I give up - Where are my car keys??

Question

wow - a lot of folks are saying pockets - I checked all the pockets in my dirty laundry...

so - if I find them before this ? expires (which I certainly hope I do) - I will give best answer to the person who was right about where they were...

Answer 1

some where in your kitchen,near the fridge or over it

Answer 2

You've got Key Gnomes.
And from the sound of it, probably a nest.
Don't worry, they're perfectly harmless. In fact, you may have noticed you have fewer cockroaches, recently. That'll be them.
Essentially, Key Gnomes are hoarders, they like to collect shiny, jangly objects. (Oh, boy, are they So happy that Bling has become fashionable...).
A characteristic Key Gnome behaviour is to discard a shiny, jangly object, if a shinier, janglier object is found.
Thankfully, the old object is usually left where the new one is found.
So what you need to do is leave something loud, brassy, garish and preferably with moving parts, (not Paris, she's busy) on, say, a coffee table, then make yourself scarce.
Just like Ridley Scott's Aliens, they mostly come out at night, mostly... So 'laying the bait' is best done in the late evening.
With any luck, come morning, your keys will have been returned to you.
In the eventuality (and there is always a chance) that this doesn't work, phase two, of the operation will have to swing into gear.
Phase two involves tearing the house apart, swearing wildly, and adopting the facial grimaces of a madman.
The time line goes as follows -
Move all cushions, lift all light objects. Swear, under breath.
Overturn larger furniture items. Grimace. Swear, in slightly louder than normal speaking tone.
Procure wrecking bar, large hammer, or axe, and proceed to hack at wall panelling. Shriek, rant, roll eyes, foam at mouth.
At this point, your Significant Other (should you be so blessed) may enquire of you as to the status of your search, vis-a-vis Are you having any luck?
In a calm and perfectly reasonable voice, say No, Dear I simply don't know what I've done with the blasted things.
(Significant others will forgive your strong language, as they love you for the man of passion that you are).
Go on to say Some fool on the internet, rambling about gnomes, or something gave me the idea to intensify my search, but obviously he's just one of those freelance advice givers who has never experienced the wrenching pain of the loss of a set of keys, in his life.

Answer 3

Why not pick up a pendulum or pair of dowsing rods and see if you can find them?

I'm scientific-minded, but I've seen more people find lost objects with a pair of dowsing rods!

You can use almost anything for a pendulum - a necklace, a washer tied to a piece of a string, etc. For home-made dowsing rods, find two old wire hangers and cut them into two long rods about 1.5' each. Bend about 6" of it so you have an L-shape. Cut a common drinking straw in half and place one half over each of the smaller parts of your L-shaped hanger, hold it loosely so the longer parts swing and can cross, and you have dowsing rods! You'll need to experiment to find what a "yes" answer and a "no" answer looks like before you go looking. To do this, simply ask "show me a yes answer please." The rods will either cross or go away from each other; every time you are getting a "yes" answer to your question, the rods should replicate this. Do the same to find what a "no" answer looks like and you're all set. You can ask the rods "yes" or "no" questions or ask them to point in the direction of your keys!

Good luck!

-J. L. Oneske, Parapsychologist

EAST COAST GHOST CONFERENCE
MAY 26 & 27, 2007 ~ ROCHESTER, NY
WWW EASTCOASTGHOSTCONFERENCE COM

Answer 4

OMG did you lose your shades too?

Chances are they are in your pocket and the shades are on your head! I cannot tell you how often that has happened. Often I have found the keys still in the door when I let myself in as well. It was not until I moved into a small place that I found a rack to hang them on the moment I walk in the door.

Maybe the leprechauns hid them? They will be found in the pot o' gold on St. Patrick's Day!

Lol I remember when my niece, who was brain damaged from chemo, as a cute joke stole and hid my brother's keys. Then she could not remember where she put them. Now that was fun! We systematically went through the house room by room before we found them in the tank of the downstairs bathroom.

Truly though, I have found, the more frantic I become, the worse it gets. Take your spares and just do what you must and then your first set will show up when you least expect them. If you don't have spares... well dear, keep looking.

Answer 5

Do you have kids or a pet or maybe a partner? One of them may have it.

Sometimes you find them sitting about in silly places - check close to the area you usually leave them. It may have fallen off and landed there...

Are your car keys attached to any other keys?

Actually, why are you wasting time posting a question on here when you could get a lock smith to make you a set of new keys or something?

Answer 6

My goodness, are they still lost? How are you getting around?

I'm not really into this whole psychic thing, but I'm definitely getting pocket vibes. Did you check your coat pockets? All of your coat pockets? Even that funny little pocket on the inside?

It's either there, or maybe in the snow in your driveway.

Good luck!

Answer 7

Into an hole in the garden where your dog bringed them.

Into the filter of your washing machine, after you left them into the pants that you washed.

Or worse, still into the pocket of of your pants that you washed and ironed (me happened this)

your son took them, is your car still in the garage ? check it !

your wife took them.

check where is your remote control for the TV, is in the place where normally you find the keys ? if so the keys are in the place where normally you put the RC.
Check other common objects places.

you just lost them.

you eat them, as a love proof last night, after 5 hours with the bong and friends.

in your pocket...no....the other one.

i give up

Answer 8

Did you look in the lock to your door? I've left mine there before. Come to think of it, that's the day I turned on the coffeepot but forgot to plug it in. That's also the same day I tried to make toast, kept wondering why it wasn't done, then realized I forgot to put any bread in. LMAO Check you car, your door, and maybe the refrigerator? What did you do when you came home last?

Answer 9

Never mind the psycho babble....think like a detective.
Try to remember the last thing you were doing before
they went missing. Concentrate each activity, place
and location. It has worked for me in at least 90% of
the time as well as me doing it for others.

Answer 10

Here is a simple solution.
Start with your apartment/ house/or whereever it is that you are living in. Divide the apartment (in your mind) into segments and thoroughly search each segment. This way you won't leave anything unturned. Dont miss a single thing within that segment....from dishes to clothes to bags. Search everything. I am sure you will find it. Before doing that...check your jacket/shirt/pant pockets.

Answer 11

At the moment I'm wondering the same thing... Except, you know, with MY car keys. Have you checked under the cushions?