Don't Mess With Helium
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325809)
Rockingham, Australia
November 23, 2015 5:04am CST
Vince has just shown me a YouTube video which we've seen before but it is just as funny second time around. If you type 'helium infused beer' into the address bar, you can watch this clip of two guys who drink beer which has been infused, if that's the word, with helium.
And just to pad this out a bit and ensure you learn something from this post, helium is a chemical element. It a colourless, tasteless, non-toxic, odourless gas. Its scientific symbol is He. It is also the second most abundant element in the observable universe. It seems hydrogen is the most abundant element and oxygen comes third. There are various ways of measuring these things of course. I hope you watch the clip. It is hard not to laugh along with the men.
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 Nov 15
Helium is the gas or air that are used by balloons? How do people gather Helium to pump into balloons?
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@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 Nov 15
@JudyEv So all gases like hydrogen, oxygen, helium, carbon dioxide, and so on are all floating in the air space? So we are breathing them all? No wonder why I keep sneezing and co
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Nov 15
@antonbunot I think that's the story. Of course, some are only in minute amounts. If there is too much of one or another, that's when things get out of whack.
@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Nov 15
I'm sure they knew they'd sound funny but for me, I'd kind of expect to be able to turn it on and off at will, which is stupid I know. If every time you open your mouth this squeak comes out, I'd be laughing too even if I knew it was going to happen.
@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
24 Nov 15
I've seen it before. Hysterically funny. There is a gas that lowers you voice too. I don't remember what it was but that can be just as funny.
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@koopharper (7477)
• Canada
24 Nov 15
@JudyEv Here it is Sodium Hexaflouride. Deep voice gas.
Steve and the 9News team try breathing a little Sulfur Hexafluoride to see how it changes their voice. About Steve Spangler Science... Steve Spangler is a ce...
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Nov 15
@koopharper That was pretty cool! And I was impressed that they could sit a box on the top of the gas. I wonder why it didn't escape? Air pressure perhaps? Or maybe it's a heavy gas.
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Nov 15
I didn't know it was dangerous. Another thing I've learnt from MyLot.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
24 Nov 15
oh dear! wait a sec, here not too long 'go they were sayin' that helium 'twas in short supply?? perhaps its coz those fella's made that video 'n more folks thought they'd give such a try 
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
24 Nov 15
I've seen people sucking the helium from balloons and then talking in high pitched voices. Quite funny
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Nov 15
I've never done it - and wouldn't. I don't like messing with gases - or my health so I get my laughs watching others - in this case at least.
@jillybean1222 (6408)
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23 Nov 15
i'll have to check this out when my kids aren't around. i don't want to give my teenage son any ideas. :-)
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Nov 15
And tasteless. So it isn't something that is harmless really.
