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JamesFord
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 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: The Kimchi Cure |
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http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/02/14/afx2523633.html
This is old news, but I never heard of it before.
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SEOUL (AFX) - South Korea's LG Electronics said it has begun selling a new air conditioner equipped with a filter made out of kimchi that destroys the killer bird flu virus.
The new air conditioner filters the air through a chemical mix that includes an enzyme extracted from kimchi, which is reportedly capable of eliminating the H5N1 virus.
'It is too early to tally the sales figures yet but we believe the new air-con will sell very well,' company spokesman Jo Chang-Hyun told Agence France-Presse.
Kimchi is a spicy fermented vegetable dish made with red peppers, radishes and a lot of garlic and ginger. |
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Frankly Mr Shankly
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: The Kimchi Cure |
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| JamesFord wrote: |
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/02/14/afx2523633.html
This is old news, but I never heard of it before.
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SEOUL (AFX) - South Korea's LG Electronics said it has begun selling a new air conditioner equipped with a filter made out of kimchi that destroys the killer bird flu virus.
The new air conditioner filters the air through a chemical mix that includes an enzyme extracted from kimchi, which is reportedly capable of eliminating the H5N1 virus.
'It is too early to tally the sales figures yet but we believe the new air-con will sell very well,' company spokesman Jo Chang-Hyun told Agence France-Presse.
Kimchi is a spicy fermented vegetable dish made with red peppers, radishes and a lot of garlic and ginger. |
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The partypooper did a good fisking of this one recently. Shame to the BBC and other reputable news agencies who swallowed the Korean koolaid on this one. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| That air con would stink! |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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I don't even know what to say.......
Seriously, what the f-uk? I'm speechless  |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, Forbes has really went down the tubes. First off, it was my understanding that H5N1 had to be transmited by coming into contact with infected body fluids. I fail to see the utility of the AC filter unless it's filtering bird poop and for what?
Next Forbes will be stumping for a Korean fan that is gauranteed not to cause people to die when they leave it on at night. Unreal. |
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