We had left Our Cold Northern Home for a vacation in Sun Drenched Spain. Early one bright clear morning after a long evening of wine and shellfish I pull my Blackberry from its sleeve AAAAAAAGH there is a giant ugly multi-limbed thing on the keyboard. A True Scot in a fragile state cannot cope well with such events. One graceful parabola onto the rustic terracotta flooring later and the alien bug is smeared all over the keyboard.
Some short period of time later my Inner Help Desk whispers to me “Sandwich, it may not be optimal to continue to clean this electronic device by holding it gingerly under a running tap. Do you wish to continue? Yes/no?”.
I decide not to leave it in the bright Iberian sun to dry, but leave it in the room for a day. It worked fine after that. Sturdy devices Blackberries, you know.