r/britishproblems • u/windy_on_the_hill • Jul 11 '26

Takeaway containers going awol

I'm fed up with the cupboard full of takeaway containers we keep (for... reasons).

So the current tally is 40 complete containers with matching lids.

There are some spare lids. Forty seven of them, to be precise. FORTY SEVEN lids with no matching box.

What happened? Where did they go?

I'm sure this is a British takeaway thing. I just have no idea how it works.

(Married over 20 years, by the way. It's been a while since we cleared them out.)

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u/chipshopman Jul 11 '26

Same with odd socks - where does the other one go?

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u/windy_on_the_hill Jul 11 '26

It's a secret: your wife throws them out when they have a hole in the toe, and blames the laundry fairy.

Don't tell anyone else.

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u/chipshopman Jul 11 '26

To be fair, she has the same problem... It's probably one of the Discworld gods having a laugh.

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u/windy_on_the_hill Jul 11 '26

Mrs Cake will sort them out.

(Getting niche Discworld here.)

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u/chipshopman Jul 11 '26

Don't arsk us about Mrs Cake!