Oops, I've Dropped My Phone Down the Bog - Again
'Babe! Where are you? Are you coming?' the hubs shouts. I'm meant to be in the shed helping him with 'stuff'.
'I'm on the BLOODY LOO!' I counter to his impatience. But I'm not on it so much, but staring down it.
I dropped my phone in the loo, or rather, the dunny, as we call it here down under. Whatever you call it, I'm stuck in those few seconds where you're a little incredulous this happened (again) before plucking it out, shaking it off, and delicately wiping it off with a tissue and a smear of sanitiser. These days it's not a disaster if your phone falls in the thunderbox - most have a degree of water resistance.
In those seconds however, in a similiar way to one's life flashing before one's eyes, I think of life without a phone.
Imagine.
No whatsapp messages from @galenkp reprimanding me for forgetting the #weekend-engagement tag from my post (note, it's on this one!), or from random Nigerians trying to start a conversation with me, some of which I entertain to waste their time before blocking them, lest they find a way to get my passwords, which I don't even know myself. No pictures of my son sleeping on the couch from my daughter in law. No goodnight hug gifs from my husband from the other room, after we've already hugged, smooched and loved each other goodnight.
There would also be no marketing texts from companies I've already bought items from. No emails from companies I keep meaning to unsubscribe from. Everyone wants your email and phone number these days and you have to be on the ball to purchase something and get around the accidental adding yourself to a marketing list.
There would be no missed calls from my Dad that are always missed calls because my phone is always on silent. There would be no voicemail messages from Dad asking me to give him a call because he wants to talk to me about anything and everything because he's the best Dad in the universe and loves to talk to his favourite eldest daughter.
There would be no immediate way of knowing the temperature save goosebumps or sweaty armpits. I would have to use a paper map to get places, you know, like Melways or the AtoZ or other old fashioned books that the youth of today wouldn't know how to use if I belted them across the ass with it.
Gah, that all sounds like bliss.
Last week I found two old phones when I was cleaning out some drawers. A big part of me wanted to pull my SIM card out of my smartphone and pop it in my phone. The only people that would bother me would be Dad and marketing texts and calls from places like the Phillipines and Sydney.
To entertain myself I could, hell, you know, read a book, stare out the window, or play Snake. Sounds like heaven.
Still, I whip the phone out of the loo, wipe it off, and get on with scrolling through Hive, as you do. What else are you going to do when you're having a wee?
Until the inevitable shout comes again: 'HONEY!!!! ARE YOU STILL ON THE FLIPPING LOO!'.
Oops. I better get a wriggle on.
With Love,
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Funny and interesting writeup, all the distractions your phone gives haha
You've got me chuckling at my phone - guess where I'm sitting🤣🤣🤣🙈
The exact same scenario plays itself out here as well, except I've not had my beloved phone dropping into the loo & who knows what!!!
Shouts of 'I need the loo' has me saying....I'm almost done now (writing a Hive comment that is), but I have to keep up the pretense that I'm actually using the loo for what it's meant to be, so try to squeeze out a few drops of you-know-what but something worse escapes while hubby's standing on the other side of the door!
I must say though that I'm not the only one guilty of this offense here at home, I'm Hiving & hubby's always busy responding to every good morning or good night messages, in detail, not just sending emojis like I do...those messages are not my favourite reading matter!
Hope you're having a great weekend @riverflows, hot & sunny here 🌞
PS Galen must have the same fear that many of us have, heaven forbid this ever happens to me 😅
Hhah i wonder how many Hive users read this on the loo? Thanks for your lovely comment - almost sounds like we have the same lives phone wise and hubs wise ahah!
‘The Bog’ - I see your Britishisms coming out again!
Hahahah it's hard when you live with one!
This is the best cry of any of our life partners. LOL
You understand very well what happens to our attachment to things that will never leave our grasp again.
You delivered this "falling phone..." theme very well. I read your entire post twice. I actually re-read it. LOL
You re read it? What a compliment. Yes isn't it funny, we're always waiting for someone to get off the loo!
I'm properly motivated. Gonna a read a book today 😁
I wish! I'm with family on holiday and also have to do online marking so I barely have time to check Hive comments! So forgive me if i dont get to your posts, I'll be on it when I get back, promise!
The last time this happened to me, May last year, my phone didn't survive its plunge. I almost lost a couple of 1000s Euros in crypto and had to be very fast, jotting down keys and passwords from screenshots on my phone, before it really died. I also struggled to get into certain apps that needed the authenticator app installed on that phone. It taught me a lesson or two about security and backups.
And yes, I too long for the time where I only have a phone with snake, calls, sms and polyphonic ringtones. I might get myself a Nokia for a couple of days a week to feel more offline and actually relax...
You learn the hard way only once! I never keep everything on my phone, everything is backed up!!!
Yes I like the idea of the Nokia a LOT! No one actually calls me so it'd be pointless, but I like the idea of it..
Wow, I have never brought my phone into the bathroom. But I have heard stories like this. I get your point, I’m old enough to remember how it was without a mobile phone whatsoever, not just a smart phone. But I don’t see my smart phone as a problem. I don’t always bring it with me. And I don’t receive a lot of messages and emails (I unsubscribe from unwanted email lists immediately). But I would miss having a camera in my phone. I really appreciate that technology.
And you take such good photos!
I am a phone addict, so I am admiring of you for not being as addicted as me. It's something I need to control.... Xxx
Just one more reason I'll never have a cell phone....Hard to drop a corded phone into the toilet when it doesn't reach that far.... Plus if the power goes off, I still have a phone that works.
Hahaha really? YOu don't have a cellphone ? That's so cool.
I've never dropped my phone in the toilet, to be clear....
Ummm, doesn't bog = toilet?
Nope, no cell phone. I have my husband's but mostly I just play solitaire on it. It never leaves the house.
I was just responding to Galen's question, so creative licence was used ... the rest is true though :)
I LOVE that you play solitaire on his phone, and that you dont use a c3ll phonE! I think it's cool..
I'm not falling for this again.
You #weekend-engagement lot are sneaky, sneaky. I actually thought @emma-h 's was a true story...
Okay. You're not sneaky... just subtle. And that's cool 😎
Nicely done.
(I actually did initially think was real as well...)
Hahah I wonder if people on HIve were thinking 'why has everyone dropped thier phone in the loo this week?'
I read two of that particular prompt and I still didn't put two and two together. (pun intended or whatever this particular expression is)
Seriously 🙄 Bit slow here this week apparently. I blame loadshedding... 😁
Happy Tuesday darlin' ❤️