OMG HRBLS!

[dvandom]

So, I decided to pop a few keys with worn letters off and do some re-inking (not gonna waste money on a new keyboard at this point, since I plan to get an entirely new computer soon), and I noticed a fair amount of dust. So I went and popped off all the keys to clean out the board, and OMG HRBLS. Hair, dust, bits of yarn from the fingerless gloves I'd worn for a while last winter...and a spider. Yes, I had a web interface in my keyboard, if you will.

Comments

[foomf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was probably there looking for bugs.

[ryuko-midori.livejournal.com]

Mmm I need to clean all my keyboards but I'm always afraid I'll pop out the keys and they won't go back in.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

They're made to go back in pretty easily, but be careful you don't swap 'em around. I scrambled the C, V and B keys by accident, and since I normally touchtype it took me an hour to realize it. ;)

[liabrown]

When I saw 'HRBLS', hairballs wasn't what I was expecting to read about...

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Oh? What DID you expect? (eyelashes flutter ever-so-innocently)

[ryuko-midori.livejournal.com]

I tried it with my laptop and the hardware is pretty delicate. I think I almost bent some stuff out of whack, and cracked a few of the keys. This was years ago, though.

[gary-williams.livejournal.com]

I at first thought HRBLS was part of a “capitalize the consonants and drop the vowels and double-letters” internet meme or something, i.e., HORRIBLES!

Yes, I had a web interface in my keyboard

Do you derive sadistic pleasure from inflicting bad puns on us? :p

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Yessssss....

[liabrown]

Something that could be found in my pornfic :]

[kateshort.livejournal.com]

You weren't the only one.

I was wondering how the heck tiny penii got into his keyboard.

And then really, really, REALLY didn't want to know.

[ypawtows.livejournal.com]

gee, and all I mis-read that as was "herbals".

O:)

[lord-xiphos.livejournal.com]

I badly damaged my laptops keyboard earlier this year taking keys off to clean out underneath. 'B' became a trap-door, 'O', '-', and '=' just up and quit, and the space-bar's contact point ripped off.

$100 later and it has a new, clean keyboard now.