Seeing as how I have to go to immigration today, and then go to work, and then have to meet someone this evening, and then have to have a “beer party” with my girlfriend (her words and suggestion not mine), you’re getting a special news report here.
For those of you in Korea, or of Korean ancestory, I’m sure you have heard of fan death. For everyone else in the world it works like this: Koreans are under the impression that if you sleep with a fan on, pointed towards your face, in a closed room, you will die.
So here are a pair of sites dealing with this dangerous epidemic, which for some reason only Koreans are affected by.
Frist The Straight Dope brings us this article which, surprise, largely debunks the notion of a fan death.
And since this is the internet age, and everyone/thing/concept has it’s own homepage, here is Fan Death’s offical homepage (it’s actually a pretty decent site).
So bottom line, there is no such thing as “fan death” it’s only an urban myth like the C3-PO trading card where he’s sporting a huge, robotic boner.
Huh?! You’re telling me that card is real?! Well I’ll be goddamned. Fan Death on the other hand is a work of fiction like alligators in the sewers of New York.
