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SneakyRodent
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As I sit here somewhat bored at work, I can't help but notice that there is an incredible amount of dirt and unidentifiable bits under the keys on my keyboard.

I mean seriously - it's like a family of four have had a picnic on it, and then dumped the contents of their coat pockets over it for good measure.

I wouldn't mind, but I don't tend to eat at my desk. The question is; where does it all come from? And can I put it to any use?
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Use it to lure the office rats. Then, arm them with sharpened pencils and send them to conquer the manager's office!
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The mess in my keyboard is the least of my keyboard worries! My problem is that the lettering on my keyboard has practically worn off. Only 11 letters are readable, and 12 have completely dissapeared!
Due to this, it can take me quite a while to make posts, as I often have to retype half the words :P

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Haha, thats a bit of a bsared Sammy. :P

I like Skaskrit's idea. ^_^
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I wouldn't mind, but I don't tend to eat at my desk. The question is; where does it all come from? And can I put it to any use?

Office desks (apparently) carry 10 times as many pathogenic oganisms as the toilets at glastonbury (big music festival over here England).


Don't know where keyboard dirt actually comes from. Kind of akin to bellybutton fluff. What's up with that?[/color]
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True that stink, true that :P

And wow, I'm the first non-council/former council rat to post.

I too wonder where all the dirt and such comes from... its quite weird and annoying (especially since I have a $100 keyboard <_<)

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Dead skin, hair follicles, dirt, oil, etc from your body. The oil helps all the little pieces of dirt, dead skin, etc. to clump together to sometimes look like crumbs ... it's "wonderful" ... if you know how to, it doesn't hurt to take off the keys and clean the keyboard ... qtips work nicely for this ... just make sure you know where the keys go back on the keyboard, lol.

@Sammy: learning to touch-type may help you :P <3 Sammy
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mine appears to have part of a cadburys cream wrapper situated around, the "Q,w,a and s" keys
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and yes keyboards are rather dirty. I have had a nice new one ready to replace the current one for ages but well it is not to bad or at least hides it well. Also to follow with what Seb stated earlier, human bodies do produce an amazing amount of dust, grime and waste.


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Jun 22 2007, 09:39 AM
The question is; where does it all come from?

Not only that, how does it keep comming back? I DO eat at my desk occassionally, but occassionally I can see whole loaves down between my faithful QWERTY keys. Two sandwiches and a packet of rasins goes a long way in keyboard land. All the way accross the flippin' alphabet for one thing.

*fishes dinner out of the NUM pad*
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That is simply the amount of dirt that would accumulate anywhere else if activity around it wasn't as likely to move the dirt away as it would bring it there. Keyboard's are like crab pots for dirt.
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@Sammy: theres these things right, they are called pens. You can use them to write. ^_^ basically, get a permanent marker and write all the keys back on. Or at least the alphabet so you know what letters are what.


And also, heck, i just noticed how dirty mine actually is. I think i can see some form of primiative minature life down there. :)
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