Truth is funnier than fiction. Virgin Mobile shows you what to do when it launches a free phone deal that’s too good to pass up.

The fatal disasters that happen to all the phones in this video happen all the time in real life - accidentally. They’re not so funny when you don’t want them to happen. When I left mine in a cab, I chased it down Oxford Street, screeching like a cockatoo.

For everyone who has dreamed of ‘losing’ their phone to get a better deal, this viral is for you. Some of the 25 happy accidents (or ways to lose your phone) are dropping it in a bedpan, microwaving it instead of a burrito and losing it over a high rise balcony.

The video was created by Mother New York. It launched on television in the States on Friday as well as online. Director was Guy Shelmerdine.