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Which mystery do you want solved.? Very very lighthearted..

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Scaffoldingisugly · 05/03/2024 14:14

What sort of half - wit designs /manufactures pale cream ddog beds?
Trawling the aisles of a popular pet store for aged creaky ddog-willing to spend as she isn't comfortable in current one (my sofa /chair) Majority have cream interiors.. The bit ddog will put her dirty paws and bumhole on!!

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HelloDarlingWhatAreYouDoingHere · 05/03/2024 22:20

@AccidentallyFabulous

There's a great podcast in BBC sounds about this - it's called the Ripper Retold.

From what I can gather, the Ripper is popular precisely because of the brutal way he butchered women. Majority of fans are unsurprisingly men who have a sort of fetish for violence against women (probably incels too).

HoneyWogan · 05/03/2024 22:22

PeppermintParty · 05/03/2024 22:16

Those of you with missing spoons/forks, knives, if you have a compost bin, they will probably be in there. I've found several in my compost.

I can't speak for the knives and forks, but it might be worth dropping Alanis Morissette a line about all your missing spoons.

Cushionsandcaramel · 05/03/2024 22:34

Why do slugs and insects eat my flowers and vegetables but ignore the weeds?

DoubleBingo · 05/03/2024 22:34

MrsDilligaf · 05/03/2024 16:16

Why is my daughter furiously polishing her school shoes? I can't get her to put a bloody glass in the dishwasher but she's shining her shoes.

I wax so confused there wondering why she was putting her glasses in the dishwasher, due to the posts about glasses. Then realised you don't mean those glasses

nunsflipflop · 05/03/2024 22:34

DrunkenKoala · 05/03/2024 14:21

Where the other sock goes? I knew I put both socks into the washing machine but only one came out 🤷🏻‍♀️.

They turn into Tupperware lids that don’t fit any boxes you own!

GellerYeller · 05/03/2024 22:36

Londonrach1 · 05/03/2024 21:32

Please tell me where the three labelled with her name school cardigans are within her school....

Gone home with another child? Languishing in lost property because no one reads the labels? Or was that just our school?!

SirQuintusAurelius · 05/03/2024 22:37

@DrunkenKoala The Other Missing Sock People have you looked here:

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/home/interiors/theres-a-secret-compartment-in-your-dryer-which-eats-your-lost-socks/news-story/48107ad0ba176f7ef4f1b6dd8ed43a10

@RedRedCabbage Teaspoons disappear because often people absent mindedly throw them into the bin with the tea bag.

Beingboredisgoodforyou · 05/03/2024 22:40

Roundaboot · 05/03/2024 15:32

and also, who decided it was a good idea to make secondary school uniform out of 100% polyester and then insist that sweaty teenagers wear at least two layers of it on even the hottest days?!

I would also like to know where the cheese sandwiches my cat likes to bring home are coming from.

@Roundaboot
I would also like to know where the cheese sandwiches my cat likes to bring home are coming from.
😂😂

WhingeInTheWillows · 05/03/2024 22:40

@Bluesky91 I don’t think it’s the smell, she’s there at the faintest rustle! Maybe my mystery should be ‘Why does my dogs hearing seem to switch on and off?’

kennycat · 05/03/2024 22:41

I’d like to know how a device that cleans your clothes (a washing machine) is designed so badly that the detergent drawer is impossible to clean?!

DoubleBingo · 05/03/2024 22:42

Where did Hello Kitty go when I was 6? The one who changed colour in the bath. Vanished, never seen since.

And why do I get one white whisker on my face that just miraculously appears, fully formed and spiky, without any warning?

DoubleBingo · 05/03/2024 22:43

Why do pickled onion monster munch contain milk? I can't eat them for this reason and they are my favourite.

WhyDoesItAlways · 05/03/2024 23:13

HoneyWogan · 05/03/2024 21:58

Maybe it was the same as with those little Soreen malt loaf snacks. Their standard colour was/is yellow, but then they later introduced a new banana flavour variety - however, as they'd already established yellow as the colour for the original one, they had to use orange for the packs of the banana ones.

Also on this theme, why did walkers switch the colour of salt and vinegar and cheese and onion crisps? When I was growing up s&v was blue and c&o green, now its the other way around.

Dittoschmitto · 05/03/2024 23:14

Where has my de-bobbler gadget gone? I feel intense rage when I see clothes starting to get bobbly and I can’t for the life of me remember where it is, yet i don’t want to buy a new one as it may turn up.

What is wrong with my DP’s bowels that requires a 45 minute toilet trip? What is he doing in there? Is it serious? Does he even really need the toilet if it takes so long?

Who or what is my toddler laughing at in the middle of the night? Should I get a preist in?

PlumOP · 05/03/2024 23:14

Why do you always find the missing tupperware lid as soon as you throw away the container?
Found the tupperware lid in the garage yesterday that I have been looking for weeks.

PandorasTin · 05/03/2024 23:20

Did Nessa say yay or nay to Smiffy?

NotTheKateYouAreLookingFor · 05/03/2024 23:20

Where are all the socks in this house? I bought myself 12 pairs in January and slowly they have all disappeared. Are we part of a massive con my sock manufacturers who make socks out of cotton that disintegrates in the wash? It is the only explanation.

Cello60 · 05/03/2024 23:21

Where did the little lump on the first knuckle of my left forefinger come from? Google says it’s a node typical of arthritis, but why would I get arthritis in my non dominant hand at a relatively early age with no family history?

And where does Liz Truss get her confidence from and can I have some please?

Oganesson118 · 05/03/2024 23:28

Why on weekdays I'm having to practically drag my child from bed at 7:15 in a zombie like state however on weekends, they are perfectly capable of leaping out of bed fresh as a daisy at half 6.

NotTheKateYouAreLookingFor · 05/03/2024 23:29

Oh and why have I spent today (Tuesday) thinking it is Wedneaday?

Badbadbunny · 05/03/2024 23:32

Who killed Jill Dando and why.

Shinyandnew1 · 05/03/2024 23:37

WhyDoesItAlways · 05/03/2024 23:13

Also on this theme, why did walkers switch the colour of salt and vinegar and cheese and onion crisps? When I was growing up s&v was blue and c&o green, now its the other way around.

Nooo-this is a much believed myth but it wasn’t Walkers you are remembering! It was probably KP or Smiths. Have a google, there is lots about it online.

Clafoutie · 05/03/2024 23:37

ilovepixie · 05/03/2024 14:46

FFS give it a rest!

Agreed. It is so tiresome. Leave the woman alone. How many more times does it have to be repeated that they said she would be recovering until after Easter?!

ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 05/03/2024 23:43

Why nobody has invested a pair of glasses that react to conditions - clear for most of the time, but brown lenses when sun is out and yellow lenses for night driving? (Please feel free to take this idea & make millions from it, I don't care about the money, I just want it fixed!)

Why the tyre has been advanced enough over the years to find something better than air pumping and flat tyres?

Why duvet covers don't all just have discrete small zips than the run buttons at the bottom model?

Why petite trousers are never short enough for most short people? Can we not get extra short for 5ft and under?

Why so many blatantly incompetent people last so long in jobs without getting found out?

Why I always manage to end up in the slowest moving queue?

pizzaHeart · 05/03/2024 23:45

Attackofthekillereggs · 05/03/2024 16:43

Where is my half-eaten Easter egg?

From last year?