Drop whatever you're doing, we have a situation in here! A stay-at-home mother has posted a picture of the 'impossible to open' cupboard and she needs your tips to open it without destroying these precious porcelain plates.
'A cupboard that can never be opened,' - read the caption. Of course, you can never throw words like 'never' online because soon after posting, the army of kind-hearted internauts came pouring in (16,000 reactions and 456 comments) to help this lady with getting her plates to safety.
What would you do in this situation? Post your answers below!
Update: The photo was actually taken after an earthquake in the Tottori Prefecture on October 21st, in a hotel owned by the Kishida family.
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#1301
Ask Mike Pence, he knows how to make things straight again...
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#1302
Move it forward then tilt it back while someone opens it and takes plates out
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#1303
Get a professional carpenter to cut the glass that's holding the dishes in place, then firmly hold the glass steady, still in place while he removes the door from the hinges itself. Afterwards very carefully, while still holding the piece of glass, slowly lowering the door, reach behind it and remove the dishes! Good luck with it!!
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#1304
Open the cupboard to the left, drill a couple of holes through and use long bamboo skewers to support the dishes while you slowly ease the door open and reach around.
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#1305
Carefully remove two panes of glass above, reorganise your dishes and open door.
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#1306
Take hold of the cupboard handle and pull open the door.
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#1307
Use the Force....
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#1308
I would open the door wide enough to squeeze a very small midget in there and have them straighten the dishes up.
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#1309
Hire a professional juggler, plate spinner and seal. Get a bucket of popcorn and watch the performance.
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#1310
Cut a hole in the glass, in the middle of the first bowl, just big enough to fit your hand/arm through. Push the stack of bowls back and open the door.
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#1311
Lay a thick layer of mattress on the floor then open it. If some of it chips/cracks/breaks, at least most of them are still doing good.
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#1312
Put a mattress or a bunch of pillows right under where the plates are going to fall. Voila
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#1313
1. Get a blow up item
2. Open door enough to feed blow up item into bottom level of cupboard, while leaving the tube out of the cracked door.
3. Blow up the item, creating a soft surface
4. Carefully open door and let plates fall slowly onto soft surface (you may still want to try to catch them as they fall best you can.
2. Open door enough to feed blow up item into bottom level of cupboard, while leaving the tube out of the cracked door.
3. Blow up the item, creating a soft surface
4. Carefully open door and let plates fall slowly onto soft surface (you may still want to try to catch them as they fall best you can.
I think this can actually work if you try it.
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#1314
Remove one pane of glass
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#1315
Back with the cabinet in front als tilt it backwards.
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#1316
Use a technique police and thieves use on car doors to open the lock. "Slide a piece of FLOSS or very thin string between the door and cabinet several times slowly slide this web of string across the cabinet to the dishes forming a safety net secure with tape and then slowly open the door a bit and put a piece of foam directly under the dish avalanche and open slowly...Good Luck..
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#1317
This is an emergency! Break the glass!
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#1318
Just play jenga with the plates as you open the cupboard slowly loser has to clean the mess :,)
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#1319
Lay the cabinet backwards then open door and fix ahelf and plates. Good Luck
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#1320
Put layers of thick foam pads or a mattress on the floor then open the cabinet with ease.
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