Comments on: #860 – Excavate

By: Mr. B

Mr. B — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:10:48 +0000

A visiting child hid the key to my, luckily open, fire-safe box. I bought a new one, discarded the old one and then – you guessed it – found the key in a nearby ink cartridge box.

By: Jelellyfish

Jelellyfish — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:41:15 +0000

I have a jigsaw puzzle I glued together, framed, and hung on my wall of a tiger. Just as we were about to put the last piece in, my mother and I noticed that said last piece was missing. It wasn’t under the puzzle, under the table, in the box…heck it wasn’t even in the HOUSE.
When my mom found it, a few days later, it had somehow ended up in one of her gardens outside. It got hooked in her sleeve and made its way outside to rest in the dirt. Amazingly the piece was in close to pristine condition.

By: Willy B

Willy B — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:39:57 +0000

When i was younger, my grandmother gave me a Lego set for Christmas. It was the biggest, coolest set ever, a Space Police spaceship that came apart into a command station (or something like that) As i was putting it together, i come to find that one piece was missing. It was a large, funny shaped wing that i couldn’t replace even with my extensive Lego collection. To this day I get sad thinking of how much fun that would’ve been had I been able to finish it.

By: dartigen

dartigen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:55:52 +0000

I used lose disks for stuff all the time, which is why I now keep them all in a spindle marked ‘IMPORTANT PROGRAMS’.
As for paperwork though…I’m forever finding warranties for things I threw away, receipts from 5 years ago…

By: sco3tt

sco3tt — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:02:16 +0000

When I put something back together I don’t worry about one missing part. My criteria is, if I have less than a dozen “extra” part laying around when I’m done I call it a win.

By: Stripy-Artist

Stripy-Artist — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:51:12 +0000

I stranglely thought it would be a good idea to put all my LEGO in one box when I was young. Big mistake. Now all I can do is play with the “minifigures”(Lego characters, you know with the specialized body and head?).

By: Archemedes Rex

Archemedes Rex — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:41:26 +0000

Oh yes, the dovetail connector plate to my camera tripod. And I keep losing and finding it over and over and over.

By: Sman

Sman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:33:35 +0000

@ Chimera
bet whoever finds it lets everyone know with either a curse or scream if barefoot

By: Chimera Dragonfang

Chimera Dragonfang — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:37:43 +0000

LEGO never really got lost in my house. Buried under an entire Rubbermaid tub full of other pieces, yes, but not lost.

Or if you did lose one on the carpet somewhere, it would usually be found by someone stepping on it.

By: Croc

Croc — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:28:21 +0000

Oh dear lord Legos. I just saw that freaking piece 5 minutes ago when I didn’t need it…