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Finland Hosts Mobile Phone Throwing Championships

Posted by samzenpus on from the toss-it-out dept.

hypnosec writes "In this year's annual mobile-phone throwing contest held in Finland Ere Karjalainen has smashed the world record by throwing his phone 101.46 meters. The event, being held every year since 2000 in the town of Savonlinna, saw quite a few mobile-phone throwers participate. 2nd place went to Jeremy Gallop, a South African who managed to throw his phone 94.67 meters. Contest organizers are of the opinion that users can vent their anger on their phones and that this offers a unique opportunity to 'pay back all the frustrations and disappointments caused by this modern equipment.'"

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  1. I see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They finally found a use for all those Nokia Windows Phones.

  2. His phone preference by Grayhand · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ere Karjalainen said that he is normally an iOS man but preferred the aerodynamics of the new Android phones for throwing. The exception being any iPhone running AT&T which are universally accepted as the best for throwing.

    1. Re:His phone preference by Zibodiz · · Score: 3, Funny

      They may be the best for throwing, but you've gotta remember that they're also the slowest, so they probably don't go very far.

  3. Oh dear. by Zuriel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finland, home of the Nokia 3310. I hope all the nearby buildings were insured.

  4. Ballmer: Windows Phones Flying Off The Shelves! by theodp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, it's all in how you spin it!

  5. Quite the opposite by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Funny

    Throwing most phones results in drag due to the device being constantly bombarded by signals from the carrier cellular tower.

    The AT&T phones are mercifully free of such drag, and as a result can fly much further.

    --
    "There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
  6. Re:You know what by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    wasteful destruction of perfectly usable mobile phones

    They're Windows phones. Nobody wants them anyway.