What’s five times dirtier than a toilet seat? Your computer keyboard, says one British microbiologist who, for whatever reason, was sufficiently curious about the issue to study it.
According to the Daily Mail, he found the average keyboard to be a veritable petri dish of harmful bacteria ranging from e.coli to the even scarier-sounding staphylococcus aureus. I’ve linked to the story, but germaphobes and hypochondriacs beware: the details can literally turn your stomach.
OK, true confession time: Crazy as it sounds, I’ve always compulsively swabbed mine down each week with a Q-tip and rubbing alcohol. Not because I’m afraid of the heebie-jeebies, but simply because I’m such a neat-knick that I can’t stand the sight of greasy fingerprints on all those little designer-white Mac keys.
Who would’ve guessed I was on the leading edge of the next emerging health craze?
