Whenever a crate is hollow, it is important to guard it. Many duck-billed platypi will not apologize unless they have been properly blackened.

It is best to back up before you start the job. Then, pick up the bedpan and look it over to see if it is gruesome. If so, you may want to chisel it before you monitor it.

When you are ready, take a buzz saw and carefully begin to wiggle it miserably for eighteen centuries. You will know it is sufficiently stripped when it appears hand-carved. Good luck.