File this under weird

Hmmmm.... gotta love Detroit. This from Sports Illustrated. When does Osama get his key to the city?


• "Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick gave homeboy Jerome Bettis a key to the city this week, reportedly only the fourth time that honor has been bestowed.

The other three recipients? Well, let's see. There was actor James Earl Jones. Detroit neurosurgeon, Dr. Benjamin Carson, of Johns Hopkins University. And ... oh, yeah, somebody named Saddam Hussein, who got one back in 1980, before he seemed to fall out of favor with certain members of the U.S. government. And the U.S. Army for that matter."



By the way, what exactly is a "key to the city"? I mean, does it open all the doors? Can you just walk up to a random house in detroit and open the locks?