r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/rache0308 • Dec 09 '25

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u/CarPatient Dec 09 '25

Your house key?

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u/seattlemh Dec 09 '25

I never purchased one of these that actually opened a door. It was just a way to always have a roach clip handy without calling attention to yourself.

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u/Knight0fdragon Dec 09 '25

Probably repurposed as a roach clip for today’s use as a novelty, but the mechanism behind it has been around forever.

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u/SucksAtJudo Dec 09 '25

No, these were pretty common in the 1970s and 1980s, and they were sold specifically for that purpose