Can’t help but laugh at this one. Those with tight pants… wear them at your own risk.

“As if the increasing number of dangerous counterfeit batteries weren’t enough of a worry for cell-phone owners, now comes a warning about tight pants.

“A survey of 300 retailers in Sweden found that squeezing handsets into snug-fitting pants is the second leading cause of broken phones. Apparently, the phones simply can’t handle the pressure, and screens break or covers bend or crack.

“To put it in perspective, tight pants break more phones than dogs, children, rain, snow, acts of forgetfulness and throwing phones to the ground in a rage, according to a report on the survey by cell-phone news Web site Cellular News. The site said Siemens conducted the survey.” [ Read more… ]