Very strange happenings here and I’ve noticed it for a couple days now, but I’ve just had to face them as fact this morning. Both an entire folder from my Outlook Express Inbox and an entire load of clean laundry have disappeared.
Now the folder may be due to a normal computer quirk, because it’s hard to delete something accidentally because you have the “Are you sure?” second thought, and I would think it should show up somewhere if you haven’t emptied the trash. But the laundry? That’s a physical thing, less easy to lose in a small house. The laundry in it was brought upstairs to be folded, by me, the folder. Hey…what’s going on?
Must admit I’m more upset about the folder than the to-be-folded. The folder held much e-mail regarding writing. The to-be-folded was J.’s underwear, not mine.
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I’ve lost socks before. In fact, I’m convinced that items that vanish in the wash subsequently reappear in a geostationary orbit forming a ring directly above the Equator. I can honestly say, however, that even in college I never had an entire load disappear.
Seriously – did you try pressing the “undelete” button on the dryer?
Well, since you’re the one who taught me trackback, I took your suggestion on the dryer, but no luck this time. I believe you’re right about the socks orbiting in the universe, and perhaps the other items of apparel have watched, studied, and followed the path to freedom. Poor J. Well, Christmas is coming, and what’s more traditional as stocking-stuffers than the disappointing packages of underwear.
Oh yes – the personal hygeine stocking stuffers… Nothing says Christmas like a pack of Gillette razors, a stick of Right Guard, and some mouthwash. And I thought it was just MY family…