Where do they go? Is there a place called Pick Heaven? Is there any significance in the fact that they're vaguely gravestone shaped?

When you're in the music shop, you never just buy one, but possibly six. There are the ones that especially suit you, then there's a new shaped one you've not tried before, then a couple of bright colours to make them stand out more, so you give them a punt.

Give it a couple of weeks and you're back to scrabbling around, going through the pockets before you put your levis in the wash, looking through the case, looking accusingly at other players......

I have thought of keeping them all together in one neat little box or ornamented case, but if (or, more likely, when) you mislay that, then you're really buggered.

I know that you always end up with missing socks after the wash and dry. Perhaps, one day, all those missing socks will turn up, and in the bottom of every one there'll be a plectrum.

Norman