Will People Buy a Can of French Air for $7.50? Yes, Yes they will.

People really will buy anything they can set their eyes on. How about a can of air? Well it is French Air and costs only $7.50. Why the hell not?

Antoine Deblay, a student who lives in southwest France thought that making empty cans (hm, it is filled with air?) in France and selling it is a good idea. Apparently it is, people buy and and Antoine Deblay is a happy guy.

For €5.50, or about $7.50, Deblay is shipping 250ml cans of air called “Air de Montcuq” for his hometown. This summer he raised about $1,000 on KissKissBankBank, a French crowdfunding site, which allowed him to make a website and get the tins/packaging he needed. Deblay told Business Insider that in the first three weeks he received a thousand orders and has already made thousands of dollars with a 60 percent profit margin.

The appeal of the cans comes from a pun that is inherent in the name of Deblay’s town. Montcuq can be mispronounced “mon cul” or “my ass,” meaning that “Air de Montcuq” can be translated as “the wind of my ass.” Novelty gift? Sure, why not.

Because he apparently is not afraid of taking the whole thing too seriously, Deblay is only selling 10 liters of air per week so he doesn’t put a strain on his supply, and when he hits that limit he puts a warning on the website that orders are done for the week. Deblay told Business Insider, “Of course I knew it was going to sell, but not so much in so little time!” Of course! [Business Insider via Orange]