Nice to Know I'm Not the Only One Who's Washed Her Phone By Accident

Best "phone to a watery grave" story I have is not really my own.

Pre-marriage - many moons ago - when cellphones were still somewhat luxury items and not as ubiquitous as they are today... Roommate's boyfriend was a hotshot exec at IT company who carried his phone with him every minute of the day - as if he were awaiting the call from the White House telling him the missiles were launching.

He was over but leaving just as I came home. She had apparently decided to get into a bubblebath. I walked in the door to hear the most amazing expletives coming out of the bathroom - accompanied by shrieks and splashing. Sounded like someone was trying to drown or murder my roommate or both.

Before I had time to rush to save her, he came out looking like he had been attacked by a carwash.

Seems he bent over to kiss her goodbye in the tub... phone was in his shirt pocket and slipped into the tub... as it sank beneath the bubbles, he tried to go after it.

Which probably would've been more productive if she hadn't gotten it into her head that cell phone = battery and battery + water = electrocution and been trying to levitate herself out of the tub at the same time to avoid death.

I will leave the visuals to your imagination - but the phone never worked again. But it took her forever to clean up the flooded and sudsy bathroom and all I kept doing was laughing that she thought the cellphone in the tub would zap her to death.
:)

So... Cingular Risotto for dinner tonight? ;-)

GeekMommy - good thing the camera in the phone wasn't set to send a video to YouTube.

Andres - yes, Cingular Risotto with Verizon cheese sauce.