Michael, A Cell Phone, and Basmati Rice

Michael lifeguarded yesterday. He stayed for Midnight Swim after his shift. The guys were horsing around, and he got thrown in the pool....with his cell phone in his pocket. From previous cell phone drenchings we've learned not to turn it back on. My sister-in-law (who is months away from getting her Ph.D in engineering from Stanford--Go Tina!) told us that when Michael went swimming in Lake Superior with his cell phone. Unfortunately we had already tried turning it on.

Michael came home from the pool, grabbed the computer, and googled how to save a wet cell phone. He read he was supposed to put it in rice. He did.

Late this evening, to my surprise, I heard my cell phone with the ring that I have assigned to Michael (Baby Baby by Amy Grant--we used to dance to this song when he was an infant).
It worked! He is thrilled. The magic of rice!