Since EJ is in one of his pondering modes........

[Ima Facultiwyfe]

.....considering the phenomenon of eggs and all that, I wonder if he and his lackeys would care to offer knowledge of why ants LOVE my computer keyboard and monitor. Every summer they move in and wander aimlessly all over my desk top. They bite, too. No food here to attract them.....only my coffee cup.

I've heard tell that the computer fouls up their GPS or some such thing, confusing their sense of direction as they try to figure out which way is North.

Have at it.
Love, Ima

[OZZIE4DUKE]

.....considering the phenomenon of eggs and all that, I wonder if he and his lackeys would care to offer knowledge of why ants LOVE my computer keyboard and monitor. Every summer they move in and wander aimlessly all over my desk top. They bite, too. No food here to attract them.....only my coffee cup.

I've heard tell that the computer fouls up their GPS or some such thing, confusing their sense of direction as they try to figure out which way is North.

Have at it.
Love, Ima

maybe it's the coffee cake crumbs that jump off your coffee cup and into the keyboard that attract the ants...

[CameronBornAndBred]

I've heard tell that the computer fouls up their GPS or some such thing, confusing their sense of direction as they try to figure out which way is North.

They are probably trying to access Mapquest.

[Miles]

.....considering the phenomenon of eggs and all that, I wonder if he and his lackeys would care to offer knowledge of why ants LOVE my computer keyboard and monitor. Every summer they move in and wander aimlessly all over my desk top. They bite, too. No food here to attract them.....only my coffee cup.

I've heard tell that the computer fouls up their GPS or some such thing, confusing their sense of direction as they try to figure out which way is North.

Have at it.
Love, Ima

I found this article which doesn't tell us what causes it, but does eliminate some of the possible attractions.

[EarlJam]

.....considering the phenomenon of eggs and all that, I wonder if he and his lackeys would care to offer knowledge of why ants LOVE my computer keyboard and monitor. Every summer they move in and wander aimlessly all over my desk top. They bite, too. No food here to attract them.....only my coffee cup.

I've heard tell that the computer fouls up their GPS or some such thing, confusing their sense of direction as they try to figure out which way is North.

Have at it.
Love, Ima

Ants are God's "metaphors" for humans. As we worship the universe (the most mysterious known realm to us), ants worship the most mysterious known realm to them.....the human computer. Those ants in your keyboard are the most spiritual of all the ants in your community. They seek, enlightenment, but just as we cannot comprehend the universe, they cannot comprehend computers, yet, as highly structured beings, they respect it and have a deep curiosity for it (the computer). If you simply dress up as an ant one night and begin to chant, "Irky Irky Ohm La La!" for a full hour, they will turn to you and begin worshipping you (I'm guessing/theory).


Do not kill these ants. They are good ants. Loving ants. They are only seeking a higher realm.

-EarlJam