The Setup:
Deep winter in Michigan with about 2-3" of snow on the ground.
I used to have a dog that every time I'd taken him out the front door of my house he'd take a dump. I'm not kidding every time. I'd pick it up but in the snow sometimes you miss one here or there.
Also, I always forget my keys and get locked out of the house often. One year as a gag gift I received a fake piece of doggie do-do with a slot for a house key.
Story:
I put key in the doggie do-do and put it out in the front yard somewhere next to my garden and then promptly forgot about it.
Well, the seasons changed and I hadn't needed the do-do since I nailed a house key under a step to the house, but one day I forgot to put the key back. So, now I'm locked out, it's about 10 degrees outside, no gloves, in tennis shoes. I called my hubby, brothers and no one could get to me for over an hour, by then I'd be frozen solid.
So here I am in my front yard kicking frozen turds. You have to realize they are frozen solid to the ground and one kick won't do, you have kick them more than once and every once in a while you get a soft one from that morning. I don't know how many turds I had to kick before I found the one turd with the key.
Got inside the house and looked down at my shoes and the toes were stained brown. I cleaned them up and tried to wear them once, but I swear I smelled dog sh*t.
So, you see, I actually did lose something in an unusual place.