The Car Key Gnomes have been quite active this month.

For those not familiar with car key gnomes, they are a species of elf that take car keys from where you set them down, and put them in the couch or some other out of the way place. Once they put the keys in the washer machine. Active at night time, they are insatiable in their need to move objects around. When they can’t get hold of keys, they branch out into wallets, cell phones, and books. 

 

They drive me bats, but one has to live with them.

Worse - they’ve emailed the relatives to come over.

Our house is plagued with fairy folk, obsessed with causing chaos.

 

The Computer Gremlins – they can be more annoying than gnomes. They freeze up computer screens and force me to reboot the computer. Brother #3 insists this is merely faulty Windows products Mr. Gates purposely installed to annoy and make things generally irritating. But I know better.

 

The Entertainment Centre Pixies – their life’s work consists of casting spells when I attempt to remember how to operate the control devices that operate the TV system. As soon as I touch one of the controls, the pixies discombobulate me to forget again how to operate the damn things. They have rewired the system so the only function I want – playing an ipod outside – is not operating.

 

The Cup Sprites – it is their habit to get out all the glasses from the cupboard and fill them half way with drinks and place them around the house. These fairies drive Someone bats. I am forever gathering up these cups, but to no avail.

By the way, the sprites have Someone completely fooled; he thinks the half consumed beverages originate from somebody else.

 

And the worse ones are …….

 

The Laundry Goblins – while my back is turned they go into the dryer and pull out just one sock or that certain handkerchief and run off with them. When they can’t find items to steal, they shrink T-shirts and shirts. Bums.