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China-Japan-Koreas
South Koreans claim to have the spice of life
2006-02-15
Obvious attempt to upstage the NorKs
South Korea's LG Electronics says it has begun selling an air-conditioner with a filter that destroys the killer bird flu virus. It filters air through a chemical mix that includes an enzyme extracted from kimchi, which is reportedly capable of eliminating the H5N1 virus.

Kimchi is a spicy fermented vegetable dish made with red peppers, radishes and a lot of garlic and ginger. Koreans eat it with almost every meal.

"It is too early to tally the sales figures yet but we believe the new air-con will sell very well," a company spokesperson said yesterday.

Researchers at Seoul National University said last year that they fed an extract of kimchi to 13 chickens infected with the bird flu virus, and 11 recovered.
Posted by:Pappy

#12  Why bk?
Posted by: 6666   2006-02-15 16:56  

#11  The SKors have a little catch up to do before the international community will take ANY of their claims seriously
Posted by: bk   2006-02-15 14:24  

#10  Don't forget the kimchi juice for your coffee, lol! Should make ya good to go for the rest of the day!
Posted by: BA   2006-02-15 10:05  

#9  Okay, I'm getting hammered - I gotta go make some coffee, lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-02-15 09:51  

#8  WOW! My first .com mistake-sighting! Unbelievable! Must be a sign of the coming bombing of Tehran apocolypse!
Posted by: BA   2006-02-15 09:47  

#7  Lol - I deserved it, tw. Passed the spell-check thingy, but the editor was asleep, lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-02-15 09:34  

#6  A desert topping? You mean like sand dunes?

*wink* Don't often catch you in those, .com. Advantage must be taken...
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-02-15 09:07  

#5  Lol - and a desert topping!
Posted by: .com   2006-02-15 08:12  

#4  Don't forget roach killer.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-02-15 08:00  

#3  .com-

You forgot paint remover and nerve gas neutralizer.

Mike
Kunsan AB ROK 84-85
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-02-15 06:52  

#2  Melange.
Posted by: Rory B. Bellows   2006-02-15 02:19  

#1  Kimchi juice. It's an excellent paint remover and urinal disinfectant, too.
Posted by: .com   2006-02-15 00:50  

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