We've all broken a phone at some stage over the years and most of the time, the unfortunate incidents could probably have been completely avoided. It was great when we all had Nokias because you never worried about smashing the screen when you dropped it, and if it landed into the bath or sink for any reason, a quick blast of the hair dryer and a few days in the hot press and it was back in action.
This morning though, I got a text about poor Timmy in Leixlip...
'Morning T. I'm buckled here. We're on our break in work and one of the lads Timmy just got a new iPhone 6. It's in a monstrosity of a case which is supposed to be indestructable so he hops the phone off the ground to show us but the screen is smashed!!!! He only got the thing last friday. I dont know whether to laugh or cry for him. Karl - Leixlip'
Then, the rest of the Early Breakfast listeners got on board to share their stories. There are some classics here...
'Alan in Galway here T. Dropped my Galaxy s5 into a mug of coffee there a few months ago., Screen was already smashed anyway so the thing got destroyed'
'I was in the bath there last year, with my phone (why oh why???). I left the phone on the ledge of the bath and it fell in. I was kicking myself. Why the hell did I have it with me in the bath in the first place >;( Roisin, Enniskerry'
'Phone was in my overalls pocket and had a call of nature. Went in slatted shed and pulled down the overall and phone drops into slurry tank below - mick'
'Working in a food factory years ago my friend leaned over a 2tonne sauce cooker full of lasagne meat sauce to check it. Phone slipped out of shirt pocket into the sauce. There were a few intercom announcements over the day saying "phonecall for ed, please contact the nearest 2tonne sauce cooker" '
'I was knocking a sealed chimney when my two day old phone fell out of my shirt all the lads had great fun ringing it tis still there to this day '
'I was shaving and checking my emails at the same time, put my right-hand into the sink with the phone instead of the left hand with the razor blade - Tim'
'Hey T, Debs here in Limerick. I had a bottle of perfume smash in my bag on a night out. I was kinda drunk and didnt notice it but it all got into my phone and completely ruined it. Smelled great but didnt work again :('
'I was knocking a sealed chimney when my two day old phone fell out of my shirt all the lads had great fun ringing it tis still there to this day '
'I had my phone in my overalls and when I was finished work I slapped them off a wall to take the dust off them, therefore I smashed the phone, Aidan'
'My son through my phone in the bin took me hours to find it and it didn't work as it was covered in his dinner he was only 2 at the time! Niamh Wexford '
'Hi T a few years ago my husband had only had his Nokia n8 a couple of days when it fell out of his pocket on the road outside our local school he didn't miss it till he got home raced back to the school saw a couple of cars drive over it - it survived with only two scratches on it and working perfectly - indestructible - Majella Kildare '
'Dropped it on the body of the trailer then off load a 14ton roller. Phone not working after that. Patman .morning x'
'My brother was fishing when he leaned over the side of the boat to pull in a fish forgetting that he's phone was in his shirt pocket it's at the bottom of the Atlantic off the coast of the Aran islands now. '
'About 12 years ago I was with a customer on top of a 6 storey block of apartments and it was windy. He put his phone down to anchor some papers when it rang, causing it to vibrate. It was a sloped roof and we could just watch as it slowly made its way to the edge an over. It fell 6 stories down to some grass. The case cracked but still worked, was a brick of a Nokia phone. Cheers Vince '
'I couldn't find my phone for the day and got home from work to find it on the driveway, smashed having been rolled over. must have fallen out of my pocket when I was getting into the car'
'Morning t...I can't think of anything I done with my phone but I remember my mate had one of them first eircell 088 phones that you pull the arial up, well his fell into the snow and it must of been a good 2 hours before he got it again and it was still working! Paul'
'Hi Teresanne I left my phone on the roof of my car after doing some grocery shopping only noticed it wen I was going around a corner it went flying in the door of my local pub broke the phone and spent the price of another 1 in the pub.lol James from cavan'
I broke my phone this morning at 5.20 when I flung it at the radio when you played M. Ronson's uptown junk #theworstsongever Boris
Sorry Borris :(
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