Man drops cell phone in train toilet, jams arm

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/31/offbeat.mobile.toilet.reut/

The man was on a suburban train from Grand Central Station on Wednesday night when he went to the bathroom to make a phone call, dropped the phone into the toilet bowl and then his hand and arm became stuck trying to retrieve it, officials said.

Metro-North Railroad staff could not help the man, so they stopped the train and called police officers and firefighters to extricate him, a process that took 90 minutes using "jaws of life" rescue equipment.

"The toilets are made of aluminum so I imagine he was down on hands and knees with his shirt rolled up and hand and arm down inside, trying to flush out his cell phone," said Jim Cameron of the Connecticut Metro-North commuter council.

He said that because of the design of the train toilet, the mobile probably ended up in a chemical holding tank.

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ewwwwww!

[Skittles]

1. WHAT KIND OF MORON

WANTS SOMETHING THEY DROPPED IN A F***ING PUBLIC TOILET ????? :puke:

[Renew Deal]

11. That's not just any public toilet.

It is essentialy a port-a-pottie. It is the nastiest Blue water you can find.

[DivinBreuvage]

2. Pretty gross, but did you hear about the man

who fell through the rotten board of his outhouse into the cesspool beneath? His brother came to help him and fell in also. Sadly, both men died and were interred together.

("interred", get it? Mwa ha ha)

Françoise

[PartyPooper]

3. Yes, we 'got it'!

When his brother finally arrived...he said, "Urine good hands"...just before he fell in!

:D

[DivinBreuvage]

6. Hear, Hear! PartyPOOPER!

Well done!

Françoise

[DEM FAN]

4. I Hate That When That Happens.

:-)

[celestia671]

5. So,

he'd rather suffer the pain and humiliation of having his arm stuck in a port a potty than to just buy a new phone? What a tool!:wtf:

[DivinBreuvage]

7. To add insult to injury...

CBS news reported this morning that they may make him pay for the damage the jaws of life did to the commode.

Françoise

[PartyPooper]

8. And, I sure hope he got a hepatitis 'B' vaccination!

Certainly, he'll need one after that visit to the 'toilet'!

:hurts:

[E_Zapata]

9. I will never borrow another person's cell phone again -

esp if it's a guy.

It never dawned on me that guys would actually hold their phone and use the restroom.

[Panda1]

10. Excellent point

I never thought of that before either. Plus, how rude of him. :)