The Spacebar

I wonder why the spacebar key is so big. I mean, there is something like the aesthetic appeal of the keyboard too, dammit! No symmetry in anything at all. Now look at the alphabets. All in similar sizes neatly stacked. Then the numbers and special characters. So far so good. But when it comes to the spacebar...whoa! What were those guys thinking anyway? I bet the chief designer fell asleep at his desk and drew a rather longish key than he meant to (or would have if he had been awake) and suddenly some copier from somewhere got activated by the sleepy flick of his wrist and printed a million copies of the design. And then a gust of wind blew one of the designs into the printing press and another million copies of the same were printed. Our design-man, meanwhile was still happily sleeping. Then another gust of wind blew a copy of the design on the boss' desk and he had a look at it without his glasses on, decided his chief designer must have done a great job as always and approved it. What happened after that is history. Er, well actually it’s the present and future too as far as I can see.

Moral of the story - keep office windows shut to keep gusts of wind out.