This came out of the Bitcoin Bowl thread when we were joking about Turkey Legs being redeemable for prizes. But seriously... why aren't there TKP brand Key Chains? Maybe this has been discussed before but if not it needs to be.
I'm not talking about a little plastic orange and maroon key chain. I'm not talking about a clever little bottle opener key ornament either. I'm talking about about a serious noise making key chain. Something that doubles the decibel level of keys being shaken on 3rd down. Something designed so that it can look ordinary 358 days of the year but on 6 Saturdays in the fall... it will unleash a small metallic hell. I don't know exactly what that looks like but I do know we have a school full of engineers and industrial designers that can figure that out. Maybe even KJ himself will do it... a perfect chance to use his new degree and new role to make an immediate impact.
This could be big Joe. It could become the terrible towel of Lane Stadium. You're sitting on a gold mine.
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I would buy it...
Heck, I wouldn't mind a "clever little bottle opener key ornament" :P
Smashing idea. I could definitely use a decent replacement for my plastic fox ridge apartment homes bottle opener
Agreed 100%. I've been in a key chain bottle opener funk ever since my old Sharkey's one became to worn to function properly. The gaps at the bottom or top of the "K" in TKP would be a good spot to insert a bottle opening lever. The outside end of the "T" could probably work also.
I would buy it as well but I would rather have DECADE OF DOMINANCE or HORSE ON A TREADMILL shirts
Well, you can buy those too...
To add to the keychains, if you are in Blacksburg you can go to Heavener Hardware and ask them about their box filled with keys they made mistakes cutting. I have a huge D-ring full of free keys courtesy of Heavener. BTW, I apologize if they don't still do this. Got mine years ago.
This is the answer. You don't need to craft a clever key chain, since the keys make the noise. As APFOW said above, go to Heavener's and buy their largest key ring. It will cost less than $2. Then ask them if they'll give you about two dozen old keys. Tell them what you're doing, and they'll love it. There's the noisemaker.
I love this idea. I will definitely be doing this before this coming season.
This is just making an awful lot of sense to me
A metal 3D "TKP" that is hollow and full of BBs....
EDIT: A metal 3D key that is full of BBs or has a pendulum like a cowbell in it.
I was thinking along those lines as well. Something hollow or open on one end that emits a high pitched, white noise like sound. If someone could engineer something that would be louder than a typical set of keys, I wonder how long it would take for them to be banned from the stadium as I'm pretty sure the ACC doesn't allow artificial noisemakers.
What are they gonna do, ban keys from football games?
Seems to me like there's a grey area here waiting to be exploited.
Exactly. We already have our keys and the traditoon and its within guidelines. So this just enhances all of that.
#GOACC
This is kind of what I was thinking. Or maybe its three rectangular metal "clackers" but you have a clasp to hook them together when not shaking them on gameday. Just so long as its not so obvious that it gets classified as a noise maker.
Would buy a Turkey Leg/TKP/Bottle opener keychain
A TKP shaped whistle that goes on a key chain.
I'd be in to buy one (or two).
Yep, I'm in - these would be stocking stuffers as well for the entire family.
I kept a Newcastle bottle opener on my key chain for years. one day my father-in-law needed my keys for something. I handed them to him and he got a simultaneously confused and disappointed look on his face. "You keep a beer opener on your key chain?" he asked in a father-in-law kind of condescending way. I was like, ". . . yes."
I was student teaching this past year, and I not only keep a bottle opener on my keychain, but I wear my keys on a carabiner on a belt loop. I honestly didn't think much of it, until one day I had my keys on my desk, and my cooperating teacher looks over and says "Is that a bottle opener?" mostly just curious. After that that I took it off for the rest of the semester. Probably didn't want a student asking the same question.
OK, I guess that is a PC thing to do, but... come on ... most students know how to use those things already, you're not hurting them by them seeing that. Having one like that just shows you're a human being and you keep necessary tools within easily accessible reach.
I've had mine on my key chain for 15 years and still use it, but I never drink and drive so its not an issue. I need my keys for more than just driving.
GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!
Ahaa... I see what you did there.
Ok, motorcycle shops all have small bells. It's a traditional thing for bikes to all have a small bell on them to ward off the gremlins that bring bad luck.
Get a big key ring and a stack of keys and toss the bell in there, it'll act as a force multiplier for the sound.
Gremlin Bell example
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If you're just gonna "bump" a thread, at least make it a cool bump
how you gonna downvote team USA?
hahaha. Sorry, I just wanted to keep this thread going, I really like the idea
Someone needs get on Shapeways and make this happen...bottle opener on one end TKP stamped on the turkey leg side. The bottle opener could be worked into the bone of the turkey leg. Functional, bears the TKP logo and identifying leg we all crave, and (if made of cast metal) will sound great rattling against your keys late in the 4th quarter on third down at Lane!!!
I think the goal should be to design the loudest possible keychain and let the rest of the design serve that function
Has this happened yet? History is waiting...