Eating disorder expert gets high in the grocery store

[proud2BlibKansan]

Police: eating disorder expert collapses after taking 'whippits'
July 12, 2005

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. --An expert in eating disorders collapsed in a supermarket after inhaling propellant from whipped cream cans, according to police.

Lisa G. Berzins, a prominent psychologist who has been on national television and radio shows and in newspaper articles, was arrested on a warrant Friday charging her in the May 29 incident, The Hartford Courant reported.

Berzins, 49, of Farmington, has a practice in West Hartford. She has written and lectured on eating disorders, female development, sex roles and self-esteem, according a speaker's biography from the American Psychological Association.

According to the arrest warrant affidavit, West Hartford police responded to the Farmington Avenue Stop & Shop and found Berzins lying on the floor and bleeding from her head. Berzins, the affidavit says, told police she did not know what happened.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/07/12/police_eating_disorder_expert_collapses_after_taking_whippits/

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Style, flair, finesse and...

Elan. Not to mention savoir faire. :eyes:

[Pepperbelly]

2. I hate it when shit like that happens ...

:smoke:

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. I saw this on the news

She is skinnier than mann coulter.

[MrScorpio]

4. If any of you ladies want to know what should be done with whipped cream

I'll be happy to demonstrate

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. I'm sure you would

LOL

[Wetzelbill]

8. and if he can't do it.....

I'll volunteer.

(Put it on apple pie right)

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. No, ice cream goes on apple pie

whipped cream goes on cheesecake.

[Wetzelbill]

25. duly noted

[eridani]

19. I've got a shoofly pie and and apple pandowdy--

-- well, you get the idea. Haven't had time for polyamory for at least 5 years now, or I'd take you up on that.

[Wetzelbill]

23. ha!

I would be so lucky I'm sure. (dude, I'm too sweet and innocent, you'd tear me apart)

[eridani]

26. Not a dude, however--

--I'm one of those flexible bisexuals.

[Wetzelbill]

28. dude, figure of speech

I toss it in once in awhile for the heck of it.

[Must_B_Free]

6. At least she had that "elusive answer to everything" for a moment,

right before she forgot it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. She also probably fell down laughing

:rofl:

[Dora]

9. Buzzkill.

Lesson: Always stop after the second can.

[MrScorpio]

10. The Huffess in question:

[latebloomer]

11. I used to be a waitress

in a restaurant where I could never make a sundae because the cooks and busboys used to get all the laughing gas out of the whipped cream containers. What a pain that was.

[necso]

12. "Whippits", eh?

Gee, is it that hard to get a tank in Connecticut? (...Just kidding, I would never condone illicit behavior, etc, etc.)

The poor woman was probably just checking freshness with a (test) taste before buying (if there is any truth to this at all), but being unfamiliar with that type of dispenser, found herself in immediate difficulties... And once having been disoriented by that first, entirely unintended blast of nitrous oxide... well, you know.

If anything, the store should be sued for not posting a warning sign: "Hey, you can get a real buzz off of this stuff."

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. I am old enough to remember when

you could buy whippets in the Hallmark store and gift shops. And you could get a can of freon in the auto parts store. That was another sort of popular way to get high.

[necso]

16. That freon is nasty stuff...

or so I have heard.

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. I never partook myself

but I watched it make my friends pretty crazy. One night we were watching Johnny Carson do his monologue and one of our friends decided it was the president on TV telling us the Russians had just launched a nuclear bomb in our direction. He ran outside screaming.

[Dora]

35. Back in the day....

Everyone knows how inhaling helium will cause your voice to rise a couple of octaves.

Well, inhaling freon does just the opposite, and the buzz is similar to but heavier than that from nitrous oxide.

(Ah, those were the days...)

Added on edit: My post is not an endorsement, just a recollection. Nobody should do inhalants. They're bad.

[senseandsensibility]

22. I feel kind of stupid

but what are whippets? And what kind could you buy in a Hallmark store? What were they used for?

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. They are little cans of nitrous oxide

used in seltzer bottles. They make the seltzer bubbly. I don't think they sell them anymore. They were party supplies. Hence, Hallmark carried them.

[delete_bush]

13. my non-legal mind doesn't get this part...

"Berzins was charged with possession of a restricted substance, criminal mischief and creating a public disturbance."

If it's legal to sell whipped cream, I don't understand this part of the charge. ???

[necso]

17. This may have been related to

something else found at the scene.

Or it could be some silliness in the law, relating to substance use.

[delete_bush]

29. thanks, that makes more sense.

[Occulus]

31. I believe it is a violation of federal law...

...to use it in a manner inconsistent with its labeling. As in, you can eat it, but sniffing the fumes is illegal, and treated as a controlled substance.

You'll find this warning on basically anything off the shelf stored and packaged under pressure.

[delete_bush]

33. now I'm curious, going to read the

whipped cream label next trip to the store!

[Redneck Socialist]

18. We used too...

I mean I used to know people who did this :evilgrin: in college. We, I mean they, would get drunk and head off to the grocery story for some whippets.

Stupid times, stupid times...

[eridani]

20. At an east coast science fiction con that shall remain unnamed--

--someone brought a whole box of those suckers. Enough to make you forget about Yoda Keebler's "special" chocolate chip cookies for a minute or so.

[leftofthedial]

21. She must have been Uninvited

Too High for the Supermarket (The Uninvited)

Got the craving for some lunch, but I ain't got nothing to munch
My mind is set on just one wish - a big ol' sandwich - tuna fish
Time to make a grocery run, I'll walk there in the morning sun
Make a list of what I need most: Tuna fish and bread (for toast)
And though my stomach may be empty, I'll feed my head from the horn of plenty
Roll a joint Bob Marley style and smoke it 'till it makes me smile

Starting off in aisle one, fruits and veggies by the ton
Hey check it out, raddiccio! These red leaves, man, they almost glow!
And bok choy! I've always wanted to try it, I wonder if I have enough to buy it?
It's grown in Japan, or maybe China, or maybe some farm in South Carolina?
Just then I hear a voice in my head: "stay focused, man, tuna & bread,"
But right now I'm in produce bliss
Oh man, I'm too high for this

Too high for the supermarket, too high for the grocery store
Too high for the supermarket, ain't gonna shop like this no more

Everyone in here is staring at me...

Sixteen different brands of tuna, Chicken of the Sea or Big Kahuna
Packed in oil, packed in water, dolphin friendly, dolphin slaughter
And oh God, what about the bread? Should I get white or wheat instead?
Or... rye! Rye's the best I've tasted
Rye is best when ever you're wasted!

Chorus

Finally done, its check-out time, searching for the shortest line
The Express Lane! But they don’t take checks and you've got to have ten items or less,
so let's see:
Ding Dongs, a bag of chips, Captain Crunch and some onion dip,
(it's sugar and salt, space and schism, the yin and yang of munchie Taoism)
I Got my favorite beer, Carlinger, and pre-sweetened Kool-Aid you eat with your finger

(You lick your finger then you stick it in the bag then your stick in down
your throat but not too far or you gag)
That's less than ten! Check me out, go ahead!
Oh, I forgot the tuna and the bread...

[RevolutionStartsNow]

30. LOL. This was a very popular high...

when I was doing such things...

I remember being able to buy whippets at the store, just before they took them off the shelves...

And balloons at Dead shows, those were great, in the parking lot...

I even remember having a "tank party" at our house...great fun. Probably dangerous and stupid, but so were a lot of things I did back then...

[proud2BlibKansan]

32. I went to a few tank parties

and I sure have some fun memories of those balloons. :)

We went to Colorado on vacation one summer and took a tank with us. Four of us in a Pinto, driving in the mountains, with a tank in the back seat. I guess I should consider myself lucky to have survived that trip.

[NMMNG]

34. I remember I sucked on a few whipped cream cans when I was a teen

But that was way back before the dangers of huffing were broadcast far and wide. Fortunately I only did it three or four times and didn't sustain any damage from it.