On July 16 the sixth Harry Potter book -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- will be released. In it I hope that J.K. Rowling comes up with a name for creatures that live in cars and steal credit card-sized items. This past Friday I put my REI card on top of the coin holder but when I got to the store 15 minutes later it was gone! Similarly, six months ago a $10 bus pass disappeared from the same spot. In both cases my first thought was that the card got sucked out of the window by a strong gust of wind, but one would think I would notice something flying past my face. So, after thoroughly checking between seats and under rugs I must conclude that I have car gremlins. Why can't the creatures eat stuff like the moldy bits of food left over from messy take out?
Posted by wrjacobs at June 27, 2005 12:33 PM | TrackBackDown beside the consul between the seats of my aging Acura, amongst the donut crumbs and candy wrappers, I found my iPod Shuffle which had been missing for days. "Ah...good!" I thought.."Donut crumbs!"
Posted by: phomo at July 2, 2005 10:20 PMMy mother's advice to you would be to stop putting stuff on top of your coin holder in your car. In my experience, it'll all turn up when you least expect and need it.
Posted by: Laurene at June 27, 2005 03:42 PM