# Hey! I found my keys! I thought you'd want to know... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039 "2009-02-23T12:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/1 "2009-02-23T12:42:12Z")
For those of you who were breathlessly awaiting word, they have been found! Oh, you wanna know where? I have a bunch of boxes in my living room now, filled with all my stuff that I’m sorting through to sell and store and use and so forth, and the keys had fallen down into the one that was right by the door where I generally drop my keys. Not very interesting, just true. Man, I am really going to enjoy having this chaos cleaned up and sorted out, for sure. Speaking of which, when was the last time we did…whaddya call it when I send you some of my crap and someone else sends me some of theirs? Those are amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/2 "2009-02-23T12:58:17Z")
I’m so relieved for you. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/3 "2009-02-23T13:37:30Z")
> [@Where are my keys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-my-keys/485250/11): > > Last place you look. Was I right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/4 "2009-02-23T14:42:10Z")
Good, I’m glad you found them. Not far (in a metaphorical sense) from where I found my keys the last time I lost them for weeks on end. Perhaps the only time I lost them for weeks (I had spare keys, which I used for the intravening weeks). ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/5 "2009-02-23T15:37:24Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Speaking of which, when was the last time we did…whaddya call it when I send you some of my crap and someone else sends me some of theirs? Those are amusing. White Elephant Exchange ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/6 "2009-02-23T20:02:20Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Was I right? 😃 Actually, no, since I wasn’t “looking” for them, i was merely emptying the box as part of my cleanup. But I get it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/7 "2009-02-24T00:37:52Z")
cleaning and decluttering is my time honoured way of finding lost items. it always works and things look nicer for a bit. white elephants are fun and amusing… did you need some stuff? 'cause i got stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/8 "2009-02-24T11:12:30Z")
Of course it’s the last place you look, because after that you stop looking . 😃 Took me eighteen months to find my phone down the back of the sofa in the sports clubhouse. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/9 "2009-02-24T14:01:22Z")
Now that we know where Stoid’s keys are, can someone help me find my cellphone? Yes, I took everything out of my purse. And I checked all my pockets. It’s not that I desperately NEED my phone, in fact, I rarely use it. But I’d hate to have it uncharged. It’s not hooked up to its charger, either, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/10 "2009-02-24T14:03:06Z")
**Lynn,** is it dead already or can you call the number and find it from the ring? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/11 "2009-02-24T18:44:37Z")
> [@Karyn](#): > > **Lynn,** is it dead already or can you call the number and find it from the ring? :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: Yeah, I should do that. I am really NOT used to having a cell phone, even though I’ve had it for over a year. It’s just not part of my lifestyle. My husband got it for me, because he worries that I will get hurt somehow when I’m out running around. And since there ARE no public pay phones any more, or at any rate, none that I see, it makes sense for me to have a cell. I’m just not a big fan. It’s probably set to mute, as I hate being out and having the thing ring. But I’ll try calling it. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/12 "2009-02-24T20:59:23Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > For those of you who were breathlessly awaiting word, they have been found! Were they where you last put them? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/13 "2009-02-25T00:34:35Z")
A handy site for lost cell phones: [http://www.phonemyphone.com/](http://www.phonemyphone.com/). My room-mate uses it regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-found-my-keys-i-thought-youd-want-to-know/487039/14 "2009-02-25T02:39:46Z")
I had my husband try to call my phone. It’s dead, the call went straight to voicemail. Drat it.