In the beginning, I was ignorant.
As we all know, ignorance is not a good thing. But here’s the thing: I looked at a plastic bowl and its lid (a.k.a. Tupperware) and thought to myself:
The bowl and lid are soulmates.
Oh, how wrong I was!
At some point, I was convinced that something else was afoot. My theory was this: As soon as bowl and Tupperware lid enter the kitchen, they start quarreling, and eventually go their separate ways.
You probably read the foregoing and are wondering, “What on earth is she talking about?” Don’t worry. I’ll make it plain shortly.
Maybe this has happened to you: You buy a set of Tupperware (plastic bowls, really; this never happens to glass bowls for some reason). Then, you bring them home (Duh! You can’t use them in the market now!)
After days, weeks, months of using them, you decide one day, that you will do a “head count.” So, you count all the bowls and their lids.
All five plastic bowls are intact.
Good. No wahala.
But, then you count the Tupperware lids.
What?! Only two? And you’ve never taken them outside your house. So, what happened to them?
For years, this has remained a mystery: where did the plastic lids go?
Not anymore.
I have finally solved this mystery.
Please, don’t ask me for any type of proof. But this is what happens.
At night, when everyone has gone to bed, there is a creature that visits people’s kitchens, and all it does is feed on plastic lids. The bowls are too big to fit in its mouth, so it chews the lids, belches plastic fumes and then goes back into hiding. For some reason, this creature never completely consumes all the lids. Just a few. And it claps its devious little hands together, watching you from behind the kitchen counter, when it sees your frustration at discovering that once again, several lids are missing.
Yes, it can clap.
It can also sing. If you hear it singing, please let me know. But, don’t sing along. That would be really creepy.
As for me, I am marking this case closed. I refuse to lose any more sleep on missing lids.
Mystery solved! There’s no other explanation for why the plastic lids just go missing, no matter how well you organize them.
What about you? Where do you think all those missing plastic lids go? What really happens to them? Kindly share your thoughts.
*Pictures via Jane.com and Pinterest
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Haha, or we place them in weird places since we only need what’s in the containers.
Chuma: Yes! That’s one explanation for it. But I still believe that lid-eating creature goes to the weird places to finish the job. Lol!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Chuma. 🙂
Very funny oh. In my house, if you look hard enough, you can always find the lids for plastic containers. But the pots, those are a different story altogether.
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HRH7: Ha, so the plastic lids in your house are safe? You mean that plastic-eating creature doesn’t visit you? You’re so lucky. But pot covers too, really? *smh*
Mine chimps on Tupperware containers, and leaves the kids behind. Actually, a bit of both, in a random fashion, leaving me very mismatched in the Tupperware department, afterward.
Oh my goodness, this is supposed to say *chomps, and *lids. Not chimps and kids ????
Hahahaha! The mysterious disappearing acts of inanimate objects.
Lol @ “belches plastic fumes” Very imaginative!
Likewise, perhaps there is a pen-eating creature that lives in my handbag. I never know how my pens disappear. Better still, it might be a pen-seducer that entices them to catwalk out of my handbag for romantic dinner dates. They’d eat paper of course, for what else would a pen eat ?!. 🙂
Nedoux: I’m convinced they only want us to think they’re inanimate. Who knows what they do when our eyes are closed?
*shudders*
Lol @ the pen-eating creature in your bag. That one is serious o! I would’ve recommended a mouse trap, but I suspect this creature can outsmart a mouse trap. Besides, we can’t have you hauling a mouse trap in your purse. Unacceptable!
*cracking up at “pen seducer”* The idea of pen going on a romantic, candle-lit dinner date is just too much for me. *laughing* It definitely has to be paper. And they’ll drink ink. No doubt.
Thanks for playing along, Nedoux. 🙂
Thank you, I needed a laugh. I just called a store for one lid that went missing on a glass storage jar. I can’t believe that they are sending me one! No charge. This is so annoying, I can deal with the missing socks, but the storage lids are making me feel like I need a third job to keep my mind off the issue.
Cee: You’re very welcome! Laughter is always good for you. 🙂 Lol @ needing a third job. Missing lids are very annoying, and I’m glad you’re getting a replacement at no extra cost. Let’s hope the new one doesn’t decide to join the missing socks.
Thanks for stopping by.
They run away with socks in the dryer
If you live alone they won’t go missing. Whoever you live with even if it is your husband. They play mind games. My mom lives by herself and hers are intact.