You have a box with contents that are supposed to be very precious to you, but you have lost the key and cannot open the box without the key. If you try to force the box open in any way, such as smashing it open or picking the lock, the contents of the box will be permanently ruined. If you leave the box closed, obviously all you have is a box worth very little if un-openable. So, what would you do?
2006-11-03 17:04:37 · 26 answers · asked by d1228m 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
And No, it's not an egg
2006-11-03 20:00:09 · update #1
Find the friggin key.
2006-11-03 17:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would put it into another box, lock it and throw the key away. Then I will try to open this bigger box by doing what I just did.
2006-11-03 19:32:08 · answer #2 · answered by lyerb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the box open to begin with? If so, don't shut the box, transfer the contents to a box you can open.
2006-11-03 17:42:38 · answer #3 · answered by HG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not a problem technically. Go find a locksmith. They are best making duplicator key. But since this is a riddle, my answer is let it be. Do not open it. Precious things need be kept.
2006-11-03 19:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by junior 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the riddle goes: "A box without hinges key or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid"....it's an egg!! And it's from J.R.R. Tolkien's "Hobbit". Nice try though!
2006-11-03 18:18:46 · answer #5 · answered by Jerrysberries 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would leave it unopened. The contents do not change just because you can not get to them. If they started out precious to you, they will still be precious to you in an unopened box.
2006-11-03 17:46:47 · answer #6 · answered by hearttwinbeat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I would use a bobby-pin to try and pick the lock. If that didn't work I would leave it alone - maybe I'm not meant to touch the contents.
2006-11-03 17:25:54 · answer #7 · answered by Rockin' Chrissy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saw half-way through, all the way around the box and crack it like an egg.
2006-11-03 17:23:23 · answer #8 · answered by NANCY K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will have a go, if you will not think me rude. I have no intention of being such, but when I saw your riddle and read it, I thought back to an Elizabethan prototype, the answer of which was, "the key is to tell her you love her".
2016-05-21 22:23:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ei, the contents in the box are very precious to you. then if it's that precious, it just means that you already know what's inside. just leave it that way. you already knew what's inside.
2006-11-03 18:56:39 · answer #10 · answered by Red 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since your treasures are safe in the box you keep the box and treasure it as a man would treasure his life.
2006-11-03 17:26:10 · answer #11 · answered by Agnon L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋