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I have just seen my neighbour across the road from me crawling through her little upstairs side window, LOL.... She has obviously locked herself out. I shouldn't laugh but it did look funny seening her legs hanging out the little window as she was pulling herself through; I wish I had a camara! It has reminded me of the time I locked myself out of my house (not this one but where I lived before) I had came back from shopping and realized I had left my house keys in my other coat pocket. I had to call out the fire brigade, it was so embarrassing!......Margaret......Have any of you stories to tell like that?

this used to be my favorite trick.... even did it once when i was 8 months pregnant and had to try and hoist myself over a 6ft gate to get into the back garden!... not a pretty sight!. Then we moved and found i now have a front door that cannot self lock when shut! yippee! lol.

my daughter locked me out when she was 2yrs old.i was putting my then baby in the car when eldest one shut the door and just wouldn't open it again.in the end i had to call the police and this huge policeman came round to try to get her to open the door,she wouldn't and he eventually had to get in throught our tiolet window--still don't know how he fitted--best of all though was that at the time she loved pigs and every time the policeman looked through the letterbox to talk to her she kept shouting out 'pigs,pigs,pigs'. still brings a smile to my face now :-)))

Many times but have always left a set of spare keys with a trusted friend and now my daughter. I would not have been a pretty site either clambering through a window with all and sundry blowing in the wind!! Anne :)))

Oh my goodness EM, your little bump must have wondered what on earth was going on! lol. And now with the non self locking door do you forget to lock it? :-) Margaret

Not locked myself out the house , but left the ignition keys in my car and shut the door Whoops good old Mr AA man Margaret

Karen - Don't children always say the right things at the wrong time! LOL Margaret

lol, Margaret, yes i do... cant win can i !

Hubby and I managed to do this years ago when we went out to a Ball at returned at 5am to find the house like Fort Knox. My parents were babysitting and had shut every window in the house. We didn't want to wake them (and especially not the kids) so Chris managed to prise open the top kitchen window and then told me to climb through it. I refused as I had my ballgown on and absolutely nothing underneath (it was very close fitting)! So my hero stripped down to his underpants (green silk boxers) and started to climb through but got stuck on the prongs where the window catch fits and couldn't go forward or back!! He was floundering on the prongs doing a sort of swimming motion in mid air and knocked all the pots off the windowsill. Suddenly we heard my mum shouting 'I've called the police and I'm armed' as she appeared in the kitchen brandishing a broom rapidly followed by my Dad (ex policeman) and two sleepy and totally terrified toddlers! As we'd taken our camera to the Ball I was extremely helpful and took a photo of my beloved, for which I have never been forgiven. We managed between us to get him back out of the window and he still has the scars from the prongs in the top of his thighs. Happy memories! lol Daisy

My worst 'lock out' was when I was cutting the grass and the doors blew shut, while I was in the garden. This was me using an old hand mower so no window open for electric wire. I was wearing an old track suit, baggy at the knees and grass stained and my neighbour drove me the 16 miles to where my husband was working so that I could get his key. The chap at the security gate was quite happy to hand me the key as he said he recognised me..... I hope not!

My 18 month old pushed the door shut while I was putting the buggy up! I tried to break the door down as her and her 8 week old brother were in the house. I managed to crack the frame and the glass but couldn't break the door. Luckily I had left a small bedroom window open so a neighbour got one of his kids to go up his ladder and through the window. I was starting to get a bit panicky because I hadn't got a clue what my daughter was up to all this time. (she had just been sat watching Telletubbies without a care in the world). Most annoying thing was the insurance wouldn't pay up for the door because they said I broke it deliberately and it wasn't an emergancy!!!! (of course I like to lock my kids in the house on purpose, haha)! Claire xx

Oh Daisy, what a lovely and funny story and you told it so well I have tears with laughter, LOL Margaret

Margaret I have dined out on it for years. He was so unimpressed that the only useful thing I could think of to do was take a photo of him. Actually I was crying with laughter so it's amazing that it's in focus! I'll try to scan the photo and put it on the GC photospage sometime or just take a copy of it to every GR meet!!! Daisy

Years and years ago it happened to me, it was the school holidays and I was home alone (I was about 15/16 I spse). I was putting a milk bottle out on the front step and the door slammed behind me, I had nothing on my feet so had to go round to my neighbours, their son was the only one at home (I had a major crush on him at the time), I got him out of bed banging so hard on the door, but luckily he had a car so he drove me to my Dads job which was about 10 mins away on a buiding site, imagine the sight - me with nothing on my feet tip toeing about over a muddy/rubble filled building site trying to find my Dad! - I was gutted that my next day neighbour hadnt offered to carry me to my Dad, but I eventually found him and got his keys :-) Karen

Firstly let me set the scene....... We have two front doors - the original (with a yale lock) and a new one on the porch which is locked from the inside with a key...... My son (aged 18 - 12 A* GCSE and 4 A levels at grade A) goes out of the house slamming the inside front door shut.... goes to open the outside front door..... 'Oh poo' he says, 'no keys'. Turns round to go back inside but ops no keys. He was stuck in the porch for a very, very long time!!!!!

Years ago when Mel & I lived in a 1st floor flat, I went downstairs to empty our rubbish bin and when I got back, the flat door had shut and I hadn't left it on the latch. Luckily, Mel only worked 5 minutes walk away, so I went down to get his keys. Only problem was I was wearing fluffy slippers, and since I'd been making pastry I had flour on my nose! His workmate had a good laugh. nell

Daisy I have to admit to laughing like a drain at that picture of your poor husband. BUT.........before you scan that picture for us to see, remember one thing................. You love this man, and he may NEVER forgive you! LOL Deanna ;-D) AND yes, I have locked myself out............often.

Oh cringe, I locked myself out early one morning. I was desperate for some ciggies, so I went out with no makeup, no bra and a scruffy old tee shirt Id been using to do the gardening in. Got ciggies, drove home, got out of car (dying for a pee, dont you know). No house keys. I could have cried. Thought about smashing glass pane in door - but Victorian stained glass - I dont think so. Sat in the car for a while looking around for a suitable receptical for said pee if I got really desperate and then in the mirror I saw our local street cleaner. He is really a character - but thats another story - Anyway street cleaner was making his away along the grass verges with this long metal thing that picked up paper. Ureka! I got him to poke his metal thing (oh gawd, dont) through my letter box and then clamp onto my keys on the telephone table next to the door. Brilliant, it worked! So if you are ever locked out, theres a thought for you. And also, dont leave your keys by the door overnight - others may have long metal things apart from helpful street cleaners.

Thanks everyone for all the great stories, some have had me in stitches, LOL. I work nights in a hotel and the amount of times people have locked them selves out of their room and more often than not they have nothing on when they come down to reception for help, LOL. (No, I shouldn't laugh should I?) Just the other day, a guest's Son came down to reception to say his Mum (somehow) was locked in the toilet in the room and that she had been in there 20 minutes or more! My colleague promptly went and got her out of course. :-) Margaret

I've twice locked myself out of the car, once with my small son sitting inside in his car seat. I've also managed to lock myself out of my house when I was rescuing a young blackbird. Had to use a wire coathanger from a neighbour to hook the keys off the hall table. Now I have a spare set of keys which I smeared with vaseline, wrapped in a cloth, and put inside a small coffee jar, then i buried the jar when no-one was looking, in the front garden. Just don't forget where you buried it and leave a stick or something hidden elsewhere to dig up the jar again.