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Teaspoons ….

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chocciechocface · 08/02/2026 15:34

Where the hell do they go?

I bought a whole new set just a month ago. Gone! Everyone in the house denies any knowledge of where they go so I was wondering if MN has any insight. I’m wondering if they hang out with odd socks?

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MamaBobo · 10/02/2026 09:56

We have the opposite problem re Teaspoons…just look at them all…and there are some in the dishwasher atm....maybe we are at the receiving end of the Teaspoon portal??

And yes @AnSolas and @Liminal1975 …the surest way to summon anything is to a. replace it or b. throw away the remaining part of it.

Teaspoons ….
MyThreeWords · 10/02/2026 10:05

chocciechocface · 08/02/2026 16:10

We don’t eat the little yoghurt that comes in pots. Nor do we have sugar in our tea. It’s baffling.

They've left home.
At teaspoon college, little yoghurt pots and sugar-in-tea were the core skills drummed into them, and they are dismayed at not being able to put their training into practice.

Start talking loudly about how much you are craving a Muller Lite and a sweeter hot beverage and they will come back. (Teaspoons travel very slowly and they probably aren't out of earshot yet.)

AnSolas · 10/02/2026 10:09

MamaBobo · 10/02/2026 09:56

We have the opposite problem re Teaspoons…just look at them all…and there are some in the dishwasher atm....maybe we are at the receiving end of the Teaspoon portal??

And yes @AnSolas and @Liminal1975 …the surest way to summon anything is to a. replace it or b. throw away the remaining part of it.

I think my portal is connected.😲

I think I recognise a spoonmate of one of my visiting spoons 👀

MyThreeWords · 10/02/2026 10:17

Mydogisagentleman · 10/02/2026 06:11

I've got the opposite problem.
Started with 8 from ikea set. Purchased a few more when DD was small.
We now have about 29 of various sizes and patterns.

I have that issue with teatowels. They multiply in the teatowel drawer.

The fun thing, though, is that they mutate so rapidly that you get a wonderful diversity. Souvenir teatowels from visitor attractions that you can't rmember visiting, like the Borsetshire Frog Sanctuary, or the Museum of Telegraph Poles, or World of Staplers, etc.

chocciechocface · 10/02/2026 21:38

MamaBobo · 10/02/2026 09:56

We have the opposite problem re Teaspoons…just look at them all…and there are some in the dishwasher atm....maybe we are at the receiving end of the Teaspoon portal??

And yes @AnSolas and @Liminal1975 …the surest way to summon anything is to a. replace it or b. throw away the remaining part of it.

Huh! I think I recognise some of those!

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MamaBobo · 10/02/2026 23:06

Alas I am unable to return them to their proper homes!

cassie2and2 · 15/02/2026 10:03

I don't have any teenagers just a huusband , knives as screwdrivers, forks poked down the overflow to unbung it and t. spoons..... don't even want to think about where they go

cassie2and2 · 15/02/2026 10:14

Ansolas.. I had a neighbour who swore she dropped a teaspoon and watched it disappear into the tiled floor

AnSolas · 15/02/2026 12:31

cassie2and2 · 15/02/2026 10:14

Ansolas.. I had a neighbour who swore she dropped a teaspoon and watched it disappear into the tiled floor

Possible😂
Or a transporter beam tecnology was accidently activated 👽🤷‍♀️
Or not-so-good good drugs 👀

cassie2and2 · 15/02/2026 12:49

AnSolas. she did drive down the motorway the wrong way once 🤔

AnSolas · 15/02/2026 13:13

oooo not good at all😕

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