The case of the missing beach towel
Help me solve a mystery. So far, this is what we know:
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I put my beach towel on top of my bag while packing for my weekend trip.
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The beach towel was on top of the bag when I carried it from my apartment to my car on Friday afternoon.
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The beach towel was no longer on top of the bag when I carried the bag from the car to the cabin Friday evening.
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The bag did not leave the back seat of my car on the ride from the apartment to the cabin.
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Family members and friends do not remember seeing the beach towel.
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The beach towel was never found on the cabin premises.
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The beach towel was also not found at the apartment.
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The beach towel was also not found at my mom’s house where I stopped on the way.
Where is the beach towel?
It is truly a mystery to me. At first I figured it would turn up eventually, but by the time we were leaving to tube down the river, I was severely aggravated by its mysterious absence. There was swearing. And yelling. But seriously. WHERE THE HELL IS MY DAMN BEACH TOWEL?
It was basically brand new, only used a couple times. It was a gift and it was the only one I had. I’m too stubborn and cheap to go buy a new one because I know my beach towel is out there somewhere in the world, and paying money for another one just hurts my heart too much.
Any idea where it could be? Is there something I’m missing, something I’m not thinking of? Did Bill and Ted travel to 2008, steal my beach towel and bring it back to 1989? Did our housekeeping ghost decide it needed to be laundered before I used it? Maybe I should check the dryer…
Anna Said,
June 24, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Did you drop it on the way into the car? Your poor beach towel is being blown about willy-nilly nowhere near the beach, nay any water! Poor thing.
darlene Said,
June 24, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
well, if the beaver didn’t eat it, maybe it is lodged under one of the car seats or maybe it is there only magically invisible, exposure to sunlight will do that to some towels
Robin Said,
June 24, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
I can’t help you find your beach towel, but I can tell you that I bought mine last year at Meijer at the end of July and it was SO CHEAP…because whatever, you know how stores sell summer clothes in the winter, etc. Ok, the point of this rant is that the towel was something like $3, AND…it came with a free frisbee. So, I say wait it out and buy a new one.
Jess Said,
June 25, 2008 @ 11:55 am
Did you, at any point, have to rifle through your bag to find something? Or move it?
Or maybe it fell off on the way to the car and someone found it and picked up it or put it in the dumpster or something. Hmm…I’m hope you don’t go looking for it there.
MrsTwink Said,
June 25, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
I hate when that happens. It generally happens with earrings…
Babs Said,
June 26, 2008 @ 6:08 am
You dropped it, probably outside the apartment and someone picked it up. Head to the pool, you’ll probably see someone using it.
Shannon Said,
June 26, 2008 @ 8:13 am
You all came to the same conclusion I did: I dropped the towel in the apartment parking lot. Someone must have picked it up and either thrown it away or kept it for themselves (it was a nice towel!).
Oh well, bye towel.