How to legally pick a lock with a beer can

Think I'm kidding this this headline? I'm not.

A recent Chicago Tribune article that outlines it all:

This is how: During a recent interview at a North Side bar, Michaud, a prominent lockpicking hobbyist (you read it right), cut the top and bottom off a can and carved a wavy M-shape out of the middle. He then folded and refolded it in such a way that it could be inserted between the lock and the shackle. A twist and voila! The lock popped open.
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Lock pickers, whose hobby is legal in all 50 states in case you were wondering, have a creed of sorts. It goes something like this: You can pick your own locks, you can pick your friends' locks (with their permission), but you can't pick anyone else's locks.

To read the whole fascinating story visit Pick a lock. For fun. (It's legal too).

Of course, guys have been using beer to pick locks for centuries, but that is another debate.