November 13, 2012
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cold feet
I wish to lodge a complaint. My house has been infested with sock stealing vermin. There are almost never enough socks in the house. Morning after morning we scramble around looking for matching pairs of socks to don.
It doesn't matter the state of the laundry (which is almost always bad anyway; why does one worry about laundry when there is so much more to do in life?)because even with mountains of clean laundry to look through, finding a pair of matching socks is akin to discovering the secret for world peace. (just ask @blonde_apocalypse how hard THAT would be!)
Don't try to offer up suggestions to having lots of matching socks, I've tried all the reasonable ones and a couple unreasonable ones as well. I have purchased many pairs of only one color, so if I lose one, there are more. With five pair of feet in all different sizes, I still won't find a matching pair. I've gotten quicky clips to put the pair in the wash together. Only one comes out and the clips are in the bottom of the washer. Once I even had to bring in the repairman to remove a damn clip from the drain pipe.
I am sure there is a secret plot by all sock stealing vermin to keep our feet in odd pairs of socks. I've been told that rabbits in an alternate universe wear them on their ears to keep warm. I don't know why this is, but I can easily imagine colorful eared fluffy blue bunnies - of course they are blue, 'tis an alternate universe after all!
Does anyone know a good exterminator?
Comments (17)
Socks do not mate for life.
I guess being male it's not anything I worry about. I only wear a few different kinds of socks (my regular white socks for everyday wear, black dress socks with my work uniform, and kilt hose when dawning my kilt suit or playing pipes at an event). It's always easy to find matching socks for me.
perfect comment up there. i often wear socks that don't match. each other. or what i'm wearing.
@promisesunshine - are you kidding me? You don't even wear shoes that match!
(And just for the record, we don't wear matching socks either, but we call it a fashion statement)
@wickedgood - i just got yelled at for laughing. (i usually do wear shoes that match.) drama in the land of sunshine. time for me to go.
All I can say is I'm glad that bug went to your house and not mine.
I started having same problem after my oldest was about 7 or 8 yrs old and my mother gave me a stack of old diaper pins. I Pinned the pair together at the cuff and washed. Never lost any more socks.
Good Luck!
solution in my house with 6 sock wearers tube socks all white and always in my drawer. Tgey raid my drawers daily but if they do their job is to go through and sort laundry during tv time and replace all the socks to the right place.
What if the dryer turns one of the mates into lint? O_o
I've had the same issues with vanishing socks. What worked for me was purchasing one of those small, mesh-like netted bags and I put all of my socks in there. They're all washed together and I lose fewer socks that way.
Mine mate for life. They are sole mates. Just kidding. My daughter solved that problem. She never wears socks that match and I just don't wear socks anymore. There are many different ways to solve a problem.
@secretbeerreporter, @Parker_Texas, @alterEGGO, @MyxlDove, while I love you all, you are entirely too sensible. sigh...
Ah! So that's where they go! I have a drawer full of odd socks. Every once in awhile I will discover a pair that match among the odd ones but I suspect there is a portal of some sort in my basement... blue bunnies beware!
If you find one send him here. The washer and drier in the laundry room eats mine.
Believe it or not, I came up with the perfect solution for all sock orphans... Old fashioned diaper pins. Have a container of them next to the hamper. Take off the socks. pin the tops together. Wash them. Voila. Never ever a sock orphan again.
Now if I can just figure out how to exterminate the Sock Taster - you know, the one who eats a hole in ONE sock toe, rendering an entire pair useless...
lol,
I only wear while socks---98% of the time, but ever so often one ends up missing.
My wife and I both wear Hanes underwear. Sometimes she mixes a pair of hers with mine. I really believe she wants to see if I would be dumb enough to put on a pair of hers by accident--not a chance. She has always been a horrible tease and trick player. lol
frank
p.s. Have a very nice day.
Frank
sorry for being so sensible. I know it is a tough thing to loose the socks. I know there is a pile of left socks somewhere in the world just pining away for their mate ( I don't know do socks mate for life?). Have you thought of just letting your freak flag fly and wearing odd socks? or making sock monkeys out of the left behind socks? how about making puppets and then writing a show to go with? Or just take the left behind socks and have a matching party, see which ones compliment the others that way they don't have to be exact but close or color blocked socks one red one orange to go with the yellow pants?
@alterEGGO - ah yes, that's much better. I can sincerely use these suggestions, flags and puppets and parties are oh so great. I think the blue bunnies can work with these ideas.
@ANVRSADDAY - somehow, I am pretty sure you wouldn't wear women's underwear. I know I could be wrong, but if you wear only white socks, I'm gonna be pretty secure in my prediction. smiles, Shari
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