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WHERE IS MY GNOCCHI?

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SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 19:10

I'm tired and grumpy so popped in shop on way home from work and picked up a pack of gnocchi. My plan was to slaver it with cheese and butter and eat until my pjs burst.

So I've got home, faffed around for no more than 10 mins. Gone to make the pinnacle of lazy comfort food and WHERE IS IT?

It's not in my bag, not on the kitchen side, not in the fridge. It's definitely in the flat.

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NormasArse · 04/02/2025 23:25

I was going to say that the gnocchi is in my fridge. There’s a pack in there that neither of us bought- no idea where it came from…

Renamed · 04/02/2025 23:30

So you came in, unpacked, cat called you from bedroom, you went into bedroom, picking up towel drying on radiator on the way, said “awwww (lots of soppy things)” stroking cat, left towel and gnocchi on bed while you had wee/ said hello to other cat/ went to check cheese situation… and there are

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SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 23:30

I came home a little soggy from being rained on. I remember changing into pjs loungewear and drying off hair. But why did I have gnocchi in hand? Why put it on bed? Why Why Why

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Renamed · 04/02/2025 23:36

Because URGENT MIAOW while you were taking things out of your bag - no?

TSMWEL · 04/02/2025 23:39

This reminds me of the time a couple of weeks ago when I bought patê, was looking forward to it for the whole day, then couldn't find it in the fridge, I genuinely emptied the whole fridge and reorganised it looking it was nowhere! Then spent an hour looking for it in the house... checked the receipt I managed to dig out and it wasn't on there but I was SURE I bought it?

Husband bought ONE on his way home, the next day there was 2 in the fridge. My head fell off.

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SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 23:39

Renamed · 04/02/2025 23:36

Because URGENT MIAOW while you were taking things out of your bag - no?

Isn't every miaow urgent? 😂 but it may well have been in the 'once more you didn't leave us so tummy rub NOW' stage of coming home!

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PoodlesRUs · 04/02/2025 23:40

SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 23:30

I came home a little soggy from being rained on. I remember changing into pjs loungewear and drying off hair. But why did I have gnocchi in hand? Why put it on bed? Why Why Why

Always safer not to ask why. Just accept. And eat the gnocchi.

SushiSheep · 05/02/2025 00:01

SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 23:39

Isn't every miaow urgent? 😂 but it may well have been in the 'once more you didn't leave us so tummy rub NOW' stage of coming home!

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Ah come on now! Those urgent miaows were just a distraction.
Your cats planned all this and were plotting to have the gnocchi for a midnight feast!

MountainMama26 · 05/02/2025 00:15

I once lost an expensive piece of roast beef that Id bought for Sunday dinner. The butchers is on a very steep hill and I stupidly declined a shopping bag and threw it into the buggy basket. I think it rolled out and down the hill. I often wonder who caught it!

socialdilemmawhattodo · 05/02/2025 00:37

SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 23:22

Update - have just found under towel on bed. No I have no idea either. Either madness or cats.

Always cats. The only assumption worth holding onto in a world of madness!

Latenightreader · 05/02/2025 00:45

I had my boiler replaced just before Christmas which necessitated moving the microwave. This revealed a net bag containing what I can only assume were once lemons...

Years ago I turned the house upside-down seeking the pack of razors I was sure I'd bought. Flatmate found them in the fridge.

TheWeeDonkeyFella · 05/02/2025 00:53

MountainMama26 · 05/02/2025 00:15

I once lost an expensive piece of roast beef that Id bought for Sunday dinner. The butchers is on a very steep hill and I stupidly declined a shopping bag and threw it into the buggy basket. I think it rolled out and down the hill. I often wonder who caught it!

Ah the one time I'd love to post a photo and now we're not allowed.

On holiday a couple of months ago we passed a dog trotting along the roadside carrying a huge roast joint in it's mouth! If you're Peruvian perchance, I think I know where your dinner went...

bettytaghetti · 05/02/2025 00:54

Before your update I was going to say don't be so quick to rule out the cats.
When DH was younger he rented a room in a house with a cat called Thief (many examples of why he got that name!).
One day we were looking for some chicken that we had put in the freezer. It was a slightly unusual kitchen where there was a box freezer on the floor under the kitchen table. Couldn't find it and assumed one of his housemates had nabbed it. Some days later we walked in to find the cat lying on his back with his front paws stretched behind him opening the freezer door 😱 We then went hunting and found bits of the polystyrene tray and cling film that it had been wrapped in. To this day we don't know whether the cat had eaten it frozen, waited until it defrosted or had managed to work the microwave 🤣

RocketNan · 05/02/2025 01:03

Gnocchidding me! I love a big bowl of gnoccheese goodness and I love fruit pastels. We could be good pals.

SeenYourArse · 05/02/2025 12:41

SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 19:10

I'm tired and grumpy so popped in shop on way home from work and picked up a pack of gnocchi. My plan was to slaver it with cheese and butter and eat until my pjs burst.

So I've got home, faffed around for no more than 10 mins. Gone to make the pinnacle of lazy comfort food and WHERE IS IT?

It's not in my bag, not on the kitchen side, not in the fridge. It's definitely in the flat.

The word is ‘slather’ not slaver that means to drip saliva as opposed to liberally douse something with a gloopy semi liquid substance

LaMarschallin · 05/02/2025 12:57

SeenYourArse · 05/02/2025 12:41

The word is ‘slather’ not slaver that means to drip saliva as opposed to liberally douse something with a gloopy semi liquid substance

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You're quite right although I suspect people will be down on you like a ton of bricks for mentioning it.
The gnocchi may then be "woofed" down rather than "wolfed".

roses2 · 05/02/2025 13:01

A loaf of bread went missing in my house yesterday. DS (age 9) had hid it behind the sofa then denied all knowledge when I asked where the bread had gone. I would check behind the sofa in case your child did the same.

SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter · 05/02/2025 15:10

SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 23:22

Update - have just found under towel on bed. No I have no idea either. Either madness or cats.

I once found my glasses (as in, sight correction) carefully folded up and placed in the wine rack. I don't drink wine... Can't even blame cats for that one!!

Bereftandalone · 05/02/2025 15:16

Latenightreader · 05/02/2025 00:45

I had my boiler replaced just before Christmas which necessitated moving the microwave. This revealed a net bag containing what I can only assume were once lemons...

Years ago I turned the house upside-down seeking the pack of razors I was sure I'd bought. Flatmate found them in the fridge.

I found my kettle in the fridge once, and my milk on the kettle stand 😂

Glad you found it OP. I'll be stealing your recipe for the gnocchi that's in my fridge. 😋

KittenPause · 05/02/2025 15:18

SafeMouse · 04/02/2025 23:22

Update - have just found under towel on bed. No I have no idea either. Either madness or cats.

I was going to say check under your coat or something similar

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