# What keys and how many do you have on your key chain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756 "2000-11-18T17:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/1 "2000-11-18T17:52:54Z")
ummm let’s see: Two keys to the house ( front and back keys. I put red fingernail polish on the front one so that it is spotted easily among like house keys.) Key to my office. One to the Executive bathroom ( enclosed stall in the same bathroom that students use.) Key to the Nissen along with remote key lock. ( really too damn big for my pocket.) One small silver one ( not a clue what that one fits.) One large silver one ( not a clue about that one either but I bet if I throw it away I will find out what it fits pretty quick.) So I make the count at seven. Oh wait, a key to the storage room out back. Of course the lock was lost long ago. So make that eight. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/2 "2000-11-18T17:57:48Z")
work home gun cabinet ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/3 "2000-11-18T18:01:34Z")
I’ve got a key to my parent’s house, in case of emergency. Key to my sister’s house, same reason. Key to my place, (just one, don’t need two) Key to my mailbox. A small silver key which I think opens up something at work, but I’ve never used it. The key to my Focus (also with a remote key lock). The key to the padlock on an old trunk I have. So I stand at 7. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/4 "2000-11-18T18:04:10Z")
2 house keys (doorknob and deadbolt) 1 key for garage door (detached garage, has car-door and people-door) 1 car key 1 key to Mom’s house 1 key to In-Law’s house 2 keys for work (front door and classroom) 8 for me. I think it’s too many, but I don’t know what to get rid of. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/5 "2000-11-18T18:17:53Z")
3: House Jeep doors Jeep ignition ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/6 "2000-11-18T18:24:42Z")
1 for my car 1 for my ex’s car (I’m borrowing it) three house keys; vestibule, front and back door mailbox ex’s house keys on a separate but attached ring. 3 total handcuff key (because it looks cool) fob is a little eyeball courtesy of my son’s bday goddie bag- my beloved carabiner was stolen along with all my keys recently. P.S. Am I the only one that has to have all the keys facing the same way and in a logical order? i.e. vestibule,mailbox, front door, back door? ---
**Author:** ![Intriguing\_Question\_Mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Intriguing\_Question\_Mark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intriguing_Question_Mark)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/7 "2000-11-18T18:29:36Z")
I have 1 key to start my car 1 key to open the back of my car (why does it need 2 keys? Please tell me!) 2 keys to the front door (these two will unlock any door into the house) 1 key to my room (I had to get a real lock, my sister use to steal stuff) 1 key to my dorm room 1 key to a lock that I cant find, but occasionally shows up 1 really old skeleton key that I bought at a flea market and use as a key chain So that makes 8. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/8 "2000-11-18T18:30:03Z")
[hijack] Mike, I have that also, Work, home, guncabinet. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![ShamaFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@ShamaFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShamaFrog)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/9 "2000-11-18T18:34:55Z")
Ok. found 'em. whew. I’ve got: outer gate to apt. complex front door car laptop cable lock (for work) front door to my last apt (??i dunno why either??) keroppi keychain that’s 5 keys and a frog ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/10 "2000-11-18T18:35:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MikeG \* > \*\*P.S. Am I the only one that has to have all the keys facing the same way and in a logical order? i.e. vestibule,mailbox, front door, back door? > \*\* What? You mean some people DON’T have their keys “in order” with all the cut edges facing the same way? Well, that’s just sick! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/11 "2000-11-18T18:37:41Z")
Lessee… W&M alumni keychain Harrod’s keychain apartment key mailbox key car key Remote for car locks key to OLD apartment mailbox key to old apartment front door key for old apartment building So I stand at 9… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/12 "2000-11-18T18:55:32Z")
Key and remote for Aerostar Key and remote for 626 Front door key garage door key MVP card for Food Lion My key fob is the engraved part of an ID bracelet that and old gf had given hubby in high school… It’s got his name on it - I like it So - 4 keys and some extra crap ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/13 "2000-11-18T19:14:28Z")
Lets see… ::pulling keychain from pocket:: 1 for my Acura; 1 for my parents house; 1 for the company dumpdruck; 2 keys for my old Impala (need to sell that boat) 2 keys for a Pontiac (backup car) & 1 small “mystery key” I don’t think I’ve ever used. Eight. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/14 "2000-11-18T19:15:58Z")
erm…dumptruck even ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/15 "2000-11-18T19:53:24Z")
– apartment key – friend’s housekey – mailbox key – storage unit lock key – car key Also a Kroger discount card, a Food Lion discount card, a pool pass, one of my dad’s dog tags, a keychain I made on vacation in Minneapolis that says “Fat Cat” because I have an overweight feline, and a pointless round plastic lace thing I braided with blue and black lace because I felt like it. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/16 "2000-11-18T20:25:31Z")
Car key House key Garage key ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/17 "2000-11-18T20:31:02Z")
1 for my house 2 for my car-1 for the doors, 1 for the ignition 1 key for the tack room and feed room at the barn ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/18 "2000-11-18T20:41:15Z")
On my prized Murphy’s Irish Stout bottle opener / keychain (courtesy of a couple of British guys named Jim and Paul, who gave it to me as a sort of Fourth of July present): Apartment key Parents’ house key Ignition / car door key Car tailgate key Work mailbox key Office key … and another one that was given to me on my first day at work that I can’t identify. It looks exactly _like_ the office key, yet doesn’t work in the office door, and I don’t dare throw it away in case it turns out to be important. Don’t you hate it when that happens? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/19 "2000-11-18T21:36:51Z")
ok, lets see here. Bottle Opener ( most important!) key for ex-wife’s car key for pickup truck key for toolbox for bed of pickup (currently burried in ex-wife’s shed.) P.O.Box key key for Deadbolt at parent’s house Swiss Army Knife key for “The Club” key for ex-wife’s house key for mailbox something that looks like a suitcase key key for gate in ex-wife’s backyard key for my parent’s house key for my house Key for my car key for gas cap on my car Captain Morgan key ring and one phantom key for which I have NO idea ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/20 "2000-11-18T21:38:35Z")
ooops! So that’s 18. Do I win? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756.md?page=2)