Seven clean socks without mates? What? That's not possible. Check again.
Nope, none of these socks match. One has a hole it in, too. Figures. What is going on here?
I took all of the laundry off the clothesline and put the clothespins away. I tumbled them on fluff (no heat), cleaned the lint trap and got everything out of the dryer.
Where are the socks? This is impossible. I didn’t drop anything on my way to the living room to fold the laundry.
What could have happened to the socks? Okay, think.
I brought in the shirts hanging on the fence last night just in case some midnight bum decided to swipe them. But the socks were inside the yard.
Do you think the neighborhood brats took them just to mess with me? No, wait, there weren’t any extra clothespins on the line.
They could have taken those, too. No, they really aren’t that clever. And I hung the laundry in my own particular way. There were no weird gaps when I took the laundry off the line.
So, where are the missing socks?!
Alright, alright, I’ll go check the dryer. Nope, empty.
Peek in the spin dryer. No, it’s empty, too. There’s no way they could be in the washing machine. I mean, yeah, it’s easy to miss one sock all smashed up against the side but seven? No way.
Way. And not just socks but underwear and a few towels. What the heck?
Ooooohhhh. When I was putting everything in the spin dryer, there wasn’t enough room for these. I must have closed the washer door and forgotten about them.
Phew, they stink! Now I have to rewash them. Oh well, my shoulder can handle manually washing a small load. There’s another sock with a hole. Darn it!
11 comments:
Ahh! I just recently lost one of my favorite pair of wool knees socks. These are BIG socks! Where did it go?
I'm guessing that one day, Dave will put on a sweatshirt and it'll have a familiar lump static clinged to it. Someday...
:) Glad they found their mates!
That's why I own 15 pairs of identical black socks. Dressy enough for work, but thick enough and comfortable enough for play. I'm really boring when it comes to socks!
I made the mistake of putting a blue fluffy blanket in with some oddments today - I ended up with blue fluffy oddments! Hopefully the wind will take care of most of them.
Stupid blanket:)
viv in nz
Yeah, that's why I am super-careful to check the washing machine for things sticking to it before taking the laundry away. Just too easy to lose everything. Well written story though.
I think we wear the same brand of socks...
Ah, that is too funny! I have given up trying to pair up all the socks in the laundry. My DS takes his socks off and stashes them all over the apartment! I always find a sock or two when I go through the coach cushions. I just put the mismatched socks in his draw and hope we'll find a pair to them eventually!
You're lucky, Chile. I never end up finding the mates to missing socks. It doesn't help that the boys leave their dirty socks around the house as if they were leaving a trail to find their way home. I've basically given up trying to find matches for them.
In my house the sock theif is usually Romeo- my fault tho- I let him play with socks! (I make pull toys outta them)
Chile ~
I'm glad my house stories are inspiring to you. I hope you find a place of your own, soon!
Thanks for all your advice. :-)
Actually in our neighborhood a couple of years ago sock thieves WERE the reality...I bought probably 20 pairs of socks for my eldest son, because he didn't have a dryer. The meth-head woman down the street kept stealing them from the line when he wasn't watching. I finally had to say DRY THEM INSIDE!!!!
Oh, I got your message, but I have to wait for DH to plug the laptop in to retrieve your email (I forgot).
Haha ha -- in our home we believe that the spinning action of the dryer opens a portal to another dimension where everyone has just one foot. Our soggy socks appear magickally on the other side -- ah-ha! Manna from heaven! Praise the Lord of the Sock!
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