Losing My Mind, again...
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Excellent suggestions! I've already tried nibbling a bit of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream in the hope that the missing tray might feel jilted, but it is either sulking in silence, or unimpressed. The little bugger seems almost to read my mind at times... Tim Deveaux wrote: 'throw yourself at the ground and miss' There's a constructive ploy! I used this technique to locate a much beloved Harry Chapin album that went missing years ago. Just last week I was inventorying my Beatles albums and stumbled across it. I think I'll just spend some time searching for the tomahawk I misplaced after the last invasion of grasshopppers and we'll see whether that brings the ashtray out of hiding. If not, I'll have to go with the visiting alien theory. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
Roger Wright wrote: I think I'll just spend some time searching for the tomahawk I misplaced after the last invasion of grasshopppers... Ah quite - buried the hatchet did we? Yes - look for the little locust lopper and all should be well. Good hunting sir.
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Unbelievable. I think I've finally gone over the edge. I have an ashtray, a very large ashtray that is never used for ashes. It's sole reason for existence is to hold the empty shells when I'm in the mood to munch on roasted peanuts. The mood struck about 40 minutes ago, and I've been searching for my ashtray ever since. This isn't a particularly notable ashtray, in fact it's rather ugly and is easily spotted from a distance. It lives in two places, atop the fridge when I'm not having peanuts, and on my lap when I'm relaxing with a book and a bag of peanuts. It is not currently resting in either location, and I don't recall moving it anytime recently. My place is not very large, consisting of about 900 sf in essentially three rooms. One is the junk room, where I keep my mathoms - the server also lives there to be close to my library. Another is used solely for sleeping... well there's an awful lot of books there, too. The third is the central room and kitchen. The ashtray has never been known to wander outside of this third area, but it isn't there today. Worse, I still have a craving for peanuts, yet find myself strangely resistant to the idea of using another receptacle for the shells. This ashtray and I have a history together, almost a relationship; peanut eating just wouldn't be as satisfying without it. Perhaps I should just have an apple... Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit? Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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Unbelievable. I think I've finally gone over the edge. I have an ashtray, a very large ashtray that is never used for ashes. It's sole reason for existence is to hold the empty shells when I'm in the mood to munch on roasted peanuts. The mood struck about 40 minutes ago, and I've been searching for my ashtray ever since. This isn't a particularly notable ashtray, in fact it's rather ugly and is easily spotted from a distance. It lives in two places, atop the fridge when I'm not having peanuts, and on my lap when I'm relaxing with a book and a bag of peanuts. It is not currently resting in either location, and I don't recall moving it anytime recently. My place is not very large, consisting of about 900 sf in essentially three rooms. One is the junk room, where I keep my mathoms - the server also lives there to be close to my library. Another is used solely for sleeping... well there's an awful lot of books there, too. The third is the central room and kitchen. The ashtray has never been known to wander outside of this third area, but it isn't there today. Worse, I still have a craving for peanuts, yet find myself strangely resistant to the idea of using another receptacle for the shells. This ashtray and I have a history together, almost a relationship; peanut eating just wouldn't be as satisfying without it. Perhaps I should just have an apple... Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit? Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
It is between your couch cushions.
Glano perictu com sahni delorin!
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It is between your couch cushions.
Glano perictu com sahni delorin!
That's one of the first places I looked, just to see if it's maybe hanging out with the remotes, but no luck. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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That's one of the first places I looked, just to see if it's maybe hanging out with the remotes, but no luck. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
You carried it into the bathroom with you.
Glano perictu com sahni delorin!
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Unbelievable. I think I've finally gone over the edge. I have an ashtray, a very large ashtray that is never used for ashes. It's sole reason for existence is to hold the empty shells when I'm in the mood to munch on roasted peanuts. The mood struck about 40 minutes ago, and I've been searching for my ashtray ever since. This isn't a particularly notable ashtray, in fact it's rather ugly and is easily spotted from a distance. It lives in two places, atop the fridge when I'm not having peanuts, and on my lap when I'm relaxing with a book and a bag of peanuts. It is not currently resting in either location, and I don't recall moving it anytime recently. My place is not very large, consisting of about 900 sf in essentially three rooms. One is the junk room, where I keep my mathoms - the server also lives there to be close to my library. Another is used solely for sleeping... well there's an awful lot of books there, too. The third is the central room and kitchen. The ashtray has never been known to wander outside of this third area, but it isn't there today. Worse, I still have a craving for peanuts, yet find myself strangely resistant to the idea of using another receptacle for the shells. This ashtray and I have a history together, almost a relationship; peanut eating just wouldn't be as satisfying without it. Perhaps I should just have an apple... Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit? Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
You're goind about it wrong I think, Roger. You seem to be looking for the location of the ashtray. Not the best the idea in the given circumstance. You should instead analyze something you have control over, namely where you would look. Since we all know that lost items are in the last place we look, all that you need to do is figure out what the last place where you would look is, and voila! One ashtray! I'd say Good Luck, but clearly with this methodology you need none. ;) BW CP Member Homepages
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If I knew they were coming I certainly would; probably vac, too. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
Be careful, if they are an order of magnitude smaller, they might get sucked up and consider this a terroristic act. You (and all countries you ever visited) will be phasered away in B.S.' 0.0000000000 seconds!
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This ashtray and I have a history together, almost a relationship Roger, you have to get out more. Please. For me. For all of us. :) But a new thought just occured to me. I was about to suggest to Roger that he desperately needs to get a girlfriend. But then the thought occured to me: "What *are* the advantages of a girlfriend versus a trusty ashtray?" So, I think it'd be an interesting exercise to list the various advantages and disadvantages of a girlfriend vs. an ashtray. The most immediate advantage I can see is peace and quiet - an ashtray doesn't talk back. Others?? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned
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Unbelievable. I think I've finally gone over the edge. I have an ashtray, a very large ashtray that is never used for ashes. It's sole reason for existence is to hold the empty shells when I'm in the mood to munch on roasted peanuts. The mood struck about 40 minutes ago, and I've been searching for my ashtray ever since. This isn't a particularly notable ashtray, in fact it's rather ugly and is easily spotted from a distance. It lives in two places, atop the fridge when I'm not having peanuts, and on my lap when I'm relaxing with a book and a bag of peanuts. It is not currently resting in either location, and I don't recall moving it anytime recently. My place is not very large, consisting of about 900 sf in essentially three rooms. One is the junk room, where I keep my mathoms - the server also lives there to be close to my library. Another is used solely for sleeping... well there's an awful lot of books there, too. The third is the central room and kitchen. The ashtray has never been known to wander outside of this third area, but it isn't there today. Worse, I still have a craving for peanuts, yet find myself strangely resistant to the idea of using another receptacle for the shells. This ashtray and I have a history together, almost a relationship; peanut eating just wouldn't be as satisfying without it. Perhaps I should just have an apple... Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit? Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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You're goind about it wrong I think, Roger. You seem to be looking for the location of the ashtray. Not the best the idea in the given circumstance. You should instead analyze something you have control over, namely where you would look. Since we all know that lost items are in the last place we look, all that you need to do is figure out what the last place where you would look is, and voila! One ashtray! I'd say Good Luck, but clearly with this methodology you need none. ;) BW CP Member Homepages
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"brianwelsch wrote: lost items are in the last place we look I've noticed that too. But once, just to prove the theory wrong, I kept looking after I found what I was looking for! and voila! it was not in the last place I looked.
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Unbelievable. I think I've finally gone over the edge. I have an ashtray, a very large ashtray that is never used for ashes. It's sole reason for existence is to hold the empty shells when I'm in the mood to munch on roasted peanuts. The mood struck about 40 minutes ago, and I've been searching for my ashtray ever since. This isn't a particularly notable ashtray, in fact it's rather ugly and is easily spotted from a distance. It lives in two places, atop the fridge when I'm not having peanuts, and on my lap when I'm relaxing with a book and a bag of peanuts. It is not currently resting in either location, and I don't recall moving it anytime recently. My place is not very large, consisting of about 900 sf in essentially three rooms. One is the junk room, where I keep my mathoms - the server also lives there to be close to my library. Another is used solely for sleeping... well there's an awful lot of books there, too. The third is the central room and kitchen. The ashtray has never been known to wander outside of this third area, but it isn't there today. Worse, I still have a craving for peanuts, yet find myself strangely resistant to the idea of using another receptacle for the shells. This ashtray and I have a history together, almost a relationship; peanut eating just wouldn't be as satisfying without it. Perhaps I should just have an apple... Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit? Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
Wow! Talk about strange. I was just about to post this : Unbelievable. I think I've finally gone over the edge. I have no ashtrays, very large or otherwise. I don't have them on my fridge or on my lap, even when i'm relaxing with a book, or say a bag of peanuts. I woke to find a very large ashtray on my fridge. I don't recall aquiring it anytime recently. My place is not very large, consisting of about 800 sf in essentially three rooms. None have ever known the presence of an ashtray. Worse, I have a craving for food, yet find myself strangely resistant to the idea of using the fridge with the ashtray looking down at me. This ashtray and I have no history together, no relationship. Perhaps I should just have an orange... Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit and drop them off somewhere else ? So in short, i think it's over here. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set
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Wow! Talk about strange. I was just about to post this : Unbelievable. I think I've finally gone over the edge. I have no ashtrays, very large or otherwise. I don't have them on my fridge or on my lap, even when i'm relaxing with a book, or say a bag of peanuts. I woke to find a very large ashtray on my fridge. I don't recall aquiring it anytime recently. My place is not very large, consisting of about 800 sf in essentially three rooms. None have ever known the presence of an ashtray. Worse, I have a craving for food, yet find myself strangely resistant to the idea of using the fridge with the ashtray looking down at me. This ashtray and I have no history together, no relationship. Perhaps I should just have an orange... Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit and drop them off somewhere else ? So in short, i think it's over here. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set
It's possible, or perhaps my ashtray has been unhappy here for some reason and asked a friendly alien for a ride. It's been a while since I've had any peanuts, and I know my ashtray is really fond of them. If it seems truly content there, I won't interfere, but please try to remember to toss it a few peanut shells once in a while. I'd like to know that my errant ashtray has found a good home.:sigh: Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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You're goind about it wrong I think, Roger. You seem to be looking for the location of the ashtray. Not the best the idea in the given circumstance. You should instead analyze something you have control over, namely where you would look. Since we all know that lost items are in the last place we look, all that you need to do is figure out what the last place where you would look is, and voila! One ashtray! I'd say Good Luck, but clearly with this methodology you need none. ;) BW CP Member Homepages
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun"I tried your method, an excellent idea by the way, and decided that the last place I'd think of looking is under my pillow. Alas, it wasn't there. Nor was it in the freezer, or under the bathroom sink, or hiding behind my record collection. I checked the neighbor's yard, after subduing his attack rabbit with a handful of fresh alfalfa, but it wasn't there. Suspiciously, his cat was missing, too. I wonder...:suss: I've never quite trusted that feline. Anyway, I've set the beaver traps in places gnomes are likely to wander, I have my tinfoil hat on, and I'm going to bed hoping that the aliens will return my ashtray in the night. If the hat works as advertised, I won't have any trouble waking when/if they visit, and I'll be happy to validate their parking receipt if they bring back my ashtray. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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Unbelievable. I think I've finally gone over the edge. I have an ashtray, a very large ashtray that is never used for ashes. It's sole reason for existence is to hold the empty shells when I'm in the mood to munch on roasted peanuts. The mood struck about 40 minutes ago, and I've been searching for my ashtray ever since. This isn't a particularly notable ashtray, in fact it's rather ugly and is easily spotted from a distance. It lives in two places, atop the fridge when I'm not having peanuts, and on my lap when I'm relaxing with a book and a bag of peanuts. It is not currently resting in either location, and I don't recall moving it anytime recently. My place is not very large, consisting of about 900 sf in essentially three rooms. One is the junk room, where I keep my mathoms - the server also lives there to be close to my library. Another is used solely for sleeping... well there's an awful lot of books there, too. The third is the central room and kitchen. The ashtray has never been known to wander outside of this third area, but it isn't there today. Worse, I still have a craving for peanuts, yet find myself strangely resistant to the idea of using another receptacle for the shells. This ashtray and I have a history together, almost a relationship; peanut eating just wouldn't be as satisfying without it. Perhaps I should just have an apple... Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit? Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
Roger Wright wrote: Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit No it's Biros they collect.
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Roger Wright wrote: Do you suppose that some aliens collect ashtrays from the places they visit No it's Biros they collect.
"My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them." - Penn Jillette
"biro (Biro®) n : ball point pen." I'm fairly sure that I didn't leave a pen in my ashtray... Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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Excellent suggestions! I've already tried nibbling a bit of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream in the hope that the missing tray might feel jilted, but it is either sulking in silence, or unimpressed. The little bugger seems almost to read my mind at times... Tim Deveaux wrote: 'throw yourself at the ground and miss' There's a constructive ploy! I used this technique to locate a much beloved Harry Chapin album that went missing years ago. Just last week I was inventorying my Beatles albums and stumbled across it. I think I'll just spend some time searching for the tomahawk I misplaced after the last invasion of grasshopppers and we'll see whether that brings the ashtray out of hiding. If not, I'll have to go with the visiting alien theory. Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
Hi, Roger! What often works for me is to think really hard about where the last place to look would be, then go there first! Good Luck! 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse