At the weekend DH and I were carrying out a long overdue overhaul of our wardrobe and DH decided to dispose of most of his ties. Over the years he had built up quite a collection; however, he seldom needs to wear one these days so he threw almost all of them away. The ties lived on a little rail inside the wardrobe door. Once the majority of them had been removed DH found something very strange lurking underneath. He assumed that I must have an explanation because he didn't know why it was there, but I honestly have no idea and have no memory of ever having done this.
The mystery item? A small, green rubber glove (just one) with the open end tied with a piece of string which was then used to suspend it from the rail. I will try to include a picture.
We are both completely perplexed. I did ask DD (now in her 20s) whether she might have hung it there as a child as part of some game but she knows nothing about it and, actually, I don't remember that she ever did play about in our wardrobe or even in our room.
I am thinking it must have been there for years and years since we have so completely forgotten it. We have lived in this house for more than 20 years but we did bring the wardrobe with us from the old house, though surely we would have emptied it to move it? Maybe not. We hired one of those removal firms that packs everything for you so I suppose they could have moved it full or just taken out the old contents and replaced them at the other end. After this length of time I just can't remember.
Can any mumsnetters think of any rational explanation why a rubber glove might have been hung like that? My best guess so far is that one of us might have read some household tip about looking after ties or keeping your wardrobe fresh or something and acted on it, but obviously long since forgot. Does anyone recall ever having seen any advice along those lines sometime in the last 20-odd years?
It is also weird that it is so small. I have small hands but I don't think it would fit me. Maybe it shrank. Maybe it is very stretchy. I don't fancy trying it on to find out just in case it once contained something and there is still a residue.