We’ve all experienced the black hole of missing socks.
The question is, where do they actually go?
Once, I hadn’t even worn a pair and one of them went missing. I can’t explain that one but is it possible that socks actually are disappearing from the washing machine?
I have never examined washing machines closely but presumably there’s an outlet where all the water as it gets drained out.
Is it possible that this is where socks are going? They’re easily the smallest item in normal load…
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April 17, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Markk
I don’t know that they would drain out with the water. Clearly what is really happening is that washing machines have a time machine capacity as well.
Mat, I expect you to test this out for me by sticking your head in a washing machine next time you visit the laundromat.
April 17, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Anthony
In my experience socks are usually abuducted by the cat next door while they’re drying on the clothes line.
April 18, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Pete
While your proposal makes a strange kind of sense, Dr Mat, I still subscribe to the Quantum Physics explanation: socks diverge from our time-stream and enter any number of alternate washing machines from which they may or may not return.
Anthony’s response is yet another reason that cats are evil.
April 19, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Peter
And what about all those socks that mysteriously appear AFTER we’ve been to the laundromat. I feel the quantum physics explanation may best answer this conundrum.
April 25, 2007 at 6:01 pm
hockalugi
Your sock theory is crap everyone knows sock can’t fit through the small holes in the washing machine tub. You only loose them when they get tangled in other clothes and you don’t look for them to well. The new sock you lost is due to poor management on your behalf you nanger.