Don’t take 'em out of the dryer and do that “thang” where you put 'em together and fold them in on themselves and make 'em into this “fist-like” thing, so they will take up less room (ostensibly) in your sock-drawer!
It is my theory (unproven: is that a hypothenuse?:D) that this will wear out the elasticity and will make your socks come down around your ankles when you don’t have a spare pair in reserve and you will have to walk around the office all day with those sonofabitches schlumping around the tops of your shoes.
Instead, don’t let 'em dry all the way, but take 'em out of the dryer and then just lay them together tenderly like the twin brothers they are.
(I believe I may have made a very profound statement regarding brotherhood just now, but I’ve got Monty Python Sings playing, and I can’t be bothered with Lebensraum right now!)
Anyway, how’s that for some mundane pointless palaver?
Ha, I can one-up you. I just throw them all unmatched in my drawer. Then I just dig around for a pair of matching ones. And yes, rolling them together does make the elastic stretch out until the socks fall down at your ankles.
Quasi dear, I’m worried about you First the Lumberjack song & now socks? If you were that bored, you should have just e-mailed me.
Blueapple, I have no cite for this but heard that Madonna wears new undies everyday. Also, you & Madonna may have OCD - hate to be the one to tell you…
The best solution is to buy all of the same color and style of sock. Then you just toss 'em all in the sock drawer and pull out two at a time when you get dressed. Heck, you could even get a dozen white pair and a dozen black pair. Even the most colorblind person can tell those extremes apart!
I heard recently that men who have disorganized sock drawers have sex 3 times more often than those that organize their socks. (Really, I heard it on the radio!)
Now I fold my socks, but not in that elasticity robbing method from the OP. If you match up the socks, fold over once, then tuck the bottom into the top neatly and with a little snap of the wrist, you get a nice flat package about 1/2 the length of your (unfolded) sock. It packs neatly into your sock drawer without stretching out the elastic. It takes a little longer than the ‘toss em in the drawer’ method, but since you aren’t having sex, you need to keep your hands busy anyway :D.
