# What happens when socks go to that Great Washing Machine in the Sky?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-socks-go-to-that-great-washing-machine-in-the-sky/700499>\
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**Created:** [October 6, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-socks-go-to-that-great-washing-machine-in-the-sky/700499 "2014-10-06T00:38:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-socks-go-to-that-great-washing-machine-in-the-sky/700499/21 "2014-10-07T10:23:36Z")

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> [@SiamSam222](#):
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> Yes, a short-term sanctioned experiment. See that link, plus see my signature for this account.

Thanks, I’d seen the name and was curious. I don’t show signatures, so I wouldn’t notice that.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-socks-go-to-that-great-washing-machine-in-the-sky/700499/22 "2014-10-07T17:48:54Z")

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> [@SiamSam222](#):
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> **Green Eggs and Sam**?

**Sam Monella? Sam Ting? Sam Francisco? Sam Enchanted Evening?** 😃

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**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-socks-go-to-that-great-washing-machine-in-the-sky/700499/23 "2014-10-07T20:18:06Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> If you come forward and tell us about your past screen names, it goes a lot better than if we find it on our own.
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> \*\*In fact, if you confess we will not ban you. \*\* If we catch you on our own, could very well happen.
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> How do we find out you’ve had more than one screen name? Well, I could tell you but then I’d have to ban you. 😃

Hehe. No wait - LOL. Haha.

Good one.

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