# Where do the socks go? (no joke!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936 "2014-03-30T21:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936/21 "2014-03-31T16:47:02Z")
> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#): > > When I became single I threw out all my socks, then bought eighteen pairs (they came in 6-packs) of identical socks. Now I never have to pair any that come out of the wash or worry about single socks going missing…! Multiple pairs of the same sock is the way to go, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936/22 "2014-03-31T17:31:47Z")
My dogs eat them. I’m sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936/23 "2014-03-31T19:19:23Z")
\*\*Where do the socks go? \*\* [QUOTE=George Carlin] Where do things go when they’re lost? You know what I think? I think there’s a big pile of things somewhere. I think there’s a big constantly changing pile of things that are lost. You lose something,whoo-pop, it goes to the pile. And then you say, ‘Oh look, there it is,’ whoowhoowhoowhoowhoowhooph. Right back from the pile. And you didn’t even know there was a pile. ``` And where is the pile? In Heaven, of course...has to be in Heaven. ``` That’s the first thing that happens when you get to Heaven, They give you back everything you ever lost. That’s the whole meaning of Heaven. You get back everything; ‘Here ya’ are, 79 pairs of sunglasses, 212 cigarette lighters, 4,983 ball point pens. Here’s a jock strap we found on the Golden state freeway…it appears to have mule hoofprints and chocolate sprinkles on it…must’ve been quite an evening.’ [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936/24 "2014-03-31T20:19:52Z")
The answer, especially if you tend to overload your washer, is that they escaped one at a time over the top of the washer tub, into the overflow hose, and into the sewer. You can keep it from happening by putting your socks into a zippered mesh “hosiery & lingerie bag” before they go in the washer. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936/25 "2014-03-31T21:34:08Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I thought everyone knew that the dryer lint trap was actually a portal to another dimension. Correct. Belly button lint is actually the residue of socks that fell into that wormhole. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936/26 "2014-03-31T21:54:12Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > You can keep it from happening by putting your socks into a zippered mesh “hosiery & lingerie bag” before they go in the washer. I’ve been doing this for a few years now. It really cuts down on sorting time. If friends come to stay with me for a bit, I hand them a bag for their socks and one for underwear. That way they don’t get mixed up with my stuff and cause extra sorting time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-the-socks-go-no-joke/684936.md?page=1)