Yes, I know it is the staple of any stand-up comedians routine, but I am still ficking pissed about losing my fecking socks! I focking need a black pair of socks…key word pair…but sock after facking sock I pull out has no fycking twin. I don’t give two rat’s asses and a bicycle pump where the socks go, I just want my fwcking socks in pairs, so I can wear them and stuff. Plural, not sock, sock is useless to me, socks, socks are important and good and dammit it isn’t funny.
The top drawer has white socks in it. All identical socks bought at the same time. (Wilson-ankle crews) I don’t bother to even pair them. Every summer replace them with a new dozen pair.
The second drawer is full of black socks. All identical (Wilson calf crew) no need to pair them either. Every winter replace them as well.
Homebrew has the answer. I ranted and ranted about my disappearing socks until out of desperation I tried the safety pin method. Every night, when you remove your socks, pin them together (I keep a dish of safety pins on my nightstand for this purpose). Then toss them into the hamper. Once they’re washed and dried, just stick them into the drawer as is, still pinned together. When you need a pair of socks, grab one, remove the pin and place it back in the dish.
Contrary to what some people believe, this will not harm your socks. I even pin my knee-high nylons.
Now my only sock related rant is that the heels keep wearing out because they last so long.
When we moved to our new house, I made a point of making sure we didn’t bring any old maid socks with us. As we cleaned and prepared to move, I threw every sock I found into a big basket, matched 'em all just before the moving truck came, and threw the rest of them out. Four years later, I have an entire laundry basket full of old maid socks again! Being the crafty type, I have managed to find uses for the occasional odd sock, but this quantity exhausts even my creativity.
Incidentally, scout1222 - I suggested (jokingly, mostly) to my daughter that she darn her socks instead of tossing them when they got worn out. She looked at me with the most puzzled expression, then glared at the socks in her hand and yelled, “DARN YOU, YOU DARN SOCKS!”
BTW G/O try looking UNDER the dryer. Some dryers have a little space between the door and the tumbler. It’s not very big but sometimes a sock can accidently slip through. When I was younger my mom had one that ATE socks. Until the heating element went out and I took the back off to replace the coil.
Imagine my surprise to find years worth of long lost socks beneath the tumbler.
I failed to mention that on some dryers you will probably have to either remove the back OR pop the front panel. The whole front on some (mine is) is hinged and has a catch that can be popped, like the top of some stoves. The tumbler will have a “barrel” around it and most dryers will have a bottom plate. The socks are usually found in the barrel or there final resting place on the bottom.
I was changing the belt on our dryer last year and reclaimed about a half dozen socks. I pop the front every now and then just to check.
Matter of fact, I checked a few minutes ago and found two of my daughter’s socks hiding out.
I don’t even bother matching my socks. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if I came in to work wearing one black, one white some day. Like anyone cares. It doubt it’s possible for my coworkers to think I’m even more of a freak than I already am.
If any of you are teachers, or know teachers, and they use individual whiteboards or blackboards in their classrooms for the kids, donate your lonely socks to them to use as erasers. My mom has been doing this for years, but has the kids bring their own socks, but she has a few of her own if needed. She cuts the toes off, and the kids can slide the sock over their wrist and erase with their wrist, rather than having one had useless because its in a sock.
Smart woman, my mom!
I hate losing socks too, especially since I like to buy cute socks with neat patterns or images on them!
