Stephane’s thoughts corner…

Stephane Bailliez's thoughts on everything

That’s my best so far, I’m impressed.

So I came back from work, pretty soaked as usual, since it is only raining in the Netherlands about 400 days per year.
No hesitation, I took everything off and stuff it into the washing machine, switched it on, and off we go…

After actually 2 minutes.. I had a doubt. I have this wonderful slim Samsung SGH-D900, that fits well in a pocket, and it was not in my jacket…could have forgot it at the office just like yesterday..anyway, I interrupt the washing machine cycle, get the jean off, check the pockets, nothing… somehow relieved.. damned I forgot it again at the office. grrr.. put back everything in the machine. Resume.

After the cycle is finished I unload the machine…just to…find the mobile phone.

Of course it’s not working anymore..so me as a geek start to unscrew the whole thing and see if anything could be done to dry it aah, desperate attempt frustrated that I am to have such a shiny toy totally unusable while in mint condition. (Hammering the bugger would make me feel less miserable). I tried to dry the whole thing and after a while attempted to replug the battery just to have a very nice kaleidoscope on the screen and the buzzer buzzing…

Wonderful.

So now, I must get a new phone.

Zoja, apparently had good fun when she read my Skype mood message while vacationing in Malta.

Mood message being “A mobile phone in a washing machine is a bad idea. F*! F*! F*! F*!”