# The donkey swallowed the handcuffs key **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204 "2007-03-01T20:13:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/1 "2007-03-01T20:13:54Z")
> **[Accommodation in Galway | Best Hotels, Guesthouses, Hostels & Camping](https://www.galwaytourism.ie/accommodation/)** > > Find the best places to stay in Galway from top hotels to scenic country houses, cheap boutique hostels, family run guesthouses and amazing campsites “The court was told that the donkey went berserk in the middle of the night and ran amok in the hotel corridor, forcing hotel staff to call the gardai. McCarney was found in the room wearing a latex suit and handcuffs, the key to which the donkey is believed to have swallowed.” He should have known better than to trust a donkey. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/2 "2007-03-01T20:16:17Z")
What an ass. psssst the linky no worky ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/3 "2007-03-01T20:23:43Z")
Link is OK – just try again. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/4 "2007-03-01T20:24:07Z")
> [@](#): > > He was fined €2,000 for bringing the donkey to the room under the Unlawful Accommodation of Donkeys Act 1837. Does that mean it would have been OK to bring in a sheep instead? ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/5 "2007-03-01T20:37:19Z")
[QUOTE=Canadjun] Does that mean it would have been OK to bring in a sheep instead? [/QUOTE] Don’t be silly, no one would believe a sheep was a “super rabbit” so he wouldn’t have been able to check-in in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/6 "2007-03-01T20:58:24Z")
I wonder if they had a rash of donkey-in-room incidents in the mid-1830s? (Is there such an act?) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/7 "2007-03-01T22:28:47Z")
> [@](#): > > She added that Mr McCarney also suffered from a fixation with the Shrek movies and could constantly be heard at work talking to himself saying things like “Isn’t that right, Donkey?” /shrek. Pick me, pick me? /end-shrek. Of course, with the rabbit part, anyone else think “that’s no ordinary rabbit!” ? That, and is the article serious about the law? Questions upon questions with this incident… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/8 "2007-03-01T22:36:57Z")
Why am I hearing a jaunty Irish folksong with the thread header as the title? ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/9 "2007-03-02T00:35:08Z")
For some reason this was my favorite part: > [@](#): > > He was also charged with damage to a mini-bar in the room, but this charge was later dropped when the defendant said that it was the donkey who caused that damage. Sue the donkey! Sue the donkey! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-donkey-swallowed-the-handcuffs-key/394204/10 "2007-03-02T00:41:25Z")
[Princhester thinks it’s a load of donkey doo.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8312031&postcount=4)