Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'


	Keyboards 'dirtier than a toilet'

Loganzweb

5-1-2008 7:55 AM

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Loganzweb says:

Working in IT, I know all about this, however years of exposur have meant I've built up an immunity.

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5-1-2008 9:12 AM

Sheroug

Here's a webcomic about it, well sort of
http://xkcd.com/237/

5-2-2008 1:16 PM

egoldstein

how appropriate...considering I'm posting this from my iPhone while in the bathroom

Definitely too much info!

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