Two of the great mysteries of life are . .

dreamdaisy

. . . socks and teaspoons. Both seem to vanish quite easily, even in a two person household like ours, so where do they go? And how? With socks I use the reverse Brian Hanrahan approach, I count them all in then count them all out, but even so we currently have two sans their mates (one black, his, and one powder blue, mine). As for the teaspoons we used to have twelve, now it's nine. Je suis mystified. DD

stickywicket

I used to have a combined washing machine/sock shredder. This was in the days when I also had two teenage sons in the house so a pair of matching socks was quite a rarity and did the rounds between my 3 menfolk on a ‘first up, best dressed’ basis. One son, on leaving home, solved the problem permanently by only ever buying plain black socks which could be ‘matched’ up together. I do confess that a few years ago I finally gave up all hope of their combined missing socks ever returning and chucked out an entire Morrison’s bag of odd ones, many brand new.

Teaspoons I cannot account for except by assuming that the one that always remains in the washing up bowl finally takes the huff and flings itself into the nearest nook or cranny.

We once managed to lose two toilet roll holders in a year within a small, separate loo. I still occasionally catch myself looking for them.

joanlawson

According to Professor Michael Solomon, author of 'How To Find Lost Objects', ''It's not lost; you are.'' He says: ''There are no missing objects. Only unsystematic searchers.'' If they're not where they are supposed to be, lost objects might have suffered from what Solomon calls 'domestic drift'.

There's lots of ''domestic drift'' in our house. In fact, come to think of it, where and when did I last see my OH :?:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1301444/12-tips-worlds-findologist-help-lose-again.html

dreamdaisy

Oh boy, rehab, I sincerely apologise: I had no idea that Fat Kev was such a philosopher. That makes so much sense.

Joan? I would like to see the Proff when he has lost summat - I bet he does the whole pocket-patting thing for the car keys and then bellows to Mrs Proff (who of course does know where the keys are) as he cannot be bothered to search further! Domestic drift - what a fantastic phrase. I also have memory drift, flesh drift, possible some hearing drift but I think the eye drifting has slowed. Hooray!

Sticky, the toilet roll holders. Just how did that happen? Utterly baffling. Declare it a treasure hunt for you-know-who, that should keep 'em amused for a while. DD

julie47

I have had the mystery of missing spoons and the odd sock too :shock:

In my early days my mum had this same problem with spoons, but I will admit (now that I am older and she doesn't read this forum) that it was me, using it to change an inner tube on my push bike.

However that is not the case here.....I think it is the dishwasher that gets so hot that it melts the spoon and it goes down the drain. And not the fact that Rich takes them to work for his yoghurt and forgets to bring it home :???:
As for the socks asfter being in steel toe cap boots all day no wonder they try to escape

juliepf x

joanlawson

I thought I'd solved the problem of the odd socks by buying some with the days of the week written on them, but it made no difference. Now a Monday has to go with a Thursday, a Wednesday has to go with a Friday, and a Tuesday has to go with a Sunday.

It's all my fault because I didn't realise that socks have such a deep sense of rivalry, and having the days of the week on them probably made it even worse. How could I possibly have been so foolish to think that they could co-exist in the same eigen-state :?: :shock: (defined as a quantum-mechanical state corresponding to an eigenvalue of a wave equation,)....... but you already knew that, didn't you :?:

valval

washing machine eats them honest. have no trouble with spoons but forks well they disappear all the time val

fayrose

All those things are SO odd, BUT..... can anyone explain what happens if you are foolish enough to put a duvet cover in the washing machine with any other bits of clothing?
The duvet cover's closers, be they buttons or poppers are carefully closed so HOW is it that all other bits of laundry washed with it end up screwed to a ball inside the cover???
Drives me bonkers :shock:

NinaKKang

Ahhhh, these age old mysteries... Being responsible for running a household, working full time and being neurotically organised (with a similar eldest daughter), I don't have problems with odd socks AT ALL. Honest. Or tea spoons. I used to wrestle with 4 duvet covers but now my girls are old enough to make their own beds and I only wrestle with one - more often than not, my husband who is taller and has longer arms than me, takes pity on me and does it for me.

However, I have real issues at work with people stealing my pens. I can leave my handbag, phone, the crown jewels on my desk all day long and no one will touch them. My yellow bic pen I either have to carry around with me or lock away!

Nxx

ichabod6

Why the hang up over matching socks?

I take the first two socks to hand from the sock drawer and wear 'em.
If people comment I tell them I have another pair at home.

tonesp

Spoons No problem Take out the bottom drawer in the kitchen and all will be revealed In our case Two soup spoons three teaspoons and a fork Socks Far more Esoteric Part of an alien plot to take over the world On their planet they have the same value as nectar points or green shield stamps :evil :evil

mp1952

very funny thread.. Thanks folks ..

Marion x