Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

The worst place to lose your cell

Opinion
Apr 5, 20051 min

Admit it, you’ve thought about it: What would happen if your cell phone accidentally took a plunge – into the toilet.

Well, it happens, says USA Today, which somehow found people to relate their toilet tales. It’s not surprising that cells go into the drink. If you leave it in your back pocket or on a less-than-secure belt clip, accidents happen.

What surprises us are the people who go fishing – barehanded – to get them back. In our book, that’s a one-way trip. Any technology that plunges to a watery grave is happily the property of King Neptune, and we’re off to the Verizon store to buy the cheapest replacement we can find.

Click here to read more, including advice from plumbers on whether it’s worth fighting for that flushed phone.

Via USA Today