That picture could have been a lot nastier....I think.
I occasionally lend my pager, but more often my cell phone to my kids, so I can contact them if need be.
2 years ago while camping, ( yes jourles....roughing it ) my youngest daughter was on the dock, and a boy pushed her into the lake. She got out right away, but remembered, she had my cell phone in her pocket.
So as I have drilled into all my kids, if you have an electronic device, and it gets wet, "get the batteries the hell out of it".
She came out of the lake, pulled the phone from her pocket, removed the battery, and walked back to our campsite, and told me the teary story.......she was literally crying her eyes out, because she thought she had ruined the phone.
I took the phone, opened it up, dried the circuits board off, let it sit for a few days, to make sure all the moisture was gone, and LO and BEHOLD, I put it back together, and it works fine to this day, 2 years later.
Moral of the Story if you have an electronic device, and it gets wet, "get the batteries the hell out of it".