Whip-it?

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Anyone herd that expression?
I’m referring to people (high school-collage in most cases) going into stores and snorting whipped cream in aerosol cans.---Not actually the topping but the propellant. Seems at least some of the companies use nitrous oxide for propellant. When you snort a can of the stuff unshaken it’s supposed to give you a buzz.
When some cans were returned to the store I worked in my boss got an idea. For several days every time one of the employs got a chance we would grab the first three or four cans and shake them up. The problem stopped soon afterwards. We found a can in the dairy case with some topping on it.
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Somebody snorted the real thing
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. Hope they had lots of tissues.
 
Hate to be the consumer that buys the can that some punk used to sniff and then put back on the shelf.

Yuck!!
 
A little off topic, but I've heard that prolonged exposure to Nitrous Oxide gas can cause sterility in women. I used to date a dental assistant and this was one of her major concerns. I guess all those girls that snort the nitrous are in for a rude awakening when it comes time to make some kiddies...

[This message has been edited by jcoyoung (edited April 24, 2000).]
 
It would have to be a pretty damn long term. I know some people that did whippets (the NO2 propellant cannisters) sans whip cream in their youth on occasion and none of them experienced any long term problems.
 
Inhaling nitrous oxide or helium straight from a canister has lead to unexpected deaths.
Apparently helium anesthatizes the vocal cords (resulting in the Mickey Mouse voice) and all compressed gases cool down rapidly as they are released from confinement.

So, some folks have frozen their airways & died.

Ah yes, Darwin is alive and well!
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-Kframe
 
jcoyoung: And accidental sterility is a bad thing for folks this foolish? Frankly, they have probably performed a favor for the gene pool.
 
I thought helium, because it is a lighter gas, vibrates the vocal chords differently than the heavier "air", thus the Mickey Mouse voice.

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Am I the only person here who's going to admit to doing this a few times in her misspent youth?

You don't snort it through your nose, you inhale a deep lungful through your mouth, just like inhaling from a helium balloon at your kids birthday party to amuse the rug rats with a killer Mickey Mouse impression.
Surely everyone has had NO2 at the dentist, well it's the same giddy light headed thing, but it lasts only a minute or two. Two Bass Ales chugged rapidly produce much the same sensation cheaper and for less effort, plus it lasts longer... If feeling giddy and uncoordinated is your bag, that is. I've found that the older I get, the more of my wits I prefer to keep about me.

P.S. Whippets proper are little NO2 cannisters shaped and sized like CO2 airgun cartridges. They are used to repressurize commercial/restaurant grade refillable whip cream dispensers. NO2 is used because it has a natural 'sweet' taste that complements the whip cream. The refill cannisters are bought from restaurant supply stores. It's one of those grey area things that is mainly allowed because there is so little NO2 in a Reddi Whip can or a 'whippet' that you would pass out from exhaustion trying to get enough of them into you to do any real harm...

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Kframe,
You still may be partially correct, but I think the reason for death was wrong. My parents used to have a small business and we had this gigantic tank of helium to make balloons for the kids. I remember reading a warning on the tank that one should not inhale gas directly from the tank. I think the reason was that the gas was pressurized enough that 'sucking' directly from the tank would explode a lung or damage the diaphram or something. The image of a cartoon character being inflated comes to mind.... We have long since returned the tank, so my memory is a little grey on what exactly the warning said.
 
The reason for death due to overinhalation of helium, NO2 or any other nonpoisonous gas is from suffocation. You inhale too much, you don't leave room for any oxygen in your lungs, you're already getting giddy and lightheaded and don't realize that part of it is from oxygen starvation, you pass out and die. Very simple. Also not possible using whippets, only a tank. The worst that can happen with whippets (and this is only with long, long and very repetitive use) is pinprick hemorrhages in your brain. Not a good thing, but also not very likely.
 
My only experience with NO2 was in a '69 Torino Cobra. It made you lightheaded, but for completely different reasons.
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Eric

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Okay, for more than the average person would ever want to know about Nitrous Oxide...


With nitrous oxide the main danger is when you take it by strapping a mask to your face which is hooked up to a tank, or if you do it by filling a glad bag with the stuff, then putting it over your head. ( for an example see David Lynch's film "Blue Velvet"; guess what's in Dennis Hopper's little tank ) Too much and you pass out, and you won't be able to take the mask or bag off. An obvious danger, but many of those in the drug culture are not noted for their brains.

Also, directly inhaling from a tank is a big no-no. Beacause of some physical law, gas rushing through a small opening has a really low temperature, so anything touching the nozzle will quickly be temporarily frozen to it, like a balloon, or one's fingers, or teeth and lips! Over inflation of the lungs with subzero gas sounds like a major "ouch".

"Back in the Day", my friends and I would occasionally purchase the little whipit canisters mentioned above from a local porn shop, along with several "punching" balloons (like your kids get from the vending machines) and a little plastic do-hickey called a "cracker", which is used to pop the canister's seal and fill the balloon. No "apparent" danger with this method. Pretty hard to pass out since the ballons are so small, unless you have several filled ballons. But if you're (un)lucky enough to have a tank...you can make the balloons as big as you want. Just make sure you have a safe place to land when you pass out. It IS an amazing high. You continue to run at the same speed, but reality seems to run progressively slower. Strange audio effects. Giddiness. Strange philosohpic realizations that you can't quite remember when you come out of it. We would sometimes purchase 4 or 6 whip cream cans at the local stop 'n' rob, for a quick fix. But using the the cans, then putting them back on the shelf??? How amoral. Kids these days... :)

This stuff is very popular at raves, where guys sell it out of the back of vans by the balloon. I believe Nitrous oxide is used in racing to give a car a "turbo boost", so drug-ees can get the tanks filled there. But many places put a disgusting sulfur compound in it to discourage improper use. Ripping off the tanks at night from medical clinics is a popular method.

I'm not aware of any serious side effects, aside from vitamin B defficiency from habitual use. Doesn't appear to be physically addicting. Psychologically so, maybe. I may be wrong, do not quote me on this. Does it kill brain cells? Then why would the dentist give you enough to make you pass out? Seems like a good way to get royally sued if it did. Then again, x-rays aren't that great for you either.

Who knows, but it certainly isn't a healthy scene. I've been out of the drug culture for 3 years now, thank God. I no longer associate with those who choose to (heavilly) anesthetise themselves from reality. I'm in college, and I need my brain running at full capacity.

For those parents with teenagers out there, there's a sinister reason behind the puching balloons in Jimmy's sock drawer.



[This message has been edited by Mr. Pink (edited April 25, 2000).]
 
Automotive Nitrous formulas use a trace of sulphur so that you'd cough yourself half to death before possibly getting high :).

As a plus, it allows you to check for tube and fitting leaks with your nose. Seriously, that's a genuine diagnotic technique.

My brother and I considered Nitrous for his Toyota Supra. He had a bunch o' mods to that critter already, it would pull a healthy 160mph. We passed a Ferrari 308GT at 2:00am on a local freeway once :). The poor rich barstard's girlfriend was laughing her tail off :).

Jim

Jim
 
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