# can tou type with your eyes closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133 "2005-04-19T21:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/101 "2005-04-21T13:51:19Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > Ok, tjsis is going to ve tje wptst I rea;;u can’r do this and provavlu wpn;t [pst vecaise ot wpn;s even liik liike words. > > _eyes open_ I challenge anyone to figure out what the fudge I was trying to say. Ok, this is going to be the worst I really can’t do this and probably won’t post because it won’t even look like words. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/102 "2005-04-21T13:52:02Z")
actuallu lookinfg throuf the test of wveuonw’ mine is not ghd wpst vut ptettu damn close. Man this is fyn. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/103 "2005-04-21T19:19:28Z")
I don’t care if I realyready did thism, it’s way top mcuh fun and I can’t stop! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/104 "2005-04-21T19:24:34Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Ok, this is going to be the worst I really can’t do this and probably won’t post because it won’t even look like words. > > 😛 Do me! “Mpt isomg yjr ni,[s tjat tpicj ty[osts ise eotjer.” I forgot completely what I was typing here 5 seconds after typing it. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/105 "2005-04-21T19:28:44Z")
I may as well. I rarely look at the screen or the keyboard, believe it or not, when I’m typing. I’m staring at teh side of my cube to the left right now. I’m often half-reading something when I type all the time. It’s stupid, but that’s how ADD I am. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/106 "2005-04-21T19:37:33Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Do me! > > “Mpt isomg yjr ni,[s tjat tpicj ty[osts ise eotjer.” > I forgot completely what I was typing here 5 seconds after typing it. Not using the bumps that touch typists use either. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/107 "2005-04-21T19:39:37Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > “Mpt isomg yjr ni,[s tjat tpicj ty[osts ise eotjer.” [:eek:](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/spell.bmp) (click on the smiley) ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/108 "2005-04-21T19:41:24Z")
Hah, see, both your Spellcheck and I understand gobbledygook 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/109 "2005-04-21T19:42:46Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Not using the bumps that touch typists use either. Very well done! Are you John Nash by any chance? I used word again to ‘fix’ the phrase… Met smog yarn in, [s tat topic tee [sot’s isle eater. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/110 "2005-04-21T19:43:41Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Very well done! Are you John Nash by any chance? > > I used word again to ‘fix’ the phrase… > > Met smog yarn in, [s tat topic tee [sot’s isle eater. Hah, that’s scary, I was just thinking “Ya know, this is like the Idiot’s version of John Nash.” Scary. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/111 "2005-04-21T20:42:03Z")
OK. Now I am totially typing with my eyes closed. So…How am I doing? I feel like this is going pretty well. And that’s good. la la la la la. I have nothing to sya, really, I’m jusst typing shit because I feel like it and that’s really it. Funnny: I have a hard time thinking with my eyes closed. I would have thought it would be easier. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/112 "2005-04-22T02:59:39Z")
I can killa htead with mh ehes shustr ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/113 "2005-04-22T03:11:43Z")
I can kill a thread with my eyes shut AND one hand tied behind my back. Top that. (Of course, I can’t type like that. Well I could but it would look something like this: i n kill h ih my y hu n on n hin my k. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/114 "2005-04-22T03:13:38Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I don’t care if I realyready did thism, it’s way top mcuh fun and I can’t stop! Thank Og you don’t do that when you’re emailing me, or I’d never stop poking fun at you;) Foertunately for me, I’ve been typing so bloody long that I pretty well know the keyboard by heart. I don’t put my fingers on the home jeys, don’t even ise tw of them (fingers, not keys;)) for typing and I can still acjieve a pretty consistent result. Yes, even after using the backspace key. I also have a fair amount of experience typing without beig able to see (writing angsty/heartfelt pieces can have that effect…) Six errors. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/115 "2005-04-22T23:44:30Z")
Sorry for reviving the thread, but I just have to try this!!! How did I do? ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/116 "2005-04-23T00:55:04Z")
We’ll see how I do. I learned how to type in school on old manual typewriters. I still remember typing to Boney M’s “Rah Rah Rasputin lover of the Russian scene…” A great beat to type to. Ka chunk, ka chunk went the keys. Well that looked pretty good… ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/117 "2005-04-23T04:36:28Z")
> [@PastAllReason](#): > > I still remember typing to Boney M’s “Rah Rah Rasputin lover of the Russian scene…” A great beat to type to. I always heard that line as “lover of the Russian _Queen_”. _italics added with eyes open_ ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/118 "2005-04-23T10:41:00Z")
Oh man, my stomach is hurting from reading this thread!! Great idea, Lobsang (no way can I code with my eyes closed!). I do believe I can type pretty well with my eyes closed though… opening eyes… NOW. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![purplepeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@purplepeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplepeach)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/119 "2005-04-23T12:56:55Z")
I’m typing slowly with my eyes closed. I think I’m ok once I don’ot lose track of where th keys are. I know that there’s a bubble on one of the keys for blind peiople but I’m not sure which one it is. Hey, this is fun!!! Why isn’t typing fun in work? I’m going to do this on Monday! ---
**Author:** ![purplepeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@purplepeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplepeach)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133/120 "2005-04-23T13:07:06Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > I can’t toucj type nit I canm fimu amd peck like a ,o0fo > > Translation: I can’t touch type but I can hunt and peck like a mofo. But of course… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-tou-type-with-your-eyes-closed/300133.md?page=7)