Today, I managed to accidentally drop an entire cake on my laptop's keyboard. There's so much frosting stuck under the keys, I have no idea how I'm going to clean it out. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I decided to be healthy and drink a tall glass of water whilst doing my assignment that is due in three days. I managed to spill the entire glass over my laptop. I flipped it over and used a hairdryer to dry it off. While doing that, I managed to melt my keyboard. FML
Today, I woke up to find that my cat had barfed all over my laptop's keyboard and screen, filling each nook and cranny of the stuff. As if that wasn't bad enough, when I went to make coffee to deal with the stress, I found that I was out of coffee. FML
Today, my coworker spilled sticky fruit glaze all over my cake display cake and left it overnight uncleaned. The same display case I spent 2 hours cleaning the day before. FML
Today, I was setting up my keyboard when the stand came loose. The keyboard started to fall, so I tried to save it, held it up in the air, and ended up falling off the stool onto the floor. I’ll feel that tomorrow, but at least the keyboard survived. FML
Today, I found out that you can ruin a $500 computer with a few stray drops of 100% acetone nail polish remover on the keyboard. FML
Today, while working on my laptop, I accidentally spilled a glass of water. I quickly moved my laptop out of the way of the oncoming stream. It fell on the floor and broke. FML
Today, I tried to clean my keyboard by turning it upside down and shaking it. Something important apparently fell out, because now the “E” key only works if I smack it hard enough to look like I’m typing angry emails. My coworkers are concerned. FML
Today, I spilled some milk on my laptop. I was pretty sure it would be fine as it was only a bit of milk. While cleaning the residue, I knocked a whole bucket of water into the insides of the laptop. RIP Macbook. FML
Today, I sat down at my computer for the first time in a week, and discovered that my cat had thrown up all over my keyboard. I needed to write up an important document but the chunks were stuck down in the keys, effectively locking it up and making it useless. FML
Today, I baked a cake. After feeding it to my entire family, I opened the stove, planning to temporarily store the cake inside. I then noticed a mouse, burnt to a crisp. FML
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justi4541 3
I've heard of Sticky Keys, but this one takes the cake.
2C0OL4SCH0OL 17
Lick it off? :3
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Comments (120)
Bam6849 7
why are u having cake on thanksgiving
kanny121212 3
pop the keys off then clean it and pop it back in
levirudisel 8
Pull the keys off
Etweens96 25
Best advice I can give, wipe it with an alcohol wipe and if you see some dry icing in there, take the sticky end of a sticky note to clean it out
limegreenpoopie 31
Get a new keyboard lol
thunderniron 22
Take a picture of the keyboard for reference. Then pop all the keys off (make sure it's turned off) blow out all you can with canned air, then use q-tips and electronics cleaner for the rest. Then pop keys back on. Did a similar and it's slow but it works and it's cheap.
Thorzix 23
No harm in soaking a computer in water provided you let it dry for a day or two afterwards, water only damages electronics if they're turned on while still wet. I regularly do it with my keyboard.
allplayedout 20
Shut down the laptop, take out the battery, and look up how to remove your keyboard (it's usually pretty simple but screws/placement may vary). Then just run it under some water until it's clean, wait for it to fully dry, and replace. You can soak other components in distilled water if they're icinged too; it won't hurt the computer as long as they're COMPLETELY DRY before you replace them and put the battery back/try to charge it/turn it on.
Enkeria 30
Keys on a keyboard are designed to pop off when the keyboard needs cleaning. Just pop the keys off and you'll be good. :)
S1N9UL4R17Y 8
a repair shop could fix this easily if you have one in your area. or if you are comfortable with taking it apart yourself you can remove the keyboard itself and run it under hot water. I'm being serious btw, the water will not hurt it, just make sure it drys overnight before you put it back in your laptop.
Enkeria 30
Bad idea. If there was some water that didn't dry out, it could kill the computer.