Do You Keep Losing Things?
By Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
Carlisle, England
January 23, 2011 4:22pm CST
I made my obligatory telephone call to Mum tonight and she told me that she keeps losing things! It happens a lot, apparently and she's blaming her age.
Take yesterday, for example.
In Layton she spotted my Dad, who talked her into taking his shopping back to the house, so he could go in the Club. She looked in the bag and spotted some booze and some food "bits" including crab sticks.
Before she came home she called into Cat's Paws and bought 2 plant pots.
Once she got home she never gave my Dad's shopping another thought, until he mentioned the crab sticks.
My Dad isn't the greatest at finding anything, even if it's right in front of him so Mum's hopes weren't raised when he started half-heartedly rummaging in the fridge, chunnering to himself that he "couldn't find the bloody crab sticks!"
Mum got up to help him look through the freezer. She took everything out, then put everything back again..no sign of the crab sticks.
Mmm! Where could they be? She looked on the carousel under the sink, she emptied the BIN, she looked in the cupboards, plus the fridge (again). The crab sticks have literally disappeared.
Then my Dad came out with silly stuff. He asked her to "retrace her steps" from the time he handed the shopping bag over and had it in his head that the crab sticks "could've fallen out of the bag in Cat's Paws" something Mum vehemently denies!
Then he looked at the fattest cat, Ellie.
"Have you fed them to the fat bugger?" (He meant Ellie as he can never remember the cats' names).
"DEFINITELY NOT! Surely I'd remember feeding the cats some crab sticks!"
Once I stopped laughing I asked her if they've turned up yet.
"Nope!" she replied.
I never said this to her but I can only think of one scenario.
THE GOBLIN IS HIDING THEM!
Take yesterday, for example.
In Layton she spotted my Dad, who talked her into taking his shopping back to the house, so he could go in the Club. She looked in the bag and spotted some booze and some food "bits" including crab sticks.
Before she came home she called into Cat's Paws and bought 2 plant pots.
Once she got home she never gave my Dad's shopping another thought, until he mentioned the crab sticks.
My Dad isn't the greatest at finding anything, even if it's right in front of him so Mum's hopes weren't raised when he started half-heartedly rummaging in the fridge, chunnering to himself that he "couldn't find the bloody crab sticks!"
Mum got up to help him look through the freezer. She took everything out, then put everything back again..no sign of the crab sticks.
Mmm! Where could they be? She looked on the carousel under the sink, she emptied the BIN, she looked in the cupboards, plus the fridge (again). The crab sticks have literally disappeared.
Then my Dad came out with silly stuff. He asked her to "retrace her steps" from the time he handed the shopping bag over and had it in his head that the crab sticks "could've fallen out of the bag in Cat's Paws" something Mum vehemently denies!
Then he looked at the fattest cat, Ellie.
"Have you fed them to the fat bugger?" (He meant Ellie as he can never remember the cats' names).
"DEFINITELY NOT! Surely I'd remember feeding the cats some crab sticks!"
Once I stopped laughing I asked her if they've turned up yet.
"Nope!" she replied.
I never said this to her but I can only think of one scenario.
THE GOBLIN IS HIDING THEM!3 people like this
6 responses
@margerydaw14 (735)
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23 Jan 11
I am always losing things. a classic one was my car keys which also had my front door key and my locker key on the key ring, plus 2 pix of my son on a key ring. I searched my car out, my bags , the caravan , the house, I even went back on the beach where i had been walking the last time i had saw them. not funny at all(at the time 
) but to give my husband his due , he went out the very next day and got me another front door key. Weeelll guess where my bunch of keys turned up, wedged down in HIS car between the seat and the central console. it was a few months later, and I was sitting in the car, and a ittle thought popped into my head and lo and behold,,,,,my keys !!!but unlike you with your goblin, we have the naughty fairy who hides things, generally messes up neatly coiled wires , and drips water on clean floors!!
but one last thought, regarding your crab sticks. If they are indoors somewhere, they will make their presence known, by ponging the place out!! the only reason I say this, my husband bought the brother in law, some sweets,(humbugs or something similiar )when we were on holiday. they went in a bag and then literally disappeared off the face of the earth. we searched our holiday place out, the car, the suitcases, they had gone!!!but once again the naughty fairy had struck. My husband decided to sell the car, months later, sorted out the boot and at the very back, guess what, in a bag...... the sweeties. they were ok still, as my dear hubby scoffed them !!!(not being greedy, he had brought the bro in law something else, and i don;t eat them anyway)
@margerydaw14 (735)
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23 Jan 11
Yep I lost my wedding ring, it turned up in the rabbit hutch under the straw. And How my beloved bunny never ate it I'll never know.
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
23 Jan 11
Hahaha! Love it! What a good bunny!
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
23 Jan 11
Haha! It's amazing how things turn up months later isn't it? The same thing happened with my wedding ring, yes WEDDING RING! I thought I'd lost it (in the house) forever and I found it lying in a bag, in a drawer as I was cleaning up one day. Couldn't believe it and how it got there I've absolutely no idea. Glad it turned up though...for obvious reasons!
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
24 Jan 11
Yes, I admit, I put things in "safe places" and they never surface again for ages. I refuse to blame it on my age, I am blaming my ADD So did the booze show up? Otherwise I would say that she put the whole bag down at Cat's Paws?
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
24 Jan 11
Oh, she didn't lose the booze, just the crab sticks, which is stranger still, don't you think?
@BarBaraPrz (51819)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jan 11
Maybe she left your dad's bag in the Cat's Paw...
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
24 Jan 11
Somebody poached them while she was at the next shop? 
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
24 Jan 11
Hahahaha! Love it Dawn, thanks for that.
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@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
23 Jan 11
I just lost my guitar pick. I've only had that pick for about 4 days.@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
23 Jan 11
Oh dear. Do you use Mum's excuse..is it an "age" thing?
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
That's the downside of it. I can't use any excuse. I'm neither old nor blonde.
@hofferp (4734)
• United States
24 Jan 11
I'd look in the bag... I'm getting so forgetfull, I'll start one thing, forget what I'm doing and start something else and forget what I'm doing and start something else. I'd be the one to start emptying the grocery bag, putting things away and then get to the refrigerator and think, I should really clean this up before I put away the rest of the groceries. An hour later, after cleaning the frig and a cabinet or two and possibly other stuff, I remember to put away the rest of the groceries...or not. I might just go and watch television. The crab sticks will show up, but I don't think they'll be edible.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
24 Jan 11
Oh, she's done that my friend, looked in the bag. She's taken them out and put them somewhere..but can't remember where they are lol.
Perhaps my Dad has already eaten them and forgot about it? He's worse than Mum.
Haha!
