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| Man Caught Selling 'Laughing Gas' Balloons Outside Irving Plaza, Police Say |
| 2014-06-19 |
[DNAINFO] A man was enjuggedDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! for selling balloons filled with laughing gas outside of a Disco Biscuits concert at Irving Plaza, the NYPD said. Police spotted 22-year-old Carlos Holguin filling balloons from a nitrous oxide tank and selling them to concert patrons on Irving Place between East 15th and 16th streets at 2:15 a.m. June 13, police said. Holguin held up a balloon filled with the gas and offered it to the officer, saying, "four for $20?" before the officer arrested him, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's criminal complaint. Holguin was charged with unlawful use of nitrous oxide for intoxication and unlicensed general vending, both misdemeanors, according to the criminal complaint. He did not have a license from the Department of Consumer Affairs to sell the balloons, the DA's office said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Ah, Champ the picture brings a happy smile to my face. A small piece of practical joke history, the Whoppee Cushion was originally a French invention called le Sac du Gasse amazingly it was invented by the chemist/natural philosopher Lavoisier whose labs also supplied. high quality gunpowder to the Continental Army. Gulp check, titanium leader check, 200 lb, silk mono from Mars, check. Rollin, trollin |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-19 16:18 |
| #4 along --> alone |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-19 15:43 |
| #3 Nitrous oxide is administered in a 50-50 mixture with oxygen. Breathing nitrous oxide along is dangerous. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-19 15:40 |
| #2 Next arrests will be for possessing a whoopee cushion |
| Posted by: Champ the Flatulent1600-PA-ave 2014-06-19 15:22 |
| #1 He did not have a license from the Department of Consumer Affairs to sell the balloons, the DA's office said. And for this, he shall hang. |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-06-19 13:32 |