Attn: DP Brainiacs - Solve this problem for me!
Some of you have young children, or have had them at some point. You can relate to trying to get them ready and out the door to go somewhere. I am constantly having the same problem getting my son ready.
Where the #@&#! do all the socks go?
I swear to you all, I've purchased over 100 socks for my son within the last 18 months or so, and as of right now I can put my hands on 4 of his socks and none match!
No they are not behind the washer/dryer. I had them both pulled out over the weekend to replace the dryer heating element.
Its not just his socks! I have had probably 100 socks disappear on me in the last couple of years as well!
At one point a couple of years ago I threw away all of my socks(the ones I could find) and bought a bunch of the same kind of white and the same kind of black. (I know some of you can relate to trying to find a matching pair of black socks, not all black matches. Its made even worse when you are trying to get ready in the early morning.)
LMAO, in my case a pack of socks lasts me twice as long as most people because I'm an amputee! Still, they disappear!
If its aliens, what the $%#* do they do with them? If it not aliens, what is it? Do socks power the quantum universe and get sucked into it from time to time?
I know that others have this problem as well. As far as I can tell it is a global problem that no one seems to be able to solve.
This a real problem! Where the @&%#! do they go? Maybe the Brains here at DP can solve this once and for all!
It is unsolvable.
It is one of the greatest mysteries of the universe.
I tried to tell you
When a congressman retires,he has all the socks he needs.
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This is the profit margin
for the ones in congress,you're washer and drier are getting together and secretly "consuming you're socks and putting them down the drain ,then they are "collected" by a means only known to the government and recycled back into "socks"because we as tax payers refuse to"buy them socks" with tax payers money.
A conspiracy I'm sure!
Got to mess once in a while!
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I believe in the sock ghost!
I have had paranormal experience with the sock ghosts.
I have since seen them losing their way because of all the socks on their heads,I hit a couple along with the Rock Gremlins with my car.
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Make your son show his socks
Make your son show his socks on his feet at every meal, then when he goes to bed, make sure YOU put them in the dirty clothes hamper! I have a son who loses everything else but his socks. Kids socks do have a mind of their own, and as such, will stand up own their own and walk away only to never be seen again!
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The sock monster is everywhere
I buy my socks by the dozens, jut plain white on occasion a package of black
I have the same problem even
I have the same problem even when I live alone.
Ventura 2012
True story
When I was just a child I would go to bed with my socks on. Somehow during the middle of the night, my socks would disappear. I used to think the bed took them. To this day I don't know what ever happened to them.
Sorry I couldn't answer your question.
Kids love to take their own socks off ....
Check the beds, under the mattress, in the sheets, under the bed.
The couch is also a great place to look and they love to shove them under the couch so check there as well.
If you let your kid play outside, that is the most favorite place. They love to take their shoes and socks off outside.
They also love to flush them down the toilets.
They play wash day in their rooms and use toys as their washer and dryer, check in the toys.
My youngest likes to throw his in the fire place and watch them go up in flames.
My oldest used to stick them in the lazyboy. Take that apart, I bet you find bunches.
My middle child loved to use them to play with the dog.
Check the poop in the yard.
WAHOR!!
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Definitely
the poop in the yard. I was going to take a pup to the vet because he was bloated and miserable. Lo and behold before I took him he pooped out a sock. Of course you still lose the sock unless.... I guess you could wash it and ewe
Could the sock manufactures be the culprits?
Could the sock manufactures be the culprits?
Maybe they make self dissolving socks that dissolve in water after several washings or vaporize in the dryer!
Then you have to buy more of their disappearing socks!
HAHA
Instead of the 'broken window fallacy' it should be the 'lost socks fallacy'!!!!!
The other sock is behind the grassy knoll.
I have a large surplus of lone socks (lucky 13 at last count).
I am loathe to discard uncoupled socks because I have this fear that if I throw out a black tube sock today that I will discover its identical twin tommorow.
The are only two ways out:
1. All socks exactly the same.
2. Wear odd socks.
socks
My conclusion is that: the dryer (or washer, don't rule that guy out) does not actually eat socks. Realistically, they'd get all stuck inside and eventually gum up the inner workings.
I solved the sock problem--I bought 4 zip mesh bags
1 in every bathrm. Socks go in there, when its full zip it and wash/dry. Solved my problem.
http://www.amazon.com/Mesh-Zippered-Laundry-Bag-inches/dp/B0...
Columbus, Platte Co. Nebraska
Well
I guess we'll finally tell you the truth...
Nancy Pelosi is the Sock Monster! Her current cover as speaker of the house is just that, a cover.
By night she flies around on her broom and collects various sock specimens for her sordid collection. Leaving unsuspecting people loathing for some kind of sock connection.
P.S. I heard if you put garlic on your doorknob she'll stay away from your house.
Cotton or Nylon?
Both can stick to other garments, in which case you end up wearing them somewhere until they fall off, but I think the nylons ones are harder to detect.
I'm always finding them (especially toddler size) on the sidewalks in my neighborhood (also, pacifiers, hats, and baby sunglasses). Maybe he doesn't like to bring them home.
I always keep the odd ones in case the match shows up, which it often does, sometimes a year later.
IMissLiberty
Good point
The static. I used to let my former husband go to work with socks stuck on the back of his sweater when I was mad at him. Most of those socks never came back.
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