[Harrison]

It really depends on what kind of train toilet it is...

If its the kind where all the *ahem* waste just goes into a large bin, then NO! I wouldn't reach into that (i think it would probably be too far to reach anyway...plus the phone would probably sink....and that is kinda gross.)

But, if it is a train toilet more like a normal toilet, in that it has a flush (every train I've ever been on has been a flush toilet - like one of those push a pedal and some blue liquid flushes it), then of course I would retrive my cell phone from that.

As for the train company sueing the man, well they may very well try, but a very simple and obvious defense for the man is this: "There was nothing there to stop me from getting stuck in your toilet (i.e. You didn't protect me from my own stupidity)."

And we have seen that argument hold up in US Courts on more than one occasion (remember the woman who spilled McDonals coffee on herself and also another toilet incident in a Starbucks where a man crushed himself in the toilet seat - both those people won on the basis of "You didn't stop me from doing something stupid").

I would also like to point out that putting this much thought into this subject is the height of me avoiding studying for midterms.

Cheers.