# Has anyone seen my.....Things you want but can't seem to find. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044 "2006-01-29T03:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/21 "2006-01-29T12:57:50Z")
Birth certificate! Upside Down Pineapple Cake lip balm! Contact sheet of prints for one of my old school projects that I need in order to make things right with someone! Arrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/22 "2006-01-29T15:13:53Z")
I think we should ask Mr. Von Daniken for his opinion on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/23 "2006-01-29T15:45:18Z")
I had a brochure for the Volkswagen Touareg laying around somewhere. I want to give it to a coworker, but I can’t find it. I think my wife recycled it. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/24 "2006-01-29T17:00:06Z")
I _was_ looking for one of my music CDs, but I found it under a pile of papers. Now I’m just looking for my university ID card. It’s buried around here somewhere… _wades off_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/25 "2006-01-29T17:25:19Z")
In 1968, I lost my plastic toy spaceship, a copy of _Fireball XL-5_. Anybody seen that layin around? ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/26 "2006-01-29T17:32:36Z")
Where are my _good_ scissors? All I can find are the crappy ones. I want to clip the coupons out of the Sunday paper. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/27 "2006-01-29T17:33:39Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > My summons for jury duty. Oh, geez, thanks for reminding me. I have jury duty on Tuesday. At least, I think I do. Does Tuesday strike anyone else as a weird day to be summoned for jury duty? I’d better find my summons so I can double check. Hmm. I think it’s on my desk…somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/28 "2006-01-29T17:34:13Z")
The jewel case for _Love Devotion Surrender_. The CD itself is in the travel pack, but I have no freakin’ idea where the case is. The garden catalogue that I wanted to give to my friend E. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/29 "2006-01-29T17:35:18Z")
My #10 bamboo knitting needles. I remember seeing them in my knitting basket as recently as last week, and I’m _sure_ I haven’t knitted anything in the meantime…? The good news is, I found my 1099 tax form. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/30 "2006-01-29T19:19:52Z")
> [@Hello Again](#): > > The good news is, I found my 1099 tax form. 🙂 You haven’t put in a return since 1099? Wow, that will be some refund you get! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/31 "2006-01-29T19:33:16Z")
My voter registration confirmation form. Gah! I don’t wanna have to go to City Hall! ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/32 "2006-01-29T20:36:22Z")
My camera charger. It won’t even turn on anymore, and I want to use it tomorrow at the auto show! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/33 "2006-01-30T02:30:01Z")
Well, I found the CD case – no wonder I couldn’t find it, I’d put it where it belonged. Well, where it would have belonged if the CD had been in it – the empties for the stuff in the travel case actually go on a different shelf, where it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/34 "2006-01-30T05:09:47Z")
I order a retainer for my eyebrow piercing, it was in the package, never left the package. It’s gone, nowhere, ran away… where the hell is that thing? ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/35 "2006-01-30T05:18:30Z")
In your eyebrow? ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/36 "2006-01-30T07:14:34Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > In your eyebrow? Nope looked there too, I think it was beamed up or something… ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/37 "2006-01-30T13:56:42Z")
> [@rinni](#): > > Birth certificate! > Upside Down Pineapple Cake lip balm! > Contact sheet of prints for one of my old school projects that I need in order to make things right with someone! > > Arrrr! Hey hey hey! I don’t have -any- of that stuff… Hrm… Upside Down Pineapple Cake, says you? Avast, men! We have a new treasure to sail for! ---
**Author:** ![Post.Rinse.Repeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5a626/32.png) [@Post.Rinse.Repeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Post.Rinse.Repeat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/38 "2006-01-30T19:08:50Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > I’m sure I can’t be the only one who’s looking for something or who has lost something and can’t, for the life of anyone, find it. Surefire rules: 1. Put things back in _the first place you looked for them._ Not the current “correct” place. Your first instinct will thereafter always be right. 2. Never set down anything in a spot you haven’t set anything down on lately. If you are near the TV when you have the urge to put down the book, don’t put it on the TV just because it’s nearby. Go to the nearest place you often leave things, even if it’s in the next room. 3. Never put anything down on a shelf or the floor, but always on the top of something. Then you can at least scan the tops of furniture in a room to see where things might be. 4. If it’s not breakable or spillable, leave it with part of it sticking over the edge. Your eye will immediately go to a purse or wallet that is sticking out from a counter top. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/39 "2006-01-30T20:02:45Z")
The legs for my friend’s Ikea table. I helped her move yesterday, and she took it apart to do it. We checked both the minivans and my car, but she is now legless. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044/40 "2006-01-30T21:24:19Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > The charger for the baby monitor. I charged this thing up a grand total of _one_ time, and then proptly lost the charger. Anyone seen it? Never mind…found it! So you see, there’s hope for the rest of you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-my-things-you-want-but-cant-seem-to-find/342044.md?page=3)