OK, here is the story : normally, everyday before going to work, I take the bag that holds my PSP with me, so I can entertain myself with it during the day (especially while eating, at 12). But today, when I took the bag, I had the horribly bad surprise of noticing that the PSP compartment was open & empty. I looked everywhere in my house, but nothing. Impossible to find it. Needless to say, I went to work without it.
So, tonight, I started to search everywhere, and tried to recall what previously happened to it. Yesterday evening, I waited in my car and I played Brigandine, while a friend of mine went to do some errands. Then, as she came back in the car, I put the PSP away, and she handed me her bag so I could also put it away. Then I drove her back home, went into my house, put the PSP bag on my desk, and used my computer until maybe 2 am, before I went to bed.
Here is the thing though : when my friend handed me her bag, it interrupted me in my sequence of action of putting the PSP away. For this reason I indeed put the thing into the bag where it belongs, but forgot to close the zipper. So, as I left my car, I didn't notice the PSP fell from the bag and ended its course into the wet evening grass.
To give you an idea, I live in a quiet and small residential area, near a school, so lots of kids walk in front of my house everyday. So, when I finally realized what happened to my PSP (tonight), I was absolutely certain that some kid saw it and took it.
Anyways, just to be sure, I had to go outside and check it out. And amazingly, the PSP was still there, at 10 pm ! It spent 24 hours lying in the grass in front of my house (and near the pavement), and no one stole it. Unbelievable.
I just took it home, and cleaned it. It's very wet, with some dirt located in the L and R buttons, and I hope it still works. I cleaned what I can, but I'm not going to put it on just yet (this would be asking to finish it, IMO) - I think I'll just wait 2 or 3 days before trying to turn it on - but I'd like to know what you would do. This thing (I have the fat one) seems quite water-tight and tough, so I have good hopes of it still functionning. At least, the Memory-stick seems all right.