What do the remote controls burglars do with them?

[spotbird]

Is there a secondary market or do they just have large collections? How do they get in and out when all you did was go to the bathroom and get a snack? Do they conspire with the sock burglars or are they in a different union?

[XanaDUer]

1. They go to the same place that all the

cat toys go to.

[BlueJazz]

2. I've been saying for years that the ...

....smarty pants scientists, who think that those bright streaks at
night are meteors are full of it.
The streaks are lost combs, socks and remote controls returning from the twilight zone.

[DBoon]

3. remote control burglars? Are those like "oven rats"?

You know, the ones who take nibbles out of freshly based cakes.

[BrotherBuzz]

4. I thought it was the same thief....

that kept stealing my pencils till I solved the mystery. I duck taped my phone pager to my remote control device and discovered the RCD simply grew legs and walked to different parts of the house, one time I caught the wily thing in the wine celler. Someone could make a killing by marketing a combo remote control device/pager.

[Swede]

5. Gremlins my friend.

Stop searching and the gremlins will return it.

[BrotherBuzz]

6. The Heck with the gremlins

they won't return a pencil till they chew off the eraser and break the point.

[izzie]

7. Socks, they are in the world of one sockness.

Even in a home of one person it runs away. Or I should say they, as I have 2 TV's.

[Cush]

8. Remote Control Gnomes

who are of course, related to the Underwear Gnomes

[xJlM]

9. They hide them under your chair

Or alongside the cushion you sit on. They're pretty crafty...

[newyawker99]

11. Congrats xJIM!! 600 posts

:toast:

[SoCalDem]

10. They sell them on Ebay for a dollar + shipping & handling

:)

[trof]

12. Check under the covers.

Miz t. routinely makes the bed with the remote under the top sheet and spread.
How can she do that? It's not like it's some tiny little thing you might not see.
It's black and about 8" X 2".
I've asked her why?
"I didn't see it."
I've asked her not to.
"I won't."
Yet she still does.
Now, when I can't find it, I just keep my mouth shut and start patting down the covers.
This is not grounds for divorce, it's just one of those :wtf:??? things.

And yes, I make the bed about half the time and I can see the remote, no problem.
:shrug: