Another phone "down the drain"

[70rs]

So tonight when I got home I set my cell phone on the bathroom counter. I bet you can already see where this is going. It was set to vibrate mode for incoming calls. Well I got a call and while I was in the other room taking care of my son it "vibrated" it's way right into the toilet. The phone is dead.

It got me thinking of how many phones and other items of value I have dropped in toilets over the years. So far I have lost 2 Nextel phones, 2 personal cell phones, 4 or 5 tape measures, a really nice knife, one wallet with EVERYTHING in it(while out of town for work) and maybe a couple packs of smokes too.
Now before everyone goes off thinking I am a TOTAL idiot (I am only a partial idiot, thank you) these all happened on job sites and involved "Honey Buckets" (of which there is no honey in. Ever.) I have NEVER gone after ANYTHING I dropped in these either. If it falls it is gone. Period. With the exception of the phone tonight. It was MY tiolet and it is VERY clean. I did not want to try and flush it only to have to call a plumber later. I will not be using this phone ever again. It will never be near my face. Ever.:lol:

How many of you have dropped items of value in tiolets? List them up.
I already feel totally stupid so now maybe someone can make me feel like I am not the only one to suffer this kind of thing. Then again, maybe I will still feel pretty stupid. :rofl:

[mexMan]

You have penis hands then, you **** everything you touch.
Meh, it doesn't has the same effect that it has in spanish with my friends, it's different :p

Bad news, seriously, what phone was it? Get a Nokia, those ones handle two holocausts, 4 world endings, a fat kid sitting on it, a baseball game and a squirrel with giant nuts.

[BonzoHansen]

That is a ****ty problem.


(it had to be done)

:willy:

[DFRESH]

I've dropped a bowl cobra in mine several times. :lol:

[CRCRFT78]

Man as long as there wasn't any 1 or 2 in the bowl I'd be using it. With cellphone contracts and the prices of new phones WTH. Wipe it down with a Lysol wipe and drop the phone in a bowl of rice, it soaks up the water and the phone should be fine.

[GregWeld]

Remember my rule! If it's over 3 pounds - lower with rope!

[GregWeld]

I've dropped a bowl cobra in mine several times. :lol:



TMI!!

[70rs]

Ok,let's be clear on this. THERE WAS NOTHING BUT WATER IN THE BOWL.:rofl: :rofl:

I did try to dry it out. It is fried. It will power up but the key pad does not work. And after about 2 minutes the screen goes white. The real bummer is that all of my numbers were saved to the phone and not the sim card. I was able to find an old phone and put the sim card in it so I do have a functioning phone now. Just no numbers to call.:rofl:

[Beegs]

Put it in the oven...I'm serious :yes: I've saved a few phones that way. I live next to a lake and my phone loves to swim.

[jcal87]

lol I fell into the pool drunk at ceasars palace in vegas with my blackberry in hand. so i dryed it with a hair dryer and everyhting worked besides the scroll ball...and if you have ever owned a blackberry you know how crucial that is so needless to say i had to buy a new one

[Fluid Power]

I've dropped a bowl cobra in mine several times. :lol:

I was in a meeting reading this on a blackberry and laughed out loud in the middle of some dudes power point presentation... too funny

Darren

[G/A-body]

One more reason to put the lid down when you are done. Maybe you need a bigger bathroom so there is more room between the counter and the toilet.

[camaro2nv]

That sux
http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how_to/4269047.html

[70rs]

One more reason to put the lid down when you are done. Maybe you need a bigger bathroom so there is more room between the counter and the toilet.

There is plenty of space. What happened is because of where I set the phone and that it was on vibrate it"moved" to a point right over the top of the toilet paper roll where it fell off the counter, hit the roll and bounced into the toilet. There is no way it would have hit the toilet by just dropping off the edge straight down.
Kind of a bad ricochet of sorts. :lol:

[70rs]

That sux
http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how_to/4269047.html

Thanks for the info there Steve. I have done most of that and it is still dead. The power was on and it was ringing when it fell in, I am sure everything shorted out.

[GregWeld]

There is plenty of space. What happened is because of where I set the phone and that it was on vibrate it"moved" to a point right over the top of the toilet paper roll where it fell off the counter, hit the roll and bounced into the toilet. There is no way it would have hit the toilet by just dropping off the edge straight down.
Kind of a bad ricochet of sorts. :lol:

That.... or maybe your phone knew it was a POS! :rofl: :woot:

[70rs]

That.... or maybe your phone knew it was a POS! :rofl: :woot:

You mean it just wanted to go home? :rofl:

[tones2SS]

ERIC!!!!!
You crack me up man! Sorry about your phone bud.

[tony byram]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ET............Phone home..............:rofl:

[66LS7]

The sad part is that I read the whole thread & found it entertaining, what does that say about me?:rofl:




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[GregWeld]

The sad part is that I read the whole thread & found it entertaining, what does that say about me?:rofl:




Randy(D&Z Customs LLC.)
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Randy -- what does it say about ALL of us!!

:lateral: :cheers: :woot:

[radrambler]

I was in a meeting reading this on a blackberry and laughed out loud in the middle of some dudes power point presentation... too funny

Darren

DAMN THIS IS FUNNY......BOWL COBRAS ..:rofl:
GREAT THREAD ..I NEEDED A LAUGH

THANKS GUYS

Tom

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Put it in the oven...I'm serious :yes: I've saved a few phones that way. I live next to a lake and my phone loves to swim.

Can it do the backstroke...:rofl: (we live in a lake area also,know what you mean)

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Randy -- what does it say about ALL of us!!

:lateral: :cheers: :woot:

Very easy to entertain I think.......

[70rs]

I am thinking this is funny in the same way a fart is funny to a full grown man. Some things will be funny no matter how old or how educated we are.

I am very happy that I have a good sense of humor because there have been some great replies here at my expense.:lol:

But, I am still not getting what I asked for. Has anyone dropped anything of VALUE (no pet snakes or the famous Brown Trout) in the toilet? I have to admit the "bowl cobra" was very funny!!:rofl:

[70rs]

Very easy to entertain I think.......

^^^ your number was one that was lost in the "toilet incident".

And Mr GregWeld, yours too.:lol:

[CRCRFT78]

I just dropped the Browns off at the Superbowl.

[70rs]

:brix:






:rofl: :rofl:

[Vegas69]

:ttiwop: :rofl: :rofl:

[70rs]

Dude.......really??:rofl: :rofl:

[CRCRFT78]

Pictures of what????:_paranoid

[DFRESH]

:ttiwop: :rofl: :rofl:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[RECOVERY ROOM]

^^^ your number was one that was lost in the "toilet incident".

And Mr GregWeld, yours too.:lol:

Mine is 402 235 3800 shop num.

[70rs]

Mine is 402 235 3800 shop num.

Thanks Tracy.

I got my new phone yesterday. It's a BlacBerry Curve 8520. It is Wi-Fi ready and now I can talk in my house through my wireless router. We live between three cell towers right in the dead zone and used to have to go out in the driveway to get signal. Now I can talk on it from anywhere in my house and it is just as clear as a land line (if not better). We ditched the home phone a long time ago. Why pay for phone service when 90% of the calls were from solicitors wanting to sell me crap?

I can also check my email and surf the web from anywhere there is standard or Wi Fi signal. This may be old hat for a lot of you but I have always had just basic cell phones and this is a big step up for me. And since I am a total text whore this phone is nice bacause now i can text faster and easier.:lol:

I will be sure and keep this one out of the toilet.:rofl:

[tones2SS]

I will be sure and keep this one out of the toilet.:rofl:

Let's hope so Eric!!!!! lol:faint:
Merry Christmas to you and your family and a Happy, Healthy New Year!!:thumbsup:

[tony byram]

Do Blackberries float? :rofl:

[70rs]

Let's hope so Eric!!!!! lol:faint:
Merry Christmas to you and your family and a Happy, Healthy New Year!!:thumbsup:

Thanks Tony! And to you too!!:cheers:

[70rs]

Do Blackberries float? :rofl:

I am not going to find out!:lol:

[OOCustoms]

this time make sure you back everything up when ever you get a chance! thats why I love my IPhone. I just sync it up to my computer every day or two and then if I get pissed at it i can feel free to throw it in the ocean and go get another and not loose a single thing! good luck with the curve!

[awr68]

Very cool upgrade Eric! I guess I'm now that last man on earth without a smart phone! Where's that toilet!! :rofl:

[tones2SS]

Very cool upgrade Eric! I guess I'm now that last man on earth without a smart phone! Where's that toilet!! :rofl:

Don't feel left out Tony.
I'm right there with ya!:willy:

[70rs]

this time make sure you back everything up when ever you get a chance! thats why I love my IPhone. I just sync it up to my computer every day or two and then if I get pissed at it i can feel free to throw it in the ocean and go get another and not loose a single thing! good luck with the curve!

I will be sure to do that. Thanks for the heads up.


Tony and Tony, just throw them right in the bowl and walk away. I am really liking this new ohone.:rofl:

[CarlC]

Does flushing tons of money on car parts down the toilet count as valuable?

Time to go Drop the Chalupa.

[GregWeld]

CarlC --

When in the "boating world" -- they'll ask how you know if you're a "real boater" -- the test is to stand in a COLD shower - in nothing but a slicker and boots - and every hour on the hour you step out and flush a $100 bill down the toilet. If you can do this for 24 hours - then you are a "real boater"....

Having "done" a few cars in my short lifetime... This same test can be done to find out if you're a "real" car guy. To pass this test - you have to drive a big block side exhaust mid year Corvette convertible cross country... It can't get more than 6 MPG and you have to take about 9 nine days for this trip.
:rofl: :rofl:

[Vegas69]

:rofl: :rofl: Some ear plugs and you're good to go. Hell, I can pull down 13-15 mpg in mine with a feather foot. I know some guys that ride Big Dog customs across the country. They are nuts. Feet fall asleep for days. NO THANKS.

[GregWeld]

I can think of another "area" that might fall asleep for days and days after sitting on something like that for a week!
:rofl:

[Vegas69]

I thought they fell asleep for life at your age....? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[GregWeld]

I can't remember what we were talking about....

Where am I? Do I know you?

[70rs]

So Todds feet are asleep, Gregs nuts are asleep, car parts do count as valuable, and BOAT stands for Bring Out Another Thousand. As a fellow boat owner I can assure you this is true. Mine is for sale.:lol:

So Greg, now do you know where we are and what we were talking about?:rofl:

[66LS7]

So Todds feet are asleep, Gregs nuts are asleep, car parts do count as valuable, and BOAT stands for Bring Out Another Thousand. As a fellow boat owner I can assure you this is true. Mine is for sale.:lol:

So Greg, now do you know where we are and what we were talking about?:rofl:

I'm still reading, laughing, & have managed to get the wife laughing also at guy humor!:wow: :rofl:


Randy(D&Z Customs LLC.)
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