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Citizens in a smog-choked part of China have been queuing for bags of air imported from the country's mountain regions. According to both the Wall Street Journal and the Chinese state-run China News Service, a promotional campaign has been offering users the opportunity to take hits from pillow-sized bags of air collected in …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    bagged air

    2real

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  2. Winston Smith

    China = SpaceBalls?

    So *that's* why they ramped up their space program - they're looking for planet Druidia to steal their air!

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    1. 404
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      Re: China = SpaceBalls?

      the combination is... is... 12345....

      ;)

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      1. davidp231
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        Re: China = SpaceBalls?

        "12345"

        That's the stupidest combination I've heard in my life! Only an idiot would use that combination.

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        1. Jared Hunt
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          Re: China = SpaceBalls?

          That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

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        2. Martin Budden Silver badge
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          Re: China = SpaceBalls?

          "12345"

          That's the stupidest combination I've heard in my life! Only an idiot would use that combination.

          Even more stupid than setting your nuclear missile launch code to 00000000?

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    2. Euripides Pants
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      Re: China = SpaceBalls?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiabeNR_q0U

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Year 2084, China

    Air Wars

    The race is on to fill your lungs with pure air.

    Like Chinese food, one lungful of air isn't enough, you need to breathe again almost immediately.

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  4. teh d

    Who knew the poor Disney take on "The Lorax" would become true . . .

    It was a weak attempt at capturing the Dr Seuss book, but the premise of the movie nails what is happening here exactly. Pollution gets so bad the citizens resort to buying air. Free to the citizens in this case, but still incredibly sad.

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    1. Oninoshiko
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      Re: Who knew the poor Disney take on "The Lorax" would become true . . .

      As others have mentioned, I think Mel Brooks has Disney beat on this.

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  5. returnmyjedi

    Damn, what a gullible breed.

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  6. Matt 21

    I'm curious

    How does pollution become epidemic? How does it pass from one person to the other? What's an epidemic portion?

    Interesting that the article mentions Paris but not the UK which has problems today and is being prosecuted for doing nothing about pollution despite 15 years of warnings.

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  7. GCh

    http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/09/18/china-is-now-selling-cans-of-air-just-as-spaceballs-predicted

    perri-air

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    1. Michael 28
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      Don't forget to recycle those cans!

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  8. Michael 28
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    Lucky b*stards

    Here, it would be classed as a luxury item and VAT rated at 20%!

    Mine's the environment suit.

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  9. Anonymous Coward
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    as high as 4000 per cent of

    When the figure is way above 100, why stick to per cent? To make it look much bigger?

    Why not just write 40 times?

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  10. squigbobble

    We have sown the wind...

    ...and now we shall... *splutter* ...reap the... *wheeze*

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  11. Martin Budden Silver badge

    Making matters worse?

    How much extra pollution was caused by trucking bags of air from the mountains into the city?

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