Man Swallows Key, Locksmith Uses X-Ray (hold muh beer ALERT)

Yahoo News ^ | 6/24/05

[hispanarepublicana]

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - Arthur Richardson thought he'd pull a prank and pretend to swallow a friend's truck key. Unfortunately, Wednesday's prank backfired when Richardson plopped the key in his mouth and gravity took over.

Richardson went to a doctor Thursday, who X-rayed his stomach and got a clear picture of the key. The doctor said the key posed no danger, but Richardson's friend needed to use his truck.

So Richardson and his friend took the X-rays to a locksmith, who used the pictures to fashion a new key. And it worked in the truck.

John Somers, owner of Al's Lock and Safe, said he'd never made a key before from the image of an X-ray.

"I have done all sorts of lock work, I've done all sorts of safe work," Somers said. "This is truly a first in my career."

Somers said he didn't have any immediate plans to set price rates for X-ray keys, but it's something he might consider.

[hispanarepublicana]

I guess I wouldn't have wanted to use the key again either.

[hispanarepublicana]

Thought ya'll might get a laugh outta this.

[nuconvert]

Lol

[perfect stranger]

I gotta laugh out of it too. Thanks

[Young Werther]

I guess this gives a whole new meaning to "pass key"!

wakka! wakka! wakka! wakka!

[Das Outsider]

Man Swallows Key, Locksmith Uses X-Ray

[hispanarepublicana]

How scary is this? Mr. HR is watching some boring war movie with Humphrey Bogart & the My 3 Sons daddy. I walked into the room just now, and the plot seems to be revolving around...........a SWALLOWED KEY!!!!!!!!

[perfect stranger]

Sounds like a good movie.

What's the name of it?

[nuconvert]

http://www.kfcplainfield.com/sound/twilightzone.wav

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Great PR for the locksmith!

Not-so-great PR for the swallowin' fool....

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh.... that's a good locksmith.

[speedy]

Funny one, hr.

I've heard of skeleton keys, but I didn't think that's where the name came from. Maybe it will keep the guy from getting lockjaw.

Hey, there are no boring Bogie movies -- and with Fred MacMurray yet. FReegards to Mr. hr for his good taste in movies.

[Dog Gone]

The doctor said the key posed no danger

I guess it was a passkey.

[speedy]

Wait -- if it's Bogie and MacMurray, it must be "The Caine Mutiny." Oh man, that's one of the all time greats, hr. You should be watching that -- that's where all of our McCain material comes from!!

[hispanarepublicana]

Mr. HR just said it's The Cain Mutiny.

[speedy]

I told you so.

[hispanarepublicana]

I should watch it, but my gnat's-ass sized attention span just can't hang in.

[perfect stranger]

That's a fine movie. What channel is it on?

[softwarecreator]

What words have killed more people than any other?

"Hey y'all watch this ...."

[speedy]

Yeah, that's where Freeping comes in handy -- nice quick threads, then move on to the next subject.

[hispanarepublicana]

Turner Classic Movies.

[perfect stranger]

Thanks. I'm watching now.

[hispanarepublicana]

[crickets chirp in the distance as only a quiet wind sounds as if in a vacuum as hr stands abandoned in her thread]

Wow. Guess I know where you guys have gone. Enjoy the movie. That's the first time I've ever hijacked my own thread.

[perfect stranger]

Hell, I'm suprised that it was as easy as you saying it's on TMC.

[perfect stranger]

Where in EST are you?

[hispanarepublicana]

I'm in Central Time zone. Texas. Where else is there?

[perfect stranger]

Shows you what I know. Silly me.

[perfect stranger]

I haven't seen this movie for a while.

Thanks again.

[speedy]

Watch it, hr. Those chirping crickets woke me up and I caught you talking to yourself on this thread. The movie was great, BTW, thanks for the heads-up.

But it is getting late here in EST. I might have to go get my glass of warm milk and wash down my key. Hmmm, no milk in the fridge, but here's some Veuve Cliquot left from dinner -- still bubbling -- ahh!! Who needs caviar when you have True Value keys?

[hispanarepublicana]

G'night.

[speedy]

Nighty night from the Back Bay of Boston to wherever in Texas you are. I'll stay up a little bit longer to watch those leftists.

[hispanarepublicana]

DUDES!!! I hung in after the Bogie movie to FReep and the TV is still on Turner Classic Movies which is now playing A Few Good Men. We don't have HBO, etc. Turner is part of our basic package.
The F word is not being bleeped! What's up with that and how long's it been going on?

[speedy]

You've got me there, hr. Naive as I am, I thought they still bleeped those out except on premium channels. I guess next they'll be dropping f-bombs on Nickelodeon. Bring back "The Munsters." And now I really do have to scram. Stick with those old movies!!

[PAR35]

The Cain Mutiny

That's "The Caine Mutiny". It's a classic. Haven't you seen references to it on discussions of McCain? It stars Bogart.

[LibertarianInExile]

"I guess it was a passkey."

Here I was thinking the reason it showed up in the X-rays was that it was a skeleton key.

[Larry Lucido]

I guess making a new key from an x-ray is better than the alternative.