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[Cate in NZ]

It's something that I have been musing upon for a long time now, and I was wondering if anyone else out there is afflicted by this confusing phenomenon.........that of mysteriously disappearing teaspoons

 

Each time I buy cutlery I buy sets of equal numbers of forks, knives, dessert spoons and teaspoons. In fact just before I moved I became acutely aware of the fact that I had some very past it's best every day cutlery and very few teaspoons, so I repleced some of the old stuff with a new 6 place setting cutlery set. This morning I have emptied the dishwasher and I can only find 4 teaspoons What has happened to the rest

 

My theories include a phantom teaspoon thief; local lazy moles and/or other wildlife who sneak into my kitchen drawers to nick my spoons to aid their digging efforts; jealous dessert spoons who kidnap the more popular teaspoons to ensure that they get the opportunity to explore outside of the cutlery drawer; or, the great teaspoon eating dishwasher monster

 

Or, of course it could just be darling children pinching my spoons to take to school to eat yoghurts etc with at lunch time and forgetting to bring them home

 

Off now to buy some plastic spoons for the darlings......and some more flippin' teaspoons

 

I'd be interested in any more theories for disappearing spoons....and am I the only one with this problem

[Egluntyne]

I often have to replace teaspoons too.

 

I reckon they end up in the same place as missing socks.

 

You put an even number in the washing machine and remove an odd number at the end of the cycle.....with no sign whatsoever of the missing one.

 

'Appen there is a black hole in the dishwasher as well as the washing machine.

 

There is a theory that the rings around the planets are made up of missing socks and lost luggage, maybe there are a few teaspoons there too.

[theherd123]

the great teaspoon eating dishwasher monster

 

WOW!

 

Ive never come across that species before - is it just specifically found in NZ?

 

[ajm200]

I know where ours go...

 

they fear being parted from their new found friends the yoghurt pots and follow them everywhere,,, even to the dump where they live happily every after...

 

Seriously, it drives me mad that OH can't remember to take the spoon out of the yoghurt pots before binning them.

[The Dogmother]

I think that mine go in the bin with yoghurt pots too.

 

My ex used to use my cutlery when he was mending his bike I had loads of bent and deformed cutlery.

 

We have missing socks too Egluntine.. where DO they go?

[Snowy]

Mine don't all disappear - mine evolve! I've only ever had one design of cutlery and the teaspoons matched. I still have some matching teaspoons, but I also have about 4 that are all different designs They seeem to transform in OH's lunch box

[The Dogmother]

They'll be from work then

[Egluntyne]

A bit like PE kit then...comes home with someone else's nametape sewn in it and in a different size and state of decrepitude to the ones they left the house in that morning.

[Rhapsody]

We dont eat yoghurt or take sugar in tea but teaspoons disappear here too *cue Twilight Zone music*

As for school uniform/PE kit, I am absolutely convinced kids play Strip Poker at break.

[AnnieP]

The teaspoons and socks go to join all those lost biros in the twilight zone. One day they are all going to rain down upon us all from on high.

 

Kate, get the new ones attached to some very long elastic, tied to the kitchen drawer.

[ClaireG]

I to have missing teaspoons and socks. Do you think all our missing objects are living the highlife somewhere?

[Guest]

I'd guess the bin too! With the yoghurt pots!

 

is this a game of Cluedo???

[chickencam]

The teaspoon eating monster lives here too as does the teaspoon transforming bug.

 

I have a motley assortment of teaspoons and it is not uncommon to find one in the Phosphorgen plant food packet in the spring that has been there since last summer and various ones make it out to the garage.

 

I will not let real ones out in luch boxes , plastic only and they are expected to bring those home a few times at least.

 

Perhaps they will one day come out of sea with all of those other things like in the tv ad. haven't a clue what the ad. is for but I always think it is an environmental message then it turns out to be something totally trivial

[chocchick]

It's the sock fairy of course

You would not believe how many odd socks I own, and collect in the hope of reuniting them

She also eats bread, cakes and chocolate but OH blames me

[ajm200]

Most missing things in our house can be found in the bottom of my son's toy box.

 

The sock monster must have run off with my OH's watch though, it's been missing for weeks after being left on the windowsill. I guess a busy sock monster needs it to keep on schedule

[The Dogmother]

I had a cat who was like a magpie and stole anything shiney. I had to make sure that all jewellery was in a drawer I knew where her stash was though.

 

Socks are a total mystery to me... I wear mostly plain black ones, Rosie has girlie ones, mostly pink. Phil sometimes leave his socks here - they are large and black.

 

How come I have 2 odd small black socks (mine wouldn't fit Phil, so he'd notice if the ended up at his house), and Rosie has 3 odd girlie socks?

[chocchick]

The sock monster must have run off with my OH's watch though, it's been missing for weeks after being left on the windowsill. I guess a busy sock monster needs it to keep on schedule

 

Raid sock drawers Claret, I was once amazed by how many of my socks OH had without actually noticing

I have in the region of 20 odd socks but mainly wear plain black ones

[The Dogmother]

That must be a record Choccy

 

I must tidy out Rosie's socks, she grow out of them so quickly!

[Egluntyne]

The Mystery of the Disappearing Teaspoons.....I'm sure it was written by Enid Blyton.

[chickencam]

Tape measures diappear in this house, never one around when you need it. The same with the girls' hair ties althouh the cats may be guilty there

 

As for socks don't get me started, I have so many odd socks in my airing cupboard waiting for their mates to return

[little chickadee]

I too have both these problems. I have a huge bag full of odd socks which I frequently sort through and manage to make a few pairs out of.

I bought 24 cheap teaspoons last year and most of them have dissapeared! The nice ones went years ago

[Cate in NZ]

Oh dear, you've reminded me of my missing socks......got quite a lot of those too. Do you think there's an alternative universe where socks run off with teaspoons, much like in the old nursery rhyme where "the dish ran away with the spoon"

 

I used to lose teaspoons in the compost bin in our old house. We saved all our used teabags in a little caddy and emptied it regularly onto the compost heap. The number of times though that I discovered a teaspoon buried beneath the bags where hubby had just chucked the spoon in the caddy as well as the bag . No compost bin here though, so that can't be an explanation.

[hillfamily]

Disappearing teaspoons in this house aswell and sometimes other pieces of cutlery

 

When I had a new kitchen fitted last year I treated myself to some new cutlery from Ikea - now only have 17 forks and 13 teaspoons although I still have all 18 knives and spoons (yes I did check - trying to avoid the ironing )

 

For missing socks I have this ...............

 

http://www.angelic-shop.com/index.php?ecom_siteid=294&product_id=333056&option=Prod_detail

 

after every wash I normally ad at least 3 socks in the hope that their friends turn up in the next wash

 

The other things that disappear in my house are pencils - I had a set engraved with "mum's pencil - hands off" so that I could prove to my children that they were stealing my pencils. Hasn't worked because none of their pen pots contain my pencils but I'm still missing some

[chickencam]

The pencils don't disappear in this house but they do go blunt or break on their own, never a sharp pencil available when you need one As for rubbers or pencil sharpeners no chance.

 

I have lost a couple of paring knives in the compost bin, one reappeared the following spring but the other was never seen again

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Yup, sock monster and teaspoon thief lives here too . I bought 6 teaspoons recently as we were getting so low.