How is it that socks, an inanimate item have somehow developed a life of their own? I have seen a sock hanging in a tree in the park, seen one hanging from a telephone wire, I once saw on leap out of the window of a car ahead of me.
I have found socks (always one why is that?) in my yard that dont belong to me - how do they get there? I have seen a sock washed in with the tide.
They move from drawer to drawer in the house, they disappear from the washing machine - they turn up in unexpected places. I once had one fall out of my jean leg while I was shopping - I have seen them clinging to someone's back in the mall -
You dress a tiny baby to go out, come back a few seconds later and whats missing? A sock. I once watched one work its way off my sons foot while he was watching TV - inch by inch until it was free, then it immediately scooted under the couch. And disappeared
Of all the clothing we own what is it with socks?
2007-12-05 06:08:39 · 22 answers · asked by isotope2007 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
As seniors have we lived long enough to understand or form some theories about how socks have developed these abilities?
2007-12-05 06:09:16 · update #1
And have you noticed you can put a perfectly good pair of socks in your drawer but when you take them out one has somehow developed a hole? Its never both of them either, its always just one - and somehow the mate can still look almost new.
There are forces at work here we dont understand --
2007-12-05 10:24:30 · update #2
One morning, I was going to work and grabbed my lab jacket out of the dryer. Now, I had to walk down to the first floor, walk one block to where we parked the car, got in the car, went to the gas station, got coffee to go, went back to the car, parked my car, walked another block to the doctors office where I worked , opened it up and a fellow employee asked me if I was wearing a bra? I said of course! She said, well there is another one attached to your lab jacket in the back, LOL...damn hitchhiker!
I also was in WalMart and apparently another hitchhiker was in my pants leg, this time it was underwear, I kicked it under a counter, no way in hell was I going to pick it up! LOL
2007-12-05 06:52:16 · answer #1 · answered by slk29406 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
i don't certainly understand. and that i've got questioned this in the previous. because of the fact with some communities that is hardship-free. A tiger. A D-lower back. An Angel. A Yankee. yet i replaced into thinking approximately this the different day, because of the fact i think of Rockies is an odd one too. A Rocky? It isn't smart. Rockies are plural mountains. you do not call Pikes height a rocky. that is a you employ Rocky Mountain so rocky could be an adjective, yet not a noun. So that is wierd to me to think of of a participant being a Rocky. So, THEN that have been given me thinking approximately crimson Sox and White Sox. A white sox/a crimson sox does not sound good. yet A crimson sock/ a white sock only sounds wierd. interesting question.
2016-12-17 08:09:59 · answer #2 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wear socks, as opposed to tights under my trousers, because of a health thing but, I can categorically state that I have NEVER EVER washed an even number of socks.
Between me and my partner I probably wash at least 12 PAIRS ( pairs being the operative word) a week. WHY? WHY? WHY? is there always one missing. Only ONE! but why? Where does it go? If I do happen to find an ODD one, where is the one that goes with it?
Sorry, got to go and have a nervous breakdown for a minute!
2007-12-05 06:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hangers are like socks only in a different way: Ever try to get just one out of a closet? A tangled mess. Come to the conclusion they are breeding in the closet.
Socks, on the other hand, are masters of static control & deception. They cling to the unsubspecting & then cause grief when only one shows up at a very bad time.
2007-12-05 06:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by dragon 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a senior but I can tell you I am a firm believer in the Sock Monster! He lies in wait and steals our socks one at a time, and just to throw us off track, every one and awhile he returns one, but only after we've given up hope and thrown away it's mate! He's an evil soul with a sick, twisted sense of humor. Beware, he's waiting behind your washing machine!
;)
2007-12-05 06:13:13 · answer #5 · answered by Ista 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Now that you brought up the
subject, I am out of socks and
I have been trying for 3 days
online just to find a company
that sells various COLORED
socks. No luck. All I am finding is white and black.
What gives? Anyone have
a "live" site?
2007-12-05 12:49:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What timing Iso, I'm trying to find a pair of socks that match right now, in my case my dog is the sock culprit!
2007-12-05 11:43:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "single sock" theory, it escaped from it's previous owner to join the "single tennis shoe in the road". The sock in the tree,commited suicide.The one that washed up on shore,left Cuba for a better life. It's not just socks commiting this act of reckless abandon, it's also womens lacy underwear. They show up on car antennas, glove boxes,mail boxes and on ,and on and ,............................
2007-12-05 06:40:08 · answer #8 · answered by catspit 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The sock is a joyful free spirit, that bears witness to the doings of mankind. That's why you find them virtually any and everywhere -- unobtrusively observing. It is not big brother to beware -- it is big brother's AWOL sock.
2007-12-05 09:01:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I so enjoyed your little parody. Where do socks go one of the mystery's of life. They are great hitchhikers. I guess they find being lost is better then being on feet. I buy all the same kind, but even so I do find my pairs dwindling. Maybe we should attach sock cams on them. Thanks for the laugh.
2007-12-05 06:45:52 · answer #10 · answered by Leana 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋