[TVR_Fan]

When you have the house to yourself, and then you leave you’re own key inside the house, because I had one of those moments today. And this is how it goes I first start by rushing out of the door, while leaving my key inside the house, with my Mum and Dad away for a day.

And then I get to work finding out I leave my key inside, and I am like oh great. Now roll on 9pm and before I head of home, I think to myself if I use some cardboard that should press the door handle down, which should open the door.

Then I get home, and it works after 3 attempts, talk about luck. But I tell you this, if it did not work, then I would have had to sleep outside tonight.

[CAS FAN]

Ah the perils of the Yale lock! I must say that I always check twice before leaving through my front door as it's an easy thing to do if you're in a hurry.

[t1nt1n]

But you would have used your cardboard box in an abortive attempt at entering your house!?

[ush flynn]

sorry how did you break into your house using the card?

and what was your address?

[TVR_Fan]

Originally Posted by ush flynn

sorry how did you break into your house using the card?

and what was your address?

Its cardboard and like I am going to tell you that, anyway another moment I had on Friday was I was going to melt some cheese in the microwave for my Pasta. And then another really weird moment happens, I put it on and I see sparks flying inside, but there is no metal inside.

[CAS FAN]

Originally Posted by TVR_Fan

Its cardboard and like I am going to tell you that, anyway another moment I had on Friday was I was going to melt some cheese in the microwave for my Pasta. And then another really weird moment happens, I put it on and I see sparks flying inside, but there is no metal inside.

That will be bits of cheese super heating and bubbling off and burning i'd guess.

[Mep]

it's not exactly X-Files territory

[Jamiewalshe]

not only have i locked myself out of my own house, but my front door has to be locked with a key upon exiting (you'd think id learn from that).

yes thats right. in a moment of stupidity i looked the door, then posted the keys through the letterbox (i think i had done it the day before as my gf had left her keys at work, so she needed some when i went out) when there was noone left in the house. i nearly kicked myself.

[dc007]

I was once house-sitting for some friends out in Abu Dhabi whilst they were back in Germany for a couple of weeks. 40+ degrees outside, as I wandered out onto the porch in my boxers with a hand towel around my neck one morning. Sure enough, the door blew shut

It was roasting - I was sweating buckets. Figured the only thing for it was to break a window - plenty of time to have it replaced before they returned.

I tell you, the double glazing must have been bullet-proof. I tried everything - rocks, a hammer (there was a toolkit in the garage). I'm a big bloke and I couldn't make a scratch

In the end I set about dismantling the front door with the toolkit. Took the best part of an hour, and I think I must have lost 10 pounds in sweat, but finally managed it. They returned a week or so later none-the-wiser. Not a mark on the window where I was battering it - if there's ever a fire and they need to break a window, they're toast.

[marts62]

I think I learnt the lesson after the third time I had to unscrew the letterbox unit and reach through to the keys dangling in the lock inside the house. The scars on the forearm have healed; thank heavens I don't have a fat one.

Of course, then a friend comes to stay and does the self same thing.

[klr10]

I have 'camoflaged' and hidden a key somewhere in my neighbourhood....

[Keith Hurst]

Ah the joys of the Yale Lock....

Cast your mind back to November 30th 1995. St Andrews Day up here so off my mate and I toddle to the pub to sample of their finest beers. The Settle Inn in Stirling

Come chucking out time we toddle back down to my flat, my mate, Dave, is obviously too drunk to drive so he comes in and waits for his good lady picking him up to take him home. A few more beers are consumed whilst we wait on her arriving.

She duely arrives and takes my mate home, it's about 12.30am now. At which point I decide to go get flat on my bed, so drop the clothes where you stand and climb into bed.

I hasten to add at this point that I kept my pants on as I was too drunk to remove them.

Some time later, in the middle of the night, I start waking up, outside my flat, the door closing behind me, thinking... "It's OK Dave will be back any minute and let me back in"

I had slept walked out of the house, only in my pants, and obviously closed the door behind me.

As I start to wake up, well lets face it it's pretty cold.... I start realising that Dave will not turn up as its God knows what time in the morning and he's tucked up in his kip some 10 miles away.

Finally as I'm by now wide awake I realise the utter doo doo that I'm now faced with. I contemplate two options....

1. Run down to the bottom of the flat, phone the operator to call the police to let me have a cell for the night.

2. Walk the three quarters of a mile to a mates house and hope that whilst doing so I don't get lifted by said coppers or mugged.

I opt for the second choice. I finally arrive at mate number 2's house and to my utter suprise I see no one on route. Well it is God knows what time by now !!!. It was though pretty damn cold.

After taking 5 minutes to wake up mate number two and passing the complete torso doubling belly laughs eminating from him I finally hit his couch. In the morning he informs me I turned up not long after 3am

The moral of the story ladies and gents, never use Yale locks. They are indeed the work of Satan himself.



Keith

[CheekyKid]

I always have a key hidden outside somewhere. It helps

[partyweb]

Originally Posted by klr10

I have 'camoflaged' and hidden a key somewhere in my neighbourhood....

Now that's a good idea. Especially as our house doesn't really have any suitable hiding places in the front garden.

Originally Posted by CheekyKid

I always have a key hidden outside somewhere. It helps

And I have 2!

Location of one is known to all but 2nd one is known only to me because at least twice in the past, when I've needed to use the known key, it wasn't there, either having been used and not put back or lent to the neighbour to feed the cat whatever.

Nothing more infuriating than being locked out of your own b****y house...!!!