Whatever I do it’s always the same: I end up with an uneven number of socks…
After talking with friends about this major issue, I realized that they also have the same problem, but what could that mean?

Is it somehow a kind of universal physical law?

it’s the Fish People.

Alexei Sayle knew all about them

Have you got an average amount of legs ?

They are stealing one of your socks?

I’m not quite sure about it but my theory is that no matter the amount of leg there is some kind of inherent thermodynamic instability in having an even number of socks.

They are stealing one of your socks?

That could be, but then who’s stealing their socks?

I have an above average number of legs.

It’s the wormhole in your sock drawer allowing them to sneak off to Planet S’Ock when your back’s turned… 😉

This lot:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idHlk8mTd9Y[/video]

That could be, but then who’s stealing their socks?

each other. a never ending circle of sock thievery. unless it’s The Fish People

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu3fDouzTpk[/video]

hmm, needs the rest of it really

It’s the wormhole

Actually I was thinking that such a thing could be created while the washer dryer is rotating (thus explaining why some socks – one usually- disappear).

I always assumed that they turned into those wire coat hangers. I have loads in my wardrobe but I’ve never bought any.

Oops double post

I always assumed that they turned into those wire coat hangers. I have loads in my wardrobe but I’ve never bought any.

Are you familiar with the teachings of Hugo Rune by any chance?

Actually, the coat hangers are sentient liquid metal, and when SkyNet goes live they’re all going to morph into T-9000 Terminators.

I had to google Hugo rune. Now I have something to investigate. Cheers!

If you’re just embarking on that voyage of discovery then I don’t know whether to be envious of you or sympathetic. But either way, let me know how you get on.

Thinking about it,

I may be barking up the wrong tree. Was it Douglas Adams who talked about wire coat-hangers?

I really shouldn’t spod when tired.

socks don’t disappear

interrogate your partner – my wife has a big bag of odd socks that I only found out about last year. There are maybe 50 in there, many can even be paired up but she doesn’t do that; all she ever does is add to it 🙄 👿 😆

Do you have a dog, OP? Ours likes to steal socks and bury them in the garden. No idea what’s going on in her tiny mind.

i stole one for covering the sensor on my garden light !

At some point, I tried to get around the problem by buying all the same socks (which is sad) so that if several would disappear, I would still be able to build pairs out of them.

This strategy was partly successful but didn’t solve the problem: among those pairs of socks, there is still a lonely one.

Eddie Izzard hit the nail on the head here.
You have to sacrifice some socks and occasionaly a pair of pants to the washing god. He sits at the back of the washer and eats the socks he likes the look of.

Mine seem to turn pink in places no idea why. I always end up with black socks and pink patches round the toes.

The socks are alive. And canibalistic. They eat each other…