Pas Possible!
As any of you who have slept with me know (great way to start a blog post,) I have a fan problem. Meaning, I need an electric fan two feet from my head in order to catch z's. This can cause:
-chapped lips
-dry mouth
-winter chills
-sleepover inconvenience
How about death? A new friend informs me that many South Koreans believe leaving a fan on overnight causes asphyxiation.
I assumed she meant that it's an old wive's tale, part of Korean mythology. But no, apparently in South Korea (and nowhere else in the world,) it is a commonly held scientific fact that fans cause death in sleeping people. All electric fans there are sold with timers to prevent accidentally leaving them on all night. Read this Summer Safety press release from the Korean Consumer Protection Board. Bananas!
I'm off to catch a late show of There Will Be Blood, I may be the last holdout. Hope you're all sparkling, it's a good weekend.
The top five recurring accidents are ▲ asphyxiation from electric fans and air conditioners ▲ children’s asphyxiation inside cars ▲ explosions inside cars ▲ air conditioner explosions and ▲ sanitary accidents at home.
posted by jesse @ 8:47 PM
4 Comments:
I grew up with the story of how one of my older cousins slept with a non-rotating fan on....and it paralyzed her face! Forever!
I don't know if it's true but that's what I was told.
I heard a story that a fan is the reason there is a genocide in Rwanda. Appropriate it how you will, the danger is real.
I also grew up with the common knowledge that if you sleep with a fan on, with the breeze directed at your face, you will die. I believe this is how Great Uncle Joe died. Obviously some kind of Korean-Italian air conditioner propoganda.
I've been blowing the fan on my face every night since I was a wee. I am definitely alive. I should visit Korea and go on a speaking tour.
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