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where has all my cutlery gone?

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:25

im very very confused ..... i suspect i have a gremlin who is eating my forks and tea-spoons . i keep buying more and still they go missing .... it must be a very hungry gremlin.
i have also taken to searching the bin before it is taken out.

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differentID · 20/09/2009 22:26

have you cleaned out the teenagers dens?

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:27

i also have a sock gremlin, a tea-towel gremlin and a left- shoe gremlin.
. think i may have a marbles- gremlin too.

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nickschick · 20/09/2009 22:27

down the side of the sofa?

I ended up buying packs of 6 in the pound shop just to keep enough 'to hand'.

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VinegarTits · 20/09/2009 22:30

i would check under beds

Do any of your lot take cutlery to work/school with lunches?

I am down to my last 4 forks because my ds1 takes them to work and doenst bring them back home

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Ivykaty44 · 20/09/2009 22:30

The sock gremlin and cutlery gremlin are best buddies

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:30

teenagers- that would be the oddly behaved larger children that speak only in grunts?
i have checked their rooms... no luck ....but i did find a new species of penicillin in their waste- basket

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Poledra · 20/09/2009 22:32

I reckon I used to lose mine in the polystyrene boxes kebabs come in - since we had the DDs and DH stopped getting ratarsed socialising as much, we haven't lost any...... He used to leave the boxes closed on the worktop in the kitchen and I would throw the stinking foetid things into the bin first thing in the morning - probably still with the fork inside.

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:33

aaaahhh packed lunches! -We could be onto something here , two middle kids always have packed lunches...

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VinegarTits · 20/09/2009 22:37

Get some placcy cutlery for lunches

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Hassled · 20/09/2009 22:37

With us it's packed lunches. And then they deny it, to the point that I've questioned my sanity. Now I give them those Frubes things - no need for teaspoons.

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:37

that explains tea-spoons , i think . they usually have little jellys or yogarty things.... but forks???? nope . ..its a mystery ,whats happened to them?

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:40

ive got horrible lovely plastic picnic stuff they are supposed to use for packed lunches.... still have full set - asda less than a quid . dont think they've been useing it.

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differentID · 20/09/2009 22:43

what you need is a little lockable case for all the family cutlery.
it gets locked away at night with only you/ dh having the key so when they get their spoons for yoghurt in the morning they get crasppy plastic ones

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:43

problem with frubes is that ds2 has discovered they make a nifty impromtu squooshy "gun" for fireing at favorite sister on walk to school.
inventive isnt he? little horror treasure!

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:45

i think a lockable case for the children would be a better idea! .... ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET ONE?

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CrystalQueen · 20/09/2009 22:45

They're on holiday with my forks. Plenty of spoons though - maybe I have yours?

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Ponders · 20/09/2009 22:47

If it helps I have lost quite a bit of cutlery out the back of the drawer & down into the cupboard below...but the main culprit in this house is DH, who takes packed lunches with proper cutlery

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:50

seriously i must buy a packet of tea-spoons every fortnight.... mabey its a mission to keep all the fork/spoon makers in jobs? .
its a bit when we have guests in ......me- " oh yes we have two sittings for dinner"
DH -adds in "- BECAUSE WE CANT FIND ENOUGH FORKS! "

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Ewe · 20/09/2009 22:51

I have had four forks appear in my drawer this week - no clue how they got there or where they have come from, maybe they are yours?!

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differentID · 20/09/2009 22:52

pmsl.

Why don't you buy in caterers cutlery trolleys full of cutlery?

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:53

they`ve got my lovely bamboo-style handled cutlery and wont give it back...... damn you gremlins!!!!! >>
why dont they take the smart price specials?

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differentID · 20/09/2009 22:54

they have good taste?

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:56

differentid - i have a problem with storage - clearly when i store stuff eventually it disapears!
perhaps there is a black-hole in my drawers thats just sucking everything in bit by bit, but forks and spoons first???

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differentID · 20/09/2009 22:58

my teaspoons are probbly with yours, don't have anyone to blame but myself in this house. Mostly.

We have an underwear goblin though- it's getting ridiculous atm.

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drlove8 · 20/09/2009 22:58

i cant believe i just posted " THERE IS A BLACK HOLE IN MY DRAWERS"

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