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Posted by cw on May 12, 2008, 12:01 am
> My daughter-units were using our church key to open several
> bottles of soda today. Daughter-unit Alpha was really intrigued
> by it -- the design, functionality, everything about it -- and
> asked me why it was called a "church key." I hated to admit
> it... But I didn't have an answer. Gooja didn't help narrow
> down that bit of trivia.
>
> Why is it called a church key?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> The Ranger
Wikipedia (you could look it up too) says:
> There is sparse, and often contradictory, documentation as to the origin of
> the term "Church Key", though most agree the phrase is a sarcastic euphemism,
> as the opener was obviously designed to access beer, and not churches.
> One explanation for the term "Church Key" lends its origin an almost mythic
> significance; in Medieval Europe, monks and nobility were the only brewers.
> Lagering cellars in the monasteries were locked, as the monks guarded the
> secrets to their craft. The monks carried keys to these lagering cellars on
> their cinch, or belt. It may have been this key from which the "Church Key"
> opener got its name.
cw in mi
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