To think there is a T-Spoon thief?

[welshbyrd]

Im constantly buying T-spoons, which seem to disappear, one by one, within a month or 2, Ive got none left, Ask all DC, shake their head, almost in a way to convince me, they have never seen one in their life, let alone used one.
Kettle boiled, but no spoons, considering using a desert spoon in half measures

I know on Mumsnet people often ask for data from scientific journals to back up their claims.

Here is a study into where the teaspoons all go, that was published in the british medical journal. It is well worth a read!

www.bmj.com/content/331/7531/1498.full.pdf

www.bmj.com/content/331/7531/1498.full.pdf

Funny!

That link is fantastic! I have sent it to DH!

i was told years ago by aa comedian (but i can't remember who)(not personally told, you understand)

that teaspoons are made of dust and dirt.

The reason your drawer is so full of dirt is that the teaspoons dissolve. that's why you can never find them.

But! they do reappear - when your washing-up bowl only has dust and dirt left in it, you tip it out and there is always at least one teaspoon in there.

YANBU!

For me it's plastic storage boxes with lids. I know I've brought at least 12 in the last year and yet we have none. DP must have a huge stash at his office but insists he doesn't - so in that case someone must be eating them all up or ......

perhaps they are eloping with tspoons

I buy plastic teaspoons for the lunches and now I have loads of the proper ones in my cutlery drawer

VickstaS I was very impressed with the research paper.

We are battling against a loss of forks in our household- I believe that the dishwasher must be dissolving them but DH is blaming the DC believing that they are being horded in a yet undiscovered location - the hidden treasure theory.

If anyone finds the teaspoons could they see if there is 10 meters of 160 inch wide fire engine red lycra with them please.

Sellotape. Pens that aren't pink and glittery. Good coathangers (they get replaced by bendy wire ones) Scissors.