Tuesday, January 24, 2012

It's Rather Surprising What People Lose!

      When I was a teacher the school lost and found bin was rather large. We emptied it twice a year. We had a plentiful supply of mitts, gloves , socks, boots, T shirts, coats, hats, gym strip, watches and the list could go on. We would have the items displayed and beat the bushes for kids to check the items to see if some of it belonged to them. Charities received what was not picked up.


     Shopping malls have piles of stuff in the lost and found. Since it's a large place the pile of lost and found is larger with greater variety. Airports, hospitals, movie theaters all have many lost items.


     Now I have lost a few things myself. As a little kid I had a string that ran through my coat a with my mittens sewed to the end.  I didn't wear gloves until I was sixty. Partly because I didn't need them and partly because I lost them. I have hunted for hours in the house to find something which is usually in some unusual place. 


     When I left the skating dressing room the other day there was one sock left on the bench. I thought it belonged to one of the skaters and thought back to who was sitting in that place. I could tell immediately this was no ordinary sock. It was a therepeutic sock. I put the sock in my helmet and took it home. Five days later I received a desperate call from Red (not me). Red Had come back to the arena looking for his sock and checked the whole arena. He had gone to the hot tub in the pool and had looked  all through the pool. He had been razzing the guy sitting beside him and thought the guy may have taken the sock as a prank. Red phoned the prankster. Red also phoned some of the other skaters. At the Friday skate he asked again. Someone was able to say, Red (me) picked up your sock. So I received the relieved call 5 days after our skate. 


     So the sock was returned to a grateful Red. I was told the pair of socks went for $100.00 a pair!


     So now I have an idea for skaters. Put a string on your socks that goes around your neck and attach your socks to it so that you won't forget your socks. 
As you can see the string is double so it's adjustable.


      Think I'd make any money on this idea?

17 comments:

  1. Um, probably not, Red. But I'm glad the sock was reunited with the correct Red! :-)

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  2. LOL.. too funny. Sock it to them, Red.

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  3. Hilary and DJan your comments give me a good laugh! Thanks. Love witty comments.

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  4. I have always though that it would be very handy to have the items give a shout from their hiding places or some such device to be invented. Cheer, Ruby

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  5. LOL yup, you have a hundred dollar idea there Red... for some odd reason I don't think it's one of those million dollar ideas.

    That's so awesome you picked up the sock, the poor fella who lost it and all he went through for those 5 days but at least you put his mind, and feet, to rest!

    Have a great week!

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  6. A brilliant idea - I will pass it on to my son who is always losing his ice hockey socks. Mind you, he already thinks I am losing my mind - could I perhaps thread a string through my mind and thread it around my neck.

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  7. Ruby, Darlin and Alan, you really crack me up with your comments. Talking socks? I like it! $100.00 idea a lot better than nothing. My brain certainly wanders.
    Super witty comments.

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  8. I am sure the other Red was grateful that his sock didn't end up in the Lost and Found or in the garbage. Love your idea..I will mention it to my Grands that are Hockey Player..they are losing their socks all the time:)

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  9. Far Side, little guys can lose it all. My son lost underwear etc. Why ? it was an all out fight with clothes flying around the dressing room.

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  10. Hmm, what you need to do is create a knitting pattern for that, and then sell the pattern on Ravelry! :)

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  11. Great suggestion Knatolee! Now I'll have to learn to knit!

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  12. LOL!!!! Very cute and also fun! Way to go, Red!


    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
    http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com

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  13. Red, Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving a real gem. I agree teacher evaluations can be challenging. I say, "Bring it on!" Just hope the powers that be don't say, "Put a sock in it..."

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  14. Great shot ,Debbie. "Put a sock in it!"

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  15. Although some may think your idea is far fetched, I applaud you! I have experienced 'lost items' as a mother with 2 children who were always losing or misplacing mittens, hats, and socks. I have even ventured into schools and dug into those 'lost and found' boxes. :))

    I'm impressed that you had the foresight to take that lost sock home. I can only imagine the smile on the owner's face when you handed it back to him.

    Unfortunately, I don't think your idea would make a lot of money but, I'll stand 'RED'y in case it does. :))

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  16. Well, Susan, having been a teacher for 37 years I have had a little experience with lost stuff. I've also seen the upset parents who are looking through he lost and found stuff.
    The sock owner was extremely relieved to find his sock.

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