Serious question: Where do socks go?

[undeterred]

Why do I have so many unmatched socks? :shrug:

[chicagojoe]

1. Socks go on your feet.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

2. I think the washing machine eats them. I have the same problem.

I don't know though, maybe it's the dryer. :shrug:

[Juice45]

3. The dryer/washer eats an odd number everytime you wash

so you always have a spare and nothing matches.

[Scout1071]

4. They take off looking for the random shoes on the side of the road.

How in the heck do those shoes end up there anyway?

[fertilizeonarbusto]

5. "They are living with Jesus"-Erma Bombeck

Still miss ya, Erma.

[CornField]

23. Loved Erma

Miss her too.

[undeterred]

6. I have 3 black knee high stockings that are different

and 9 white socks with no mate. I am sure these all had a matching partner when I bought them...

[AllegroRondo]

7. They are eaten by the closet monster.

The same monster responsible for hiding the TV remote and making extra coat hangers.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

9. LMAO! n/t

[Nite Owl]

8. It's a conspiracy

of the retail industry led by Wal Mart so you have to go buy more.

:tinfoilhat: :-)

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Narnia

At least that's what Family Guy tells me.

[Not_Giving_Up]

11. The sock monster eats them

Said monster lives behind the dryer, and comes out after you load the clothes in. He only needs to eat a few socks a month, and always one at a time.

[undeterred]

14. This is a plausible theory

but when I keep running the strays through the dryer, why won't he eat those too?

[Not_Giving_Up]

15. He doesn't pay attention to the type or color of sock

He's not trying to eat matched pairs, any more than you make an effort to eat look-a-like Cheez-Its or Animal Crackers. He just reaches in and grabs one. Eventually, all of your socks will disappear if you don't replace the ones he eats.

[hobbit709]

12. They get lost in

the Sock Dimension.

[AllegroRondo]

13. Serious Answer: Clean out your dryer vent.

[Not_Giving_Up]

16. I clean out my dryer vent

After every load...The sock monster still munches on!

[undeterred]

18. My dryer has a vent?

You mean the thing that goes to the outside?

[AllegroRondo]

21. Yup!

Unscrew the vent from your dryer, and give it a good cleaning. A toilet brush works pretty well. You'll be surprized at what ends up in there.

[undeterred]

22. Will there be money?

[AllegroRondo]

24. I've found spare change in there before

your results may vary.

[bertha katzenengel]

17. Are you kidding? You don't know about the Valley of the Lost Socks?

Many things have been found there among the socks....

[auntAgonist]

19. I see socks in the street!

I think they just die there, they run out of steam or something , just not enough strength to continue the flight to freedom ... sad really

:cry:

[tavalon]

20. They turn into wire hangers

It is truly conservation of matter in action.

[tsakshaug]

25. My solution

I buy the same color and type of socks- 2 packages of white and dark blue one package of brown. Never know if they are partnerless, or find a mate for them easily. Then when one gets a hole it get thrown out and a partner is easily found.

[undeterred]

26. So far I have found one sock behind the dryer.

I will take apart the vent for further investigation.

[Debbi801]

27. Don't know. According to my 12 yr old, it is cool to wear unmatched socks

Which is a good thing, since between the 3 kids, we have a ton of unmatched socks. :-)

Debbi

[undeterred]

29. Its probably cool when you're 12

but there's probably an age when its not cool at all! :freak:

[NoSheep]

28. The same place the lighters and scissors go.

[undeterred]

30. And fingernail clippers

you know you have at least 3 or 4 around the house, but not when you urgently need one!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. And cellphone chargers. And scotch tape. And ballpoint pens. And...

Need I go on?

[Ikonoklast]

31. Every other day of the week I get a UPS delivery

sent from I don't know where, but it usually consists of 4 to 5 hundred unmatched socks in three large parcels. Whichever one of you is doing it, please stop as it is getting to be most annoying. Thank you.

[undeterred]

32. Its probably the Sock Monster sending them.

Hey, you don't have any missing Kerry-Edwards votes, do you?

[no name no slogan]

33. NOT over your shoes

...or over the cuffs of your pants, either. Trust me, I speak from personal experience.

:dunce:

[seemunkee]

35. Through a black hole

Ren and Stimpy discovered them

[dajoki]

36. aliens

like al bundy's.