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We're announcing our Cell Phone Darwin Awards. Read 'em and get ready to squirm! 1. Falling into the fireplace 2. Dropped from the top of a wind turbine: “Dropped from the top of a wind turbine!! 200 feet to its...

Priya. S. <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We're announcing our Cell Phone Darwin Awards. Read 'em and get ready to squirm!</p> <p>1. <strong>Falling into the fireplace</strong></p> <p>2.<strong> Dropped from the top of a wind turbine: </strong>“Dropped from the top of a wind turbine!! 200 feet to its death!!"</p> <p>3. <strong>Falling into a urinal: </strong>“Talking on cell, while standing @ urinal. With one hand busy the other messing with phone, I dropped cell into urinal!”</p> <p>4. <strong>Run over by a lawnmower</strong></p> <p>5. <strong>Eaten by the pooch: </strong> “My dog ate my cell phone and my daughters entire throw blanket... Then pooped it out in cheetah print strips a week later.”</p> <p><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://squaretradebuyerblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008c591808834016304a7ea41970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="BurntPhone" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008c591808834016304a7ea41970d" src="http://squaretradebuyerblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008c591808834016304a7ea41970d-320wi" title="BurntPhone"></img></a></p></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?a=JsR75LIcXxs:wxTQMQhnRUk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?a=JsR75LIcXxs:wxTQMQhnRUk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?a=JsR75LIcXxs:wxTQMQhnRUk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?a=JsR75LIcXxs:wxTQMQhnRUk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?i=JsR75LIcXxs:wxTQMQhnRUk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog/~4/JsR75LIcXxs" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.squaretrade.com/2012/04/the-cell-phone-darwin-awards.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008c591808834016303a50821970d 2012-04-04T10:17:11-07:00 2012-04-04T10:17:11-07:00

Do you know someone who’s so clumsy you just know they’re going to break their beautiful new tablet? MP3 player? Phone? Anything? We’re giving away TWO free warranties, one for you and one for your friend! Just do this: Follow...

Priya. S. <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Do you know someone who’s so clumsy you just know they’re going to break their beautiful new tablet? MP3 player? Phone? Anything? We’re giving away TWO free warranties, one for you and one for your friend! Just do this:</p> <ol> <li>Follow us on Twitter. <a href="https://twitter.com/squaretrade" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @squaretrade</a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> <li>Tweet “I think @(your friend’s handle) needs a @SquareTrade warranty because…” and tell us why</li> <li>Be creative!</li> </ol> <p>Restrictions: You must be a US citizen to enter, and you have until 4pm PST today to let us know…so start tweeting!</p> <p><a class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="http://squaretradebuyerblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008c5918088340167649ba4b3970b-pi"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e008c5918088340167649ba4b3970b" title="Phone2" src="http://squaretradebuyerblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008c5918088340167649ba4b3970b-320wi" alt="Phone2" /></a><br /><br /></p></div> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?a=-OEKxgK__7Q:ayZkOuOgR5c:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?a=-OEKxgK__7Q:ayZkOuOgR5c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?a=-OEKxgK__7Q:ayZkOuOgR5c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?a=-OEKxgK__7Q:ayZkOuOgR5c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog?i=-OEKxgK__7Q:ayZkOuOgR5c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SquaretradeWarrantyBlog/~4/-OEKxgK__7Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.squaretrade.com/2012/04/twitter-.html