CLASSIC!!!

I seem to recall the phrase "**** the gas give me the epidural" or
something like that...

JL

 

Perfectly understandable JL; .....did they give the mother something too?

 

;-) Not a chance in hell someone is slipping a knitting needle into my
spine unless it's truly necessary.

JL
I did have a few tokes on the NO2 though - quite de-stressing it was !

 

Dude!

I would suggest that if you took a few tokes on NO2 it would be
extremely /distressing/ rather than de-stressing.

NO2 is Nitrogen Dioxide:

Nitrogen dioxide is toxic by inhalation but the material is so acrid
that accidental poisoning is easily avoided. For example, fuming nitric
acid is often contaminated with NO2. Symptoms of poisoning (lung edema)
tend to appear several hours after one has inhaled a low but potentially
fatal dose. Also, low concentrations (4 ppm) will anesthetize the nose,
thus creating a potential for overexposure.

Whereas N2O is the good stuff:

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as "laughing gas", is a chemical compound
with the chemical formula N2O. At room temperature, it is a colorless
non-flammable gas, with a pleasant, slightly sweet odor and taste. It is
used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic effects.
It is known as "laughing gas" due to the euphoric effects of inhaling
it, a property that has led to its recreational use as an inhalant drug.

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