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Man Nearly Dies Trying to Mail Himself to Girlfriend

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Man Nearly Dies Trying to Mail Himself to Girlfriend

August 29, 2012 Updated Aug 29, 2012 at 2:24 PM PDT

Some birthday gift ideas are better than others -- and some are just unbelievably stupid.

Take the case of a guy named Hu Seng, from southern China. Heng thought it would be fabulous to surprise his girlfriend on her birthday by mailing himself to her in a sealed box.

Unfortunately, the box got lost in transit for three hours, and when Seng's girl opened it in front of friends, she found him passed out and near death from lack of oxygen, the Sun reports.

Mercifully, paramedics were able to revive Seng, who said the cardboard had been "too thick" for an air hole.

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