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for my DP's to give us our gift ib a box we can't open!

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MadCap · 25/12/2012 09:32

My gorgeous, generous mum and dad have given us a lot of cash for Christmas to buy a new laptop and tablet with BUT they've given it to us in two wooden puzzle boxes that we can't open!

Dh is stubborn unwilling to admit defeat and call them for help and is about to take a hammer to the things

Can the collective wisdom of Mn help?

Will put photos on profile.

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missrlr · 25/12/2012 09:34

Is it a box you need to find the key and then open, shake it can you hear a key like rattle ? If so google Moroccan puzzle box , loads of how to on u tube

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Dawndonna · 25/12/2012 09:36

He he!
Xmas Grin

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DeltaUniformDeltaEcho · 25/12/2012 09:40

I love puzzles like this....send it my way!

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MadCap · 25/12/2012 09:40

Oooh, it's dastardly! I can't seem to upload the photos....grr. Will resort to google...

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InLoveWithDavidTennant · 25/12/2012 09:49

sorry but that is GENIUS! i would love to get something like that.

aww dont google the solution... take on the challenge! if you can do it by the end of the day (or tomorrow evening) then google it

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SinkyMalinks · 25/12/2012 09:56

YY to inlove. Put the hammer away!

My parents love this (but I get a bottle of wine in a trap or something random, not oodles of cash Xmas Envy)

Ditto all tricks above, but hold off the google- you'll be so proud if you get it.

(hopefully your parents won't have done what mine usually do and lose the instructions - which also means you can't reassemble and pass on. Rubbish!)

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starfishmummy · 25/12/2012 09:57

A couple of years ago the pils gave us one of those puzzles that go round a bottle of wine. They didn't put it on properly and when we picked the bottle up it fell straight off!!

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aJumpedUpChristmasElf · 25/12/2012 10:00

I'm sure the trick with these is to slide rather than prise. One of the surfaces will slide out if you push in the right direction

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MadCap · 25/12/2012 12:40

My dh googled it while I was in the shower impatient grabby so and so Xmas Grin

Hope everyone has a very merry Christmas!

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