Speaking of soda incidents.. (Score 1)

When I was running my 486 with the case off once, I spilled a can of Diet Coke onto the motherboard. The monitor made a fascinating pixel design the likes of which I've never seen before or since, and I quickly unplugged the box and let it dry. I turned it back on about a day later. It was absolutely fine, and I kept using the machine until I upgraded six months later. I guess the moral of this story is "diet soda less destructive than the sugary kind."