Nitrous oxide: MP wants to see tightening of laughing gas laws

[Barley Rubble]

Sounds great...unless you're driving or want to be paralysed....

Ha ha ha... I can't stop laughing... F***ing brilliant Clint!

 

[marshbrewer]

There was a shop in Manchester city centre

Hermans head shop or something wasn't it? The original got destroyed when the IRA bombed the city centre IIRC.

 

[Joust]

An aside, I remember you used to be able to buy magic mushrooms until about 15 years ago, under the disclaimer that they weren't for consumption, until the law was changed. There was a shop in Manchester city centre that used to sell them in the same sort of tubs you buy strawberries in, it was just like buying groceries.

It's pretty mad that picking something up that is growing in a field makes you guilty of possession of a class A drug.

The only way round that law is to eat them directly from the ground (as being on drugs isn't a crime).

The mental image of that really makes me smile.

 

[obscure]

Well on the upside since fresh magic mushrooms became illegal HMRC determined that their sale was outside the scope of VAT.

“Before the Act came into force, HMRC taxed the sale of fresh, unprepared magic mushrooms. Prepared magic mushrooms fell outside the scope of VAT. Now that the Act is in force, HMRC treats the sale of all magic mushrooms as outside the scope of VAT (along with other prohibited drugs)”
https://assets.publishing.service.g.../uploads/attachment_data/file/238364/7935.pdf

 

[johncrobinson]

This is the problem,Screams of ban this, Ban that,Ban the other resonate until we live in a police state all because of a few idiots that the law does not police properly in the first place.

At 63yrs old i was allowed to do things as a youngster that caused no harm to anyone,Yet today would see me locked up.
Perspective is sorely needed.

 

[DavidDetroit]

I don't think anything that gives one hallucinations is safe, considering how little is known about the human mind. "Physical" shouldn't be the only benchmark for safety. Having a hallucination might be the mind's way of saying, "Get that away from me."
I do wonder why nitrous oxide is necessary to propel whipped cream.

 

[Clint]

A chap I once met liked LSD sort of stuff and all the stuff that goes with it...he told me that his friend took some and ended up in a mental hospital...not good at 30..or any age...never came out.

 

[AdeDunn]

Let's be honest anyway, what people are really upset about isn't the possible harm to their health N2O might be having on the kids using it, it's people getting upset at seeing all the used cartridges just dropped on the floor getting their ackles up! There's no altruism in the calls for a ban, just nimbys getting upset with littering. They're just as loud about takeaway wrappers...

 

[Joust]

I do wonder why nitrous oxide is necessary to propel whipped cream.

It makes the biggest volume of whipped cream, and helps reduce it turning rancid. It's also not flammable.
It's pretty much perfect, tbh.

 

[Neil Whittaker]

I have a 5kg bottle of NO2 in the shed, been there for years.

 

[Joust]

I have a 5kg bottle of NO2 in the shed, been there for years.

NO2 or N2O? Very different things...

What do you have it for? This thread has made me think about if I could dissolve it in beer... Its not acidic so I guess you'd have fizzy beer without the tang.

 

[Neil Whittaker]

lol, sorry N₂O.

Make my quad go faster.

 

[Joust]

lol, sorry N₂O.
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Make my quad go faster.

WOOOOOO!! :)

 

[dad_of_jon]

Hmm, I'm not sure i'd wan't my quad to go faster. I brewed them to last through winter 2020

 

[Clint]

All those empty bulbs...should see my brew shed it's like a crack den!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

This is the problem,Screams of ban this, Ban that,Ban the other resonate until we live in a police state all because of a few idiots that the law does not police properly in the first place.

At 63yrs old i was allowed to do things as a youngster that caused no harm to anyone,Yet today would see me locked up.
Perspective is sorely needed.

There is a huge difference between the daft stuff us old farts used to get up to scrumping apples , smoking in the bike sheds at school etc and what some of the youth of today get up to (sniffing glue and inhaling chemicals to get high) John, or were you on the hard stuff when you were a nipper?

 

[MyQul]

I do wonder why nitrous oxide is necessary to propel whipped cream.

Just think abou how the head is made on a guinness. It's something similar for whipped cream

 

[Linalmeemow]

There is a huge difference between the daft stuff us old farts used to get up to scrumping apples , smoking in the bike sheds at school etc and what some of the youth of today get up to (sniffing glue and inhaling chemicals to get high) John, or were you on the hard stuff when you were a nipper?

Every generation's had their own ways of getting messy. The Victorians loved cocaine and heroin. The hippies loved weed and acid. The mods loved speed. The punks loved whatever was cheap. The ravers loved MDMA. Your generation was just as high as every other.

 

[Joust]

There is a huge difference between the daft stuff us old farts used to get up to scrumping apples , smoking in the bike sheds at school etc and what some of the youth of today get up to (sniffing glue and inhaling chemicals to get high) John, or were you on the hard stuff when you were a nipper?

Interesting. I'm not actually sure if I'd prefer my daughter to smoke **** than do the odd ballon of n2o.

Think maybe the n2o would be best

 

[jof]

I'm pretty sure sniffing glue came in the 70's as part of punk culture.
Tipp-ex thiners was a favourite in the 80's

Todays youth do:
Weed - strong skunk type - although sometimes it smells like everyone is/was doing this during lockdown when I went for a walk
NOS (N2O)
Mushrooms
Acid
Ketamine

My kids also report a couple of rich kids they know do coke too

Interestingly I think their useage drops off slightly when they hit 18 & can buy their own booze.