrong]
twocats
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Of course. Have you tried it?
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#1327243 - 02/23/12 12:33 PM Re: Warning "Very Dangerous" [Re: twocats]
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Of course I've done it. It was safer than some other things we did as kids. One thing I think of, but don't remember the name of the product, was this rubbery stuff in a tube, You'd put a glob on the end of a little straw and blow to create a ball. Then it would dry and harden. The stuff always had a nasty chemical smell and taste to it. I only used that once as a kid.

Has anybody tried eating Play-Doh? I never have but watched my cousin try it. Judging by the look on his face I was smart not to put it in my mouth.

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#1327251 - 02/23/12 01:01 PM Re: Warning "Very Dangerous" [Re: MeRightYouWrong]
twocats
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I remember the make a bubble kits. LOVED them. Smelled kind of like rubber cement.

Never ate play-dough or paste.
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#1329683 - 03/04/12 02:43 AM Re: Warning "Very Dangerous" [Re: twocats]
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ahaaa Never ate play-dough or paste.

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