# Me Cleaning My Keyboard.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443 "2012-12-29T00:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/1 "2012-12-29T00:43:27Z")
… with one of those “Play-Doh” kinda cleaners you just press into the keyboard and roll it across. Works pretty well. “Cyber Clean”. Not affiliated. 🙂 ;./‘L;’.P[KL,H JNBGIK,LO NBHGY7UHYBGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGN NIJKU NM,POPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOMLK,MJNHBGGGGGGAzqAZxscdvfeghbjpooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhmijku,l.j nhgf 42527234786423.06 788888888882031.4 7658+++++++++++++++031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/2 "2012-12-29T00:46:57Z")
Oh, you wanna see a neat keyboard trick? Hold down the Shift key, and swipe your finger across the number row (what pianists call a “glissando.”) You get this: !@#$%^&\*() Instant swearing! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/3 "2012-12-29T00:53:03Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > @#$%^&\*()Instant swearing! 🙂 Never seen that one, **Emily**. On that last part of my post, I call that “Free Math”, or maybe “Contact With E.T.” 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![SpaceRace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@SpaceRace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceRace)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/4 "2012-12-29T02:08:47Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > … with one of those “Play-Doh” kinda cleaners you just press into the keyboard and roll it across. Works pretty well. “Cyber Clean”. Not affiliated. 🙂 > > ;./‘L;’.P[KL,H JNBGIK,LO NBHGY7UHYBGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGN NIJKU NM,POPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOMLK,MJNHBGGGGGGAzqAZxscdvfeghbjpooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhmijku,l.j nhgf 42527234786423.06 > 788888888882031.4 > 7658+++++++++++++++031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42 > > 😉 > > Q I’ve never heard of anything like “Cyber Clean” but now I absolutely need to buy some. Any excuse to play with puddy. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/5 "2012-12-29T15:22:39Z")
You’re not fooling me **Quasimodem** (if that is your real name). The alleged keyboard gibberish is obviously a secret code to your handler overseas. What secrets are you betraying? The formula to Coke? The spices in KFC? Why Tim Tebow is considered a great quarterback by too many people? I shudder to think the harm you are doing to our country. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/6 "2012-12-30T05:26:47Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > \ > > GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG > > \ > > .42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42031.42 42031 (let alone repeatedly) seems like an odd pattern to be cleaning your keys like that. I’m thinking you’re whooshing us! But it does appear that your G key required some serious effort. What in the world was it crudded up with? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/7 "2012-12-30T14:24:04Z")
> [@SpaceRace](#): > > I’ve never heard of anything like “Cyber Clean” but now I absolutely need to buy some. Any excuse to play with puddy. No kidding - thanks for the insight, Quasi! I’m looking forward to finding all sorts of places to squeeze that gunk into! ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/8 "2012-12-30T14:34:47Z")
I recently read aboout a[keyboard you can submerge in warm soapy water](http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Washable-Keyboard-K310-Windows/dp/B008D1JRIO) to clean. But that putty stuff sounds much more fun! ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/9 "2012-12-30T15:08:56Z")
I got some Cyber Clean in my Christmas stocking. I was simultaneously fascinated and horrified by the things it pulled out of my keyboard. Best part - it didn’t make my hands or my keyboard smell bad! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/10 "2012-12-30T17:42:54Z")
I’ll answer the spy/crud question in a bit. Gotta figure it all out first. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/11 "2012-12-30T18:09:45Z")
> [@SpaceRace](#): > > I’ve never heard of anything like “Cyber Clean” but now I absolutely need to buy some. Any excuse to play with puddy. Like [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&rlz=1C1PRFB_enUS488US488&biw=1680&bih=925&tbm=isch&tbnid=weexv5qbZk6NjM:&imgrefurl=http://seinfeld.wikia.com/wiki/David_Puddy&docid=9xvh7qCYR2zwAM&imgurl=http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120202153939/seinfeld/images/7/7c/Puddy.jpg&w=236&h=361&ei=QIPgUK7tF-GuiQLk7YHQAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=408&vpy=128&dur=1349&hovh=278&hovw=181&tx=119&ty=175&sig=107730519458142086965&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=97&start=0&ndsp=48&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:101)? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-cleaning-my-keyboard/645443/12 "2012-12-30T18:11:25Z")
I’ve always wanted to get someone to do [this](http://xkcd.com/237/).