[zwaps]

The spill has to remain in the keyboard area.

Friend of mine in college spilled.. I think beer?.. on this Thinkpad. He instinctively grabbed it (me, across the room, yelling to keep it stable) and turned it to the side. The fluid got into the fan intake and boom, dead it was.

[mcv]

I spilled an entire mug of tea on my X1E when it was just new. That would have killed any Macbook, but the Thinkpad was fine. Turned it off, unplugged the power, let it drain through the bottom. Next morning, open it up, clean it out, turn it on, and it's fine.

Even had time to make a photo: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/h0663l/good_thing...

Don't count on this too strongly though; not every Thinkpad is spill-resistant, unfortunately.