Scott, you left your Coronas at my place the other day.
Like any good friend upon finding his buddy’s beer in his fridge I dutifully set about caring for them. But just I was nursing one to my lips it attempted to escape!
I know! In fact, this rogue beer committed suicide, flinging itself over the keys of my computer’s keyboard!
Suffice to say the Corona spilled its guts and perished, taking my innocent keyboard with it. My beloved qwerty is now a brain-dead vegetable, constantly repeating the letter sssssssssssssssssssssssss over and over, and filling my speakers with incessant error dinging. This is even after immediately attempting to revive its beer-soaked buttons under the kitchen sink.
Have you ever used a computer with only a mouse? To communicate anything you have to highlight, right-click and copy individual letters where ever you can find them and paste them into your browser or chat session or Word document. As eye-opening as this exercise is, it sucks the life out you.
So I need a new keyboard because of your beer. Please forward me the equivalent value (approx. $30) for one at your earliest convenience. Don’t worry about financial compensation for the mental anguish I endured witnessing and dealing with the aftermath of this tragedy. You can just buy me a beer or something later this week.
Beer Collides With Keyboard, No Survivors
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6 Responses to “Beer Collides With Keyboard, No Survivors”
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Did you exclusively use a mouse to enter this post? Is this possible? Do you have a Notepad text file containing frequently used words to copy and paste?
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This happened at least a week ago, and ya, I actually tried writing an entry with copy and paste, but it was so hard. Even before getting to that stage I had to log onto my Win XP guest account (no password), then just getting to my blog’s admin page was an uber-lesson in patience.
I wrote this post with my new keyboard. -
Jeff, rumor has it that keyboards are dishwasher safe! Provided of course you let them dry before banging away again. I have heard of large companies and schools who instead of painstakingly cleaning each keyboard, simply through them all in a dishwasher. Supposedly all they use is hot water, no soap. Your story has inspired me; tomorrow I am even going to test this theory, just for shits and giggles.
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I know this comes a little too late Jeff, but Windows XP has an on-screen keyboard. Laid out like your dead friend (QWERTY), all you have to do is click the letters and they’re inserted into the current window.
Try Start, Accessories, Accessibility and On Screen Keyboard!
Next time a Corona tragedy strikes… -
Dave: Ya, I’ve heard of dishwashering keyboards. If I had one, I may have tried it. Maybe I just didn’t wait long enough for it to dry.
Gerard: I totally forgot about that Windows keyboard! Great tip. -
Ey kaaskop! Voel je je wel lekker zo vroeg op de ochtend??
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