Remember all those jokes about how we never wanted to change phones after our first Nokia handsets because they seemed practically indestructible? As it turns out, while Nokia may be struggling to survive against the growing popularity of Apple and rival Android phones, a Nokia phone apparently saved a man's life.
And how! It literally took a bullet for him.
Check out this tweet by Peter Skillman, a Microsoft employee who worked on this Nokia phone.
A Nokia phone I worked on a few years ago saved the life of a man in Afghanistan last week. The embedded bullet.... pic.twitter.com/O2zBxadkDO
— peter skillman (@peterskillman) October 5, 2016
Peter later said in another tweet that the picture was passed to him by a coworker. And the internet, being the internet, went nuts. These memes and jokes were the hilarious results.
@peterskillman @Mayskolpino pic.twitter.com/sBvn0jIMWw
— Андрей Плотников (@andreykaplotnik) October 5, 2016
@andreykaplotnik @peterskillman @Mayskolpino better than kevlar. as a brazilian cop, i approve this vest... :D
— Marcelo Frez (@marcelofrez) October 6, 2016
@marcelofrez @peterskillman @Mayskolpino pic.twitter.com/corHNfHtdm
— Андрей Плотников (@andreykaplotnik) October 6, 2016
@peterskillman Saw this tweet in a news.... Hmm... pic.twitter.com/96qyhh9qqO
— The Sharlemagne (@ShArLeMaGnE) October 6, 2016
@peterskillman @girlie_mac I’ve always known Nokia’s were bullet proof. Probably bomb proof too.
— David Storey (@dstorey) October 5, 2016
And then there are the good old Nokia jokes which never get old.
#Jokes Tell me if I'm right or right?? Blackberry falls, Screen breaks. Nokia falls, Ground shakes. IPhone 7 Falls, Owner dies
— Samuel Camsy (@SamuelCamsy) September 27, 2016