Very Funny (and sad too) stuff Fran.
#4 reminded me of a personal experience.
My now ex-wife called me at home, frantic, she'd locked her keys in the car. She was at a clothing store, and she'd heard you could get into a locked car with a coat hanger, so she was already trying that, to no avail.
I made the trip into town, with a spare set of keys, found my ex in the parking lot, coat hanger in hand, looking as miserable as one could possibly look.
Upon attempting to open the door lock with the key, I noticed a lot of scratches and a very deformed key-way.
Long story short, when she'd heard about getting into a locked car with a coat hanger, she just assumed it meant trying to poke it into the key slot.
I'm assuming my outburst of laughter didn't help the matter any!!

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...shboom

[This message has been edited by shboom (edited 08-23-2005).]