We hope you’ve been enjoying our series of cellphone drop stories – it’s not just the calls that drop, but the whole phone, according to Tech21.com, who recently took a survey of over 3,000 individuals and found that 81 percent of parents report that their child has broken their tablet by throwing it; Nearly half of those polled (45 percent) said the most common cause of tablet damage was from getting in and out of a car, or leaving it on top of a car; and 1 in 4 people had to pay to fix their tablet screen in the past year. That’s why having a protective case, like the ones we custom make to fit your phone, is such a good idea. I have dropped by phone into a garden of wet dirt, into dry dirt many times, into fresh chicken scratch, onto the horse manure pile. I’ve had one that flew into the sand at the beach while horseback riding, flew off the dashboard going around a corner, onto pavement at the gas station, into a shallow puddle, onto my sister’s slate counter top. The funniest drop story was when I was talking with my son on the phone at his Dad’s. He was in the tub while talking to me. Bad idea. I really heard “Bloop” and it went dead. I knew it had fallen into the tub. He called me 2 hours later from Verizon after a new phone had been purchased. Monique Prince, New Hampshire This is a funny topic quite too relevant for me. I've kerplunked three phones into various bodies of water over the years (swimming pool, toilet) but the funniest was a cup of hot coffee. This was when I was working at Cisco and happened to be working at home one morning. I was on a conference call, upstairs with the phone between my shoulder and my ear. I had a half of cup of coffee and was heading to the machine to top it off. The phone slipped out, remarkably bounced twice on the rim of the mug, and dunked right into the joe. The next thing anyone heard was “Now departing the call - John Noh” (in my recorded voice). Au revoir to that model, that's for sure. John Noh, PR Consultant I was at a Los Angeles Sparks game - Lisa Leslie's final game - enjoying a few adult beverages. I dropped my poor Blackberry Storm not once, but twice on to the hard, concrete floor. I loved that phone and the first drop didn't kill it but that second one did. I had to get a new phone thenext day. RIP, Storm. Apryl DeLancey, Social Age Media