Ever use a church key?

[trof]

(Thanks to Arwalden for the inspiration)
What's a "church key"?
If you know the answer it REALLY dates you.
;-)

[riona]

1. Does this item

open a bottle of beer by any chance?

[trof]

2. Yes, but more often a can in my day.

They didn't always come with pop tops.

[LaurenG]

3. Yes I own at least three

and other than condensed milk I don't know what to open with the sharp end anymore. I must be old too.

[trof]

7. If you dropped a can of beer, did you tap on the top

with the church key for a bit to get the foam down?
We did. Seemed to work.
I have no idea why.

[LaurenG]

19. yes we did. It was a magic key lol nt

[BikeWriter]

20. Shoving the can sharply against the corner of a bar works, too.

[djeseru]

4. I've got a couple still.

Their sentimental value outweighs their usefulness these days though. ;)

[trof]

9. Mine has a magnet. For the fridge.

[djeseru]

13. Now, that's organization.

:thumbsup:

I still have to root around in the drawer of cooking implements to find one.

[trof]

17. Well, except it's not on the fridge now.

I don't know where the hell it is.
Good thing Scotch bottles have screw tops.
;-)

[bearfan454]

29. So does the one we have.

It's really old.

[Road Scholar]

Oh shit, then I'm dated. All of us punks kept one in the glove box.lol

[trof]

14. But no gloves, right?

I never did.
Wonder why they named it that?

[Road Scholar]

15. You sir, are correct. LOL

[tjwmason]

5. Only to open church doors.

I'm guessing that that's not the desired answer. :shrug:

[Robb]

6. Yeppers

Almost daily. At least back when I ate that way. ;)

[auntAgonist]

8. my father always referred to the bottle opener

as the "church key" gads, I'm almost fifty years old, I DO remember LOL


aA

[trof]

10. I said "Hand me that church key" to my son-in-law

and got a blank stare.
I feel o-l-d.
;-)

[auntAgonist]

12. awww

:rofl:

kids eh?

aA

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. I have a number of vintage beer company ones.

Just for fun.

[trof]

16. I have a "Canada Dry" wall mount bottle opener from the old Kings' Inn

Motel at LaGuardia.
What a rathole that place was.
But cheap.
I used to stay there when I was commuting to New York to fly with TWA.

The last time I was there I heard the city had bought the place to use for indigent housing.
I wanted a souvenir, so I unscrewed the bottle opener from the wall in the bathroom.
It had about 18 coats of paint on it.
I cleaned it up and it looks pretty nifty in my bar.

[Gormy Cuss]

18. Yes, and stop saying it dates me. Question for you

I'can't help the fact that I was raised by a mother and grandmother who used old fashioned things.

:D

Okay, so it dates me.

On edit: Ever live in a house with locks that required the old fashioned keys that WERE like church door keys?

[gollygee]

21. Sure and I wish I had one

I keep thinking i should buy one. I use the side of the rotary can openener and it's not as nice. Plus if I have to use a can of broth or condensed milk or evaporated milk or something I'd rather shake it, use the pointy side, and pour than open the whole top off.

[havocmom]

22. Used to fetch them to the back yard for my dad & uncles

on hot summer days.

[RevCheesehead]

23. I have a ring of church keys.

I only know what about 3 of them do, however. :)

[baldguy]

24. I've got one in my kitchen drawer right now.

I used it today.

[In_The_Wind]

25. I used one 3 times tonight.

:)

[EstimatedProphet]

26. Not since I was a kid

I remember un-poptop cans...

[Jazz2006]

27. Yep. Seems we all had them on our keychains along with the car keys...

booze cruise nights when I was a teenager.

And it wasn't all THAT long ago, was it?

hee hee.

:toast:

[sarge43]

28. Yes.

Have a couple, even the double duty one.

[LostinVA]

30. I remember my grandfather having one when I was very little

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. Yes

All the time!

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. It's a secular humanist temple opener.

That's what my husband and I agreed to call it after he objected to the term 'church key,' saying he believed in the separation of church and beer.