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| Author | Message |
| bones | Posted – 5/23/2007 12:07:05 PM | show profile | email poster Did this ever happen to you? If so, please drop me an email. |
| foto | Posted – 5/23/2007 8:54:04 PM | show profile Yes, unfortunately it wasn't the only thing in the toilet. Rescue wasn't exactly pleasant. |
| TVchick | Posted – 5/23/2007 10:44:33 PM | show profile Yes it happened and the phone died. Immediately! |
| TGirl | Posted – 5/23/2007 11:21:38 PM | show profile Of course it's happened. I don't see how it's avoidable in this day and age. My friend dropped hers in the bathtub when it was full of bubbles. This is music to cell phone companies' ears. |
| nellie bly | Posted – 5/24/2007 8:30:17 AM | show profile Not to me, but there was a news story that made headlines in the tabloids a couple of years ago about a guy whose cell fell in the toilet on a MetroNorth train. When he tried to retrieve it his hand got trapped in the flushing mechanism. The train had to be stopped to rescue him, causing delays for millions of commuters on the line. I can't think of a worse way to get your name in the papers. His name was in the weird news for weeks... |
| Franca | Posted – 5/24/2007 4:09:11 PM | show profile | email poster Mine died after going on a water ride at Universal Studios I don't know what the angle of your story is, but I had it with me in case of medical emergency (was with a kid with medical issues). It was fine most of the day. After deciding to go on some kind of Popeye water ride over and over, though, when I next opened my waterlogged bag, the phone needed more than a can of spinach to get it going. |
| seeattleme | Posted – 5/24/2007 4:55:49 PM | show profile My kid tossed mine in. Twice. part of the hazards of potty training. After that I downgraded...I only use mine for emergencies and to get messages. Those things are killing the bees. and you're in big trouble if you don't have a landline and you call 9-11 from a cell and are unable to complete the call. |
| FeaturesGal | Posted – 5/25/2007 11:31:55 AM | show profile Yupola. Happened to my mom and her phone insurance didn't cover it. Had to get new phone. It now has a waterproof cover on it. |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 5/25/2007 2:09:40 PM | show profile A number of years ago I got a new smaller size Samsung cell phone, so why not stick new phone in back pocket of jeans I think! Brilliant. As I slide my jeans down to have a pee, out flies the brand new Samsung into the toilet. Yanked it out fast (clean toilet fortunately) washed it really well with soap and a cloth, then a sanitizer, and don't you know that little baby still worked like new. |
| wineaux | Posted – 5/25/2007 2:33:56 PM | show profile Ughh....my son dropping mine into a glass of iced tea while I was driving. I retrieved it fast, dried it on my shirt immedietly and it worked fine. I was shocked. I still have the same phone, a year later. it's a motorolla camara phone and has been dropped hard a few times too. The phone I had before this one was dropped less than a month after I got it and it was toast. I had to buy a new one, since the old cellphone provider didn't cover. |
| Redacted2008 | Posted – 5/25/2007 4:00:50 PM | show profile I got drunk at the company christmas party and dropped it in the urinal. I retrieved it, but the phone was toast. |
| Stressed | Posted – 5/25/2007 5:01:05 PM | show profile My son flushed mine and it got stuck in the s-bend. I waited a few days to see if it would shift and in that time I successfully cut my kids off at the pass if they intended doing anything, um, solid, in there. Not so their friends, one of whom in particular is notorious for passing, um, solids, roughly the length and diameter of a two-by-four. I had to bail the toilet out six times over four days. The brat did it again 10 minutes before the plumbers arrived and I bailed as best I could. When they turned up they took the toilet out of the bathroom into the yard and used a high powered hose to flush out the phone. Along with a good portion of the two-by-four, which had been nestling alongside it in the s-bend. Sh1t rained down everywhere. The phone no longer worked. |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 5/25/2007 6:47:02 PM | show profile hahaha...while not funny at the time. This might fall under the same line as the guy who bit me in the ass when dared by his drunken friends.... me? I am standing at the stand-up bar and all of a sudden, I feel searing pain in my left cheek, I look down and there is a very drunk guy attached to my ass. Before I hit him and called the police, he let go and grinned sheepishly when I screamed at him " what the hell are you doing?" He simply said, "Shit happens." |
| foto | Posted – 5/25/2007 9:57:48 PM | show profile thats really shocking Nikongirl. Why didn't you bite his? |
| Vox-o | Posted – 5/25/2007 10:34:41 PM | show profile If you want to do a good story that people actually will find informative (and not just witty and clever) do one of the location of the litmus paper found inside of each phone. The cell phone companies look to see if it has turned red, in which case they invalidate the warranty. People can cover them up with static film and the like so that water may not seep through. Well small amounts of water anyway. |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 5/25/2007 10:45:10 PM | show profile Even more shocking (to him) were the two police cars waiting for him when he left the bar. He was handcuffed and taken to jail. His little prank gave him a permanent record of sexual assault, probation for 5 years and a hefty 10,000 fine, plus court costs and his lawyer fees. He didn't show up for his first court appearance because he was having a BBQ, and was charged with failure to appear ? a more serious charge. So, all in all it was a tough lesson learned for the young man. Had he bit either of the two women I was with who both thought he was ?so cute? and would have enjoyed him biting their ass, he might have ended up with a date for the night, he just picked the wrong person. |
| xpress | Posted – 5/26/2007 9:20:08 PM | show profile one thing you might want to note is that dropping phones in water is so common, that cell phone companies put in a dot sticker in the phone and battery, so when it falls in water the sticker turns red so they know when you try to return it that you damaged it. they're such asses |
| foto | Posted – 5/26/2007 9:31:45 PM | show profile Nikongirl, thats an interesting conclusion to your story. I was once photographing a belly dancer friend of mine at a bachelor party for a policeman. She wasn't more than 5 minutes into her routine when the policeman came up to her and bit her on the breast. She was so freaked that she left the party in tears. I don't think she made any charges. In that situation, who are you gonna call, the police? |
| Nikongirl | Posted – 5/26/2007 9:54:10 PM | show profile foto, You are so right. They would have turned her into a hooker and say she was there for sex or something. Cop parties are so far out of control they would have to throw themselves in jail if anyoneever found out far they let THEIR hair down. Still, I would have filed a complaint with whoever it is that investigates the police. Here in Toronto we have the SIU. |
| Righter | Posted – 5/26/2007 11:47:00 PM | show profile foto...From one dancer to another, I would suggest to your friend not to belly dance at bachelor parties if she doesn't want that kind of behavior repeating itself. It gives the wrong impression and creates an unwanted parallel between belly dancing and stripping. Sorry...sensitive subject for me. I've been belly dancing 8 years now and the first things we tell people when they call to book is that we don't do bachelor parties, specifically because of the expectations and behaviors of men at those kind of parties. But anyways...yeah, no, never had the cell phone fall in toilet. I know someone who flushed their car keys down a toilet by accident. That sucked. |
| foto | Posted – 5/27/2007 6:49:16 PM | show profile Actually Righter, mine friend's belly dancing routine was sort of mildly adult. She came out in a fake beard and robes and then took them off when the middle eastern music started. And she did a lot of bachelor parties until that incident. But I don't think she was typical of people who study belly dancing. |
