Korean Government Warns Foreigners of Fan Death

• Jax
  9:20 pm on June 19th, 2008 1

  Tired of violent Korean protesters …

  Fed up with protest traffic snarls around Embassy Row, Yongsan, and other key foreigner hangouts in Seoul …

  But you don't want the bloody mess associated with a police and special forces crack down …

  Well, the latest in non-lethal weaponry is coming to a riot near you …

  Introducing the LAW !!! (Law enforcement Anti-protest Windmill)

  Just install one of these babies in front of your Embassy, US military facility, or local city park. Then turn on the power, and watch the protesters break ranks and flee from imminent oxygen deprivation. Guaranteed to work or your money back.

  Surgeon General's Warning: The manufacturer strongly recommends that only foreigners operate this windmill since Korean National Police will perceive imminent oxygen deprivation and also flee the area.

• GI Korea
  9:49 pm on June 19th, 2008 2

  Jax:

• Dumbasses
  10:16 pm on June 19th, 2008 3

  Do you need more proof that Koreans are tards?

• Chickenhead
  6:22 am on June 20th, 2008 4

  I wonder if this is why my latest invention didn't work well… hmmm…

  I thought there would be a big market for a fan with blades made of meat that only ran at night.

• OneFreeKorea » Anju Links for 20 June 2008
  12:04 pm on June 21st, 2008 5

  [...] THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT HAS PUBLISHED a guidebook for foreigners.  The guidebook contains a warning about the dangers of … fan death.  Have you heard of this “fan death?”  (ht).  [...]

• Hej
  3:37 am on February 29th, 2012 6

  There are some fascinating points in time on this article but I don’t know if I see all of them center to heart. There is some validity however I will take maintain opinion till I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want extra! Added to FeedBurner as well

• Innocent Bystander
  5:11 am on February 29th, 2012 7

  Eight years ago, I laughed at my newlywed Korean wife about this phenomenom – she didn’t think it was funny. Fast forward seven years (last summer), she told me that Korean scientists/doctors finally debunked this theory – it’s funny now

• ChickenHead
  5:42 am on February 29th, 2012 8

  “Korean scientists/doctors finally debunked this theory”

  That’s not exactly the case.

  They just SAID it wasn’t true to kill more foreigners.

• JoeC
  2:09 pm on February 29th, 2012 9

  I always suspected that this mythical fear of sleeping in the summer with a cooling system (fan) on originated to mirror the very real concern, at the time, about the dangers of sleeping in the winter with the heating system on.

  The common heating system for most Korean homes was (and in many places still is) ondol; heating a water pipes embedded in the concrete floors. The heat sources a generation ago were yeon-tan; large cylindrical charcoal briquettes which gave off carbon monoxide. It was very common for people to die in their sleep or suffer permanent brain damage if the were found in time when cracks developed in the system and the gas leaked into the rooms.

  Part of the safety briefing for all USFK personnel was a reminder to leave a window partially open when sleeping overnight in a Korean home that used such a system.

 

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