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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:14 am Post subject: A little bit like fan death |
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I was watching the "Kickin' It In Geumchon" video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjBfy_HVoSM
there was a little line in there about having your swim cap which I thought only a foreigner would find funny. They hit all the markers save for fan death. However, the swim cap comment reminded me of swimming in public pools in Korea. Ever noticed the mandated "time outs"? The Korean government has some law that pools all have to force all swimmers to take a rest after something like 40 minutes in the pool. So the clear out the pool, everyone chills for 10 minutes and they start it up again.
Anyone ever hear of a person dying from being in a pool for 42 minutes? Come summer in Canada, I'll live in a pool. |
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Darkness
Joined: 12 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| Reminds me how the dance clubs have time outs during the music... |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| Finger-wrinkle death. |
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rsmm0224
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:22 am Post subject: |
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| The hydrogen combines with the oxygen in a roughly two-to-one ratio that takes all the air out of the mixture! It's quite deadly!!! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Darkness wrote: |
| Reminds me how the dance clubs have time outs during the music... |
Geez, really? Maybe it's to spur booze sales. |
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Drew345
Joined: 24 May 2005
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I heard that they have high levels of dihydrogen monoxide to the pools here. They don't want their kids overexposed to that. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Location: Your computer screen
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Holy crap, last time I saw that it had 5k views and now it's almost at 40. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| JustJohn wrote: |
| Holy crap, last time I saw that it had 5k views and now it's almost at 40. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvCdoVW8Eo
My "Japanese bikini wrestling" video has over 80K views, tho it's been on longer. It's not all that erotic. I just thought it was funny TV on the late night Korean dial. I did a totally ghetto capture with my digital camera. |
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BRawk
Joined: 14 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Here's a western equivalent: Don't go swimming until 20 minutes after eating.
Try to reference that from anyone other than your grandmother.
But many people will defend that just as passionately as a Korean will defend fan death! |
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whatever
Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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MM2, are you certain that your 'girlfriend' isn't actually a man? Looks so in the face...
Time to go back to the dinosaur avatar. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Something like fan death is how my K-teacher thinks of rainwater. She thinks it's very dirty and polluted.
Not even good for washing with. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| BRawk wrote: |
Here's a western equivalent: Don't go swimming until 20 minutes after eating.
Try to reference that from anyone other than your grandmother.
But many people will defend that just as passionately as a Korean will defend fan death! |
Really? 20 years ago sure. But I'm not sure if people believe that as much today. As new information becomes available we change our attitude. You have medical doctors in Korea who still swear by fan death. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| captain kirk wrote: |
Something like fan death is how my K-teacher thinks of rainwater. She thinks it's very dirty and polluted.
Not even good for washing with. |
You have heard of acid rain, haven't you? |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| BRawk wrote: |
Here's a western equivalent: Don't go swimming until 20 minutes after eating.
Try to reference that from anyone other than your grandmother.
But many people will defend that just as passionately as a Korean will defend fan death! |
Really? 20 years ago sure. But I'm not sure if people believe that as much today. As new information becomes available we change our attitude. You have medical doctors in Korea who still swear by fan death. |
I never really questioned the swimming after eating thing until recently. I'm sure there are some doctors back home that still believe this. I can't imagine it being on the medical exam papers. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:37 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| captain kirk wrote: |
Something like fan death is how my K-teacher thinks of rainwater. She thinks it's very dirty and polluted.
Not even good for washing with. |
You have heard of acid rain, haven't you? |
Yeah but too dirty to wash with? I collect rainwater (live out in the country) and run it thru the washing machine. Otherwise water comes gravity fed from a big tank that has to be refilled by a visiting water truck.
Your acerbic wit is like acid rain to me^^ |
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