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pencilhands
Aug 20, 2022

Sometimes you see someone honored by being given the "key(s) to the city" and I'm just mystified by what this key or keys are for. Can you use them to open anything?




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Toxic Mental
Jun 1, 2019

It means you're given a ceremonial key, mostly decorative, representing the notion that the city as a whole trusts you with their best interests, referencing olden times when cities had gates with locks on them for their protection and growth.

Thanks. Closing now.

bossy lady
Jul 9, 1983

Its the key you need to unlock the city gates so you can escape back to the warm embrace of your cozy suburb

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003

Toxic Mental posted:

It means you're given a ceremonial key, mostly decorative, representing the notion that the city as a whole trusts you with their best interests, referencing olden times when cities had gates with locks on them for their protection and growth.

Thanks. Closing now.

CgiBinLaden
Mar 11, 2001
If you click the keyfob attached to the keys of the city, it locks all of the buildings. Neat trick, if you hold down the unlock button for 5 seconds, it lowers all the windows of the building automatically.

ninjoatse.cx
Apr 9, 2005

Fun Shoe

Toxic Mental posted:

It means you're given a ceremonial key, mostly decorative, representing the notion that the city as a whole trusts you with their best interests, referencing olden times when cities had gates with locks on them for their protection and growth.

Thanks. Closing now.

Oh. That’s very sweet

zaepg
Dec 25, 2008

by sebmojo
I'll tell you what it really means when you're older.

DangerDongs
Nov 7, 2010

Grimey Drawer
Let's put this way, Somethingawful will never give you a key to keep posting. We'll all sleep safer knowing this.

BAGS FLY AT NOON
Apr 6, 2011

A Soft Nylon Bag
It’s the master key to all of the chastity belts in the city.

Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.
It lets you unlock the mayor's butthole.

Haschel Cedricson
Jan 4, 2006

Brinkmanship

In Calgary instead of the key to the city they give you a white cowboy hat.

Jelly
Feb 11, 2004

Ask me about my STD collection!
it means you can hit

https://i.imgur.com/uC9TI6b.mp4
THIS SHOWSTOPPING SIGGY MADE BY MASTER SIGSMITH Literally A Person
Refusing to comply verticality statistics since 6/30/23

Private Cumshoe
Feb 15, 2019

AAAAAAAGAGHAAHGGAH
they do give you a real set of keys to city hall if you want to sleep there, that's how beloved someone given keys to the city are

the ones that aren't big enough for a city hall give them out as jokes to the town drunk

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
It means the Mayor took a bribe.

Flavahbeast
Jul 21, 2001


Its a big key that unlocks the gate to the old city but they won't actually let you unlock it

Treecko
Apr 23, 2008

The Official Demon Girl
Boss of 2022!
Means you think you're higher than God and are free to do whatever you want

Szyznyk
Mar 4, 2008

The bigger the key the bigger the key bump.

phobo
Aug 7, 2008

Haschel Cedricson posted:

In Calgary instead of the key to the city they give you a white cowboy hat.

Man, gently caress Calgary

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




it’s actually a keyblade with some of the best stats for int builds

Edmund Sparkler
Jul 4, 2003
For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world, and if you wish to know why you are peris

Be a lot cooler if they gave you a black cowboy hat.

FoolyCharged
Oct 11, 2012

Cheating at a raffle? I sentence you to 1 year in jail! No! Two years! Three! Four! Five years! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Somebody call for an ant?

Bad Purchase posted:

it’s actually a keyblade with some of the best stats for int builds

Nah, it's a ring that gives you +2 to all stats that you can find in orzammar.

covidstomper58
Nov 8, 2020

Sometimes it's a key that controls the flow of a dam on a reservoir or something. They are trusting you with it in case you need to flood the town if there's a fire or witches or to cut the water flow off.

Windows 98
Nov 13, 2005

HTTP 400: Bad post
they gave me the keys to a city once

Blurry Gray Thing
Jun 3, 2009
OP, it is entirely symbolic and has no practical use in the modern age.

But it does give the fae and certain types of demons the right to enter the city lawfully, so they might be willing to buy it from you.

kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019

GOOSE FUCKER
idk penishands

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

I hope this thread was helpful and informative pencilhands (:

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
gently caress I dropped my keys to the city in the toilet

have fun living in your lovely city i guess

Wee
Dec 16, 2022

by Fluffdaddy
The key controls the stop lights so you always get a green light

Also free house wine or beer at any establishment that serves alcohol.

Extra row of tits
Oct 31, 2020
Why is quay pronounced key when it should be pronounced quay? We have other words that are identical but mean different things.

This seems like a mistake to me, I’d like to speak to the manager.

Justin Godscock
Oct 12, 2004

Listen here, funnyman!
key to the city means you get to roam downtown and try to pick up a prostitute

Edmund Sparkler
Jul 4, 2003
For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world, and if you wish to know why you are peris

I feel like I remember an episode of like Darkwing Duck or something where a villain schemes to get awarded the key to the city so they can rob everyplace in town.

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
how bad do you have to be to have the key taken from you

Jelly posted:

it means you can hit

that jelly does look good

BAGS FLY AT NOON
Apr 6, 2011

A Soft Nylon Bag
Big key big life

Grey Cat
Jun 3, 2023

Doing stuff and things


You know what they say about guys with big keys.

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

pencilhands what would you do with the key to the city if it was awarded to you

BAGS FLY AT NOON
Apr 6, 2011

A Soft Nylon Bag

Grey Cat posted:

You know what they say about guys with big keys.

Big locks

covidstomper58
Nov 8, 2020

If they booted my car, I'd call the cops and show them my key and demand that they remove the bootlock immediately.

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





It’s a master key that let’s you open all the doors within the city limits.

pencilhands
Aug 20, 2022

MrQwerty posted:

pencilhands what would you do with the key to the city if it was awarded to you

make an SA topic about it

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flubber nuts
Oct 5, 2005


It has something to do with sex that's for sure.

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