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September 26, 2008
Bane of my existence
The Afeman's socks, originally uploaded by Andrea Marutti.
Why is it so hard to keep a pair of socks together? To me, there is nothing more frustrating than doing a load of laundry, and when it is done, being unable to match two socks with each other. It is doubly annoying when it's a pair of socks you actually like. Lately I have tried tying the socks together, but then they get separated in the wash anyway.
Sometimes you can't find the right socks. Other times, you have a bunch of socks that look the same, but look alike enough that you can't tell which go together. I think sock manufacturers could solve quite a bit of this problem by making socks with little tags or marks on them that are unique, the same way golf balls have a number on them to tell them apart. Sorting socks would be so much easier: the number 5's go together, of course!
In the meantime, I have created a "lost sock basket," in which I throw my unmatched socks until they can be reunited. Many have entered the basket... Few have left.
This story reminds me of one of those silly anecdotes in Reader's Digest. It goes something like this: a wife and a husband were watching TV one day, when the wife mentioned to the husband that the socks needed to be put away: "These socks haven't been mated in a long time," said the wife. Without looking away from the television, the husband said, "Yes. I know the feeling."
It took me a long time to figure out what he was talking about.
entry no. 1219
Posted at September 26, 2008 03:55 PM