Wife to Relic: "Honey, have you seen the salt shaker around someplace? I can't find it..."

Relic to Wife: "Oh, yeah. Sorry. I meant to buy another one and forgot. I'm using the salt shaker as a secure storage place for one of my flash drives. Without the salt, of course. I've got it stuck in a safe in the attic."



(A few days later)

Wife to Relic: "Honey, I can't seem to find the soap container, you know, the one we use when we travel? Did you do something with it?"

Relic to Wife: "Uh, well, yeah. Why are we going somewhere?"

Wife to Relic: "Not us. Janie needs it. She's taking her kids camping next weekend."

Relic to Wife: "Hmm...Well, I started using it a week or so ago to store a second backup flash drive. You know, for my, uh, game."

Wife to Relic: "Game? Oh, THAT game. Well you've gotta find some OTHER way to store your flash drives. Janie needs the soap container, and I need a salt shaker."

Relic to Wife: "OK, OK, honey. I'll get it, but it'll take a bit. I hid it under the flashing on the roof by the chimney. Nobody woulda messed with it there."



(some weeks later)

Wife to Relic: "Dear, I'm looking for my garden gloves. You aren't by any chance using them to store another flash drive, are you?"

Relic to Wife: "No. (stammers) No, of COURSE not. Well, I DID use them."

Wife to Relic: "What for? You never mess around in the garden."

Relic to Wife: (sheepishly) Uh, well...I used them...uh...with the trowel."

Wife to Relic: "The trowel?"

Relic to Wife: "Yeah. When I...uh...you know...buried your pin box behind that flamingo thing in the back yard."

Wife to Relic: "My pin box? (looks bewildered)

Relic to Wife: "Yeah, I had to make sure I had a safe backup copy of my game files. So. I borrowed your pin box. To bury it in."

DaddyO

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