Cell phones are baaaad for you

.....or so say the guys at Manchester Metropolitan University. As reported by Turkish newsfeeds. Apparently, these phones are home to whole colonies, nay galaxies of harmful microscopic creepy-crawlies. They feed off the dirt that accumulates on your hands and flourish in the higher-than-ambient temperatures of the phones themselves.

I always thought I was doing my sanity a world of good by not getting myself a mobile phone. That, and maybe keeping my oh-so-precious brain away from the evil rays that emanate from them. I finally succumbed and bought my first mobile a month and a half ago. I do tend to forget it at home or the office more often than not. And have you ever tried lugging a mobile around when wearing a t-shirt, and with one trouser pocket home to your wallet, another to your cigarettes and your back pocket to your keys? Unless you get one of those dinky little pouch-bag thingies, its hopeless.

Back on topic: not only can mobile phones give you zits, but you can get pneumonia or meningitis. Honest. It was reported in the Turkish press, so it must be true.