# Last night I spilt a glass of champagne into my laptop ...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 13, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753 "2011-11-13T01:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753/1 "2011-11-13T01:57:36Z")

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and it still works. How long until it becomes sentient?

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753/2 "2011-11-13T02:55:38Z")

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Beats me. I’d be more concerned about it becoming a drunk.

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**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753/3 "2011-11-13T03:37:48Z")

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Dunno, has it started calling you Moles, or trying to seduce the woman who lives upstairs from you?

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753/4 "2011-11-13T07:07:51Z")

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Yes! (But it was doing that beforehand too.)

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**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753/5 "2011-11-13T09:00:10Z")

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> [@Isamu](#):
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> and it still works. How long until it becomes sentient?

You’ll have to wait for it to sober up first.

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753/6 "2011-11-13T11:08:55Z")

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> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> Beats me. I’d be more concerned about it becoming a drunk.

I think it’s a ‘functional’ alcoholic.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753/7 "2011-11-13T16:43:16Z")

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I feel your pain.

Years ago I spilled a whole glass of ginger ale into my Ibook. I unplugged it and flipped in over, as fast as I could. I was very upset as it was a gift. When I called my techie friend, he recommended prayer. Didn’t sound good at all!

However, it continued to work for years. I had to clean the sticky off the keys. And you could see through the clear case, in places, where the pop was caught and dried between the layers.

When I consulted the mac tech boards, everything I read indicated most people’s ibooks were doorstops after such incidents. I just got lucky.

Looks like you did too!

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753/8 "2011-11-13T17:17:32Z")

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I think this is the first time I’ve encountered the word “spilt” in prose.

(Not that there’s anything wrong with it)