get a screwdriver and give it a
damn good wiggling
works a charm for my oldskool yale-based stoplock, anyway. and i wouldn't have much doubt it could do the same for the actual doorlocks.
or gather a few polo owners about and try everyone else's keys in your locks. you've probably got about a 1 in 200 chance or something...... which is good odds once you grab enough people. the "31 people in a room = at least 2 with the same birthday" thing... then you just take them off to get duplicates cut.
places to look:
# pet's bed.
# your bed (yes - look under bed, under pillow, AND look IN)
# under the bookshelf / drinks cabinet (particularly if it's one with short stubby legs or a pseudo-legged design, doubly if it's in the hallway/entryway/living room).
# bookcases in general.
# sofas/armchairs.
# in the car itself if you've locked the doors but then opened the passenger one to get something out, and used the windowledge pin to lock it instead.
# kitchen and dressing-table drawers (again, particularly dressers that have found their way from bedroom to hallway) - things just tend to
congregate in those two locations, strangely the incidence of this happening increases exponentially to the amount of female presence in a building......
***
# mantlepiece
# inside the vac bag / dyson bucket
# in the pet water/food dishes
# inside a pet
# inside a guitar......
# coat pockets
# trouser pockets
# fleece, shorts, jacket etc pockets
# dress/skirt/blouse pockets, if so inclined
# inside socks or gloves (.....or pants)
# all of the above items of clothing to include ones you are wearing, have recently worn but aren't for washing, things awaiting the wash or drier/line, things being and recently have been washed and/or dried, and those hanging up that you haven't even used for weeks.
# the ground underneath the washing line
# the laundry basket/bag*
# the washing basket/bag*
# in the washer / dryer, or the lint filter
# in the bottom of the wardrobe
# under the wardrobe
# in your gym bag
# behind the toothpaste
# around the car itself
# google for it!
# look on ebay
# leave food out around the house to try and entice it out, into a number of cunning traps**
# on the desk next to the computer
# on another desk
# on any desk, under/between/around the piles of paper and other crap collected there
# in a backpag / works bag / lunchbox / briefcase / laptop bag / wallet / purse / handbag / etc, not necessarily limited to your own
# random desk / room shelves and drawers
# halfway up the stairs
# halfway down the stairs
# inamongst the beer crates
# in your milkmans/postie's pockets
# at your mates house
# in the nest of local magpies making early starts
# in the hamster / gerbil / rat / mouse cage / guinea pig / rabbit / chinchilla hutch.... they're suckers for shiny things that can also be chewed on
# in the hamster's cheeks
# in the guinea pig's intestines, putting it off it's food
# in the goldfish bowl
# buried under the gravel "for safe keeping"
# in the crows nest of the galleon.. hiding from the deep sea diver
# in that attractive plastic treasure chest that makes bubbles
# (predictably..) in the goldfish
# ...it IS the goldfish.... what a clever disguise!
# in your christmas stocking
# up yer bum
(see "IN the bed")
or..............
# in the miscellany / ring / key tray / box??
and finally......
# ask your mother*** / wife*** / girlfriend*** / kids
Is that enough ideas?
They're mostly serious, although it got a bit silly at the end
* if you don't realise the difference, and you're not in a student situation where laundry bag = washing basket, then you need help beyond getting into a 15+ year old car...
** dont ask me what a key would eat or what a suitable trap might be, i've never got to a desperate enough point to try it. experiment. be imaginative. create!
*** lady (or "sensitive") readers please delete or adapt as appropriate
if you're thinking i just stole that off some webpage, i didn't... that's all prime freshly made up nonsense
:P