North Dakotans said to be among clumsiest in country
August 15, 2012 at 4:33 pm in Grand Forks Herald
North Dakotans were named the fourth clumsiest state residents when it comes to handling their iPhones by SquareTrade, an independent warranty provider. Continue Reading
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Gosh! I didn’t realize this was a political article.
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I obviously lived in North Dakota too long because not long after I moved out here to Maryland, I dropped my Android in my daughter’s swimming pool.
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Not surprising, given that we have the ABSOLUTE WORST Cellular coverage in the country! “CALL DROPPED”….”SEARCHING FOR SERVICE”….”SERVICE UNAVAILABLE”….”NO SERVICE”, are all common messages on the screen! Many of these “Accidents” are the result of the phone being slammed into the wall or thrown under a big truck tire. I can’t tell you how many times I have been tempted to take a sledge hammer to mine! Nope! I’ve never had a claim. Absolutely useless for actual communication.
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Bob, not sure what provider you use but I have no problems with my Verizon coverage.
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Since my original comment is awaiting moderation (which means it is a dead duck), I will repeat it here and change one minor word.
What a meaningless story and the headline is completely deceiving and seems to embarrass every resident. Then you find out the whole thing is about some tech whiz thing. Heck, most of them are probably used for wheel chocks or to scrape the ice off the windshield. With all the oil money in the state, they can buy iphones by the truckload.
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You’re no fun, billn. Mississippi is #1 in binge drinking among college-age students. ND is close behind. Maybe that’s a connection.
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Scraping ice…I hadn’t tried that. Ah! Another useful application for a useless device!
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I am losing the battle. Two versions of one post ‘awaiting moderation’. Why not just say ‘rejected.’
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Maybe it goes along with North Dakota bing drinking ranking?
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I have an Ipod, and an Ipad (No Iphone….Too cheap to pay for all those extras)…..I find it pretty easy not to be clumsy with them….I’m always sitting, and not driving (You will be relieved to hear when driving 80k of possible death down the road). This article and report are titled wrong…It’s not about people being “clumsy” It’s about people not using the common sense they were born with….
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Like MSPers. They’re always sitting in traffic so they get all their talking done there & don’t have any minutes left once out of car. Nodaks are out & about spending all their money & paying bills by iphone.
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8 Minnys don’t like
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I didn’t read this article or the articles like this or the ones about the word “f-bomb”, but the last time I checked, their isn’t a lot ice and snow around most of the south. Me along with my car or bike get a little clumsy in the winter…
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With a keen eye for the obvious…..a person has a much greater understanding of the subject matter if they read what they’re commenting on in the first place
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nice, I had that shot coming.
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Anyone else notice that the article asserts North Dakota ranks fourth, but within the article it states that Mississippi was named the clumsiest “followed by New Mexico, Rhode Island and South Carolina.” Apparently we are not only clumsy with cell phones, but we have trouble with counting too.
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LMAO….Good catch
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I’d reply to this article but I dropped my keyboard after I tripped over the cat.
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Maybe because North Dakotans are more mobile than other states. Isn’t that why they used to call them mobile phones? Farmers with their clubby fingers or maybe gravity is more intense.
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Alright…here’s what happened to me. I was at the lake when I had to pee. Instead of going into the lodge I used the outhouse. You guessed it. End of story.
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That’s part of an old Polish joke you know…..Where the guy stood up and caught his new cap on a board so it knocked it off his head and into the outhouse. He opend the door cursing and his buddy asked what was wrong. So he told him and said he was angry because now he’d have to go in for it. So he pulls out his wallet, takes out a twenty, and tosses it into the hole. His buddy yells, “What did you do that for?” The guy says…..”Well I sure as hell wasn’t going to go in there for just a hat………….
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I laughed so hard I dropped my laptop…Must be the North Dakota in me! lol
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I thought this was an “Ole and Lena ” Joke?
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Just depends who you heard it from….could have been a Pat & Mike….Though Irish jokes don’t seem to make it around that much anymore…
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