Woman Testifies About Cell Phone in Throat

Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:57 PM EDT

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Evil/Liberal

".....and here folks we have a prime example of why 'drunk-dialing' is a bad idea........."

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3 votes

#1 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:29 AM EDT

{"commentId":221364,"authorDomain":"mrwrong"}

Mr. Wrong

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#2 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:34 AM EDT

{"commentId":221714,"authorDomain":"spring"}

Corey Spring

But defense attorneys insist the 25-year-old victim swallowed the phone intentionally to prevent Gill from finding out who she'd been calling.

Somehow, I don't think the defense that she swallowed her own phone is going to fly very well.

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2 votes

#3 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:56 PM EDT

{"commentId":221946,"authorDomain":"digitalscoots"}

digitalscoots

She did admit she was really drunk though... I guess I can't say I've ever thought that swallowing a phone was a good idea, even when I've been extremely drunk. Maybe she thought it was a Swiss Cake Roll.

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6 votes

#3.1 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:00 PM EDT

{"commentId":221999,"authorDomain":"spring"}

Corey Spring

Touche.

I pray the day never comes when I get so drunk I eat a phone. White Castle, I can live with that, my cell phone, no.

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3 votes

#3.2 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:30 PM EDT

{"commentId":222167,"authorDomain":"Nycam"}

Nycam

I can't imagine swallowing a phone, even if your ringtones play Barry White. Oh, baby.

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3 votes

#3.3 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:07 PM EDT

{"commentId":221747,"authorDomain":"shpigford"}

Shpigford

I can't even image...how the hades can you swallow a phone?

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2 votes

#4 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:13 PM EDT

{"commentId":221836,"authorDomain":"gleuch"}

gleuch

maybe she chewed it before she swallowed? or maybe she is just that good at swallowing....

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3 votes

#4.1 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:07 PM EDT

{"commentId":222012,"authorDomain":"wilhelm"}

Damascus

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1 vote

#4.2 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:37 PM EDT

{"commentId":221953,"authorDomain":"fort"}

the_leander

Sorry for the language, but after reading this, I have to ask:

What. The. @!$%#?

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5 votes

#5 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:04 PM EDT

{"commentId":222116,"authorDomain":"whyren"}

Whyren

Well, she could always just sue the phone manufacturer for not making a phone designed for ingestion... =/

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2 votes

#6 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:36 PM EDT

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Fools

sounds like she has some good gag reflexes where can i get her number?

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2 votes

#7 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:05 PM EDT

{"commentId":222619,"authorDomain":"kundalinikat"}

kundalinikat

Even if you call, she won't want to pick it up... too saliva'y.

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#7.1 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:57 PM EDT

{"commentId":222228,"authorDomain":"ugs"}

kayjay

How the hell do you swallow a mobile phone? She must have been good at other things too.

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#8 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:57 PM EDT

{"commentId":222372,"authorDomain":"awetzel"}

Andy Wetzel

Excuse me? Wasn't this story about an textbook abusive relationship and felony first-degree assault?

Yeah, its dramatic, and makes a bizarre headline. But its still (allegedly) abuse, and categorizing this purely as "odd news" and making cracks about the victim being drunk and good in bed is just sick. If this were your sister, what would you say?

Here's hoping she goes from victim to survivor!

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2 votes

#9 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:00 PM EDT

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Mike Stickel

It is funny because you don't really hear about a phone being shoved down someones throat every day. We should probably remember that it's in people's nature to make light of sometimes horrendous situations — something about it helping people cope whether they need to or not.

I'm not trying to downplay the seriousness of the alleged abuse and I'm pretty sure that's not anybody else's intention either.

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1 vote

#9.1 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:51 PM EDT

{"commentId":222860,"authorDomain":"ugs"}

kayjay

OK, how about this punchline....
'Stick that down your ringer'... Relax will you? Take a look at all the other responses on this thread and you'll see that not many people are taking this story seriously but at the same time no one is undermining the seriousness of domestic abuse. You took my comment to be one of sexual nature because you were just looking to start an argument in my opinion.

There is a lesson to be learned from this story, if you suffer from domestic abuse the worst thing you can do is keep it to yourself, it'll only get worse unless you bring it to the open and go to the authorities.

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1 vote

#9.2 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:55 AM EDT

{"commentId":222473,"authorDomain":"lll"}

lll

She thought she was gagging on something else, I bet. :)

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#10 - Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:43 PM EDT

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