# My underline/hyphen key is gummed up and sticking
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 22, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198 "2000-09-22T20:39:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/1 "2000-09-22T20:39:16Z")
Shit :mad:
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### Author:  [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/2 "2000-09-22T20:48:57Z")
If you’d stop looking at all that porn your keyboard would work fine. 😉
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### Author:  [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/3 "2000-09-22T20:49:00Z")
Are you saying shit gummed up the key?
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### Author:  [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/4 "2000-09-22T20:53:50Z")
Why are you chewing shit gum and then spitting it onto your keyboard?
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### Author:  [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/5 "2000-09-22T21:02:39Z")
Go ahead and satisfy your twisted senses of humors you bastids but it ain’t funny.
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### Author:  [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/6 "2000-09-22T21:03:44Z")
_stifles snicker_
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### Author:  [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/7 "2000-09-22T21:07:30Z")
There wouldn’t be a nickel jammed in there, would there?😉
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### Author:  [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/8 "2000-09-22T21:13:32Z")
:eek:
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/9 "2000-09-22T21:13:39Z")
Spray some WD40 in there.
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### Author:  [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/10 "2000-09-22T21:20:41Z")
Bob how about you opening up a 40 OZ of shutup ok?
CP are you trying to ( here’s some by god french) SABATOGE my computer?
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/11 "2000-09-22T21:24:37Z")
Pop the key off with a screwdriver and blow vigorously.
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### Author:  [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/12 "2000-09-22T21:30:51Z")
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> Pop the key off with a screwdriver
I don’t have the guts to do that CP.
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### Author:  [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/13 "2000-09-22T21:33:55Z")
:o
:eek: :eek: :eek:
😃😃😃
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### Author:  [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/14 "2000-09-22T21:34:31Z")
Then have a screwdriver, and blow off key vigorously with Pop.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/15 "2000-09-22T22:25:28Z")
So call in a request for Western UNion eighty-four times and you can get one of these spiffy black monorail KBs I use for $5.00.
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### Author:  [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2000, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/16 "2000-09-23T09:43:09Z")
I ask the assembled members of ths SDMB to review these three threads:
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38004](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38004)
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35228](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35228)
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31286](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31286)
Consider the topics and who’s the OP, and draw your own conclusions.
😛
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### Author:  [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2000, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/17 "2000-09-23T10:12:53Z")
“Cheer up my brother”, Don’t let all of this negative feed-back get you down. I understand your understandable depression, I have talked to my minister and he has agreed to put your keyboard on our prayer list. It will be healed or replaced if you just find it in yourself to believe.
But remember, we must give in order to recieve. If you find it in your heart to send a check for $200 or more to further my good works, I can personally guarantee that the lord will send you a brand new generic keyboard (add $12.95 for overnight shipping)
Can I get an AMEN!
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### Author:  [@Harris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harris)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2000, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/18 "2000-09-23T10:42:24Z")
In times like this the only thing you ca do is smile
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But if that don’t work the best thing to do is follow carniverous plants suggestion. It makes sense to me anyway.
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### Author:  [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/19 "2000-09-23T13:47:29Z")
My best little buddy, dip your keyboard in Dawn dishwashing liquid and your problem will be solved. Use rubber gloves while doing this.
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### Author:  [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2000, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-underline-hyphen-key-is-gummed-up-and-sticking/34198/20 "2000-09-23T14:19:52Z")
Ultress my pal you know I will do anything you want me to ( including somethings you probably don’t want me to ) but submerge my keyboard under water? This isn’t any ol keyboard. It has CD/DVD controls, mute button, internet button email and shortcut buttons. It even has a sleep button. I am not even going to mention all the buttons with alphabet letters on them. This is one of the finest keyboards one could possibly hope to own. It is the keyboard of all keyboards. It by God is the keyingist keyboard I have ever had the priviledge to drop a digit on to. So submerging it under water is against all that I believe in that is holy about keyboards.
Maybe I just need more detail on the submerging operation. However I like the rubber glove part. 🙂
Right now however I am leaning towards CP’s suggestion. Why? Because he has my nick in his signature of course.
And just for the record I think DRY is mean for putting all those sex links in his reply. Yes I am guilty of liking…wait no loving sex ( especially with the human species) but intimating that I have looked at porn on my computer one handed is down right malicious.
( going off singing …looks like it’s you and me again tonight…Rosy.)
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