Last summer, I made some steak (a rarity in our house, and for no good reason, as both of us like steak). I went to find our fancy steak knives that are kept in their own fancy steak knives box, and lo and behold...the box was empty. We have no idea what may have happened. Take the knives but not arguably better looking box? Lunacy.
Tonight, as I was making a sandwich for J to take to work tomorrow (yeah, yeah, jeer all you want - it's a nice thing to do, people), I noticed I could only find two of our everyday knives. Normally, I would check the dishwasher for the rest, but here's the thing....I emptied the dishwasher not a few hours ago. The plot thickens.
It seems unlikely that someone would break into our house for the purpose of stealing just our knives. And for that matter, why knives? Do they have special value on the black market? Do people sell them like purse knock-offs on the Manhattan streets? If the do, why not really go for it and try something more exotic and multipurpose, like ladles or spatulas?
I fear that the only reasonable alternative is that someone we know and who frequents our home is pilfering our knife supply, one visit at a time (because multiple knives in one visit would, of course, provoke suspicion). Just when I thought I could trust people.
This leaves me with the sad task of devising a way to cleverly expose the thief. Shall I start to awkwardly hug our friends as they leave, making sure to frisk them in the process? Or would a game be better ("Hey guys, just for fun - everyone empty your pockets as quickly as you can. Last one finished is a dirty traitorous thief!")?
I am stumped.
*Umm, we found the knives. Miraculously, they were under the knife box. In an odd twist of events, we finally tracked them down in the midst of a visit from a knife salesperson.
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