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Chewbacca Thu 16-Jul-20 12:42:41

How many places are there in a kitchen for a 10" bread knife to disappear into? It was in the knife block yesterday morning; I know this because I used it to slice the loaf for breakfast toast. This morning it had gone. I've searched the dishwasher, drawers, the bin, the bread bin. Nada. So.... who's got the bread knife?

PipandFinn Fri 17-Jul-20 10:39:15

I lost my hairbrush and looked everywhere for days but couldn't find it. I had to buy a new brush then found the old one on the top of my shoe rack....!!!!

twinnytwin Fri 17-Jul-20 10:40:34

They'll also be wearing my silver hoop earrings. I remember I put them somewhere safe as they're my favourite and I've worn them almost every day for the past three years. I've given up and bought an identical pair, so no doubt they'll turn up now.

granbabies123 Fri 17-Jul-20 10:49:02

I'm the other way ,I've got extra teaspoon and a fork that aren't mine. No idea how they got there. If I find your knife I'll let you know

rowyn Fri 17-Jul-20 10:51:24

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one who has lost the plot, or in my case, a circuit breaker which lived in a socket in the garage. Mower stopped working so unplugged CB to try mower when plugged directly in to socket. No joy. Kind neighbour is going to put in a new starter motor.
Soooooo when I removed the CB the logical thing would have been to pop it on the workbench close by. It's six days now,and I have scoured the garage , but NO CB! Two visitors have also looked. It's driving me mad. And yes, I have looked in the dustbins!
I just KNOW that if I buy another one, it will immediately turn up!

Meanwhile i also lost the washing up sponge that had been using minutes before.. Found it 2 days later in a cupboard!

Aepgirl Fri 17-Jul-20 10:56:23

Send up a prayer to St Anthony. He’s great at finding things that I mislay.
I remember my father once plumping up a cushion only to receive a bad cut from a carving knife that was behind it - my mother ignored his injury, just exclaiming ‘oh, there it is. I wonder how it got there’.

grannybuy Fri 17-Jul-20 10:59:23

I had the opposite problem last year. I found a large table knife in my shopping bag! It certainly wasn't one of mine, nor DD's. I hadn't been in anyone else's house, or in a restaurant. It's an unsolved mystery.

Gwenisgreat1 Fri 17-Jul-20 11:01:55

Chewbacca can you remember what you last used it for and where you were at the time? I suppose you've tried the bread bin, or behind it?

BusterTank Fri 17-Jul-20 11:10:30

Perhaps my ghost has moved to your house . We have stuff go missing all the time . Some never to be seen again and some stuff turns up in the most weird places months or years later . So don't give up on hope of finding yet ?

Marydoll Fri 17-Jul-20 11:11:21

She found it last night, Gwen! grin We just need to find all the other missing stuff.

felice Fri 17-Jul-20 11:16:09

My house keys disappeared on Saturday, came back from a park get-together with DGS let ourselves in and the keys have not been seen since.
Ok for my apartment door as I have spares but not to the external house door.
Sharing with DD until I can get a new one cut, so a bit of coordinating being done.
I even went through the bin bags but no joy.

H1954 Fri 17-Jul-20 11:17:54

Stop looking for it.......from experience in our house if something's missing we stop looking and concentrate on something else and ........hey presto.......we find the item we had lost! ??

DanniRae Fri 17-Jul-20 11:18:36

My friend once found a photo of people she didn't know on her bedroom floor! She showed it to everyone who visited the house but no-one knew where it came from or who they were.

Tanjamaltija Fri 17-Jul-20 11:32:51

Mine was at the bottom of my daughter's t-shirts drawer... one of her brothers told her to keep it there in case someone came to rob us. I found it by chance. Of course, your can be in the garden, in the freezer, in the drawer with the utensils, with the dirty dishcloths hat will later be taken to the washing machine... or maybe it fell to the back of the cupboard.

Notthecatsmother Fri 17-Jul-20 11:35:52

I can't find my wooden spatula. I have all the others from the set, in the drawer but this one has vanished. Not behind the drawer or in the back of the cupboard beneath it.

00mam00 Fri 17-Jul-20 11:49:58

We still havnt found my mother’s nifty little wheels suitcase from about 20 years ago. Everyone in the family denies having borrowed it. Maybe the mice in the loft have eaten it.

Linnana Fri 17-Jul-20 12:15:03

This thread has really made me giggle. I can identify with so many of the comments. My favourite kitchen knives are always disappearing and I am left with the grotty useless ones! I lost my phone recently and eventually found it on the floor of my shoe cupboard.?

Jillybird Fri 17-Jul-20 12:18:15

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Linnana Fri 17-Jul-20 12:24:25

I lost my sunglasses and eventually found them on the top of my head along with another pair,!

NannyC2 Fri 17-Jul-20 12:25:47

Ask St Anthony - he's good at finding things.
My glasses is the usual thing - I put them down, then wonder where I left them
hmm

Beanie654321 Fri 17-Jul-20 12:26:42

Oh my goodness there seems to be a lot of potential serial killers out there. Joking aside mine never go missing as I'm the only one who does any thing in the kitchen.

Newatthis Fri 17-Jul-20 12:40:41

The thief came to my house yesterday also and nicked one of my knives. He also put my tape measure in a saucepan.

sarahellenwhitney Fri 17-Jul-20 13:22:44

The story of my life 'Now where did I put -
Late DH never had this problem is it just women ?

Jennyluck Fri 17-Jul-20 13:27:13

I treated myself to 2 grapefruit spoons. One for home and one for work. So one went in my work bag. I was happily using my other one, till it disappeared. I’ve searched everywhere. I just know it’s got to be something to do with other half. ??

maggic Fri 17-Jul-20 13:28:26

Look again in the place where it SHOULD be (ie, the first place you looked). I find it’s usually the case that the missing item was there all along!

Smileless2012 Fri 17-Jul-20 13:32:26

Oh Chewbacca you crack me upgrin. Glad you found your knife; of course it was in the washing machine, where else would it be!!