How to find a lost cycling jacket

[JaneE]

In my experience it's the purchasing of (or, more precisely, *paying for*) the replacement item that causes the original item to jump up and down and yell "here I am!"

Jane

[dachshund]

Have you looked in the refrigerator yet?

[bmccasland]

Thread drift...

Back when I lived in NoCal and worked at a fish hatchery. Came home from spawning fish (which is a messy process), opened the door to the garage to put some stuff inside on the floor, and thus allowed my fur babies into the garage. I knew I was a stinky mess, so I stripped down to my undies by the washer. Well the kitties came over to investigate, and the next thing I knew, they were trying to bury my clothes!

[lph]

Our cat used to spend her time (most of the night, actually, to gauge from the noise) collecting erasers, pens, clothespegs, balls, hairbands, gidgets and gadgets and geegaws, oh, and her toys of course - batting them around the livingroom, chasing them down the stairs, and then finally herding them in under the (very low) chest of drawers in the downstairs hallway. Then she'd lose interest.

Every once in a while when we started to miss things we'd have to go down and lift up the chest of drawers to check her stash

[dachshund]

... behind the washing machine?

[sbctwin]

my stuff goes into a 'black hole'...never to be seen again until after replaced and then, miraculously, they are in front of me.

[oxysback]

Must be Nargles.

[Ann G]

Our cat, Emma, used to move my socks, underwear, and throw pillows all over the house. We'd find things on the stairs, wherever. When it was the throw pillows we referred to it as her redocorating, but I don't know what to call it when she stole my underwear and moved it into the living room.

[F8th637]

Must be Nargles.

You have those, too? My husband likes to call them Gnomes. Apparently, we have a colony of them that come from different regions of the house. We have the Kitchen Gnomes who like to fill the sink with glasses and leave the cabinet doors open. They also don't throw away empty food and drink containers. The Bathroom Gnomes forget to flush the toilet sometimes. Glad I'm not the only one.

[Zen]

To the person who can tell me where my car keys are.
Fortunately, I have two vehicles.

It is Friday the 13th.

[lph]

We have the Kitchen Gnomes who (...) don't throw away empty food and drink containers.

Oh, we have one of those. He's quite short, would forget his nose if it wasn't attached to his face, and goes by the moniker "son".

[ehirsch83]

You have those, too? My husband likes to call them Gnomes. Apparently, we have a colony of them that come from different regions of the house. We have the Kitchen Gnomes who like to fill the sink with glasses and leave the cabinet doors open. They also don't throw away empty food and drink containers. The Bathroom Gnomes forget to flush the toilet sometimes. Glad I'm not the only one.

I thought I was the only one with the Kitchen Gnomes!
I also have the Clothes Gnomes- these like to take the dirty clothes that "someone" wore to work and strew them around the apartment, not in the laundry bin where they belong.(usually strategically placed from the front door to the bedroom)

[dachshund]

Our cat used to spend her time (most of the night, actually, to gauge from the noise) collecting erasers, pens, clothespegs, balls, hairbands, gidgets and gadgets and geegaws, oh, and her toys of course - batting them around the livingroom, chasing them down the stairs, and then finally herding them in under the (very low) chest of drawers in the downstairs hallway. Then she'd lose interest.

Every once in a while when we started to miss things we'd have to go down and lift up the chest of drawers to check her stash

One of our dachshunds, pictured at left, loves to steal a bra out of the laundry and sprint from one end of the house to the other with it. Then, for emphasis, he'll stop and shake it back and forth, then go running off again.... brassiere flapping in the breeze.