We’ve all acclimated to the phenomen of one sock of a pair vanishing while tumbling in the dryer, never to be seen again. Right, Constant Reader?

While a matched set of socks are required for public wear, such as while jogging, I don’t jog, so it’s all good. I wear socks to sleep comfortably at night when mismatches don’t matter much. Fashion rules affect neither my dreams nor the involuntary muscle spasms that still plague me. Oh well, at least my toes aren’t icicles.

One sock of a pair, lost in the bowels of the dryer, we know not how., we’re accustomed to. Sacrified to the malevolent gods of grime, curmudgeons who value neither cleanliness nor godliness in middle class households such as ours. A private dungeon in San Salvador? I hope not.

The same malady befell Tupperware container lids back in the day. While the home party hostesses promised that any lid melted in the microwave (don’t ask) and/or lost would be replaced at no cost, I was never able to connect with the company to deliver on that promise. Nor could I catch up with the home party hostess because most of my Tupperware items were gifts.

Now a comparable calamity has occurred in our house.

To-go cup caps have been lost in the bowels of the dishwasher while all the contents were being washed  – I kid you not, it’s happened twice! Not torched on the heat coils or lurking in the bottom, the lids vanished in thin air.

If it happened to you, what would/did you do? Share in the comments, please and thanks

P.S. While many people can blame their dog for mauling and misplacing socks or Tupperware lids (especially if they resemble a Frisbee) or to-go cup lids, I’d never defame my dog, Sparky, in this way. He’s a good boy.