http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-chu2.htm
I suspect the theory of church keys turning into coat hangers arose during
too much use of the key for its intended purpose.
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Scott Gomez
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From: siddiq [mailto:iddibhai@xxxxxxx]
Subject: Re: [OM] the ultimate tool
> Bill you are dating yourself. There are probably a bunch of folks on
this
>
> list who are totally aclueistic about church keys. I once had a theory
> about church keys. Figured they were the larval stage of coat hangers.
> Seems like whenever you needed one you couldn't find one however you
always
> had a closet full of coat hangers, so it just figures the church keys
were
>
> turning into coat hangers. Bill Barber
so pray tell me what are church keys and coat hangers references to? somehow
I gather the former is a bottle cap opener? how the heck did these terms
arise
the whippersnapper.
/S
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