Sometimes they're found and sometimes they never surface again.Pet toys. They're always under something or behind something. This isn't always bad because it gives us humans exercise we would not otherwise get. Have you ever noticed how long animals can sit and stare under a couch when they want those toys?
Appointment reminders. You go to the dentist or eye doctor. They give you a card with the next appointment date. And then where does it go? The family female is always asked to explain this since husbands always swear they put it on the kitchen counter the minute they got home.
Socks. The senior Atkins boy has about 40 pairs of socks – all of them mismatched – and there are extras lying on top of the dryer after every washing. This, too, is something the family female is expected to resolve.
Grocery lists. Start a grocery list. Put it on the kitchen counter. Who takes those?
Earrings. The lone female member of the Atkins family has many earrings that are, alas, no longer part of a pair.
Eyeglasses. One can have five pairs and they're never in the room where they're needed. This is especially annoying to males of the species who can always find their glasses because they are always on their faces. Of course.
A new gold necklace once disappeared from the senior Atkins household for over a year. It was eventually found in the toe of a seldom worn high-heeled shoe where Magnolia had stashed it. Fortunately, a need to wear the shoes brought the missing jewelry to light before the senior Atkins boy asked where it was. Darn cat!
Car keys. This one really annoys the senior Atkins boy and is punishable by having to do without one's own keys for a very long time while humbly having to ask to borrow his. Men never lose their car keys because they always have pockets. Women everywhere should sew their husbands' pockets shut and hand them a purse to carry for just one week.
And the big kahuna of them all – PURSES! This is a situation that will never be forgotten by any male member of any family. Lose your purse just one time and your husband will still be dredging it up fifty years later – and telling all of your friends about it. Right down to the date, time, place, and situation. Refer to the above paragraph for a possible solution.
I don't remember what prompted the searches pictured above but the photographs gave us a chuckle when they surfaced recently, thus prompting these random thoughts.
Do things get lost around your house?
