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FAN DEATH Confirmed by the BBC
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Cohiba



Joined: 01 Feb 2005

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:49 pm    Post subject: FAN DEATH Confirmed by the BBC Reply with quote

I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/6151144.stm

Remember:

-always use a fan timer
-always leave the window open
-put fan away from face (it will suck O2 from the air)
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SHANE02



Joined: 04 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy
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Yesterday



Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

nice try - but see here "urban legend" - http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19425992.100-the-word-fan-death.html

or here - http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a970912.html

the Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Anyone ever hear of ...Oxygen oozes from plants in the day, and pump CO2 out at night. ... Ok honeslty how many lillies are in your room... It's fan death . ...

only made it to the second page of a "Google" search on "oxygen fan death"....
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:40 pm    Post subject: Re: FAN DEATH Confirmed by the BBC Reply with quote

Cohiba wrote:
I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/6151144.stm

Remember:

-always use a fan timer
-always leave the window open
-put fan away from face (it will suck O2 from the air)




But wasn't it the FAN that died? Shocked

Smile
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Scotticus



Joined: 18 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:44 pm    Post subject: Re: FAN DEATH Confirmed by the BBC Reply with quote

ttompatz wrote:

But wasn't it the FAN that died? Shocked

Smile


Yeah, in the West we don't let fans boss us around. They try anything funny and BAM, they're dead.
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Gwangjuboy



Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Location: England

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is that Lucy Lee in the OP's avatar? Very nice.
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Cohiba



Joined: 01 Feb 2005

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:16 pm    Post subject: Avatar Reply with quote

The URL of my old avatar of the three well proportioned ladies
was changed by the server that hosted it. I'll miss those three
and all the accompanying fantasies that went with them. However,
I think Lucy and her friends can fill in where the others left off.
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Jarome_Turner



Joined: 10 Sep 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From the above link to the urban myth:
Quote:
Sounds ridiculous? Of course it is, but then we're talking about urban legends here. This particular example, known as fan death, circulates in South Korea. While it's safe to assume most South Koreans don't believe a word of it, enough pass it on to keep the idea alive.


Really? I've met very few Koreans who don't believe this....
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denistron



Joined: 21 Oct 2006
Location: Busan

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree. Even people I've met from Seoul National University, the countries finest, believe in fan death. Awesome.
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Saxiif



Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep the only people I've met who haven't believed it are those who have spent years of their life abroad.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I almost was killed by a fan yesterday morning. My cat tipped it over and the blade guard popped off.
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just alittlecrazy



Joined: 30 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laughing Laughing Laughing
love it
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wings



Joined: 09 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let's start a Fan Death Fan Club.

Long live Fan Death!
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yesterday wrote:
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

nice try - but see here "urban legend" - http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19425992.100-the-word-fan-death.html

or here - http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a970912.html


Uh..

Fan has more than one meaning.

Congratulations on putting Cohiba in his place. Rolling Eyes
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Freaka



Joined: 05 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm going to ask my cousin from Korea if she believes in "death by fan." Also, her mother (my aunt) is arriving tomorrow...I think I'll ask her as well. I'm very curious to hear what they say! Wink
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