I can finally breathe now.

I was in my office cubicle just now when I needed some data that might be in the hard drive of an old computer, so I decided to turn it on.

The LEDs on the CPU turned on, followed by some beeps and whirring noises, then some clicks from the monitor adjusting itself.

Then the screen blanked out.

And I smelt something funny. Like lychee or something. Smoky lychee.

Then I saw it. Smoke was pouring out from the back of the CPU.

I pushed the on/off switch on the CPU. Nothing.

I dashed to the outside of my cubicle to pull the plug. The plug was somewhere else.

I dashed back into my cubicle, squinted my eyes in the cloud of smoke, and groped for the power cable, and ripped it out from the back of the CPU. Coughing away, I finally ran out of my office.

Phew.

The next time you smell smoky lychee, check your computer.