Posted on 06/24/2005 7:55:09 PM PDT by 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.
Turner Classic Movies.
[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.
Hell, I'm suprised that it was as easy as you saying it's on TMC.
Where in EST are you?
I'm in Central Time zone. Texas. Where else is there?
Shows you what I know. Silly me.
Thanks again.
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?
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.
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?
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!!
That's "The Caine Mutiny". It's a classic. Haven't you seen references to it on discussions of McCain? It stars Bogart.
"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.
I guess making a new key from an x-ray is better than the alternative.
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