Back in May, I hit the jackpot. I found two sets of matching silverware for $5.00/each (normal price $40/each). They were the nicest sets of silverware we have ever owned. Fast forward to present day, 5 months later. I took inventory of what is left of my lovely silverware:
Dinner Knives: 7
Dinner Forks: 6
Salad Forks: 6
Teaspoons: 4
Soup Spoons: 6
All of the above had an original count of 8. Where did they they all go?
I’ve come up with the following theories:
1.) Swiper from Dora the Explorer jumped out of my son’s TV screen and decided that my silverware was his target for the day. I’m just waiting to catch the episode and make a positive ID on my spoons. “Swiper, no swiping!”
2.) They fell deep into the cavernous pit that is the spot in the couch between the cushions and the back of the couch. I haven’t looked in there recently…that is a scary…scary place to go.
3.) My son is starting early with “borrowing” things getting ready for living on his own. Yes, he’s only 4 but sometimes I wonder. He seemed very excited and said, “Oooh, look how nice” when I first put the silverware in our shopping cart.
Anyone else have any other theories?
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Posted: October 11th, 2006 at 9:57 am
I am definitely in line with the Swiper theory – having 2 5-year-olds and a 2-year-old! You should add to your theory that Dora’s cousin Diego might have needed the silverware in one of his wildlife-saving adventures…one never knows;).
Posted: October 11th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
I am LOL at this. I was just telling my husband that we need to go out and spend some money on silverware. Everytime I open the drawer it is lighter and lighter. I still have no idea “who” would want our silverware.
Kind of like those darn socks that never make it back from the wash!
D
Posted: October 11th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
I can completely relate to this. My 20 month old hid all of his “baby” spoons and I found them deep under my bed. He refuses to “eat” from “baby” spoons!
Posted: October 12th, 2006 at 7:52 am
I bought 9 of everything back when we got our last set; where do they go??? I don’t throw them away, they just disappear. I think my kid makes science projects out of them or something.
Posted: October 12th, 2006 at 8:56 am
My children like to make minishovels out of spoons, I find them buried in the yard!
Posted: October 12th, 2006 at 11:07 am
I read your comment on FMF about the “U.P.” Horray Michigan! (I’m from MI but I moved to take a job in DC.) Nice site…I think I’ll explore….
Posted: October 14th, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Well…a dinner fork has reappeared!
It was in my son’s toybox *confused look* LOL.
Posted: October 16th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
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Posted: October 17th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
I think several of mine found their way in the garbage with the paper plate.
( Crazy how some things just seem glutten for punishment – like sock matches in the laundry…And I thought I had problems! LOL
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Holly
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Posted: October 17th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Have you been hosting any dinner parties lately? Maybe you need to install a metal detector!
Posted: October 17th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
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Posted: March 27th, 2007 at 10:50 am
I didn’t read this but how can i be involved in the SDI im interested in a career in that field.
Posted: March 27th, 2007 at 10:53 am
This reminds me alot of the naked underpants gnomes that continue to steal my underwear. At first i thought they were just dissapearing but one night i woke up and saw a group of the little buggers carrying away a pair of my underwear. If there is a UDI- Underwear Dissapearance Investigation, I’d love to get involved.