Laptop destruction stories

A photo from an Intel tweet landed on my twitter page this morning. Laptop

This photo brought to mind some of the best stories I have heard from people about how their computer was destroyed. 

These are in no particular order: (almost all of them have something to due with travel)

1. "The TSA agent dropped it when testing it for bomb residue."  This is a real thing that happens often...
2. "The child sitting next to me on the airplane spilled his Coke on it."  The laptop booted up one time, all data was lost... (no backup either).
3. "The airline attendant spilled orange juice on the me and the laptop."  I have seen something similar while on a flight, the laptop data was recovered. 
4. "I forgot that my briefcase was on the roof."  the laptop screen was shattered, it was cheaper to replace the laptop then fix the screen.  No data loss. 
5. "I took my laptop bag out of the trunk, then got into the car to move it, and backed over it (laptop bag)."  Surprisingly the laptop actually booted up, the screen was shattered and the chassis was bent.  The hardware manufacturer didn't cover the damage and a replacement laptop was issued.  
6. "I stopped at Como Park (a free park and zoo in St. Paul, MN) put my laptop in the trunk of the car.  When I came back someone had used sheet metal cutters to open the trunk and steal the laptop"  - Laptop gone, data gone...
7. My favorite, since this was a laptop that I owned...  "My son watched a movie at a hotel and put the laptop on the bed with all venting blocked off by a blanket, it eventually overheated turned off and never turned on again."  I didn't have a backup, but didn't have too much data on it that I didn't have elsewhere.  

Not a single person had their data backed up.  I can fix and replace a lot, but I cannot retrieve lost or stolen data.  The best way to insure yourself against this kind of destruction is to have the data backed up in the cloud.  It just so happens that the company I now work for has a great cloud backup solution for SOHO, small business and medium size businesses.  Check them out here  

Lance