Now you would think I have more common sense than this, but obviously not. Guess what I did this afternoon? I vacuumed, yes vacuumed the keys off my laptop. Why? Because I’m a dufus today. See, this is what happened - I was vacuuming the puppy area (we got puppies for Christmas, remember), and looked up and saw puppy hair all over one of my favorite comforters. So I vacuumed it off. No biggie.
Then I had the grand idea of vacuuming the dust off my laptop. Everything went fine on my sturdy 17″ wide heavy hitter. Then I thought, “Hey, my work laptop, skimpy thing that it is, needs dusting, too.” So I put the powerful vacuum to the cheapie laptop. And vacuumed the keys right off.
Looked into the vacuum canister while it was running to make sure they were still in good condition. Yep, there they were, sitting in the bottom while the dust and stuff was flying around the canister. This was a very good sign. Yep, I’ll just pop the canister out, click the little button that opens it and lets the stuff fall out the bottom, snatch up the buttons, clean ‘em and put ‘em back. Right? Yeah, right.
Well, no matter how I looked all over my floor, I couldn’t find those damned buttons. So now I have to go back to work with a, uh, somewhat fractional laptop and explain to my IT guy what happened to them. Good thing they won’t be able to tell I’m blushing. Sheesh.
I’m probably the only one in the world who’s ever done something so undeniably ridiculous. I think I’m gonna have to put that in a book.
TJ
Hi TJ,
We all have days like that. Even though I’m laughing, I feel your pain!
Hugs,
by Kira Chase February 17th, 2008 at 11:28 amKira
Kira, girlfriend! I smacked myself in the forehead so hard, I’m surprised I didn’t leave prints. But yeah, I’m laughing to ’cause it was just so ______(fill in the blank) of me to do something so goofy! ROFL!
TJ
by TJ Michaels February 17th, 2008 at 11:35 amThis sounds like something I’d do. *g* Sorry for laughing so hard! lol
by Erin the Innocent February 17th, 2008 at 1:23 pmHey Erin,
by TJ February 17th, 2008 at 1:50 pmGo ahead and laugh as hard as you want, girl! I know I am…now! LOL!
Hi TJ - that’s so funny! I’m actually rather surprised a vacuum could pull the keys off a laptop - but good to know!
by JSL February 17th, 2008 at 3:44 pmOkay that is totally something I would have done! I was nodding going, yeah, I can see that! LOL. Only I would’ve used it as an excuse to buy a new laptop!!! LOL.
by Shelli Stevens February 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pmHey JSL,
Girl, I didn’t know either. Imagine my surprise when I discovered it! The hard way ;D
TJ
by TJ February 17th, 2008 at 5:40 pmHey Shelli,
I might just try that one - walk into the office and bed the IT guys to get me a new one. This one does suck major wind, so perhaps they’ll do it! Wheeee!
TJ
by TJ February 17th, 2008 at 5:41 pmLOL OMG, TJ. I wish I could have seen your face when it happened.
We’ve all done stuff like that.
I can’t wait to hear what the IT guy has to say about it. *g*
by N.J. Walters February 17th, 2008 at 5:47 pmHey NJ,
That makes two of us on ALL points. I wish I’d been standing in front of a mirror so I could have laughed at the shock on my face! My lord!
by TJ February 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pmROFL! Oh darlin’, that’s painfully funny. I’m sure it’s not the first time it’s happened, but I daresay it’ll be the first time your IT guy’s heard this one. :)
by Carolan Ivey February 17th, 2008 at 6:18 pmHi Carolan,
I think I was the one sneaking the chocolate covered espresso beans because my brain was obviously running a few beats ahead of my common sense!
TJ
by TJ February 17th, 2008 at 6:43 pmGirl, I did that very same thing LAST WEEKEND!!! Had to fish those things out of the nasty cat hair and dog hair! ICK!!! They need to attach those keys a little better, don’t they?? LOL
by Moira Reid February 17th, 2008 at 7:35 pmMOIRA! Woman, are you serious! ROFL! Well, at least I’m in good company!
TJ
by TJ February 17th, 2008 at 8:29 pmTJ you crack me up! This is now going to be one of the stories I tell while justifying my aversion to vacuuming and my tolerance of dust.
by Samantha Kane February 17th, 2008 at 9:42 pmSam
Really cute, but where did the buttons go? Is it like the washer and your socks?
by Janet H February 17th, 2008 at 11:15 pmHey Sam,
I’m with you! I think I’ll leave the vacuuming to somebody else from now on.
by TJ February 18th, 2008 at 2:08 pmHi Janet,
I swear it’s just like the washer/sock thing! One second, those buttons were in plain sight. When I dumped the canister, I couldn’t find the darned things no matter how much I kicked the dust around. Then I stooped to using a spoon. No luck ;D Maybe all my missing socks were actually vacuumed instead of washed?
TJ
by TJ February 18th, 2008 at 2:10 pmMaybe so. I think there’s an alternate dimension that sucks these things up. Yep, probably the vacum cleaner.
by Janet H February 18th, 2008 at 5:25 pm