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doxydad

(1,363 posts)
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:41 PM Jun 2014

I'm not shittin' you: Two Dead, Three Injured in Attempt to Get Cellphone out of Toilet

Two people are dead and three others were injured after a woman dropped her mobile phone into a pit toilet in China's Henan Province. The woman's husband climbed into the cesspit to retrieve the lost device, but fainted from the stench, initiating a series of rescue attempts that ended in tragedy.

The South China Morning Post reports that the husband's mother entered the pit to save him, but also instantly lost consciousness. The owner of the phone herself then entered the pit, suffering the same fate.

Unbelievably, the woman's elderly father-in-law and two neighbors also became trapped inside the toilet during the rescue.

http://gawker.com/two-dead-three-injured-in-attempt-to-get-cellphone-out-1587066382

EDIT: Forgot the link!

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I'm not shittin' you: Two Dead, Three Injured in Attempt to Get Cellphone out of Toilet (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP
What a shitty way to die. JaneyVee Jun 2014 #1
That has to be a DUzy! randome Jun 2014 #5
Darwin strikes again Doctor_J Jun 2014 #2
Yes toilets in China ARE deadly,,,,, benld74 Jun 2014 #3
Next time you're up shit creek, bring a paddle Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #4
Overcome by methane, I think. I remember this happening to TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #6
The "stench" isn't what kills you. It's the hydrogen sulfide. Brickbat Jun 2014 #7
Are you sure this isn't in Florida? NV Whino Jun 2014 #8
past the hilarity of the headline, sad commentary that the nation which makes almost all of maggiesfarmer Jun 2014 #9
do they not understand how electronics work? frylock Jun 2014 #10
I hope it wasn't a Windows Phone 8 (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2014 #11
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. That has to be a DUzy!
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:18 PM
Jun 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
6. Overcome by methane, I think. I remember this happening to
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:19 PM
Jun 2014

a farmer who was working near a hog lagoon. What a godawful way to die.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
7. The "stench" isn't what kills you. It's the hydrogen sulfide.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:19 PM
Jun 2014

It smells, but the smell doesn't kill you. Never go down into a hole to rescue someone who's passed out.

maggiesfarmer

(297 posts)
9. past the hilarity of the headline, sad commentary that the nation which makes almost all of
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 01:23 PM
Jun 2014

the world's cell phones considers them so valuable that their citizens would take those risks.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
10. do they not understand how electronics work?
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 02:56 PM
Jun 2014

i'm guessing the rice-in-a-bag isn't going to work when your phone has been submerged in shit.

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