--- "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com> wrote:
> > > The reason for this OT message is that I almost ruined my keyboard
> > > with coke when I read the product name. Romu means junk in Finnish...
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > I assume you mean a modern keyboard, so I trust a little hot water
> > and soap will fix the coke spill...
>
> I have always reassured my programming students that nothing that they
> accidentally enter through the keyboard of their computers would actually
> DAMAGE the computer. One wiseguy said, "I entered a Pepsi."
>
> After Three Mile Island, Saturday Night Live postulated that it was caused
> by "The Pepsi Syndrome", the result of spilling a Pepsi into a computer
> keyboard....
A friend of mine worked for a small company in North-Eastern Ohio when a
customer called to complain that his computer was broken. After a lengthy
discussion, my friend drilled down through the possibilities to this...
Customer: Maybe it had something to do with the office party last night.
Service Rep: Sir, why don't you tell me about that...
Customer: Well, we's just sittin' around, listenin' to some tunes and
havin' us a few beers when we got to thinkin', "maybe the
computer is thirsty," so we poured it a beer.
Service Rep (wincing): Where, sir?
Customer: In the keyboard, of course.
It was a TRS-80 Model-III-style computer with the mainboard under the keyboard.
The customer was quite upset that even though he was more than 200 miles away,
they could not get a replacement to him that same day. In the end, my friend
drove half-way, met the customer who also drove half-way and got him another
one. I never heard, but I hope they charged him out the wazoo.
-ethan
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Received on Wed Jul 18 2001 - 14:11:30 BST