I also construed Fan Death in such a matter (although I seem to recall that the case with the super-powered sword involved a significant amount of cash as well). It never ceases to amaze me what weird things people will believe.
The hypothermia explanation is really, really strange. Someone pointed out that it's far more likely that the fan will overheat, causing the user to die of heat stroke instead of hypothermia.
There was one possibly reasonable hypothermia explanation - if one has consumed a near-lethal amount of alcohol, it may be possible to enter a very delicate state where your body will let you freeze to death without reacting properly. Of course, you would basically be dead anyway... Since I know nothing about biology, I would have to look that up.
More likely you'll get clubbed to death when you manage to somehow roll into the fan blades.
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Date: 2007-05-25 08:07 pm (UTC)The hypothermia explanation is really, really strange. Someone pointed out that it's far more likely that the fan will overheat, causing the user to die of heat stroke instead of hypothermia.
There was one possibly reasonable hypothermia explanation - if one has consumed a near-lethal amount of alcohol, it may be possible to enter a very delicate state where your body will let you freeze to death without reacting properly. Of course, you would basically be dead anyway... Since I know nothing about biology, I would have to look that up.
More likely you'll get clubbed to death when you manage to somehow roll into the fan blades.