There’s money in the air
Seven-Eleven Japan apparently has figured out that if people are willing to pay exorbitant prices for bottled water, they just might be able to make a buck selling canned air.
The convenience store chain announced that starting from May 24 its outlets will start carrying cans that contain 35 two-second shots of oxygen and are equipped with their own masks.
The idea behind the product is to allow buyers to replenish their oxygen levels anytime they feel a lack of it due to stress, fatigue, or other factors. Seven-Eleven Japan developed the product together with Tokyo based Hakugen, a manufacturer of miscellaneous lifestyle-related goods.
A drop in the amount of oxygen in the body can make people start to yawn and sigh. Normal air contains only about 21 percent oxygen, but the oxygen concentration in the cans is 95 percent, and breathing it in can reportedly bring on a feeling of invigoration.
…and high flammability!
May 17th, 2006 at 7:07 amto replenish their oxygen levels anytime they feel a lack of it due to stress, fatigue, or other factors
May 17th, 2006 at 7:46 am…like a stinging hangover. Stack them next to the beer fridge.
I believe it. My brother recently went to an ‘Oxygen Bar’ - a place devoted to selling scented air. How weird is that?
May 17th, 2006 at 8:09 amJust watch someone who smokes hold a cigarett close to this while taking a shot. The results will be tragic!
May 17th, 2006 at 8:39 amI’d like to see folks cut down on the Luckies or Hopes or Peaces or Pastoral Utopias or whatever it is they’re smoking before the spend too much on fresh air.
May 17th, 2006 at 10:04 amYou know… Once they have these tiny helium tanks we’re set!
May 17th, 2006 at 7:57 pmIt reminds me of the Space Balls movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/ When they ran out of air and inhales oxygen from cans
May 17th, 2006 at 8:57 pm