Lost any CSS lately?

If your Internet connection happens to lose a bit of CSS data, you get a mess on your screen.

John Allsop has already responded sensibly to John C. Dvorak's hilarious article, Why CSS Bugs Me, over at PCMag.com. Far be if from me to contradict the respected CSS authority Mr. Dvorak, but I do have a question for you folks stemming from his insightful article.

For me Mr. Dvorak's most salient point is that,

If your Internet connection happens to lose a bit of CSS data, you get a mess on your screen.

Fortunately this has not happened to me on a regular basis, but it has seemingly happened to one BritPacker who reported on the BritPack scooter club mailing list only today that,

It's happened to me. Only this evening I lost some (CSS) but it turned out that it was down the back of the sofa all along. No wait, that was bacon crisps.

The last time I lost some CSS, I found that I had left it in that tiny pocket in my jeans and washed it without knowing. Fortunately it dried out OK, albeit a bit wrinkly, and I was able to use it again on another project. I'm just glad no one noticed. After all, if it had made a mess on my screen , things could have taken a real turn for the worse.

Imagine having to admit to a client, I'm sorry your project is late, I washed the CSS in my trousers and it kinda went all, err, funny.

Have you lost any CSS?

If you have ever lost any CSS, where were you and what were you doing when you lost it? Did you find it again and where, and if not, what were the consequences for your screen, underpants or anything else that might be so badly affected by its loss as Mr. Dvorak suggests?

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