The Curious Case of the Vanishing Steak Knives

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Before you roll your eyes, please hear me out. I live in a 111-year-old house, with all the quirks that come with it. When unloading the dishwasher recently with my husband, we noticed that two of our steak knives are missing.

Over the past few years, it’s losing kitchen scissors that has been a thing – we’re on our third pair because they keep going missing. We’re also used to hearing strange sounds. Other things going missing or moved, and we catch glimpses of someone sometimes. I’m not usually bothered, having lived here for over seven years and I don’t feel any danger. But maybe it’s time to do some research on this house.

We have only one drawer in our tiny 1914 kitchen and one drawer on our movable kitchen island. There’s not a lot of places for things to go. And we’re not finding things in weird places.

I know how it sounds. We’re really not loony tunes over here. And it’s a pretty benign thing I choose to mostly ignore. But I’ve had this knife set since 1995. So, I’m annoyed and have looked all over my tiny kitchen and house looking for them.

So, what’s the message of these missing things? Is it time to get new cutlery?

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