# I tthink I killed my keyboarrrrrd. Pitty parrrtttty! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tthink-i-killed-my-keyboarrrrrd-pitty-parrrtttty/199449 "2003-09-04T02:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tthink-i-killed-my-keyboarrrrrd-pitty-parrrtttty/199449/1 "2003-09-04T02:26:00Z")
(snif) I spilled lemonade on ittttt this last weekend, ttook it aparrrt carefully, cleaned itttt, reassembled itt… but now the TTT and R and Y and 5 and 7 keys are dying. They get all stuck and take a few keystttttttrokes to come back up. And tthey’re very harrrrrrd to press down. It’s been a rrrreally greattt keyboard too, a Datadesk brrand one (forr tthe Mac) with great “positive ttttactile key response”… unitttttttil now. Waaaah! ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tthink-i-killed-my-keyboarrrrrd-pitty-parrrtttty/199449/2 "2003-09-04T02:47:00Z")
Well, there was this one user in Utopia, who’s username was 'myspacebarisstuck". I suppose you could copy and paste all your T’s, R’s Y’s, 5’s and 7’s using the mouse 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tthink-i-killed-my-keyboarrrrrd-pitty-parrrtttty/199449/3 "2003-09-04T03:33:14Z")
I spilled gravy on mine a few weeks ago. The keys still work okay, even though I didn’t take them off to clean them. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tthink-i-killed-my-keyboarrrrrd-pitty-parrrtttty/199449/4 "2003-09-04T03:49:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > \*\*I spilled gravy on mine a few weeks ago. The keys still work okay, even though I didn’t take them off to clean them. \*\* S’OK. Gives it character. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tthink-i-killed-my-keyboarrrrrd-pitty-parrrtttty/199449/5 "2003-09-04T07:02:57Z")
This reminds me of a story **Spoz** once posted on his blog about his friend Heidi spilling red wine on her exposed motherboard… can’t seem to find it right now, though. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tthink-i-killed-my-keyboarrrrrd-pitty-parrrtttty/199449/6 "2003-09-04T08:01:44Z")
Finally found the story: (it’s dated Aug. 10, 2003… in a general post about technology misfunction) > [@](#): > > a friend of mine (hi heidi!) even managed to spill 1/2 a glass of red wine on her exposed motherboard… > the PC didn’t work the next day… > but… after a few days drying off… it wuz back in action… > coz, apparently… even computers suffer hangovers and need a little coaxing… Glad I _finally_ found it, even if I **did** get called a “trainspotter” in the process! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tthink-i-killed-my-keyboarrrrrd-pitty-parrrtttty/199449/7 "2003-09-04T11:14:41Z")
windows xp has an on-screen keyboard… start|prograns|accessories|accessibility…