# What's on your key ring? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440 "2002-06-28T19:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/1 "2002-06-28T19:26:01Z")
Besides keys, of course. Although if you want to say how many keys, go right ahead. I have: 5 keys Syracuse University lanyard _Gran Turismo 3: A-spec_ keychain (reverse side says “The Drive of Your Life” Miniature San Jose Sharks goalie mask CVS ExtraCare tag I’m sure people have tons more stuff than me. Whatcha got? ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/2 "2002-06-28T19:36:37Z")
13 keys A St. Christopher medal (A silly thing for an atheist to have, but if I take it off and have a wreck, my Mom would never stop with the “I told you so’s”, since she gave it to me when I started to drive years ago.) A pewter Snoopy dressed as the WWI flying ace, a gift from my sister. A GI can opener that belonged to my Dad. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/3 "2002-06-28T19:42:46Z")
3 keys and a Guinness bottle opener (it finally came!). ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/4 "2002-06-28T19:50:41Z")
eight keys (one for Kryptonite lock) bottle opener (gotta have it) squishy eyeball thing that “gooshes” blood and makes a disgusting sound. clown when squeezed his eyeballs pop out Bart Simpson showing his butt one of those things for your keyring that whoever finds them can put them in the postbox and they will get sent to Stanford Blood Bank. Who will then call me. One Gallon Donor, Baby! ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/5 "2002-06-28T19:55:54Z")
I have a keychain that has a red light and 4 key rings on it. I have my house keys My Parents appartment key an Elevator key (Allows me to have me own personal express elevator. 🙂 ) Car keys and an illuminating Lightsaber from the JK2 game. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/6 "2002-06-28T19:57:47Z")
Five keys (house, storage garage, parents’ house, in-laws’ house) Miniature Victorinox Swiss Army knife Giant Food Stores Bonus card Small blue Krypton flashlight advertising PowerStroke Diesel engines The keys to each of my cars are on different fobs: Outer Banks lighthouses for the Buick and station wagon, and brand logos for my Taurus and Cadillac. ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/7 "2002-06-28T20:18:02Z")
Five keys: [ul] [li]Parents’ house key[/li][li]My apartment key[/li][li]My car key[/li][li]Friend’s house key[/li][li]Friend’s mailbox key[/li][/ul] One ‘Wisconsin Dells’ key thingy with my name on it, given to me by **Joey Hemlock** , and one metal ‘Peterbuilt’ key thingy. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/8 "2002-06-28T21:07:23Z")
5 keys, one for a small lock that I keep on my “electric box”. (A metal box like you’d see on a wall with, y’know, electrical thingamajiggers in it. Only, this one I found in a trash can in perfect condition, and now it is used to store letters and such.) The purpose of one key has long since been forgotten, but I keep it around in case I ever remember and it turns out to be important. Miniature faux Swiss-army knife. Guinness bottle opener. 🙂 (Doesn’t it just rule, Ferrous? I love the thing.) ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/9 "2002-06-28T21:18:08Z")
Car key. 2 house keys. 3 office keys. Steel plate that was put in my forearm when I was a teenager and removed a year later. When it was removed I asked to keep it. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/10 "2002-06-28T21:18:08Z")
Seven keys, house, truck, truck toolbox, briefcase, desk, 2 suitcase keys, the P-38 can opener that I brought back from my '68-'69 S.E. Asian vacation, a “World’s Greatest Dad” bottle opener, and the quick release pin that connects the half of the key ring that I carry, to the other half. ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/11 "2002-06-28T21:25:39Z")
3 keys (One which I’m not sure what its for) A maglight that doesn’t work Fold up scissors Radiator key egg ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/12 "2002-06-28T21:42:30Z")
Besides keys there is just the remote for my car and a Guinness Flying Toucan (actually I think it can be used as a bottle opener in a pinch). I usually have a small swiss army knife, but stupidly I forgot to take it off when I had to take a flight last week. Confiscated. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/13 "2002-06-28T21:43:47Z")
5 keys:[ul][li]car key[_]bike lock key[_]parents’ house[_]old apartment (I’m still paying rent, so I get a key)[_]current house[/ul][/li]2 grocery store savers cards a penny that’s had a smiley face pattern punched into it a University of Wisconsin bottle opener–a 21st birthday present (sadly, Bucky and the word “Wisconsin” have been rubbed off, prob. due to repeated use 🆒 ) ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/14 "2002-06-28T21:47:08Z")
Keys to my house, my store, the store storage room, the store down the street, the store down the street’s deposit box, the store upstairs, the store in the 'burbs, the deposit key for the store in the 'burbs, my mom’s house, my church, my car, my truck, my daughter’s car…13 in all. Key tags for Drug Mart, CVS, Conrad’s Car Care, Giant Eagle, Tops, Heinen’s. A broken key chain that says, in cut-out newspaper letters, “Give me all your chocolate and nobody gets hurt”…which is appropriate because I work for Godiva. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/15 "2002-06-28T22:02:51Z")
Keys (including keys to my old apartment and mailbox because they never asked for them back, and key to my mom’s house). Grocery store savers cards (Randalls, Krogers, and Gerlands – I shop at HEB. Go figure.) A little clippy thing that attaches my keys to the inside of my purse. My watch. I can’t stand wearing anything on my wrist. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/16 "2002-06-28T22:26:58Z")
Only noteworthy things I have on my keychain are [ul] [li]Photon Microlight[/li][li]Key to a Boeing 727[/li][/ul] The rest are house keys, car keys, etc. Nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/17 "2002-06-28T22:28:32Z")
A brass tag given me by the favorite woman I ever worked for. (Gad I hope the boss isn’t reading this.) It once had the logo of the library where we worked, but it has been worn smooth. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/18 "2002-06-28T22:43:30Z")
Keys, a siver hook and a bulldog. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/19 "2002-06-28T22:45:27Z")
One key. One mini flashlight. One heart shaped gold charm engraved with J&L. Many mini cards: CVS ExtraCare Harris Teeter Giant ACAC ---
**Author:** ![Lectricity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440/20 "2002-06-28T22:50:19Z")
12 keys and a baby leatherman. My truck key, her car key, my truck tool box key, my house, her folks house, my moms house, two master lock keys for work, two keys that I have to give back when I’m done with my current jobsite, one for my closet in the basement that is never ever locked, and one to change the combination to the locks at work every time someone is fired or quits on bad terms. The baby leatherman opens bottles in a pinch. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-key-ring/116440.md?page=2)