# Save Y'all's Socks' Elasticity! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574 "2002-12-09T19:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574/1 "2002-12-09T19:17:16Z")
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? 😃 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574/2 "2002-12-09T20:03:28Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Blueapple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Blueapple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueapple)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574/3 "2002-12-09T22:33:05Z")
I have two things I am going to do when (errr… if) I become rich 1. Wear a new pair of socks every day. Some of them Hanes Premium Plush socks with the red thing at the toe would do 2. Replace the bars of soap every time the letters/symbol wear away ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574/4 "2002-12-09T22:52:24Z")
**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… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574/5 "2002-12-09T23:09:58Z")
_“…Madonna wears new undies everyday.”_ Well of course. Otherwise the rest of her wash would appear tie-dyed. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574/6 "2002-12-10T01:06:26Z")
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! That’s my tip of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574/7 "2002-12-10T03:01:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-yalls-socks-elasticity/141574/8 "2002-12-10T04:12:18Z")
Do I get a point for noticing this was on the Simpsons?