I found a locked safe hidden at the back of a closet in my new house

[Skeptic]

@Mindysan33

That’s totally true. In a number of ways.

Could be worse, he could be John Stossel

[nemomen]

My most hoped for outcome is that the door is opened to reveal a smaller safe inside it - the first sign that this is a Russian doll safe, with many, many layers.

[Mindysan33]

@Skeptic

John Stossel

[Old]

@Mindysan33

What if it’s empty or not full of any of the things we’ve imagined? What then?

The same thing we do every election cycle.

[Nonentity]

@Mindysan33

What if it’s empty or not full of any of the things we’ve imagined?

He could just leave us permanently in suspense…

[Purplecat]

@Old

The same thing we do every election cycle.

[Mister44]

@renke

basement or dungeon?

Basement during the day. Love dungeon at night with the proper password. (It’s “pumpernickel”.)

[Mindysan33]

D’oh! @Purplecat beat me to it!

Here is the animated gif version…

[Clifton]

@SteampunkBanana

“We should just drive it out of the basement!”

You won’t believe what happens next!

[dave_b]

At which point a new thread starts where is this safety deposit box and what does it contain?

[dave_b]

We happy?

[Skeptic]

@Clifton

You won’t believe what happens next!

“Number 4 blew my mind.”

[XantheStone]

@Mister44

Love dungeon at night with the proper password. (It’s “pumpernickel”.)

Are you allowed to giggle while giving the password? (asking for a friend)

[Donald_Petersen]

@Mindysan33

What if it’s empty or not full of any of the things we’ve imagined? What then?

I’m optimistic. It would take an unusual mixture of sadism and lack of imagination to leave a locked safe with nothing in it. So if anyone’s got a big-ass safe they no longer need, either stick the combination on maybe a sturdy piece of tape on the door, remove the door entirely, or leave it full of interesting things (not necessarily valuables).

When I built the bookshelves in the house I just sold, I left a few things stashed in the unused spaces above and below the shelves. Who knows when or if anyone will ever come across them, but one certainly couldn’t leave such spaces entirely empty.

[anon35121463]

@Donald_Petersen

Who knows when or if anyone will ever come across them, but one certainly couldn’t leave such spaces entirely empty.

Many years back, a f-o-a-f was involved with a project cataloging and preserving items that had been hidden inside walls and the like. That sort of thing has been going on since pretty much we had both things and buildings to stash them in.

[Skeptic]

@XantheStone

Are you allowed to giggle while giving the password? (asking for a friend)

I think that is actually the safe word . Rob uses a pass phrase, which, last I heard, is “Yes, Rob, you can borrow my oxygen Lance.”

[chgoliz]

@Mindysan33

Guys… are we going to feel disappointed when @beschizza finally opens this thing. I sort of feel like we’ve built it up a good bit now. What if it’s empty or not full of any of the things we’ve imagined? What then?

[beschizza]

I remain certain it contains dubloons, or the deed to a sinister mansion, or that it contains a puzzle box that opens the gates of hell, or that there might be some dust, or a portal to a mysterious yet oddly Christian fantasy kingdom.

[Donald_Petersen]

Then you must hie thyself hence to the Locksmith with all haste!

I mean, what’s the holdup? I got a $20 contribution just sittin’ right here, if that’s the only thing standing between us and Illumination.

You did say “certain.”

[jerwin]

we have such sights to show you!