Ever felt so angry you wanted to throw something? Like, when your cell phone drops a call, don't you just want to throw it as far as you can? Well, Mobile Phone Throwing may be the sport for you.

What's that, you say? Well, just last weekend, Savonlinna, Finland hosted the 7th annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships, sponsored by Fennolingua, a language translation company. The winner, Lassi Etelatalo, a Finland native,  threw his phone a record 89 meters (about 292 feet for us metrically-challenged Americans). 

Split into men, women, individual freestyle, team freestyle, and junior (12 years and younger) divisions, the participants are serious about their sport. The traditional style requires an over the shoulder throw where the length of the throw is most important, while freestyle is just that. Throwers can earn points for aesthetics and choreography, in addition to distance thrown, in this category. Lucky for Floyd Landis, there are no doping tests before or after the competition.

The phones used in the competition are subsequently recycled. Participants are not allowed to use their own phones, unfortunately, but a wide variety of models are available, all provided by Fennolingua.

But why, you ask again. I think only their offical site can provide the answer:

"Finland is known as the home country of the mobile phones and Finns have always been fashion conscious about the phones. . . .when you most need [the phone] the battery runs out or your sweetheart doesn't answer or someone doesn't return your call. Hope, anticipation, passion and frustration concentrates on mobile phone. . . Mobile Phone Throwing, the only sport where you can pay back all the frustrations and disappointments caused by these modern equipments."

The next Finland-based competition will be held on August 25, 2007, so start working those arms!