4G iPhone Misplacer Invited To Germany For Beer

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4G iPhone Misplacer Invited To Germany For Beer

Posted by samzenpus on Friday April 23, 2010 @02:44AM from the beer-makes-things-better dept.

eldavojohn writes "You may recall the hapless engineer who left a fairly sensitive iPhone at a bar recently. Well, in a PR stunt, Lufthansa has invited him to visit Germany on their dime after citing his latest Facebook status, 'I underestimated how good German beer is' as well as his obvious passion for German beer and culture. It's not clear if Gray Powell has decided to 'pick up where he last left off' (as the letter puts it). I know what my decision would be."

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First Prost by codeButcher · 2010-04-23 02:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Ein Prosit!

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1. Re:First Prost by Niedi · 2010-04-23 03:18 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Oh my god, best pun I've heard in a long time.
  
  But poor guy, here's another round of putting his real name on the web, as if the stupid Gizmodo stunt wasn't enough...
Dear Lufthansa by Nothing+Special · 2010-04-23 02:49 · Score: 5, Funny

I lost my girlfriend at a bar, can you send me to the Bunny Ranch?
1. Re:Dear Lufthansa by Nothing+Special · 2010-04-23 02:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If you asked me that when we here dating i would say no. Now, however...
Great PR potential for Apple to squander by jollyreaper · 2010-04-23 02:55 · Score: 5, Funny

The guy fucked up. He fucked up so bad it's gone past serious to not just epic fail but epoch fail. Apple should just run with it.
Mac: Hi, I'm a Mac.
PC: Hi, I'm a PC.
Engineer: And I'm the idiot who lost the prototype iPhone.
Mac: Ouch.
PC: Wow. So that explains the sign around your neck? (points to sign reading "iDiot")
Engineer: Yeah. Steve told me I had to wear it.
PC: I lost a prototype Windows Mobile phone once.
Engineer and Mac: (reaction shots indicating sympathy)
PC: Actually I lost dozens of them, intentionally, hoping the tech blogs would take the bait. (casts eyes down.) Nobody cared.
Mac: (pats PC's shoulder consolingly.) Oh, PC, that's because Windows Mobile sucks.

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Free by jDeepbeep · 2010-04-23 03:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Free. As in beer.

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Re:Everyone's getting in on this PR by Sponge+Bath · 2010-04-23 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

...he doesn't do uncontrolled leaks.
It takes a lot of beer for that to happen.