# 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:** 2
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/21 "2000-11-18T21:45:04Z")
I guess I’m not the only one with keys to my ex’s house 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/22 "2000-11-18T21:49:38Z")
Apartment key for front door Apartment key - knob lock Apartment key - bolt lock Mail key Key to padlock (whereabouts unknown) Key to car Another car key Key to my mother’s house Key to doors at work Key for Case 1841c tractors Key to gate at work I think that’s it. They’re all on some 1996 Olympics keychain, the kind with three removable rings on it. ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/23 "2000-11-18T21:51:39Z")
I’m glad I’m not the only one with keys to my EX-House 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/24 "2000-11-18T22:01:50Z")
– House – Ignition key for my Cavalier – Door/trunk key for Cavalier – Key to mom’s van that opens everything but the glovebox – Key to the door-handle at work – Key to the deadbolt at work – Key that used to open the front door before we got the locks changed – Key to the backdoor from before the lock change – Key that I think is for my Dad’s pickup truck, but I’m not sure These are all shoved onto a ring with two pewter things on it, one’s got the NASCAR logo and the other has the CART logo. I keep telling myself I’m gonna get rid of the changed-lock key and the one for Dad’s pickup, but I never get around to it. All my keys face the same way, except the van key which is double-sided and pisses me off. Incidentally, the ignition key for the Chevalier is shaped like florida and has SSEXXA written backwards on it. ---
**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/25 "2000-11-18T22:04:09Z")
3 for my home Key to my apartment Key to my apartment building’s laundry room Key to my apartment’s mailbox 4 for transportation Key for my vehicle door & transmission Key for my husband’s vehicle door & transmission Other One SecurID token for logging into work remotely One scannable membership thingy for my exercise club (where I never go anymore) So 7 keys and two other But the coolest thing is minature black leather jacket key chain. Whenever I meet a new young child I entertain them by using the jacket as a finger puppet. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/26 "2000-11-18T23:23:29Z")
NOW I know why men jingle so much when they play with their keys in their pockets! I keep my house keys separate from my car keys, so…trunk and ignition key go on my Sgt.Pepper keychain. Second key chain has dead bolt lock key, door knob key and the key to the garage door lock. ---
**Author:** ![blanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@blanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blanx)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/27 "2000-11-18T23:50:28Z")
Keys- 1 house 3 office plus elevator key 2 car keys keychain from when I visited Vietnam grocery store thingie(discount club) video store id bottle opener… never know when you need it! ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/28 "2000-11-19T00:12:51Z")
Anti-pro > [@](#): > > Sgt.Pepper keychain Dangit…now I am jealous! Big Beatle fan \<--------- ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/29 "2000-11-19T00:28:14Z")
4 for me: House key Key for the Supra Key for the Ranger Key for the Accord I really need to get one of those clip keychains so I can take a key off easily. It would help now that it’s getting cold, so I can warm the car up, then lock the house. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/30 "2000-11-19T00:29:23Z")
House key–on a Raptor keychain from Cedar Point, you know, when they take your picture while you’re on the coaster. Cool. Car keys–one for the ignition, one for the door. There’s three keychains hooked to gether for that one. A Driver’s Mart keychain, a grocery store savings club card, and my personal favorite, a miniature Tupperware Shape-O-Toy. So that’s three keys, four keychains. I have a bazillion keychains, by the way. I love keychains. But I also have a tendency to misplace my keys. I learned a loooooong time a go that the more keychains I have hooked together, the easier they are to find. Works for me, anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kerrigan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kerrigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kerrigan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/31 "2000-11-19T00:44:21Z")
Mailbox House 2 little silver ones to my mom’s big suitcase Another little silver one for my violin case 5 ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/32 "2000-11-19T00:56:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > I learned a loooooong time a go that the more keychains I have hooked together, the easier they are to find. Works for me, anyway. 😃 Ooooh, me too! So, my house, car and remote go onto a network of 4 differently-colored Cape May County Mosquito Commission keychains. I can’t miss that monstrous gob of plastic and metal in the bottom of my purse. For work, my keys hang from a cord I can put around my neck. They include building and office keys, ditto to another building and bird lab key with a US Embassy/Moscow fob and a Sears screwdriver thingy. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/33 "2000-11-19T03:18:25Z")
2 keys for the house on one key ring, 1 key for work on a diffrent key ring. ---
**Author:** ![Orshee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Orshee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orshee)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/34 "2000-11-19T03:31:54Z")
Car, house, garage, and a key to a locked bathroom in the Northstar Building in downtown Minneapolis. ---
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/35 "2000-11-19T03:35:15Z")
Parents’ house Dorm Maiklbox Bike Lock ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/36 "2000-11-19T03:37:33Z")
Car Key Key for old car House Key Brother’s House Key Friend’s House Key desk key for work Outdoor school master Indoor school master ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/37 "2000-11-19T03:46:31Z")
key to my MR2 key to the drug box on my ambulance key to the drug box on my backup ambulance key to my desk at work house key all on a belgian airforce keyring looks like that makes 5 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/38 "2000-11-19T04:10:18Z")
Car Key House Key Key to my Parents House (home back home) Mailbox Key Random Key that was found on the floor of my old school A key ring with a whale two unadorned key rings (both thingies broke off at some point or other) One Grenade pin that functions as a key ring (minus the actual pin…it fell off too…) Key chains have to be _chains_ dammit!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/39 "2000-11-19T04:58:47Z")
Ummm… more keys than I should have at this age? 2 keys to my mom’s car even though I can’t drive, I won’t lose them and she will so I’m the last set of back up keys. 1 key to my room, oddly enough it does have a lock, my dad just built it that way. 1 key to the garage, our 4 car garage was made livable, I live there with my brother. 1 key to the front gate and door to the house although I never use it. 1 key to nothing that has my name on it where the key part should be and a doggy on it too 1 keychain “I only LOOK sweet and innocent” 1 Ralph’s club discont thingy and quite a few of the coke tab thingies Not much but it looks too big for a kid my age. Kitty ---
**Author:** ![UnEasyRider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e56c9b/32.png) [@UnEasyRider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnEasyRider)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756/40 "2000-11-19T05:00:36Z")
Key to F-350 Key to work Key to Quonset at work Key to trailer at work Piece of steel wire Choke tube wrench for a Mossberg Small flashlight with dead batteries 2 mystery keys Carabiner to clip to belt loop “Do I look like a frickin’ people person?!” doohickey All on a snapring out of a universal joint. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keys-and-how-many-do-you-have-on-your-key-chain/41756.md?page=3)