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[hrj]

You know those stories about the annoying problems people encounter after accidentally dropping their cell phone into a toilet. And you know how you asked yourself, "How in the world could someone be so 'talented' as to drop their cell phone in a toilet?" Well, let me tell you about one possible path to that outcome.

First, you buy a pair of pants that -- unlike all normal and natural pairs of pants -- has no front pockets. But it does have a single back pocket. A somewhat shallow back pocket. So you stick your cell phone in that pocket because, after all, one must put it somewhere.

Then an hour or so later, at a point when you are no longer consciously aware of where you've put your cell phone, you feel the call of nature and you lift the lid, turn around, begin to drop your pants, and hear a sinister "ploop" when no ploop should yet be plooping.

I'm sure there are many other, equally "amusing" stories out there in the wide world. In the morning, I shall go out and buy more moisture-absorbing packets to supplement the one I stole out of my camera case and we shall see what we shall see.

Comments

[lferion]

I often have my phone in my front shirt pocket, and am terrified that one day it will leap out as I am leaning over to lift up the toilet lid.

I hope the dessicant-packets do their stuff!

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Comiserations on finding out, experimentally, something that you would rather have remained ignorant of.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

The thing I have done that is really really stupid, so stupid in fact that someone I mentioned it to said they thought it never happened in real life, only in certain types of comedy film, is to drop my entire bunch of keys down a drain.

Good luck with drying out the phone. I know several people who have successfully washed and dried iPods and found they still work, so there might be hope.

[kareina.livejournal.com]

As soon as I acquire a new phone I make a case for it out of wool, and with loop (tablet woven cotton) long enough to hang the phone around my neck if I don't have a pocket handy. The wool is, generally, textured enough to keep the phone in my pocket without falling out, and I also usually hook the lanyard on my keys to the strap on the phone and to a belt loop, so that *when* things do fall out of my pockets, they don't fall very far, and I don't wander off without them.

Granted, the loop wouldn't have kept it out of the water in the situation you described (being long enough to reach the water), but the fabric *might* have kept the phone in the pocket...

[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

I've been told it works if you disassemble phone and battery, and use a hair drier on it, then allow to rest for 24 hours.

Good luck!

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

How's it going? CJ's Palm (Centro) device got hit in weather and may have actually short-circuited ... it doesn't turn on anymore. Luckily she was able to hot-sync it Thursday morning (because now it doesn't even do that).

Seems like a good reason to not take the phone everywhere. <g>

(Also a good reason to get the warranty on the phone ...)

[cellio]

Ouch. I hope you're able to dry it out.

[joycebre.livejournal.com]

death to all front pocketless pants. I can't figure out why they make them that way.

[wulfsdottir.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Good luck.

Also,

Dear fashion designers:

Women also need serviceable pockets. If the pocket is insufficient to prevent kamikaze cell phones, keys, loose change, or other whatnots that might be reasonably placed in a pocket, it is not serviceable.

Thank you for your attention to this important safety issue. By which I mean your safety.

</3, Me, and very possibly the rest of roughly half the population of the planet.

[sue-n-julia.livejournal.com]

I didn't like the idea of putting my iPhone in my front pockets (as I felt that contributed to the poor response of my PalmPilot touchscreen), so I opted for the "belt solution." I tried a clip-on to my belt but was unhappy with the results -- it kept coming off at inopportune times and lasted all of three months. So I returned to the solution I used while I waited for the belt clip to arrive -- my camera case.

I have a little padded digital camera case that's actually a little too small for my camera. But it's the perfect size for my phone, if a little deeper than strictly necessary. And I can zip it up to keep my phone secure, though I generally leave the top unzipped so I can get to my phone. My only complaint is that I don't always feel the vibrate function when the ringer is off. But I can always call someone back if I miss the call.

S