....Have you ever misplaced a pen, screwdriver, pair of glasses, or other small item, only to find it at a later time in a place you already searched??? If so, you may have been a victim of ....

The Coyne Multi-Dimensional Theory of Transient (Lost) Items

Given: The Existance of Multiple Dimensions (Albeit it is known that there are at least four dimensions the number is possibly much greater)

Theorum: As Einstein proved, Matter is equal to energy, and the physical laws of the universe require the conservation of energy. Therefore among the numbers of interleaved dimensions, matter is conserved among transitory items (eg. pens, pencils, scissors, eyeglasses).

This leads to an observed phenomenon where a transitory item is apparently lost, even after an extensive search. Then, when the item is no longer urgently required, it reappears in the first location searched.

Explanation: In the subset of dimensions that intersect the dimension we occupy, there exist a limited number of transitory items. There also exists a slightly larger number of individual entitys that share a similar identity. (In other words, each person in this dimension has a doppleganger in one or more parallel dimensions.) In this dimension (for reference lets identify it as Dimension 'A'), a person (Person 'A') places the Transient item in a place that Person A expects to find it later.

In Dimension 'X', Person 'X' desires to use the item and picks it up, rendering it unavailable in Dimension 'A'. When Person 'A' searches for said item, it is now 'lost'. Often this leads to frantic and futile searching for an extensive period of time. At some point in time (Note: time need not be traveling in the same direction for each dimension), Person 'X' is no longer actively utilizing said item, and thus it becomes available again in Dimension 'A' (and other intersecting dimensions).

This typically leads to some consternation by Person 'A' when the item is now found at the location where it was expected to be in the first place.