New Zealand Herald has asked its readers if they have destroyed or broken a cellphone. The paper have collected quite a few stories and published the best ones. The stories range from the commonplace to the weird and even miraculous.
While my husband was a co-driver competing in the Dunlop Targa Rally when his cellphone disappeared. Having hunted all through the racecar and service vehice he assumed it had fallen out of his pocket and been lost, and went out and replaced it. Two years later I was co-driving in the same car on the same event, when we went over a huge hump in the road. The car flew, landed with a bump, flew, landed…you get the picture. When we got into service at the end of the Special Stage the service crew discovered a slightly melted and very dirty phone resting behind the race seat.
You can probably imagine how that story turned out. It was submitted by a reader named Jo. As expected many dropped their phones in the toilet.
Some phone brands survived the most horrifying accidents:
My Nokia cellphone is as good as the day it was bought even though it has done one complete cycle (i.e. 2 washes, 2 rinses and 2 spins) in my washing machine. When I found it in the back pocket of my jeans after this excursion, the only concession I made was to take it apart completely and put all pieces including the battery in the hot water cupboard for 3-4 days. This happened approx 12 months ago and the little beastie is still behaving admirably.
While others are not so sturdy (brand left unmentioned):
I once left my company cellphone in my running jacket, and put my jacket through the wash. I only realised my mistake when investigating a clunk, clunk, clunk coming from the tumble dryer – one cleaned and dried and thoroughly busted phone.
We could use some interesting cellphone stories, too. It doesn’t need to be a tragic story. Any contribution, as long as it’s not rude is welcome and will be posted.
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