How does this happen?

[Vallikat]

Today I had an appointment to take my car into the dealer for a safety recall. So I get there and while I'm still sitting in my car I take my house key off the ring so I can hand the guy my car key. I get out of the car, walk into the building, give the guy my information, and just that fast I lost my house key. I looked all over for it. I looked in my pants pockets, my jacket pockets, the counter, the floor, in the car (twice), and my purse. No luck. No house key. I cannot find it for anything.

Ok, so I was taking the shuttle home to wait for my car anyway, so I just ask the guy to take me to my work (right down the street from where I live). I just asked our locksmith to help me break into my house. So all is fine. I have a spare key here, so I'm good.

But here's my question. How do things like that just disappear? I remember as a kid losing several pairs of glasses in my bedroom. I never would find them. When I was around 13 I got a new bedroom suit. I remember thinking that when the room was emptied out of the old furniture and carpeting, I was going to find 3 or 4 pairs of eyeglasses. No such luck. They were just gone.

We all know the mystery of the disappearing socks. Where do they go? Do lost things slip through to an alternate dimension? What happens?

[Twisty]

It's gnomes. They are the ones who take keys, socks, clean underwear, wallets and whatever. And they give back empty beer bottles and sometimes when you sleep they use your mouth as an ashtray. They probably do it for profit.

[Gridfan]

*sneaks away in a casual way*

[Sporkleet]

its called a time paradox. When someone travels from the far distant future things can easily go wrong. See valli what likely could have happened was that the traveler came through and stepped on a cigarette that was supposed to burn all the way down, but never burned resulting in a time displacement. Th results of the cigarette burning all the way down never happened and so a secondary effect was needed for the end result which may likely have been to stall you from walking across the parking lot at a different time than what you actually walked across the parking lot, which could have resulted in a fatal accident, something akin to a hit and run; which the burning cigarette on the pavement was meant to catch your attention as the filler started to burn off a thick black smoke, making you want to go over and put it out yourself. However since the cigarette was accidentally preemptively extinguished a secondary event was needed to stall you so the traveler (a long distanced relative to you) had to think quick and then suddenly remembered that one of their ancestors complained about loosing a house key that very day and that your were indeed that ancestor! So the traveler slipped around behind you and snatched the key from your hand without your being aware just moments before getting sucked back through the time portal. Its all really very simple.

[Vallikat]

Spork, would you find it scary if I told you that actually makes a certain amount of sense?

[Nicodar]

Spork, would you find it scary if I told you that actually makes a certain amount of sense?

Spork making sense is always scary.

[Jugsmalone]

Valli I feel for you hon I am the most forgetful of All people and I lose things all the time Keys #1 item so I have sets and sets of keys made all over the place extra sets at work my son and daughter have 2 sets one extra for me and one for them I have a set in my bank vault and I keep a house key under a rock in my yard with a car key,, so as for keys I have it covered but Ill tell you something really scary I lost a pair of diamond earrings a few years ago when I was in Vegas I was so upset as they were a gift for my last Christmas with my hubby, well I remember putting them with the rest of my things when I packed and when I got home no earrings ,, I thought for sure the air line people had taken them,, well I was so sad and so upset and I often said this in my prayers to my hubby well two years after the loss I came home from work and in front of my door were my diamond earrings intact and beautiful.. so how did they get there and where had they been they were just laying there no box nothing just there.. spooky huh??

[Sporkleet]

Nico making posts while afk is kinda scarry too, unless its a simple use of 'the force' (mr lucas pweese dunt sue meh!)

[Jassel]

Jugs that is scary, but at the same time happy to know you got them back.

I lose things all the time for them never to show again.. And I found the secret to our socks disappearing.. It't name is Bevo and he's the cute furry thing I like to call my kitty.

He steals socks like you wouldn't believe... He sneaks into the dryer while I am putting closes in and he's out with a sock without me noticing til I find a wet sock on the floor.

[Fishi3]

The fates weave the fate of all humanity upon their looms and being busy can not take overly much care for any one weaving. Threads cross and get lost or twist into other peoples weave. When an item gets attached to a thread that gets missed or moves to someone elses weave it disappears from our lives till that thread once more weaves it's way into our lives. In some cases this never happens in others it may be days, months or years till once more fate weaves that thread into our lives.

Organised people seem to lose less items this way and the explaination for that is that when you are organized your weave is tighter and thus the threads of your life are tighter and get lost less often.


Thought I'd give you a Ancient Greek point of view on this phenominon.