NAIROBI - Sometimes, you just have to step back and say, "Hey,
it's gone." This would have been helpful advice for three
Kenyans who lost their lives trying to retrieve a mobile phone
that slipped down an open-pit latrine while the owner was
answering her own call from nature. For some reason, the owner
still wanted her phone back, so she offered 1,000 shillings
($13.09) to anyone who would recover it for her. Seeing as how
well over half the Kenyan population of 30 million people lives
on less than $1 a day, three men were more than happy to accept
the offer. Unfortunately, it took three men's lives before
police held others back from attempting the rescue. If the
phone didn't get crappy reception before, it does now.