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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/27/09

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I'm calling Shenanigans.

Between stomach acids and the salt water, you would have started to corrode components, and also short out the battery. Water I can believe. And BTW, if you REALLY want to dry a phone out, never listen to people who say rice. If rice could really soak up moisture, you could cook it by leaving it in a open bowl in summer. Popping corn OTOH will suck moisture like a madman.
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everfade
02/27/09

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I have a Nokia 6555b and it is a worthless hunk. All my friends told to get a Nokia phone and it was worse than my Razr. Blah.
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Nick Dina
02/27/09

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i relieved myself (number 1) on my HP laptop on my 26th bday. found it the next morning. picked it up (it was dripping) and popped out the battery. went back three days later and rubbed it down with some 409 and popped the battery back in. good as new. only smelled for a day after.

oh, and once i left a phone outside a whole night while raining. popped that battery out and it worked fine a few days later.
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EBone
02/27/09

@Nick Dina: You're not really clear in your report there if you meant to pee on your HP or if it was an accident. Either way, sounds like it was a killer birthday.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/27/09

@Nick Dina: Very nice. You put the Pee in PC...
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ZLevee
02/27/09

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Nokia is a Finnish company, and Finland is a seafaring nation. Only makes sense that they should account for ocean-dropping your phones. They probably make them vaguely fish-luring.
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Pessimippopotamus
02/27/09

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Ahhhhh, Nokia. They know the way of the Samurai.
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nutbastard
02/27/09

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this is why i always open up my gadgets and hit all the PCBs with a layer of conformal coating.
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zenpoet
02/27/09

@nutbastard: I do the same thing, only I use Bacon Flavored EZ Cheese. Sure, it doesn't do the same thing, but who doesn't love EZ Cheese?
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ltethe
02/27/09

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A friend left his iphone above an cooler filled with melted ice on a boat. The ice had all melted at that point, and in the course of the boats activities, the phone dropped into the cooler, submerged in about 6 inches of water. No one noticed, and the boat tore around at high speeds for the rest of the day. Several hours later, he recovered his phone which did not work.

By the next day however, the phone was dry and worked, although there was condensation visible under the glass.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/27/09

@ltethe: It wasn't salt water and also stomach acid.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/27/09

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Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a phone and you'll feed him for a lifetime..
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adhir
02/27/09

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So which one do you think is the fisherman and which one has the girlfrield?
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
02/27/09

@adhir: The one in the middle had the girlfriend.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/27/09

@Shamoononon is tired: No, the one in the middle is the girlfriend..
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
02/27/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: It'll do.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/27/09

@Shamoononon is tired: Apparently she gives good cell..
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CrispyAardvark
02/27/09

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C'mon. Most phones splutter and die if they're in your pocket and you get caught in a rainstorm without an umbrella. SIM card, plausible, they're sealed, but the phone? Doubtfull.

Plus the story came from the Sun. Only thing worth buying that rag for is page three..
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mitc7930
02/27/09

@CrispyAardvark: What's on page 3? What's on page 3?
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nutbastard
02/27/09

@mitc7930:

use your google.
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williamgarzon
02/27/09

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The guy on the left is throwing some serious gang signs with his teeth!!
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
02/27/09

@William Garzon: Good one. Can you translate it for us?
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/28/09

@William Garzon: @FiveLiters: SFTU assholes. I'm guessing you don't get looked down on if you go out w/o your partial.
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