November 16th 05, 05:14 PM
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Plan for dealing with obnoxious phone calls on trains?
Rich Mackin wrote:
"MIG" wrote in message
ups.com...
Carry a small, flask-like vessel of cold salty water, and when the
caller has finished the call, ask to borrow their phone...and place
it in said water.
No more calls on that journey
I had a Nokia 3310 which fell in the toilet (still not quite sure
how). For reasons of hygiene, I washed it very thoroughly, and then
took it apart as much as I could, thinking that the components are
mostly sealed in plastic and/or non-corrosive.
I then laid all the little, thoroughly-washed, bits out to dry for
two days.
Then I put it back together again, and it didn't work.
So the water may not need to be salty.
Having witnessed a Motorola bobbing up and down inside a pint, may I
suggest that lager-flavoured water can stop a phone from working. 
Hopefully the phone gave the water some flavour.
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