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Burnadell · 05-08-2022, 02:34 PM

Another thread got me to wondering/wandering...how many of you know what a church key is?

I am interested to know how many of you younger folks know. No googling allowed/aloud.

If you know, just say, "I know" but don't give it away.

txtrophy85 · 05-08-2022, 02:35 PM

It’s a bottle opener

At least that’s what I called it

I’m 36 btw

Bjankowski · 05-08-2022, 02:37 PM

That's all my Dad used to call it. Haven't heard that in years.

Pstraw · 05-08-2022, 02:38 PM

I know.........that someone didn't follow Burnadell's instructions.

Chew · 05-08-2022, 02:41 PM

Do schools no longer teach reading comprehension?

jessBsemple · 05-08-2022, 02:42 PM

I know.

Bullseye07 · 05-08-2022, 02:44 PM

One post is all it took…. This is why we can’t have nice things.

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Fajkus7 · 05-08-2022, 02:46 PM

Well I know now because someone didn’t read the rules. I’m 25 and have never heard that before.

bobc · 05-08-2022, 02:48 PM

I knew, even before the spoiler.

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lilavidhunter · 05-08-2022, 02:50 PM

I know. But I’m not a youngster.

Lonewolf · 05-08-2022, 02:50 PM

I think the church key was actually the opener for beer cans. Before pop tops.

preaux40 · 05-08-2022, 02:50 PM

Well . . How bout a duck tail? . .

Burnadell · 05-08-2022, 02:52 PM

Geez!!!

curtintex · 05-08-2022, 02:57 PM

Some people could screw up pre-sweetended Kool-Aid!!!

I knew what a church key was. Used to love when my granddad would let me "open" the cans of Quaker State when he was changing the oil in my grandma's Buick.

jerp · 05-08-2022, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

I think the church key was actually the opener for beer cans. Before pop tops.

That’s what I think of. It was before my time (my beer drinking time anyway) but I remember from old movies guys asking for a church key to open their beers. Anybody remember when Coors came out with the two-hole push tabs back in the 70’s? I don’t think that lasted long

hpdrifter · 05-08-2022, 03:05 PM

I'm 68. Almost forgot what it was!

Burnadell · 05-08-2022, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by curtintex

Some people could screw up pre-sweetended Kool-Aid!!!

I knew what a church key was. Used to love when my granddad would let me "open" the cans of Quaker State when he was changing the oil in my grandma's Buick.

Yep! We used them to open the steel canned Schlitz tall boys.

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Drycreek3189 · 05-08-2022, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txtrophy85

It’s a bottle opener

At least that’s what I called it

I’m 36 btw

Read much ?

deerwatcher51 · 05-08-2022, 03:11 PM

I know, but I’m 70 years old. I still call it that.

Bisch · 05-08-2022, 03:13 PM

I’m not younger, but I know!

Bisch

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SabineHunter · 05-08-2022, 03:22 PM

Does anyone remember when you would go to the local liquor store and get a quart of draft beer in a cardboard container. My job at 5 yrs old was taking the lid off and licking the foam when the gang would come to the park next to us.

wickll · 05-08-2022, 03:27 PM

I knew, but really only had one friend who used that term. It was not a common term in our area in the 80's. (I graduated in '83)

SharpEnd · 05-08-2022, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by curtintex

I knew what a church key was. Used to love when my granddad would let me "open" the cans of Quaker State when he was changing the oil in my grandma's Buick.

I can remember opening those cans for my Dad. There is likely still one unopened can in my Mom's garage.

SmTx · 05-08-2022, 03:37 PM

My first truck was an '89 chevy.

Inside driver side door handle was a church key

curtintex · 05-08-2022, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deerwatcher51

I know, but I’m 70 years old. I still call it that.

I'm 49 and still call it that.

Gumbo Man · 05-08-2022, 03:45 PM

Raise your hand if you killed this thread. Within seconds. LOL

Ellen · 05-08-2022, 03:45 PM

I know and I still use mine to open cans of broth, condensed milk, etc

Pushbutton2 · 05-08-2022, 03:56 PM

Some guys can't follow rule

I Know

Jon B · 05-08-2022, 03:57 PM

One job.......you had one job ...

Sidro · 05-08-2022, 04:00 PM

Ah yes, back when a beer can was really a can. Also carried flat bottle opener back then. If you didn't have a bottle opener the gas cap on truck worked well and later seat belt ends.

KGreene · 05-08-2022, 04:06 PM

How about a p38?

txtimetravler · 05-08-2022, 04:09 PM

What’s the breaking point of a church key?

curtintex · 05-08-2022, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ellen

I know and I still use mine to open cans of broth, condensed milk, etc

Yep. My wife keeps one in the kitchen

SaltwaterSlick · 05-08-2022, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KGreene

How about a p38?

Have had one on my keychain for probably 45 years! Got it at War Surplus Center in Lufkin!

Bish · 05-08-2022, 04:35 PM

Still got one

God Bless
Bish

Strummer · 05-08-2022, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KGreene

How about a p38?

Keep this little fella in my pocket at almost all times . I think it’s smaller then a p38

Gerald G · 05-08-2022, 04:41 PM

I knew before the the first poster screwed up the whole thread

I also know what a P38 is, I have, or at least had one somewhere.

Hoggslayer · 05-08-2022, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txtrophy85

It’s a bottle opener

At least that’s what I called it

I’m 36 btw

You know, but you dont know. We should just change you screen name to Cantgetright.

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mrc · 05-08-2022, 04:57 PM

About 20 years ago Coors came back out with the old school cans for a little bit. Every case came with a church key.

rolylane6 · 05-08-2022, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sidro

Ah yes, back when a beer can was really a can. Also carried flat bottle opener back then. If you didn't have a bottle opener the gas cap on truck worked well and later seat belt ends.

Then came a Bic lighter

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sailor · 05-08-2022, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KGreene

How about a p38?

John Wayne... Got one on my key chain, now..

db@100 · 05-08-2022, 05:20 PM

I know

Gumbo Man · 05-08-2022, 05:21 PM

Flatten em out with a hammer and attach treble hook and buck tail, drill whole on the sharp end for line tie and you have a fishing spoon.

W-O · 05-08-2022, 05:23 PM

I know. Do I get extra credit for following directions?

Big Lee · 05-08-2022, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chew

Do schools no longer teach reading comprehension?

Not since voting no on the bonds...

686PPP · 05-08-2022, 05:28 PM

i know. We have a discussion every January about why it is called a church key. Had a few in their 70's didnt know.

Burnadell · 05-08-2022, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W-O

I know. Do I get extra credit for following directions?

Yes, yes you do. Consider yourself with extra credit in your wallet.

GA Bowhunter · 05-08-2022, 07:10 PM

Weird coincidences.

Yesterday I cleaned out the laundry room at the new house to lay tile and found a bottle opener the paint store gives you. Made me think of a church key.

Today I got my wife's spare key out on a box on the dresser(that I have never been in) and there were a bunch of my old keys and a key chain with a P38. I haven't seen it in 20 years.

Uncle Saggy · 05-08-2022, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strummer

Keep this little fella in my pocket at almost all times . I think it’s smaller then a p38

Mines been on my keychain as long as I can remember

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Quackerbox · 05-08-2022, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Lee

Not since voting no on the bonds...

LOL!!!

Knew what it was

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05-08-2022, 02:34 PM	#1
Burnadell Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: White Oak Hunt In: Bee County	Church key Another thread got me to wondering/wandering...how many of you know what a church key is? I am interested to know how many of you younger folks know. No googling allowed/aloud. If you know, just say, "I know" but don't give it away.

05-08-2022, 03:13 PM	#20
Bisch Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sonora, Tx	Church key I’m not younger, but I know! Bisch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Last edited by Bisch; 05-08-2022 at 03:16 PM.

05-08-2022, 04:35 PM	#35
Bish Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sherman, Texas	Still got one God Bless Bish Attached Images

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05-08-2022, 02:35 PM	#2
txtrophy85 Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Boerne Hunt In: All over the World	It’s a bottle opener At least that’s what I called it I’m 36 btw

05-08-2022, 02:37 PM	#3
Bjankowski Associate Sponsor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Burleson Tex. Hunt In: Texas	That's all my Dad used to call it. Haven't heard that in years.

05-08-2022, 02:38 PM	#4
Pstraw Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Henderson Hunt In: Front yard or back yard	I know.........that someone didn't follow Burnadell's instructions.

05-08-2022, 02:41 PM	#5
Chew Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Centerville, TX Hunt In: Leon County	Do schools no longer teach reading comprehension?

05-08-2022, 02:42 PM	#6
jessBsemple Four Point Join Date: Mar 2019	I know.

05-08-2022, 02:44 PM	#7
Bullseye07 Pope & Young Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Celina Hunt In: Leon/Freestone Cos	One post is all it took…. This is why we can’t have nice things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

05-08-2022, 02:46 PM	#8
Fajkus7 Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Conroe, TX Hunt In: Conroe, Doss	Well I know now because someone didn’t read the rules. I’m 25 and have never heard that before.

05-08-2022, 02:48 PM	#9
bobc Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Temple Hunt In: Bell County, New Mexico	I knew, even before the spoiler. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

05-08-2022, 02:50 PM	#10
lilavidhunter Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The Woodlands Hunt In: Richland Springs	I know. But I’m not a youngster.

05-08-2022, 02:50 PM	#11
Lonewolf Eight Point Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mineral Wells Texas Hunt In: Young and Palo Pinto counties	I think the church key was actually the opener for beer cans. Before pop tops.

05-08-2022, 02:50 PM	#12
preaux40 Four Point Join Date: Apr 2020	Well . . How bout a duck tail? . .

05-08-2022, 02:52 PM	#13
Burnadell Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: White Oak Hunt In: Bee County	Geez!!!

05-08-2022, 02:57 PM	#14
curtintex Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Porter Trash Hunt In: Tyler County	Some people could screw up pre-sweetended Kool-Aid!!! I knew what a church key was. Used to love when my granddad would let me "open" the cans of Quaker State when he was changing the oil in my grandma's Buick.

05-08-2022, 03:05 PM	#16
hpdrifter Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: kerens Hunt In: anywhere I can	I'm 68. Almost forgot what it was!

05-08-2022, 03:11 PM	#19
deerwatcher51 Pope & Young Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Brenham & Richland Springs Hunt In: Richland Springs & Washington on the Brazos	I know, but I’m 70 years old. I still call it that.

05-08-2022, 03:22 PM	#21
SabineHunter Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2019	Does anyone remember when you would go to the local liquor store and get a quart of draft beer in a cardboard container. My job at 5 yrs old was taking the lid off and licking the foam when the gang would come to the park next to us.

05-08-2022, 03:27 PM	#22
wickll Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Victoria Hunt In: Victoria and Lavaca Counties	I knew, but really only had one friend who used that term. It was not a common term in our area in the 80's. (I graduated in '83)

05-08-2022, 03:37 PM	#24
SmTx Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: San Marcos/Hempstead Hunt In: Jim Wells	My first truck was an '89 chevy. Inside driver side door handle was a church key

05-08-2022, 03:45 PM	#26
Gumbo Man Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Livingston Texas Hunt In: Between Onalaska and Groveton	Raise your hand if you killed this thread. Within seconds. LOL

05-08-2022, 03:45 PM	#27
Ellen Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hall County, Texas Hunt In: Hall County, Texas	I know and I still use mine to open cans of broth, condensed milk, etc

05-08-2022, 03:56 PM	#28
Pushbutton2 Pope & Young Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Van,TX Hunt In: Mc Culloch County (2015-2021) Van Zandt County since 2017	Some guys can't follow rule I Know

05-08-2022, 03:57 PM	#29
Jon B Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Central Tx. Hunt In: Central Tx and the Western States	One job.......you had one job ...

05-08-2022, 04:00 PM	#30
Sidro Six Point Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Texas Hunt In: Texas	Ah yes, back when a beer can was really a can. Also carried flat bottle opener back then. If you didn't have a bottle opener the gas cap on truck worked well and later seat belt ends.

05-08-2022, 04:06 PM	#31
KGreene Six Point Join Date: Sep 2021 Hunt In: Hopkins County	How about a p38?

05-08-2022, 04:09 PM	#32
txtimetravler Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tx Hunt In: Wilco	What’s the breaking point of a church key?

05-08-2022, 04:41 PM	#37
Gerald G Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Winona, Mississippi Hunt In: Mississippi, Colorado	I knew before the the first poster screwed up the whole thread I also know what a P38 is, I have, or at least had one somewhere.

05-08-2022, 04:57 PM	#39
mrc Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Graham TX. Hunt In: Young and Jack	About 20 years ago Coors came back out with the old school cans for a little bit. Every case came with a church key.

05-08-2022, 05:20 PM	#42
db@100 Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2009	I know

05-08-2022, 05:21 PM	#43
Gumbo Man Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Livingston Texas Hunt In: Between Onalaska and Groveton	Flatten em out with a hammer and attach treble hook and buck tail, drill whole on the sharp end for line tie and you have a fishing spoon.

05-08-2022, 05:23 PM	#44
W-O Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Teague, Tx Hunt In: Hilda, Tx	I know. Do I get extra credit for following directions?