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It’s a Key Party QUIZ!

YOUR KEYS (check all that apply):
are on a keyring
face the same direction on your keychain (all teeth to one side)
line up in the order you normally use them (outside door, inside door, or whatever)
are stored on separate rings according to function (house keys, work keys)
are all on one master ring
have those little color tabs on them so you can find them quickly
are accompanied by an item that is not a key (laser pointer, army knife, rubber toy, etc.)
follow the rules of the James Spader character in "Sex Lies and Videotape"

TRUE/FALSE:
I didn’t know the jagged part was called "teeth".
I already knew the jagged part was called "teeth" but did not know that the part between the head and the shaft was called the "nape".
I knew teeth and nape.
I remember that the character’s name was Graham and am insulted that you spelled it out.
I understand all of these questions.
Yes, even the subtext, pfft.

ESSAY:
Describe your key system.

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5 responses to “It’s a Key Party QUIZ!”

  1. Madeleine Avatar
    Madeleine

    True/false:
    You watch the original Stargate movie when it comes on TV because James Spader was so sexy in “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”.

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  2. tuckova Avatar
    tuckova

    M- do you watch Boston Legal? Because he’s exactly the same weirdly sexy guy there (albeit a bit more…well fed).

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  3. Elke Sisco Avatar
    Elke Sisco

    My keys are here: http://flickr.com/photos/elkit/6882641/

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  4. Julia Avatar
    Julia

    I like that a key’s neck is described as the “nape” (the back of the neck, or the part that you hold onto?).

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  5. mig Avatar
    mig

    my key system: pointy one for the front door. yellowish one is for the cellar, if that one doesn’t work, try the other yellowish one. the big science-fictiony one is for the music school. i forget what the other half-dozen ones are for. the car key is in my other pocket, or locked inside the car.

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