Talking and singing inside a giant helium balloon

It's fun to breathe in helium from a balloon to talk in a high voice, but you only get to do it for one breath. However, you can breathe in an atmosphere that's 20% oxygen and 80% helium indefinitely. NOTE: If you do this, you have to do it with a proper helium/oxygen air mixture from a scuba shop. Do NOT use a tank of pure helium to fill the balloon or you run the risk of passing out from lack of oxygen.

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[leo121297]

Helium CAN'T stay THAT LONG in the lungs! =p

[yummyfuture]

@leo121297 Read the description -- each new breath we took in brought in more helium-oxygen mixture.

[raiki15]

Uh... you could've died there from lack of oxygen.

[yummyfuture]

@raiki15 See description and diagram at the beginning of the video -- The air we used had just as much O2 as the regular air we breathe, and we constantly introduced new 80% He / 20% O2 air into the balloon to compensate for losses and seepage.

[slimcheyenne]

how much does that big of a bolloon cost??? LOL!!!

[yummyfuture]

@slimcheyenne We used a king-sized mattress bag, which was $8. The balloon didn't have to be totally airtight, so we just tied the end.

[piwdel]

Make another one maybe you could also get one of those custom airs with Sulfur Hexaflouride to make your voice deep :)

[piwdel]

You should've shown those fifteen minutes of helium

Please make another one

[goddessdianamoon]

she did great impressions lol. i was like holy crap cartmen there

[fetishman80]

I love a girls voice on helium!! So sexy!

[theshadowking194]

Luv this vid its funny

[raiki15]

@yummyfuture Ah, sorry, should've watched more than the first 2 seconds before skipping to 33% :) two people went inside a helium baloon and actually died before they knew they were dying.

[sarhabriggs24]

That is AWESOME!!

[novadrian]

Doesn't it strike anyone as hugely ironic that helium is used by happy people to have silly fun and suffering people to commit suicide?