I randomly surveyed my friends on the oddest things they’ve left in the fridge. So far we have left [ul]
[li]A television remote[/li][li]A handgun[/li][li]and A shoe[/ul][/li]in our refrigerators. Got anything weird that you’ve left in your fridge by accident that’s not supposed to be there?
Cereal
My glasses
My philosophy notes
Two remotes
My watch
My car keys
So, I’m a little distracted in the mornings… and afternoons… and evenings… and at night. What of it?? Huh?
erm…my brother left my cat in there when we were little. It’s a good thing that my Mom could tell he was acting a little strange.
Brother or cat?
I saw the title of the thread and immediately thought: Peanut Butter!
But that’s not what you meant. Okay then…
My keys
Newspapers, magazines, books, etc…
My glass of milk or water or whatever (while I picked up the whole container and brought it to the kitchen table)
My watch and wedding ring (I was really confused that day)
Computer disks.
Duct tape.
And in the freezer:
a lone potato.
Freaky. That was my first thought too. I hate cold peanut butter: it doesn’t spread right.
Keys seems like the most popular answer. Let’s see what else I’ve got…
Dish towel
Creditcard
cell phone
dish soap
Baby monitor (when I was a nanny. The mom was very confused.)
Good question. My brother was the one acting strangely. The way my Mom tells it, she could just tell from the way he was acting that something wasn’t quite right. So she started asking him what was wrong. He wouldn’t fess up, but knowing his propensity for doing awful things (albeit in an attempt to be helpful) to our cat, my mother asked him where Sadie was. To which he replied that she was in the fridge because she was hot.
Luckily the cat wasn’t in there very long (less than 5 minutes I believe).
I have put the tv remote in there, stereo remote, a cd (not because it will supossedly sound better) a bath towel, the top a stool sample (long story) and apocketknife. This is all before I was 18.
Once went out to get some milk and accidentaly left the fridge door open. Came back to the cat sitting in the fridge looking out at me.
Then there was the time my wife was cleaning the fridge and the cat came for a look see, licked the back of the fridge and got it’s tounge stuck…
Almost two years ago I received a frantic phone call at work from my son who arrived home from school about an hour before I did. “Mom, I swear I know I brought home my science book and chapter review and I can’t find them anywhere.” He was really upset as he had a test the next day and had planned to study. When I arrived home I helped him search for the book and paper all the while he assured me he’d brought the book and paper home. Eventually we drove up to the school, talked a janitor into letting us in to clean out and search his locker to no avail. On the way back from the school I suggested he was upset and not thinking clearly, perhaps he should do some other school work or walk the dog while I prepared dinner and once he wasn’t thinking about it he would remember what he had done with the book and paper. He agreed and I walked to the frig to start dinner, low and behold there was the book and paper. He was so relieved and embarrassed that he fell to the floor laughing when he realized he had left his book in the frig when he decided to fix himself a snack while studying.
Abby
Well, I keep three hockey pucks in the freezer. Did I mention I live in Florida?
Well, I’m sorry this is so mundane but I just want to be the third person to mention PEANUT BUTTER because I am sick and tired of Mr. Cranky putting it in there.
Abby, great story.
Mrs. M has a habit of refrigerating honey. I have to keep reminding her that if anything doesn’t need refrigerating, it’s honey, Honey.
Whenever I cannot find anything (keys, remote, wallet, etc) the first place I always look is the freezer. I’d say about 30% of the times I look it’s there.
Back when Mr Elbows and I first began to travel, in order to get our vaccinations we would have to get the vaccine, keep it in our fridge, and take it to the Dr. to get the shot.
That was back in the ‘olden days’, of course.
I still remember it though. Every morning for a week when I’d open the refridgerator there would be the Cholera or Typhoid vaccine. No one should see those words staring back at them from the shelf of the fridge!
I was delighted when the local teaching hospital opened a travel shots clinic with a microbiologist and everything. Much nicer set up.
If chest freezers count, I would say my bank card, a wallet and keys.
I didn’t think anything of it, and put them in the bag after shopping. When I got home, I tossed the meat in the freezer.
I got woken up at 3 AM the next morning when my girl couldn’t find her keys or wallet, and she needed to leave for work.
Imagine her surprise when I staggered groggily over to the freezer and pulled them out!
How about a puppy that was stillborn in the freezer? My room-mate keeps saying he wants to bury it but hasn’t yet.
Ahem. I keep my keys in the refrigerator. They are in my lunchbag, so I remember to take my lunch to work in the morning.
I’ve kept my credit cards in ice in the freezer, so I was not tempted to overuse them. It’s amazing how quickly a blow dryer will melt ice.
As far as weird stuff - at work we kept a few dozen dead warblers (wrapped in plastic and foil) in the refrigerator after a massive cell tower strike (400+ dead birds overnight). Needed them for necropsies - all had broken necks, no bacterial or viral infections present that could cause them to fly erratically. At least the dead pelicans were under my desk on dry ice.
My grandmother used to keep the ironing in the refrigerator. Out of the dryer, fold it up, stick it in the 'fridge, take it out later, spritz with water and iron. Never understood why.