What happens to missing socks?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Wait a sec...VJ has Chat? I thought that was disabled a long time ago.

Where have you been? G.W. Bush was even there last night!

Oh man....when did it go back in service?

I don't think it was ever out of service

I must be losing touch with reality because I could've sworn that I once looked for it and it was gone. I thought I remember reading somewhere where Capt. Ewok disabled it for awhile.

Do many of you here use it because obviously in all the time I've been on VJ, I haven't used it?

[*JG* 2]

You didn't have my answer to choose....

...my husband is a slob who leaves his clothes strewn from the back door all the way through the house, so when I couldn't take it any more, I threw them in a pile in the bottom of his closet one at a time!

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

They eventually turn into sock puppets and end up on VJ. Hence, the creation of new *threads*.

that one gets my vote

[chri'stina 190]

Theory #1

Another option is alien abduction of socks.

Scott, you're theory doesn't work for me because I always am looking for hangers too.

[Alt name 1]

Theory 2. Only cuz I SHRINK everything and the new sock, which resembles the original pair, just quite the same. ALSO, since everything is (properly) mixed in my laundry, the new color actually makes me suspicious of the parents of orgin of the now untraceable, unrecognizable new baby sock. (wondering what the hell DOES go on in that dryer and could i film it, post it, and make some $$$$ from it?)

[Marilyn. 340]

You didn't have my answer to choose....

...my husband is a slob who leaves his clothes strewn from the back door all the way through the house, so when I couldn't take it any more, I threw them in a pile in the bottom of his closet one at a time!

there was the option of "Other"

[Mags 112]

Wait a sec...VJ has Chat? I thought that was disabled a long time ago.

Well, even I've used it. Steven you need to pay a bit more attention...oh and I vote for the Sock Fairy.

[ELW 5]

My hubby, who never in his life used a washing machine before coming to USA, did not believe me when I told him about the disappearing socks. The first time we did the wash together, he thought I had hid the missing socks. He started to do the wash solely on his own, when I was at work. Only then he accepted the phenomenon. Obviously, they are mysteriously whisked away to the rings of Saturn.

[yassmine2878 1]

Wait a sec...VJ has Chat? I thought that was disabled a long time ago.

Where have you been? G.W. Bush was even there last night!

Oh man....when did it go back in service?

I don't think it was ever out of service

I must be losing touch with reality because I could've sworn that I once looked for it and it was gone. I thought I remember reading somewhere where Capt. Ewok disabled it for awhile.

Do many of you here use it because obviously in all the time I've been on VJ, I haven't used it?

MENA uses it regularly. Steven you really should stop by for one of our slumber parties. Even charles has made himself a regular and its so intense he has to wear a papersack on his head.

Another option is alien abduction of socks.

Aliens have feet?

(wondering what the hell DOES go on in that dryer and could i film it, post it, and make some $$$$ from it?)

What happens in the Maytag, stays on youtube

My hubby, who never in his life used a washing machine before coming to USA, did not believe me when I told him about the disappearing socks. The first time we did the wash together, he thought I had hid the missing socks. He started to do the wash solely on his own, when I was at work. Only then he accepted the phenomenon. Obviously, they are mysteriously whisked away to the rings of Saturn.

My husband does not believe in the whole missing sock thing either. Which makes me wonder, do socks only dissapear in America? Are they so content and obedient in other countries that the idea of escape has never occured to them? Hmmmmm much to ponder......

ETA: It would seem my theories are the most popular. I feel a Nobel Prize coming my way.....

Edited January 3, 2008 by yassmine2878

[Krikit 1,164]

I couldn't vote because I believe some identical socks have a strong yearning to be seen as individuals and not as one unit. This leads them to pursue opposing career paths such as the aforementioned sock puppets, dance, and philanthropy. Case in point.

Socks who were successful at resolving a temporary identity crisis will return to their homes like the prodigal sock, if you will. Some socks, unfortunately, are never able to readjust once they have been out in the world and experienced all that life has to offer. The exhilaration of climbing Mount Everest; lighting up the big screen in films such as Dirty Dancing and Fame; or the allure of polishing the tables of fine country furniture is difficult to overcome, and they will decamp once again.

Either that or they run off to Saturn.

[Marilyn. 340]

I couldn't vote because I believe some identical socks have a strong yearning to be seen as individuals and not as one unit. This leads them to pursue opposing career paths such as the aforementioned sock puppets, dance, and philanthropy. Case in point.

Socks who were successful at resolving a temporary identity crisis will return to their homes like the prodigal sock, if you will. Some socks, unfortunately, are never able to readjust once they have been out in the world and experienced all that life has to offer. The exhilaration of climbing Mount Everest; lighting up the big screen in films such as Dirty Dancing and Fame; or the allure of polishing the tables of fine country furniture is difficult to overcome, and they will decamp once again.

Either that or they run off to Saturn.

vote Other then

[Krikit 1,164]

vote Other then

OMG. THAT was a blonde moment. Or was that blind?

[Nessa 23]

[ric 0]

I have a band of underpants gnomes that live in my house. They especially like the spaces around the washing machines but I also have them in my dresser and closet.

Underpants gnomes will steal ANYTHING but they also try and replace it. Once, inexplicably, we discovered a pair of jeans that fit no one in my house had appeared but a host of socks had vanished. This was an exchange. I haven't the vaugest idea what they wanted them for, but it was a nice pair of jeans and we took them to the local thrift.

We were also exchanged some socks for a pair of gold underpants that no one was either willign ot admit to purchasing or were delieved by our gnomes.

I got a cat, and we have a lot less theivery, but she has weird habits about watching my closet, and napping in my dresser but not in the drawers, but sneaking behidn the drawers and going in there. So, she stuffs herself on whatever gnomes weren't fast enough to get away, and then has a nap, and crawls out when she's ready.

So, I voted for Jenn's theory, because whatever you call them, gnomes, trolls or fairies, they're still little thieves that take your stuff!