# My mouse.  It squeaks.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouse-it-squeaks/432154>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 3, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouse-it-squeaks/432154 "2008-01-03T18:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouse-it-squeaks/432154/1 "2008-01-03T18:27:00Z")

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I have this nifty Microsoft, cordless laser mouse that I use at work for my laptop. because my desk is a greasy, crumb and dust covered surface I also use one of those little thin [WowPads](http://www.microthin.com/prod_wowpad.htm) .

Today I noticed an odd noise, that I thought was coming from my computer, some sort of weird squeaky noise that I thought was a tone coming from a program that I’d never heard before.

But it’s not, it’s coming from my mouse. Just sporadically, when I move the mouse, it squeaks. How appropriate.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mouse-it-squeaks/432154/2 "2008-01-03T18:54:16Z")

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And here I thought it was going to be an actual feature you paid for! 😛