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The Little People are at it again !

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yogagran Sun 04-Aug-19 15:00:00

I searched high and low for one of the foot attachments for my sewing machine. I eventually gave up and bought a new one. Lo and behold, the day after the new one arrived in the post the original one turned up

Merseybelle2 Fri 02-Aug-19 20:48:50

OMG hope it’s not mice here ! We had terrible problems a few years ago with the little blighters when our poor neighbour next door got dementia. He had food all over the house and they were coming under the floorboards into ours. It was like living in a horror film. You see one it might look cute, you see twelve scaling your kitchen dresser vertically and you’re wishing you had a gun !
And what would mice be doing with my hard drive ? Don’t tell me - they must be CIA trained super mice spying on me unless it Huawei again smile

Merseybelle2 Fri 02-Aug-19 20:41:07

Love those garden figures !! They are amazing ! And on a serious note I actually do believe things happen at home and objects move that can’t be explained. My grandmother wouldn’t wear anything green as it’s an offence to The Little People, and nearly had a stroke when my mother bought an emerald jumper. She also used to put a drop of something in an egg cup outside the back door for them to quench their thirst with. I think we must have had drunken rats in our back yard ! It goes without saying the family were Irish on her side smile You can’t scratch anyone in Liverpool without a drop of green showing !

shysal Fri 02-Aug-19 20:34:42

Further to my post at 19;15, a friend has just told me about this mouse on You Tube. I wonder?
Mouse tidying shed

Carillion01 Fri 02-Aug-19 19:29:43

Sorry, poor photo, each cricketer is about 30" tall

Carillion01 Fri 02-Aug-19 19:28:23

Merseybelle, I think the little people are alive and kicking. When I was very young and visited the lovely Isle of Man I was convinced they were about and loved the fact that everytime you crossed the fairy bridge you had to say "Good morning fairies."

More recently I bought my DH a special present for a special event...hope I've managed to show the photo.

He reckons the cricketers sometimes change position over night, he thinks it's me, I say it's him...I know it isn't me. I'd love it to be the little people and I'm sure it isn't him. He was a cricketer in a much younger life and their position always seem to be 'correct' hmmmm?
Love this thread, thank you xxx

shysal Fri 02-Aug-19 19:15:40

They came and left something for me! On my patio the other day was a little pile of assorted screws, nails and staples. They are the same as the ones that I store sorted into a little set of drawers in my shed. I definitely didn't put them there. I even had to move something out of the way before I could put them away. One of life's little mysteries.

H1954 Fri 02-Aug-19 19:03:37

Oh my, I'm always putting stuff in a safe place and can very find it again! It's everyone else's fault though!

I have noticed though, that when I'm searching for something in particular I happen to find the certain thing I was searching for two days earlier! Odd that! ?

Merseybelle2 Fri 02-Aug-19 19:00:02

My mother too had a habit of hurling accusations round if anything went missing. She lost a ring and swore we’d half inched it. It turned up a week later when I noticed it caught on the pom pom of her slipper. She wasn’t so lucky finding her silver spoons - my sister later confessed she’d pawned them !

MissAdventure Fri 02-Aug-19 18:58:53

Yes, they stole a jacket that I had up for sale on eBay.

That was a couple of months ago, and I never found it.

SalsaQueen Fri 02-Aug-19 18:42:55

My late MIL once lost a teapot grin in her house. She swore blind that my children had stolen it.

fiorentina51 Fri 02-Aug-19 18:42:34

Yes. They often visit me and enjoy reorganising my home. I find things in the oddest places.......can't be imagining it can I?

phoenix Fri 02-Aug-19 18:41:39

Yes! Somewhere is a garden design plan that was done for us by a friend who was a professional, but can we find it?

Merseybelle2 Fri 02-Aug-19 18:38:00

Cannot believe how stupid I am ! I have turned the house over looking for the external hard drive I use to back my laptop up. Last seen in the study ( a pretentious term I use for the area where a folding picnic table and an old cardboard box full of folders resides ). No sign of it. I can’t even remember the last time I used it but I think I’ve hidden it due to having had workmen in the house after Christmas. The fairies have taken it as there is nowhere it can be that I haven’t searched. The Little People have a lot to answer for ! Anyone else had them in the house lately ?