Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for January 11, 2019

But, that would be a cute decoration, in real life.

It doesn’t work. If rice absorbed water so easily why do we have to boil it?

Electronics can survive immersion – if they are turned off before getting wet and well dried before being turned back on.

I have put computer keyboards – yea, even wireless (sans batteries) in the dishwasher (low temp – heat also kills electronics) and dried them out over the heating vent for a couple of days.

I once was part of a cleanup exercise to clean up computers that were in a flood. They were so caked in mud, we hosed them clean, took the boards out and hung them on a wash line to dry. This is not the recommended way to clean a computer. Compressed air normally works just fine.

Yeah, but it will make a good cell Paella….

Maybe not but it looks like the makings of a great sushi dinner.

I’d have thought their phone would have been waterproof to begin with.

Maybe put it in the oven at a warming temperature?

This comic is all wet

Actually, using a vacuum cleaner for about 20 minutes, sucking in all possible openings on the phone (or other electronics) really works the best. It pulls a lot of air through every part of the phone. And it works pretty fast. For fresh water, anyway. I’ve seen stuff destroyed in sea water really quickly.