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Case of the missing socks
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. |
Case of the missing socks
On 16 Sep 2015 17:23:13 GMT, KenK wrote:
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? Theory? You didn't put a safety pin on your socks to keep them together, like Moms used to do. "How often does the sock gnome strike in your home? There are always a couple of socks missing from each load and they're nowhere to be seen." http://www.ehow.com/how_4422199_keep-socks-together-washer.html G |
Case of the missing socks
On 16 Sep 2015 17:23:13 GMT, KenK wrote:
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? There is a simple, totally affective, way to prevent this from happening in the future... quit washing them! After a short period of time they will begin to take on a life of their own and nobody would want to get near them, let alone carry them off, so the demand for them would eventually reduce to zero. Problem solved. |
Case of the missing socks
On 16 Sep 2015 17:23:13 GMT, KenK wrote:
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? I'm more worried about my missing shoe. |
Case of the missing socks
Oren wrote in news:93ajvatmkg4h9bdiimu3k5bkc7sblgclak@
4ax.com: Theory? You didn't put a safety pin on your socks to keep them together, like Moms used to do. That's a new one to me. I'll have to try to remeber to do that. -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. |
Case of the missing socks
On 16 Sep 2015 18:04:51 GMT, KenK wrote:
Oren wrote in news:93ajvatmkg4h9bdiimu3k5bkc7sblgclak@ 4ax.com: Theory? You didn't put a safety pin on your socks to keep them together, like Moms used to do. That's a new one to me. I'll have to try to remeber to do that. Get a mesh bag instead. That's what I used in the Navy. |
Case of the missing socks
On 16 Sep 2015 18:04:51 GMT, KenK wrote:
Oren wrote in news:93ajvatmkg4h9bdiimu3k5bkc7sblgclak@ 4ax.com: Theory? You didn't put a safety pin on your socks to keep them together, like Moms used to do. That's a new one to me. I'll have to try to remeber to do that. I seem to recall, when folks at public "laundromats" found a stray sock or clothing article in a washer or dryer they would tack it on a bulletin board in case someone was missing it. A mesh laundry bag was used so women's lady panty hose didn't disappear down the drain hose. Something like that :) |
Case of the missing socks
On 9/16/2015 10:23 AM, KenK wrote:
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. No. The aliens are fascinated with book *matches*! Any smoker could tell you that their matches are ALWAYS missing. It's because the aliens come and collect them when they're not looking. Every once in a while, you'll hear some astronomer report on sighting some new supernova. In truth, this is really one of the aliens' home planets going up in a giant ball of fire when some dolt like Frodbelg or Gnifgnorf "accidentally" lights one of the matches... without noticing all the *other* collected matches nearby! RIP Frodbelg. It is for this reason that many smokers switch to using LIGHTERS -- out of concern for all of the other Frodbelgs and Gnifgnorfs out there! Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? |
Case of the missing socks
On 09/16/2015 12:23 PM, KenK wrote:
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? Many years ago I came home from the laundromat with a little extra: Some black lace woman's underwear. My wife questioned that one! Now I'm on my 2nd marriage and we have our own washer and drier. I looked all over the house for a missing sock, and my wife found it next to the bed. |
Case of the missing socks
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 12:23:17 PM UTC-5, KenK wrote:
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? -- I never had a problem with it when I was a young man taking my clothing to a laundromat. I'd run my hand around the tub of the washer to make sure I found any sock that got stuck there. I did the same with the dryer. I would find one or two socks stuck there every trip I made to wash my clothes. Sometimes I'd make it home with extra socks and none of mine were missing. Socks can get stuck to the inside of the washer's drum during the spin cycle and if it's a front loader, you should rotate the drum by hand and feel around any area that's out of your line of sight. Static electricity can also cause a sock to stick to the area of a front loading dryer that you don't see so rotate the drum by hand and feel around for them. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Sock Monster |
Case of the missing socks
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:11:53 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote: I never had a problem with it when I was a young man taking my clothing to a laundromat. I'd run my hand around the tub of the washer to make sure I found any sock that got stuck there. I did the same with the dryer. I would find one or two socks stuck there every trip I made to wash my clothes. Sometimes I'd make it home with extra socks and none of mine were missing. Socks can get stuck to the inside of the washer's drum during the spin cycle and if it's a front loader, you should rotate the drum by hand and feel around any area that's out of your line of sight. Static electricity can also cause a sock to stick to the area of a front loading dryer that you don't see so rotate the drum by hand and feel around for them. ^_^ Probably some socks wind up in a pants leg during the wash. I've gotten to work a few times and noticed a fabric softener sheet sticking out of my pants leg. Who knows how many have fallen out. |
Case of the missing socks
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 2:35:26 PM UTC-5, Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:11:53 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster wrote: I never had a problem with it when I was a young man taking my clothing to a laundromat. I'd run my hand around the tub of the washer to make sure I found any sock that got stuck there. I did the same with the dryer. I would find one or two socks stuck there every trip I made to wash my clothes. Sometimes I'd make it home with extra socks and none of mine were missing. Socks can get stuck to the inside of the washer's drum during the spin cycle and if it's a front loader, you should rotate the drum by hand and feel around any area that's out of your line of sight. Static electricity can also cause a sock to stick to the area of a front loading dryer that you don't see so rotate the drum by hand and feel around for them. ^_^ Probably some socks wind up in a pants leg during the wash. I've gotten to work a few times and noticed a fabric softener sheet sticking out of my pants leg. Who knows how many have fallen out. I thought everyone checked their pants before folding or hanging them up? Heck, I have to check my pants even when I'm wearing them. I was given a medication at one time that caused involuntary spasms and my hands to jump when I tried to type at my keyboard. I typed some pretty funny stuff and it was like I was stuttering as I typed. The other side effect was bed wetting which is why I check my pants. I'm suspicious of the medication I'm given by the nurses so I wear disposable big boy pull-ups. I sing,"I'm a big kid now." Like in the TV commercial. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Pee Monster |
Case of the missing socks
Many years ago I came home from the laundromat with a little extra: Some black lace woman's underwear. My wife questioned that one! Now I'm on my 2nd marriage and we have our own washer and drier. I looked all over the house for a missing sock, and my wife found it next to the bed. Why is it that people always find things in the last place they look? -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
Case of the missing socks
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:11:53 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote: On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 12:23:17 PM UTC-5, KenK wrote: Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? -- I never had a problem with it when I was a young man taking my clothing to a laundromat. I'd run my hand around the tub of the washer to make sure I found any sock that got stuck there. I did the same with the dryer. I would find one or two socks stuck there every trip I made to wash my clothes. Sometimes I'd make it home with extra socks and none of mine were missing. Socks can get stuck to the inside of the washer's drum during the spin cycle and if it's a front loader, you should rotate the drum by hand and feel around any area that's out of your line of sight. Static electricity can also cause a sock to stick to the area of a front loading dryer that you don't see so rotate the drum by hand and feel around for them. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Sock Monster That;s the actual answer I believe. Sometimes you do lose a sock, but sometimes you come home with a sock that someone else left in a machine and you just think that you lost the other one since they all look alike. One of my cats has a thing about my socks. He regularly pulls one out of the hamper and drops it somewhere. Since he gets under lots of furniture, the sock is likely to end up almost anywhere. |
Case of the missing socks
KenK wrote:
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? I sometimes find single socks on the side of the machine, in-between stuff. My case Closed. Greg |
Case of the missing socks
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:23:17 AM UTC-7, KenK wrote:
Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. I am convinced that socks are the larval form of wire coat hangars. I keep missing socks and accumating those hangars. Harry K |
Case of the missing socks
On 09/16/2015 09:26 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
Many years ago I came home from the laundromat with a little extra: Some black lace woman's underwear. My wife questioned that one! Now I'm on my 2nd marriage and we have our own washer and drier. I looked all over the house for a missing sock, and my wife found it next to the bed. Why is it that people always find things in the last place they look? Incredibly there are a few people who keep on looking anyway |
Case of the missing socks
On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 3:33:36 AM UTC-5, Harry K wrote:
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:23:17 AM UTC-7, KenK wrote: Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. I am convinced that socks are the larval form of wire coat hangars. I keep missing socks and accumating those hangars. Harry K Socks show up in newsgroups all the time. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Static Monster |
Case of the missing socks
On 9/16/2015 10:26 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
I looked all over the house for a missing sock, and my wife found it next to the bed. Why is it that people always find things in the last place they look? Why do people stop looking after they find some thing? - .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
Case of the missing socks
On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 06:28:12 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote: On 9/16/2015 10:26 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote: I looked all over the house for a missing sock, and my wife found it next to the bed. Why is it that people always find things in the last place they look? Why do people stop looking after they find some thing? Cuz they were/are terrible at the game Hide and Seek? - . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus . www.lds.org . . -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
Case of the missing socks
Oren wrote in news:lrcjvapbjmdgoaj4aqi2ju2mn5no8r1s9v@
4ax.com: I seem to recall, when folks at public "laundromats" found a stray sock or clothing article in a washer or dryer they would tack it on a bulletin board in case someone was missing it. Yes, I remember that. Or some other way to make them available and noticed. But I haven't seen it done for years now. -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. |
Case of the missing socks
Vic Smith posted for all of us...
Probably some socks wind up in a pants leg during the wash. I've gotten to work a few times and noticed a fabric softener sheet sticking out of my pants leg. Who knows how many have fallen out. That's why I don't wear shorts, my Depends stick out... -- Tekkie |
Case of the missing socks
Gordon Shumway posted for all of us...
On 16 Sep 2015 17:23:13 GMT, KenK wrote: Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? There is a simple, totally affective, way to prevent this from happening in the future... quit washing them! After a short period of time they will begin to take on a life of their own and nobody would want to get near them, let alone carry them off, so the demand for them would eventually reduce to zero. Problem solved. +1 Perfect solution. -- Tekkie |
Case of the missing socks
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 12:42:22 PM UTC-5, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On 16 Sep 2015 17:23:13 GMT, KenK wrote: Most every time I go to the laundromat I come home with one or two less socks than I went with! As I did today. My theory is all their customers' missing socks are recycled to China by all the laundromats and resold in Walmart or dollar stores. Or aliens are collecting them for some interesting reason. Or... Winder how many other items I'm missing? What's your theory? There is a simple, totally affective, way to prevent this from happening in the future... quit washing them! After a short period of time they will begin to take on a life of their own and nobody would want to get near them, let alone carry them off, so the demand for them would eventually reduce to zero. Problem solved. How can you tell if a pair of jeans belong to a biker?....They stand up on their own. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Trouser Monster |
Case of the missing socks
On 17 Sep 2015 17:34:39 GMT, KenK wrote:
Oren wrote in news:lrcjvapbjmdgoaj4aqi2ju2mn5no8r1s9v@ 4ax.com: I seem to recall, when folks at public "laundromats" found a stray sock or clothing article in a washer or dryer they would tack it on a bulletin board in case someone was missing it. Yes, I remember that. Or some other way to make them available and noticed. But I haven't seen it done for years now. We live in different times today. Youngsters can't think. You remember the washers called titty ringers? |
Case of the missing socks
On 09/16/2015 12:41 PM, Gordon Shumway wrote:
[snip] There is a simple, totally affective, way to prevent this from happening in the future... quit washing them! After a short period of time they will begin to take on a life of their own and nobody would want to get near them, let alone carry them off, so the demand for them would eventually reduce to zero. Problem solved. an alternative is stop worrying about pairs. When you're getting dressed you need two socks. There's no reason they need to be a particular two. -- 99 days until the winter celebration (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." [Carl Sagan] |
Case of the missing socks
On 09/17/2015 03:17 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
[snip] There is a simple, totally affective, way to prevent this from happening in the future... quit washing them! After a short period of time they will begin to take on a life of their own and nobody would want to get near them, let alone carry them off, so the demand for them would eventually reduce to zero. Problem solved. +1 Perfect solution. Then it could be like that "Married With Children" episode where some aliens want all Al's dirty socks to use as spaceship fuel. -- 99 days until the winter celebration (Friday December 25, 2015 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). "The equal toleration of all religions...is the same as atheism. [Pope Leo XIII, "Imortale Dei"] |
Case of the missing socks
Oren wrote in
: On 17 Sep 2015 17:34:39 GMT, KenK wrote: Oren wrote in news:lrcjvapbjmdgoaj4aqi2ju2mn5no8r1s9v@ 4ax.com: I seem to recall, when folks at public "laundromats" found a stray sock or clothing article in a washer or dryer they would tack it on a bulletin board in case someone was missing it. Yes, I remember that. Or some other way to make them available and noticed. But I haven't seen it done for years now. We live in different times today. Youngsters can't think. You remember the washers called titty ringers? Yep. Probably have to go to a museum to see one now. -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. |
Case of the missing socks
On 18 Sep 2015 17:46:35 GMT, KenK wrote:
Oren wrote in : On 17 Sep 2015 17:34:39 GMT, KenK wrote: Oren wrote in news:lrcjvapbjmdgoaj4aqi2ju2mn5no8r1s9v@ 4ax.com: I seem to recall, when folks at public "laundromats" found a stray sock or clothing article in a washer or dryer they would tack it on a bulletin board in case someone was missing it. Yes, I remember that. Or some other way to make them available and noticed. But I haven't seen it done for years now. We live in different times today. Youngsters can't think. You remember the washers called titty ringers? Yep. Probably have to go to a museum to see one now. https://tinyurl.com/nodfk28 |
Case of the missing socks
Oren wrote in news:sslova5cb3kk8o0bbo9l4bkufjg9cibqst@
4ax.com: On 18 Sep 2015 17:46:35 GMT, KenK wrote: Oren wrote in m: On 17 Sep 2015 17:34:39 GMT, KenK wrote: Oren wrote in news:lrcjvapbjmdgoaj4aqi2ju2mn5no8r1s9v@ 4ax.com: I seem to recall, when folks at public "laundromats" found a stray sock or clothing article in a washer or dryer they would tack it on a bulletin board in case someone was missing it. Yes, I remember that. Or some other way to make them available and noticed. But I haven't seen it done for years now. We live in different times today. Youngsters can't think. You remember the washers called titty ringers? Yep. Probably have to go to a museum to see one now. https://tinyurl.com/nodfk28 Yep. Can you imagine a laundromat full of these? g -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. |
Case of the missing socks
On 19 Sep 2015 17:39:26 GMT, KenK wrote:
Oren wrote in news:sslova5cb3kk8o0bbo9l4bkufjg9cibqst@ 4ax.com: On 18 Sep 2015 17:46:35 GMT, KenK wrote: Oren wrote in : On 17 Sep 2015 17:34:39 GMT, KenK wrote: Oren wrote in news:lrcjvapbjmdgoaj4aqi2ju2mn5no8r1s9v@ 4ax.com: I seem to recall, when folks at public "laundromats" found a stray sock or clothing article in a washer or dryer they would tack it on a bulletin board in case someone was missing it. Yes, I remember that. Or some other way to make them available and noticed. But I haven't seen it done for years now. We live in different times today. Youngsters can't think. You remember the washers called titty ringers? Yep. Probably have to go to a museum to see one now. https://tinyurl.com/nodfk28 Yep. Can you imagine a laundromat full of these? g Sure. There would be water all over the floor when the drain hose is let down to empty the washer. |
Case of the missing socks
On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:39:26 -0500, KenK wrote:
Oren wrote in news:sslova5cb3kk8o0bbo9l4bkufjg9cibqst@ 4ax.com: On 18 Sep 2015 17:46:35 GMT, KenK wrote: Oren wrote in : On 17 Sep 2015 17:34:39 GMT, KenK wrote: Oren wrote in news:lrcjvapbjmdgoaj4aqi2ju2mn5no8r1s9v@ 4ax.com: I seem to recall, when folks at public "laundromats" found a stray sock or clothing article in a washer or dryer they would tack it on a bulletin board in case someone was missing it. Yes, I remember that. Or some other way to make them available and noticed. But I haven't seen it done for years now. We live in different times today. Youngsters can't think. You remember the washers called titty ringers? Yep. Probably have to go to a museum to see one now. https://tinyurl.com/nodfk28 Yep. Can you imagine a laundromat full of these? g Full of hippie chicks. -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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