We just moved recently, and no longer have a landlord a buzzer away.

Last night I left my keys at work... figured no biggie, I will just kill time till Jer gets home.

I get home and he is locked outside with the broom in hand. He had stepped out to sweep the stairwell and locked himself out.

So we exhaust our options to get in (after about 2.5 hours), and then MacGyver tells me he has a plan. I should know better. We go up the back stairs and he picks apart a few clothespins and starts jamming them in the lock.

"Excuse me, do you know how to pick a lock?"

"Yes."

"And you learned this where?"

"The other night on TV."

We had just watched Bound, where Gina Gershon is an ex-con, and she picks a lock... apparenly Jerome's hero ability is the belief that he can learn anything by seeing it on TV.

So another 2.5 hours later and we get in the house. The lock WAS picked eventually, by a locksmith, so we are still out 150.00 and now our back door is locked permanently and has 3 wires rammed in the mechanism that are now permanent fixtures.

But, god bless him for trying...

I just really hope I do not ever need a surgery that he has seen on TV.

Bruce