what does being given the "key to the city" mean?

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twistedmentat: Nov 21, 2003; Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

It means you can go into peoples houses and wreck up the place!

# ? Jul 25, 2023 06:12

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Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
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The wanton stings and
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As a kid I thought if I had the key to the city I could go take whatever I wanted from any store

# ? Jul 25, 2023 06:45

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

If you don't get the key to the city you can't open the door at the end of the city and finish the city level.

Hope this helps.

# ? Jul 25, 2023 07:10

git apologist: Jun 4, 2003

Snowy posted:

As a kid I thought if I had the key to the city I could go take whatever I wanted from any store

you can do this right now

# ? Jul 25, 2023 10:01

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 good is the lock to the city anyway. it seems like something someone could easily pick

# ? Jul 25, 2023 10:40

Strategic Tea: Sep 1, 2012

The key to the city is actually friendship, OP, as we learned all along the way

# ? Jul 25, 2023 13:18

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

# ? Jul 25, 2023 14:03

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?

can you steal an entire city

# ? Jul 25, 2023 14:14

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

Milo and POTUS posted:

can you steal an entire city

Sure, but they are bloody hard to find a fence for though. So yeah, might want to make sure you have your fence lined up before you do nick one.

# ? Jul 25, 2023 14:18

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?

As a kid I had a huge crush on carmen sandiego. I just wanted to let everyone know that

# ? Jul 25, 2023 14:49

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

Milo and POTUS posted:

As a kid I had a huge crush on carmen sandiego. I just wanted to let everyone know that

I think at least a good half the population did.

# ? Jul 25, 2023 14:52

Bad Purchase: Jun 17, 2019

why only as a kid? that�s not something you age out of

# ? Jul 25, 2023 16:29

eSports Chaebol: Feb 22, 2005; Yeah, actually, gamers in the house forever,

Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is the key to the city of Solla Sollew if there lives a Key-Slapping Slippard in the very keyhole to the door of the city?

# ? Jul 25, 2023 16:59

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

Lol, just lol if you don't have reams of fan fiction and crude drawings of Rockapella running a train on Carmen Sandiego.

# ? Jul 25, 2023 17:19

Machai: Feb 21, 2013

It unlocks the city as a fast-travel point.

# ? Jul 25, 2023 17:43

HJE-Cobra: Jul 15, 2007; Bear Witness; Hell Gem

Edmund Sparkler posted:

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.

My tiny daughter has seen a lot of Paw Patrol, and the key to the city there does exactly this, able to open every door in Adventure Bay

I don't know why Mayor Goodway would make such a key, seems pretty irresponsible

Edit: and when I say able to open every door, I mean one time the mayor is shown using the key, and it remotely opens and closes every door in the town simultaneously, insanely

# ? Jul 25, 2023 18:18

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HJE-Cobra posted:

My tiny daughter has seen a lot of Paw Patrol, and the key to the city there does exactly this, able to open every door in Adventure Bay

I don't know why Mayor Goodway would make such a key, seems pretty irresponsible

Edit: and when I say able to open every door, I mean one time the mayor is shown using the key, and it remotely opens and closes every door in the town simultaneously, insanely

lol

# ? Jul 25, 2023 18:26

Croccers: Jun 15, 2012

It means you have permission to gently caress the mayor's husband/wife.

# ? Jul 25, 2023 18:38

BigBadSteve: Apr 29, 2009

flubber nuts posted:

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

It is in fact keys to the mayor's home and office. You are welcome to visit them and have free use of their rear end in a top hat any time.

Quite an honor!

Edit: This too -

Croccers posted:

It means you have permission to gently caress the mayor's husband/wife.

BigBadSteve fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Jul 25, 2023

# ? Jul 25, 2023 20:56

Mozi: Apr 4, 2004; Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die; Nap Ghost

let's just say you'll be hot poo poo at the key parties

# ? Jul 25, 2023 21:05

Saalkin: Jun 29, 2008

You'll never have the key to the city but there's still time to win the key... To my heart

# ? Jul 25, 2023 22:06

zaepg: Dec 25, 2008; by sebmojo

pencilhands posted:

make an SA topic about it

Yeah but you didn't answer what you'd do with the key. Would you put it in your pocket? Under your bed? We need more information.

# ? Jul 26, 2023 02:56

MrQwerty: Apr 15, 2003

Pencilhands is an obstructionist

# ? Jul 26, 2023 02:58

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

u can poo poo in anyones bathroom no questions asked

ChubbyChecker posted:

# ? Jul 26, 2023 03:02

BAGS FLY AT NOON: Apr 6, 2011; A Soft Nylon Bag

ChubbyChecker posted:

Not sure how I missed this but lol

# ? Jul 26, 2023 03:17

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

HJE-Cobra posted:

My tiny daughter has seen a lot of Paw Patrol, and the key to the city there does exactly this, able to open every door in Adventure Bay

I don't know why Mayor Goodway would make such a key, seems pretty irresponsible

Edit: and when I say able to open every door, I mean one time the mayor is shown using the key, and it remotely opens and closes every door in the town simultaneously, insanely

This is what happens when your towns locksmith only knows how to make locks keyed to one key.

Also the real key to any city is just two bobby pin and some skill.

# ? Jul 26, 2023 03:23