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Urgent anyone know how to pick a lock or are psychic

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Scottishdreams1991 · 06/05/2023 18:39

Ds birthday tomorrow all his presents are inside a cupboard locked. We can't find the key 😪 Anyone know how to pick a lock or know where the key is ? Help

OP posts:
sayhellotothelittlefella · 06/05/2023 19:19

On top of the door frame?

SpudsandGravy · 06/05/2023 19:21

Did you put it in your purse?

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 06/05/2023 19:24

What kind of hinges?

If you can get to them and they are the pin kind then you can use a hammer and small Phillips head screwdriver to knock the pin out and just remove the door.

twoshedsjackson · 06/05/2023 19:26

A few to try:

  1. Check the clothes you were wearing, and the linen basket if they are in there.
in case they fell out of a pocket when you were undressing 2.Go back to the last place that you definitely remember having it/using it. Then (and I know this sounds eccentric) retrace your steps, giving a running commentary out loud of what you did. 3.Another slightly bonkers tactic is to stand in the middle of the room, pat your pockets, and state loudly that you are looking for the key. 4.Pray to Saint Anthony. Good luck!
CheeseDreamsTonight · 06/05/2023 19:26

Getting a vision.... in a pair of jeans

husbandcallsmepickle · 06/05/2023 19:39

I'm thinking somewhere up high

Scottishdreams1991 · 06/05/2023 19:42

So anyone who said jeans were correctish as We found it in the washing machine flaps 😂
Thank fuck for that
picture for no reason lol

Urgent anyone know how to pick a lock or are psychic
OP posts:
Teacoaster · 06/05/2023 19:49

Yeah I usually find misplaced keys inside the pocket of the clothes I was wearing on the day I last used it. So either jeans or jacket pockets. Good luck.

DeflatedAgain · 06/05/2023 19:57

Is the key where you keep the wrapping paper/sellotape etc?

DeflatedAgain · 06/05/2023 19:57

Scottishdreams1991 · 06/05/2023 19:42

So anyone who said jeans were correctish as We found it in the washing machine flaps 😂
Thank fuck for that
picture for no reason lol

Awesome!

Olivia199 · 06/05/2023 22:18

Scottishdreams1991 · 06/05/2023 19:42

So anyone who said jeans were correctish as We found it in the washing machine flaps 😂
Thank fuck for that
picture for no reason lol

Amazing! Love a good happy ending. I'm forever finding things in my jeans pockets or washing machine. Usually bank cards. Happy birthday to DS for tomorrow!

Bk1000 · 06/05/2023 22:38

My 4 yo ds once took the key for our hall cupboard for a 200 mile trip to his great aunties house and left it there under a sofa cushion without telling us because he thought great auntie would like to see it and then he forgot all about it. So much confusion firstly from us wondering where the key had gone and also for dear old great aunt who found a key and couldn’t work out where it had come from. It took quite a while for both mysteries to be solved. So in answer to the OP if could be absolutely anywhere including at a relatives house hundreds of miles away.

WaitingForSunnyDays · 07/05/2023 08:04

@Bk1000 😆😆😆

GaslitlikeaVictorianparlour · 07/05/2023 08:12

Glad you found it but I can't believe it took 3 pages for someone to suggest St Anthony 🤣

Banjaxx · 07/05/2023 08:23

Glad you found it but if you hadn’t my suggestion would’ve beeen to wrap the front of the door in wrapping paper and tell him it’s a treasure hunt 😂 he can’t open his presents til the key is found!

menopausalmare · 05/10/2023 19:33

The key is in your jeans pocket

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