I will never touch another keyboard again

[catalyst2]

I started to type this morning and found some of my keys were a bit funny and "crackly". I never eat at my keyboard at work but I do share the PC with other people so I thought it might be crumbs or something. I tipped the keyboard over and shook it out. Out fell (bits of) lots of dead little spiders - babies I presume because some of them were almost intact. Dozens, I tell you - DOZENS!

Repeat after me:

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Once the squealing stopped - I really have to stop making that noise - several questions occurred to me.

Why were they there?
Were they there yesterday when I spent all day at the PC?
Why were they all dead - some kind of spider suicide pact?
Where are the adult spiders - or are they just waiting until I'm not watching and then they will wreak their vengeance upon me?

Comments

[asgaja.livejournal.com]

Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew !!!! O_O

I would freak, but then again I'm absolutely terrified of spiders so but... yeah EWWWW. >_<

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a quite complete freak on my behalf because I could see that they were obviously dead - but all day I could see things moving out of the corner of my eye and I would have to look to make sure it wasn't more spiders!

[asgaja.livejournal.com]

Just thinking about the possibility makes me itch as hell.. >_<

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

That was me all day - you know when you brush against something just enough to touch the hairs on your skin but not enough to actually get contact with the skin? Well, every time I did that it felt like some incy-wincy spider was crawling on my skin!

Join in again:
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

[sanguinepen.livejournal.com]

OH DEAR GOD!!!!!!!!!

Now I have the fucking willies. I'm shuddering.

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

And at the time, I wish I could have done exactly what your icon is doing!

[sanguinepen.livejournal.com]

I picked that one special for the ocassion. God I'd want to dip it in bleach.

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

I was glad they were dead but the thought did cross my mind as to *why* they died - and then decided that I didn't want to know what the answer was any way!

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Looks like I'm in the minority when I say, aw, poor little spiders....

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

Given they were all babies, that thought did cross my mind some time later (well after the squealing died down *ahem*) but then I did still wonder what they were doing in the keyboard?

[tijnat.livejournal.com]

It's still better than an eviscerated bird in the bathroom!! :D

I don't have a problem with spiders, but multiple dead ones in your keyboard? Ewwwwwwwwwwww is right!

I vote for the spider suicide pact!

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

But what could drive a spider to suicide? Not enough flies to eat? Evicted from your web?

[quarterturn.livejournal.com]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

OMG. Seriously. EW. That just makes my stomach roll and my skin crawl. Now I am paranoid about my keyboard, even though I pop the keys off and clean it out monthly, because I saw two big spiders on my desk recently, not together, but on the same day, and I'm thinking now, were they scouting out my keyboard for housing? Does my keyboard look like a practical place for their offspring? I'm going to put up a sign that says NO VACANCY.

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

Keyboards are clearly condominiums for spiders!