# The Solution to Lost Socks!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069 "2011-04-20T12:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069/21 "2011-04-20T20:49:51Z")
I have never, NEVER, ever lost a sock while doing laundry. Count them when you put them in the washer, count them when you put them in the dryer. AND, if you damage or tear one sock from a pair, throw both of them out. Guaranteed perfect results, uses your brain, saves on frustration. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069/22 "2011-04-20T21:11:24Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > None of this would make any difference to our daughter MilliCal, who wears unmatched pairs as a fashion statement. I think. Is she a _Criminal Minds_ fan? The actor who plays Dr. Reid Spencer always wears mismatched socks. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069/23 "2011-04-20T21:49:45Z")
I don’t lose many in the washer…they tend to go missing before they even get there. And now I have a cat who eats socks (only clean ones) so I’m a bit more careful. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069/24 "2011-04-21T00:41:34Z")
I buy a large bunch of the same socks, and ferret out the old batch once I need to start in with the new batch. It does leave me with a few pairs of the old batch that I haven’t really figured out what to do with yet. I am just into my second batch however and figure that the pairs from the last one will find a use eventually. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069/25 "2011-04-21T02:37:45Z")
The practice of buying extra socks just to lose them is part of what’s wrong with America today. Wasting perfectly good socks just because you can’t keep track of your own possessions. Pitiful. Not me, though. I GPS enabled every single sock I own. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069/26 "2011-04-21T19:51:30Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I get socks by the dozen at Costco, they all match each other. Bingo – every two years or so, I go buy a couple dozen new, identical pairs. All old socks get tossed out, new ones all match each other. ---
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069/27 "2011-04-22T01:09:48Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I have never, NEVER, ever lost a sock while doing laundry. > > Count them when you put them in the washer, count them when you put them in the dryer. > AND, if you damage or tear one sock from a pair, throw both of them out. > > Guaranteed perfect results, uses your brain, saves on frustration. 🙂 That is the sickest, most disturbing thing I have ever heard :D. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069/28 "2011-04-22T02:55:57Z")
One of the other advantages I’ve found from buying large quantities of identical socks is that if you get a hole in one you can toss it out but keep the odd sock; then when you get a hole in another one you’ve got a mate for the good one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-lost-socks/579069.md?page=1)