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Re: Urban Folklore/Oxygen
Elaine Hills (ehills@SOLEIL.ACOMP.USF.EDU)
Sat, 2 Dec 1995 14:54:16 -0500
As we all know, nitrous oxide can be found at more that just the
dentist's office...were these oxygen booths to serve the same purpose as
nitrous does at so many parties and concerts around the USA?
--Elaine
On Sat, 25 Nov 1995, Denise Obrien wrote:
> In response to David Strong's query re "oxygen booths" in Mexico
> City, Tokyo, or LA: I don't know about the first or the last, but
> oxygen bars were popular in Tokyo, at least for a time in the late
> 1980s. The ones I encountered were in big department stores. I only
> tried the experience once; perched on a stool at a counter as if you
> were about to drink espresso, you inhaled oxygen instead. It wasn't
> a particularly memorable experience, nitrous oxide at the dentist's
> is more fun. Denise O'Brien
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