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Rapid response to:

On The Case

The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute

BMJ 2005; 331 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1498 (Published 22 December 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;331:1498

Rapid Response:

so what has Marriage to do with it?

As a parent I know that the advent of children into our house started
the attrition of teaspoons and the occasional fork and knife; So I think
that the study needs to take into the fact that any company allowing their
employees to bring their children into the workplace, would suffer an
increase in the attrition of all kitchen utensils.
By the way; my socks only started disappearing after I was married

Competing interests:
not a MCP or even right wing, Reberta

Competing interests: No competing interests

30 December 2005
Gary Baker
Technical specialist
QLd, Australia 4520