Here's what this guy did
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North Platte, Neb.(AP) - Arthur Richardson can't believe he ate the whole thing.

He thought he'd play a trick on a friend and pretend to swallow his truck key.

But the prank backfired when Richardson popped the key in his mouth and you can guess what happened next.

Richardson went to a doctor, who X-rayed his stomach and got a clear image of the key.

The doctor said the key posed no danger, but Richardson's friend needed to use his truck.

So Richardson and his friend took the X-rays to a locksmith in North Platte, Nebraska, who used the images to make a new key.

And it worked.

Locksmith John Somers said he'd never made a key before from the image of an X-ray.

"I have done all sorts of lock work, I've done all sorts of safe work," Somers said. "This is truly a first in my career."

Somers said he didn't have any immediate plans to set price rates for X-ray keys, but it's something he might consider.


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I wouldn't have thought that was possible

Shows the level of intelligence, not to have a spare set of keys?

Then he could have knocked him out in complete confidence.

The intelligence level is in not having a spare set? I would have thought it would be the idiot that swallowed them :P

I don't think anybody in that story is a MENSA member. :agrin:

Except maybe the guy that can make a copy of a key from an X-Ray

Except maybe the guy that can make a copy of a key from an X-Ray [/b][/quote]
OK...that's fair. :wnw:
That took some serious skill. As well as an admirable ability to roll with the oddities life presents.

3 bottles of laxative would have been a fitting punishment and cheaper :)

Some peoples kids....

I'm even with that it's not going to feel good coming out.

I woulda just jammed a box of ExLax down his throat and made him swallow it with a gallon of prune juice. :biglaugh:

Gutting the moron would have been the way to go!! :redance:

I wonder if this is actually true. This sounds like a great Urban Legend or something that could be or should be investigated by Myth Busters on Discovery.
I find it highly unlikely that they would have had the perfect angle on the X-Ray to get the profile of the key. I know it wouldn't work with my car keys because of they way they are cut.

I wouldn't work on mine even with a perfect copy because you still need the chip that’s embedded in the key handle as well :)

And make him sift through the "output" to recover the keys, not to mention giving them a severe cleaning afterwards.

And make him sift through the "output" to recover the keys, not to mention giving them a severe cleaning afterwards. [/b][/quote]
Are we talking the lick it clean, or are we being nice :)

Are we talking the lick it clean, or are we being nice :) [/b][/quote]
Oh God Trev, that is SOOOOOO gross. :barfon:

Avi:(referring to the diamond)Where's it gone?
Tony:The dog must've got it
Avi:Oh, well, look inside it
Tony:What?
Avi:Open him up, look inside him.
Tony:Open him up? He's not a f**king tin of baked beans

Oh God Trev, that is SOOOOOO gross. :barfon: [/b][/quote]
LMAO!!

Oh God Trev, that is SOOOOOO gross. :barfon: [/b][/quote]
No, not gross, just German.

No, not gross, just German. [/b][/quote]
I hear some Japs will pay good money for pics of it :awinky:

These guys are on the Today show now :) The key did "reappear" :P

Pushing that out must have brought a tear to his eyes :o

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005...27/1107025.html

It was sent out through the associated press

I'm sure its legit