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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#161
#mannequinchallenge: falling plates version
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#162
Do not try and open the cupboard. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
There are no dishes.
Then you'll see, that it is not the cupboard that opens, it is only yourself.
There are no dishes.
Then you'll see, that it is not the cupboard that opens, it is only yourself.
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#163
You know how your socks go missing? Those are sock goblins. Summon one and pay them in socks to magically teleport the dishes out of the cupboard. Make sure the socks are nice.
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#164
Create a spider-web of duct tape across the glass, from frame to frame; ensure it is pretty heavily built up near to the first-instant fall point. Open glass and adjust bowls within spidey holes.
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#165
Just wait awhile quantum theory states that any arrangement of particles is possible and will occur given sufficient time, hopefully this rearrangement will occur before the imminent heat death of the universe
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#166
Ask Mr Trump. He will make the cupboard with plates great again.
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#167
CARDBOARD. Open the door slightly and slide a piece of cardboard between the door and the plates. Now, holding the cardboard, you can open the door freely. Once the door is open, you can use your free hand to reach around the cardboard and arrange the plates.
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#168
What do you value more...the dishes or that top pane of glass that you could break and reach in to pull the dishes back?
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#169
If you have a gap at the top of the cabinet door between it and the ceiling, take a long piece of paper, slide it through the door while slightly open. Hold paper above and below the door. Tension the paper to hold the bowls while you carefully open the door and quickly grab the bowls. Might buy you enough time. Suggest something strong, like parchment paper.
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#170
cut one of glass panels above the dishes and get dishes out . Then simply replace the glass panel, cheaper then letting dishes get broken and saves the dishes which may not be replaceable!
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#171
Send this picture to the cupboard producer and ask them to send you a set of nice porcelain before you sue them!
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#172
Drill a circular hole in the top of the cupboard to fit your hand/arm. Grab them one at a time from the top and stack them back on the shelf. Take arm out of the hole. Buy a 6"x2" piece of wood and nails. Nail the circle cutout to the wood. Place cutout in the hole, and nail back to the cupboard. Now there is no hole, and you saved the plates.
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#173
Seriously? I would open the cupboard about 1/8 to 1/4 inch, and slide in a thin but sturdy piece of plexiglass parallel to the cupboard door. (As big as the door).
Press it firmly against the shelf, keep holding it tightly against the shelf, and open the door. Now you have a door that you can slowly and incrementally slide down, rather than opening all at once.
Slowly slide it down, pulling out the dishes as you go. If I am picturing this correctly, you should be able to save every dish
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#174
They won't fall if you open the glass slowly and just enough to insert your arm which is doable because there is still space from both sides of the glass. slide the door to the right while the pressure of the objects on the glass will stop from making them fall, then you would substitute that pressure with your palm.
Third law of motion: When one object exerts a force on another, the second object exerts on the first a force equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
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#175
The answer to this is simple.
1. ) Submit this to the mannequin challenge
2.) ???
3.) Profit
1. ) Submit this to the mannequin challenge
2.) ???
3.) Profit
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#176
Open the cupboard to the left & use a jigsaw to cut a hole between the two. Reach in and carefully pull out the plates. The cupboard can easily be replaced, but those dishes might not be able to be! :)
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#177
1. Open door.
2. Invite all Kings horses.
Important addendum: do not invite (or immediately uninvite) all Kings men. They have a terrible track record with matters of this sort.
2. Invite all Kings horses.
Important addendum: do not invite (or immediately uninvite) all Kings men. They have a terrible track record with matters of this sort.
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#178
Take comfort in the fact that in the parallel universe your dinner service is not screwed!
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#179
Put one of those egg crate mattress toppers on the floor before you try any of the above ideas 😉
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#180
Call the fire department and tell them someone is about to jump when they arrive show them the situation, I'm sure they'll understand
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