no cell phone is worth this

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20031031_730.html (http://)

NEW YORK Oct. 31 — A man riding a Metro-North train dropped his cell phone in a toilet and got his arm stuck trying to retrieve it Thursday, forcing the train to stop and delaying the evening commute for thousands of people.
Edwin Gallart, 41, of the Bronx, was stuck with his arm in the toilet for 90 minutes, The Advocate of Stamford reported in Friday's editions.

The incident happened on the 6:19 p.m. train from Grand Central Terminal. Crew members were alerted to the problem at about 59th Street, a few blocks north of Grand Central.

"When this moron's arm went down the crapper, so did our evening commute," Metro-North spokesman Dan Brucker said.

The conductor called for a supervisor, or trainmaster, who boarded the train at 125th Street to help, Brucker said.

As the train continued north on the Harlem Line, the trainmaster tried to remove Gallart's arm from the stainless steel commode, Brucker said.

Twenty minutes later, at 6:38 p.m., police and firefighters boarded the train at Fordham station and began helping Gallart, Brucker said.

Meanwhile, passengers were evacuated and thousands of commuters were delayed because the train sat blocking the platform as the rescue work continued, Brucker said.

Other trains were prevented from reaching the platform at Fordham, and they couldn't stop at four stations to the north as well because they were prevented from switching to the correct track, Brucker said.

Firefighters tried a variety of methods to extricate Gallart's arm. They ended up taking apart the entire toilet, Brucker said.

Gallart's arm was removed from the toilet and he was treated and released from a Fordham-area hospital, Brucker said. His cell phone wasn't retrieved.

The railroad's maintenance department estimated the toilet would take two days and "several thousand dollars" to fix, Brucker said.

Gallart could not be reached Thursday night. His home phone number was not listed.

Gallart could not be reached Thursday night. His home phone number was not listed.

Call his cell. :grinno:

I bet it would get crappy reception :)

I bet it would get crappy reception :)

u so funny ahahahahhahah :uhoh:

Let me add that as another good reason not to have a cell phone.

I dont see how someone could drop it in the crapper. Who talks on the phone while pissin?

I dont see how someone could drop it in the crapper. Who talks on the phone while pissin?

well ummmm........ :uhoh:

that is pretty stupid...

i've dropped mine in the garbage at school once...that was a messy experiance

let me be the first to say, :useless:

u so funny ahahahahhahah :uhoh:
I thought it was pretty funny :)

There is nothing I can add to this story. But that won't stop me from posting.

but wait...what if it were one of those cool T-Mobile Sidekick phones?
http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-3128_7-21169039.html?legacy=cnet
i want one badly

but wait...what if it were one of those cool T-Mobile Sidekick phones?
http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-3128_7-21169039.html?legacy=cnet
i want one badly

that thing is huge. if I want a palm or game boy I will buy one. but I cant stand to drag my game boy around just because its so bulky

New ring tone???

Handels Water Music? :screwy:

that thing is huge. if I want a palm or game boy I will buy one. but I cant stand to drag my game boy around just because its so bulky
i like it in the sense that it has unlimited text messaging through aim and uses Google as a search engine. i've seen it before, and it's a bit smaller than an old game boy advance...but it's about the size of a palm pilot. i think that it's quite cool seeing as to how it's one of the only phones that work on the T when it's underground. it'd be useful to me...the old game boy advances aen't that bulky imho

im in love with that one phone that as a circular piece in the middle and to expose the keys you turn the bottom portion around and u have a kinda "sideways flipfone" its neat..if u have ne idea what im talking about...i commend u

My cell makes/receives phone calls. It also has this cool feature that displays the number calling you, and if you're talking to them and somebody else calls, you can swap to that person. There's this game on it called "Snake" where you eat asterix's and your tail gets longer. I can also choose from a few different rings, and even change the volume!

My cell makes/receives phone calls. It also has this cool feature that displays the number calling you, and if you're talking to them and somebody else calls, you can swap to that person. There's this game on it called "Snake" where you eat asterix's and your tail gets longer. I can also choose from a few different rings, and even change the volume!

you have a nokia? O_o :p j/w
.....oh yeah and for some odd stuff that's messed up.......
i was watchin the news and this woman got killed.....she was talking on her cell phone while driving, and she crashed into a Cingular Wireless store (they sell cellular phones) ....go figure... :rolleyes:

My cell makes/receives phone calls. It also has this cool feature that displays the number calling you, and if you're talking to them and somebody else calls, you can swap to that person. There's this game on it called "Snake" where you eat asterix's and your tail gets longer. I can also choose from a few different rings, and even change the volume!
Yes!!!! Snake is the greatest game ever!!!!! My new phone is without it though :(

let me be the first to say, :useless:

me too

this is good shit...
http://www.phonebashing.com/
this too... not really
http://www.sidetalkin.com