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A Dumb Abuse of Power

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Via the BBC: India official drains entire dam to retrieve phone.

It took three days to pump millions of litres of water out of the dam, after Rajesh Vishwas dropped the device while taking a selfie.

By the time it was found, the phone was too water-logged to work.

Who could have anticipated such an outcome?

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3 responses to “A Dumb Abuse of Power”

  1. Flat Earth Luddite Avatar
    Flat Earth Luddite

    You simply can’t make this shirt up, because fiction has to make sense. Le sigh, indeed.

  2. There are ways to dry out your phone:

    http://www.bestlifeonline.com/wet-phone/

  3. There is a Twain quote I can never remember exactly, but boils down to “Real events have an advantage over fiction. Fiction has to be believable.”

    Had to look up the exact text. “It is no wonder truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”