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When I need to use a padlock at the gym, I flashback to seventh grade and desperately trying to remember my gym locker combination before the next class started. Life would have been much less stressful had Wordlock been around back in the day.
Wordlock’s motto is: Easy to Set • Never Forget.™
It was created by Todd and Rahn Basche when no one in their family could remember the many numerical combinations on padlocks around their house. The patented algorithm of Wordlock creates thousands of 4 and 5 letter words, although you are not able to create any of your favorite swear words. (the only drawback I found!)
Prior to creating Wordlock, Mr. Basche was VP Software Applications at Apple where he was responsible for Itunes, the Music Store, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD. This fact alone, makes me a huge fan of his!
Here are some more details about Wordlock products:
* Wordlock padlocks are available is red, pink, black and silver
* The locks offer up 100,000 possible letter and word combos
* Very inexpensive, only $9.99
* They are available at Target, Walgreens, Sears and Kmart, as well as online at Amazon.com
The lock was very easy to use and I like the fact that I can change the combination word often.
Want to win your own? I have one padlock and one bike lock to give away!
Enter to win by leaving a comment below telling us a gym locker story. (If you don’t have your own story, just make one up!)
Winners will be chosen at random on Thursday, 3/26 @ 10pm EST.
This contest is open to US addresses only.
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March 21st, 2009 at 5:46 pm 1
i go to a gym at a community center, a place that is also part of a middle school. yes, we share the gym with the middle schoolers on weekdays, which can be a little hairy when they’re running laps. anyway, the locker room isn’t exactly posh as you might imagine. i’m a creature of habit, and i go to the same exact locker (think: high school gym locker) every time i go. i’ve started to consider it “my” locker, completely forgetting that others probably use it, too.
one day, i showed up and there was a mint in my locker. whoa, i thought. are they trying to upgrade the place?
but then, i remembered the middle schoolers and figured something probably dropped out of someone’s school pack
ah well. a girl can dream.
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March 21st, 2009 at 9:46 pm 4
I was in the lockerroom the first day of sixth grade, and started changing before gym class started. everyone just stared at me. Finally, one of my friends explained that the reason everyone either changed into gym shirts with a tank top underneath or in the bathroom stalls was because no one had developed yet… no one except for me! (which even I had not realized yet!) talk about embarassing, i just thought i was fat!
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March 21st, 2009 at 10:32 pm 5
Do you want me to bring up the nasty hot pink STIRRUP spandex pants that I used to wear in gym class… and stuff into my locker every day. I was super stylin’.
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March 21st, 2009 at 10:46 pm 6
In middle school, I changed in the bathroom stall everyday (especially when we were having our curriculum that covered the pool). Until the day I walked out and discovered that my friend Ann was buck naked and changing into her swimsuit IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOCKER ROOM! WHERE EVERYONE COULD SEE HER!
I asked her what the hell she was thinking and she said that we all had the same parts and that she didn’t see a need to be embarassed about it.
From then on, I stopped changing in the stall. Eventually everyone else did, too.
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March 21st, 2009 at 11:02 pm 7
I don’t have any good gym locker stories! Only that mine is a lifesaver because I keep spare everything in there… nothing like getting ready and realizing I forgot something like my bra.
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March 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 am 8
I had just gotten my hubby a new gym bag and lock for the gym, as he recently started working out with me. He was so proud of his new stuff! One day after our workout I was waiting for him outside the locker room waiting…and waiting…until he sheepishly came out and told me he forgot his combination
He said he was so embarassed because all the big muscular men in the locker room could see him failing with the lock. He went in to try again but finally had to go to the front desk to have the manager get the huge cutters to cut the lock off! Talk about a walk of shame…It was so hilarious…embarassing for him, but hilarious!
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March 22nd, 2009 at 4:42 am 9
When I was in junior high, I was always very self-conscious about showering in the locker room. One day, I was in the shower when I noticed some movement at the windows that were very high up (almost on the roof). I figured it was probably a bird, but some of the other girls noticed it too and, being dressed already, they ran out to check.
The movement had been made by a group of boys who had nicked the ladder from the custodian’s work-room and climbed up to be peeping toms on us girls in the locker room! They hadn’t all fit on the ladder and so were wobbly at best up there.
Looking back at that all of these years later, I just wonder what their parents felt when they were informed of their sons’ transgressions.
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March 22nd, 2009 at 11:55 am 10
How about a gym locker in which someone spit a loogy into.
Imagine opening a locker to find a yellow-brown, wet, and gooey substance in it.
GROSS GROSS GROSS!!!
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March 22nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm 11
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March 22nd, 2009 at 4:23 pm 12
I have been a gym rat ever since I can remember. My most embarrassing locker story was the time I forgot about a tuna sandwich I left in my gym locker before spring break. The first day back everyone around my locker was like “ooh what’s that smell”? It became clear when I opened my locker that it was mine! Yuck!
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March 22nd, 2009 at 6:44 pm 13
One time I forgot to lock my locker, I had my wallet with over six hundred dollars, my credit cards, cellphone etc. Thank goodness for honest people. Nothing was bothered. Stupid stupid me.
March 22nd, 2009 at 7:24 pm 14
I always hated having to change in the gym locker room in school. I thought it was cruel to force shy kids to do that.
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:40 pm 15
have you ever forgot your combo? well I did during hs and had to wait for the locker area to clear out so the janitor could come with bolt cutters and cut it off..embarrassing- I took the lock home and was fiddling with it and then it worked- ok broken but worked same combo I was using- tumblers make mistakes too
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 pm 16
i’ve filled my locker with doritos – there’s nothing better after a work out than nacho cheese flavored junk food
March 22nd, 2009 at 9:46 pm 17
What a great idea!!
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March 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 pm 18
My gym locker story was in High School. I had been out of school for over 2 weeks with Pneumonia. When I came back I had actually forgotten many things, including my hall locker and yes my gym locker combinations. We were suppose to dress out for gym. I couldn’t open my locker to get to my gym clothes, so my teacher let me do gym in the pants I was in. Big mistake. I had gained some weight when I was laying around being sick, so my pants were alittle too tight. Well, to make a long story short, I split my private areas on my pants wide open and everyone could see the ugly ratty, but comfortable underwear I was wearing. I was mortified. It’s hard when you’re a teen and you already have all these self image problems going on because of zit break-outs etc.. Well, the gym teacher was cool. She called my mom, who brought me more clothes to finish out the day. Yet, the kids didn’t forget. I got razzed for about a whole horrible month about my rip roaring ugly duckling underwear. Parts of this story were mildly embellished to be amusing.
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:19 pm 19
What a great idea!!!! I ALWAYS forget my locker combos.
When I was in high school, our dog got sprayed by a skunk. the smell permeated EVERYTHING! It was the middle of winter (of course), and I wore my coat to school, thinking it had escaped the scent. At the end of the day, I opened my locker, and everyone in the hallway was saying “What smells like skunk? Is there a skunk in here?” Even some teachers were coming out of their classrooms to find the source of the stench.
I casually walked/ran out of the building and took my coat immediately to the dry cleaners!
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 pm 20
Haven’t had a gym locker since high school and we won’t say how many years ago that was. Only one I can remember was when a neighboring schools wrestling team ended up getting snowed in at our school(no one from our school was snowed in, mind you) and some people were looking in some lockers that weren’t locked and found some strange things.
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:31 am 21
I didn’t have a gym lock and lost everything
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:19 am 22
In high school I accidentally went in the boys locker room and started taking my shoes off. Thankfully, boys starting coming in before I started changing!
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March 23rd, 2009 at 6:26 am 23
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March 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 am 24
My daughter lost calculator and money in the school gym lockers. The combinations on the main lockers are changed but the gym lockers are too few and shared. Even if you get your stuff in a locker, the security is iffy. Class schedules are too tight to return to main locker. I like the idea of a word combination for the kids use.
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 am 25
hmmmm
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 am 26
I once had to participate in gym wearing a pair of leg warmers and a mini skirt because I couldn’t remember my stupid locker combo. So embarassing.
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 pm 27
I once was so frustrated trying to open my lock because I was already late for class that I was kicking the locker and swearing when I hear “Hey, what are you doing to my locker”. I was in the wrong aisle which of course meant the wrong locker and wrong lock. Talk about embarrassing!
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm 28
This is a great idea because I once forgot the numbers to my combination locker in the nude with no one around and I forgot my room number of my hotel room because I had just checkec in. Then I relaxed and remembered the number but a special word is easy to remember.
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm 29
you always need an extra lock somewhere
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:27 pm 30
My friend borrowed an entire yoga outfit from me, didn’t lock her gym locker and of course, somebody stole it. All of it.
gkstratos@yahoo.com
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm 31
I bought a bag specifically to carry to the gym and it does not fit in the small lockers. I had to wait until someone left to use the larger size locker that costs a quarter to use.
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 pm 32
my gym locker story is i had a crummy half locker that i kept my swim suit in for the required learn to swim class. i remember coming out of the pool and taking a shower in my suit. then going to change in the restroom stall. in fact now that i think of it none of change out in the open. too embarrassed i guess. lame story but a true one! lol!
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:04 pm 33
My son wants to ride his bike to school. I would let him with this lock.
March 24th, 2009 at 8:59 am 34
I’m 38 and still have bad dreams sometimes that I am in High School and cannot remember my locker combination!!! This would have been a much nicer (and easier) way for a lot of kids. My 2 teenage sons crrently do not have locks because they can’t remember the numbers. And they lose it even when written down. So I keep having to replace bookbags during the year since they will carry all of their books in them. This would be a wonderful win!
March 24th, 2009 at 12:49 pm 35
The favorite thing of the boys in school was to turn the lockers upside down which wasn’t so bad unless someone had cookery that day and then it would be eggs and flour everywhere
March 24th, 2009 at 6:15 pm 36
This would be so much better for my nine year old. Thanks for the chance.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:19 pm 37
gym locker I wouldnt do gym most the days because I could never remember my combination heck maybe thats why i never remembered it because I never used it.
March 24th, 2009 at 9:15 pm 38
A LONG TIME AGO WNEN I FIRST WAS IN THE US NAVY I WOULD GO HOME FROM PHILLIE TO BROOKLYN AND WHEN I GET BACK TO THE NAVAL BASE IN PHILLIE SUNDAY NITE I WOULD PUT MY OVERNITE BAG INTO MY LOCKER AND THE NEXT DAY THE DORN WOUD BE FULL OF ROACHES FROM MY BAG WHICK I DIDNT KNOW I WAS BRINGING BROOKLYN ROACHES TO PHILLIE. ONE DAY I OPEN MY LOCKER AND ALL THE ROACHES RAN OVER ME HAHAHAHAHA
March 25th, 2009 at 1:22 am 39
Someone set our block of gym lockers on fire when I was in high school. On the bright side, all I lost was a pair of gym shorts, and we got half the day off while the firefighters cleared the school. On the downside, the showers were damaged and didn’t get repaired till after I graduated.
Yeah, I went to a nice school…
eeohlin at gmail dot com
March 25th, 2009 at 7:29 am 40
I would love the chance to win, thanks.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:29 am 41
someone stole my underwear once while I was swimming. I should have learned my lesson, and gotten a lock but I haven’t yet because I cant ever remember the combo. This would help!
March 25th, 2009 at 1:14 pm 42
Very cool idea. I would love one of these for the gym.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:29 pm 43
oh i would just love to win one of these!!! i had no idea this was even an option…so much easier than keeping up with a key or remembering a number combo.
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March 25th, 2009 at 5:46 pm 44
I could not get my locker open at the gym and they had to cut the lock off.
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March 25th, 2009 at 7:37 pm 45
Count me in
March 25th, 2009 at 10:29 pm 46
How about throwing clothes into a locker not realizing there was chewed gum in the bottom of it!?!?
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March 25th, 2009 at 11:14 pm 47
My story involves the gym-type locker at my last place of employment. It was a TV station, so I had recordings of some of my shows in there, a change of clothes, a plastic container with candy in it… and I didn’t go into the locker very often. When my time at the station was winding down, I sort of remembered the combination, but no matter what I tried – left turn first, right turn first, spin the dial to clear it, start over – it wouldn’t open. I finally had to bring a lock cutter to retrieve my belongings. The Wordlock definitely would have been useful!
March 25th, 2009 at 11:18 pm 48
My worst gym story was when I forgot the combination to my gym locker. I was utterly embarrassed. I had to have the trainer guy in the front desk cut the lock off. Luckily they are use to doing this kind of stuff. This wordlock would definately come in handy.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:28 pm 49
I’m super paranoid about someone breaking into my gym locker, so the Word Lock would be perfect for me. Several years ago, I was exhausted after a workout and it took me nearly five minutes to remember my numerical combiation. Never again! The Word Lock would solve that problem!
March 26th, 2009 at 12:07 am 50
What a great idea for people like me who are always losing their keys to the lock, it happened to me at the gym and I was livid my car keys and clothes were locked and I couldn’t get them til the next day!!
March 26th, 2009 at 3:35 am 51
Once I went to the gym and when I went to change back into my clothes, my shoes were gone and someone elses were there. What was bad is that my shoes were high heels…the shoes left in their place were men’s oxfords.
March 26th, 2009 at 6:11 am 52
This would go way back to gym class about 1969. I didnt have a lock on my gym locker, most everyone else did, was embarrasing, I know not real exciting but thats my story. retirenaval(at)yahoo.com
March 26th, 2009 at 7:45 am 53
I haven’t had a locker in soooooo long, I can’t remeber any stories about a locker, however my grandson called me from his cellphone from school one day crying about a frog in his locker.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:25 am 54
Once when we all went to the gym there was some crazy chic taking all the bras out of unlocked lockers! None of us 5 had locked ours, so we all went braless til we got home! Thanks for the giveaway! :_
March 26th, 2009 at 10:21 am 55
This is genious!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:39 am 56
Just thinking about gym lockers makes me shudder. In middle school we had a female gym teacher that watched us with eagle eyes after every gym class to make sure we stripped all the way down and showered. As a pre-teen it was the worst thing in the world and made me despise gym even more!
March 26th, 2009 at 1:00 pm 57
This one time…in gym class…(hehehe) I some how managed to find a secret admirer letter in my GIRLS LOCKER ROOM LOCKER!!!
March 26th, 2009 at 1:59 pm 58
This is really embarrassing, I have a change of clothes and other odds and ends in a locker at the Y that have been there for a couple weeks because I lost the key. I used that type of lock because I tend to forget the numbers on combination locks. I am however, good at remembering words!
March 26th, 2009 at 3:14 pm 59
I sometimes forget my locker combo, so this would help a lot
March 26th, 2009 at 4:43 pm 60
Once, when I was in school, my friend totally forgot her combination and could not find where she had written it down. Finally, the lock had to be cut off. This type of combo would be musch easier to remember!
March 26th, 2009 at 9:21 pm 61
I was very mischevious in high school. Amy never locked her locker. She was a nerd and notthe best looking girl. She didn’t have a boyfriend. I had received a very romantic letter from the biggest jock in school. It had a lot of details aout what he wanted to do. He didn’t sign it. I put it in her locker. She freaked out. The story spread all over school.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:25 pm 62
i once had to get my brothers homework from his locker and it smelled like an animal crawled in there and died..i ended up buying him a few stickup air fresheners..puuuuuuueeeey
March 26th, 2009 at 9:57 pm 63
The gym at my university doesn’t have enough lockers to go around. The end result is that you basically have to stalk people in order to get a locker. It can be pretty ackward, because you are basically standing next to someone while they are changing so you can steal their locker.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:00 pm 64
In junior high, I was on the track team. We wore the same stuff all week. Well, one week, someone stole all my stuff. I had to run in jeans and my boots. Gyaa!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:16 pm 65
I kept my gym locker unlocked during PE class in high school because it was a hassle having to set the combination lock everyday.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:07 am 66
If anyone made my gym teacher mad he would grab his bolt cutters and cut open our locker locks!
March 28th, 2009 at 12:56 pm 67
Sara–Congratulations,you are a winner! Please send your mailing address so I can have your lock sent out. Thanks for reading!
March 28th, 2009 at 12:56 pm 68
Irene: Congratulations,you are a winner! Please send your mailing address so I can have your lock sent out. Thanks for reading!