Maybe it\u2019s just me, but it seems like the world is just growing more insane every day. Someone said they thought the Earth was God\u2019s insane asylum \u2014 I\u2019m beginning to think that\u2019s true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just heard on the news that more than 2 million liters of water from a reservoir in India was emptied on the order of an official who had dropped his smartphone into it while taking a selfie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, I figured this must be more \u201cfake news\u201d we hear every day. But I decided to check it out and so far as I can tell, it\u2019s true.\u00a0
The official, Rajesh Vishwas, was picnicking with friends when he dropped his brand new phone into the Paralkot reservoir in Chhattisgarh State, where he lives. Now if that had happened to me, and if I\u2019d looked at the options of considering it lost or draining the reservoir to retrieve it, I think I\u2019d buy a new one. But not Mr. Vishwas, a government food inspector \u2014 he apparently decided that he had to have his phone back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initially, some villagers that Mr. Vishwas knew spent two days diving in the reservoir attempting to find the phone, but no luck. So he rented a diesel pump and drained about three feet of water from the reservoir \u2014 enough to irrigate about 1,500 acres of farmland.
Mr. Vishwas has been suspended from his job\u2026. and the phone, when retrieved, didn\u2019t work.
Heaven help us\u2026..
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Maybe it\u2019s just me, but it seems like the world is just growing more insane every day. Someone said they thought the Earth was God\u2019s insane asylum \u2014 I\u2019m beginning to think that\u2019s true. I just heard on the news … Continue reading