From: "Mark" 

I am curious (yellow?) as to how many of the 855,000 flushed phones
correlate to the 810,000 phones lost in pubs? 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:4664d87a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> must be a cultural phenomenon 
>
> http://www.cellular-news.com/story/24145.php
>
> Brits Drop 850,000 Phones Down the Toilet - Each Year
>
> If you've ever found yourself trying to fish your mobile out of the
> toilet, you're not alone. A staggering 855,000 handsets are flushed away
> every year in the UK - that's roughly œ342 million we're 'loo'sing.
> Research by SimplySwitch, the price comparison and switching service,
> found 4.5m handsets are lost or damaged every year.
>
> Common catastrophes include leaving mobiles in the pub (810,000 handsets)
> in a taxi (315,000) or on a bus (225,000). More bizarrely, dogs chewed
> their way through 58,500 handsets last year and 116,000 went through a
> spin cycle with the dirty laundry.
>
> The research found that over a quarter of mobile owners had lost or
> damaged a handset, with men more prone to carelessness than women. 28 per
> cent of men admitted to breaking or losing their phone compared to 26 per
> cent of women.
>
> Karen Darby, from SimplySwitch.com, comments: "Of the 18 million new
> handsets bought in the UK every year, roughly 4.5 million will end up lost
> or damaged. With handsets now costing up to œ400, and people often opting
> out of the insurance package, there's more reason than ever to look after
> your mobile."
>

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