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Sun 26 Oct, 2003 05:21 am
16 unpaired socks. Can anyone top that?
Where do they all go?
Well, Wilso, if you don't wash them by hand but in maschine, if you are sure, no-one could have taken them away, your washing machine has no hidden panels ... well, then certainly the machine has a sort of portal ans is selectively transporting some socks into another dimension.
At least, that's where my socks are. Perhaps being together now joyfull with yours.
Which leads to my (nearly proven) theory that all over the world, washing machines (and possibly dryers) are shuttling socks to another dimension.
However, if you don't believe in my high standard theory and are more a man of practise, and additionally some socks are missed longer (that site isn't updated since August), you perhaps could find your socks here:
Lonely Socks
Phoenix32890 wrote:My husband (who was trained as an accountant) came up with the perfect answer. He pins each pair of socks together, before I put them in the washing machine.
I don't do that with mine. There is something rather comforting to know that out there, in the Twilight Zone, (Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da) my unpaired socks are cavorting and playing with other socks from around the universe!
Think about it. If all the mismatched socks that ever went astray were placed in one big pile............
It would reach to the moon!
I think I can beat your 16 Wilso. There must be some kind of black hole somewhere they fall into.
I buy identical pairs of socks. That way I always have a match and don't spend all my time hunting strays.
I matched all my socks a few months ago! ALL of them - it has to be a miracle! I hunted out every sock, in every drawer and basket - some had been lonely for months! And - I found a mate for each and every one.
Of course, I have a front loader - things don't get teleported so easily from them...
dlowan, you must have a sock fairy. Can we pass your fairy around so we can find our socks too?
When you remove a pair of matched socks, tie them together loosely. It means they take a little longer in the dryer, but they come out matched.
That being said, i don't bother and just keep the mismatched ones in the hope that the mate will turn up. And for those times when mismatched are the only clean socks i have . . .
Montana wrote:dlowan, you must have a sock fairy. Can we pass your fairy around so we can find our socks too?
Sure - only I seem to have mislaid her whereabouts for now.......worried frown......
I've had a front loader for 10 years. Doesn't seem to help me.
dlowan wrote:Montana wrote:dlowan, you must have a sock fairy. Can we pass your fairy around so we can find our socks too?
Sure - only I seem to have mislaid her whereabouts for now.......worried frown......
Those darn fairies!!! Isn't there some kind if distress call for times like these?
I swear they turn into coat hangers.
The fairies or the socks?
Petunia, my guess would be that the fairies turn the socks into the coat hangers. That makes perfect sense.
Zounds.....!!
On seeing this thread I raced to my sock drawer and counted.......... 16
that's right. 16 !!!
We may a convergence here......... W... are 7 of your socks black, 3 brown and the rest white athletics except for one pathetic off-white cream thing that I am SURE is not mine but which has bunked with the rest of the pairs for a number of months now??? I will send them to you via FEDEX tonight!
Wilso:
Frankly, I think it's time to have a talk with your dirty clothes hamper!!
Anon
My theory is that the sock fairy turns random socks into lint. That's where all that lint comes from.
to have such mundane items. So I went to Wal-Mart, and bought a whole load of plastic hangers.
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