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Phone throwing
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 05:34:47 -0400
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:53:38 +0200 From: the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow <geoff () iconia com> Subject: Phone throwing To: Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber <dave () farber net> Phone throwing Published: August 26 2003 5:00 | Last Updated: August 26 2003 5:00 The Financial Times While the world's top track-and-field athletes gathered in Paris for the start of the world championships, 89 lesser-known competitors from nine countries spent their weekend throwing mobile phones in Savonlinna, south-east Finland. Qualification for the event consisted not of heats but explaining why they were unhappy enough with their mobile phone to want to throw it as far as possible. Disappointingly, the woes of the telecommunications industry didn't prompt any frustrated chief executive to take part. And in Nokia's homeland, the winner of the event - with a throw of 66.62m, just 10cm short of the world record (yes, there is one) - was, of course, a Finn. http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c =StoryFT&cid=1059479316943&p=1012571727260&ExpIgnore=true =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html http://blogging.cz
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