Mobile phone throwing competition Mobile Phone Throwing world record #shorts #competition
We've all felt like
throwing our phones one point- because of badly
designed interfaces, lousy reception, shatter-prone
screens or the rage-inducingly awful person we
were just talking to. But what if you could hurl your
phone as hard as you can and actually be rewarded
for it? Welcome to the Mobile Phone Throwing
World Championships, held each year in Finland.
It's a fitting locale - the cell-centric country is the
homeland of mobile communications pioneer
Nokia, whose world headquarters is located 215
miles south of the phone-throwing venue in
Savonlinna. This year marks the 13th annual
competition, one that's been going on since 2000
predating the first modern BlackBerry by two years.
Last weekend dozens of proud phone-chuckers
from around the world descended on the small
Finnish town to compete and watch a bit of history
made. Eighteen-year-old Ere Karjalainen from
Finland set a new world record, organizers say,
when he chucked an old Nokia phone 332.8 feet
(101.46 meters). And to Karjalainen, there was little
practice involved. He credited his win to his
drinking session the night before - and hey, who
hasn't gotten a bit clumsy with their phones after a
long night out?
