SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The toilets at the Santa Clara University are flowing freely this graduation week, but that was not the case for the entire spring semester.

A pink iPod Mini, just four inches long, caused a huge headache for maintenance workers at the Santa Clara University for the last few months.

A female student accidentally dropped the iPod in the toilet.

This happened at the College of Arts and Sciences building.It got stuck in a way that maintenance crews could not get it out. They told NBC11 News they first tried to break the iPod into pieces, but that failed. One maintenance worker called the device "indestructible".

An independent contractor was called in to deal with the problem. He was able to get the iPod to move 20 feet, but then it became stuck again underneath the office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.

In order to get the iPod out from under that building, crews simultaneously flushed as many toilets as they could and they turned on every sink. That caused a water surge which pushed the iPod into a larger more accessible pipe.

Next, a water company was hired to blast water into the pipe in yet another attempt to get the iPod out of the pipe. That effort worked, but at the same time, the blast of water along with a build-up of air caused geysers to burst from the second floor toilets.

Crews were finally able to retrieve the iPod from a nearby sewage disposal point outside of the building by using a piece of rebar.

It cost the university $1,000 a week to fix this problem. It took months.

The student who originally dropped the iPod in the toilet has since come forward. She will not be punished or fined.
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wow, its pretty impressive an ipod caused that many problems

Haha, that is somewhat good news for apple, they make "indestructible" products. But wow, a little ipod mini caused all that? Pretty interesting. But, how did she not notice it falling into the toilet, and then flush??

-Rich-

Apple's now gonna be quoting that guy "INDESTRUCTIBLE!" for their products. lol! j/k

...she's getting spanked!

Does the iPod still work?

I think so...it plays crap, though.

I wonder if the iPod kept playing haunting little tunes thru the pipes ...

Next thing we're gonna hear is "Doctors remove iPod from womans' vagina".

Exactly. She probably dropped it in the toilet and was so grossed out that she would rather flush the toilet than just reach in and grab it.

I think that's if iPod Nanos would come with a vibrating function.

The woman being interviewed: "I tried everything I could to get it out but it's indestructible!"

people do amazing things while sitting on a toilet

Wow, an amazing little ipod.

cool that's ipod's new function..

iPods, built to last. Can't beat those little, miracle machines.

was it pink?

That's what I was thinking.
Oh, don't we have dirty minds...

what ever made you think that ?

I'm sure people were always telling her her pink iPod looked like s***.

I hope that doesn't happen where I work at.

I wish my iPod was indestructable.

If she used it again, I hope she washed it.

" He was able to get the iPod to move 20 feet, but then it became stuck again underneath the office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences."



Poor ipod. :-P Must be pretty crappy by now.

Maybe I scanned through the article too fast, but I didn't see the most important question of all answered? I am refering, of course, to the question of whether the iPod still works??

Haha sir that's the best joke ever.

somebody got ****ed at ipod.

Suggestion to that person... get a creative zen.