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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:47 PM
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What do you do with the "one socks"?
Those poor forlorn bastards who don't make it from the laundry with their mates in tow. Do you set them aside, hoping one day for a blissful reunion? Do you use them as rags? Do you register them on DU and let them take on a life of their own?

I did laundry this afternoon and ended up with a bumper crop. I chucked them all in the drawer, we'll see what happens. :shrug:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:52 PM
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1. Sock puppets aren't allowed at DU
I've heard that if you leave them undisturbed in the sock drawer they mate.:P
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Merrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:52 PM
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2. That's why all I buy are black ones
they all match each other
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 08:54 PM
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3. Dust mitts!
Perfect for cleaning. Spray on some Pledge and swipe away! :7
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InkAddict Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:00 PM
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4. They get thrown back in the laundry for another go-round or
they end of as dog toys
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:01 PM
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5. I used to have that problem
then I started buying only one kind, colour and brand of socks. Now all my socks match. I suppose Hedges and the girls are unwilling to wear the same sort of socks, tho.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:05 PM
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6. The idea of Hedges' socks on a six-year-old....
:rofl:

I've met Hedges and it wouldn't work very well. Unless she wanted leg warmers with feet.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:25 AM
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22. I cannot express how much respect I have for that sort of thinking
:yourock:
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:10 PM
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7. We're complusive dryer lint collectors....
and when we collect enough lint we just knit a mate for the poor sock
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:15 PM
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8. get a sock bucket - put them in, wait for the other one to be discovered
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:18 PM
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9. n/t
:rofl:

:thumbsup:
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:18 PM
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10. We need to start something like "Where's George" or "Bookcrossing" but
for lone sock survivors
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:19 PM
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11. i chuck'em in the drawer too, sometimes the others show up...
x(
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:19 PM
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12. Throw 'em back down the laundry chute,
and hope they'll meet their significant other the next time around.
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:37 PM
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13. I wear them with the other loners
I can't afford to buy new socks anyway.

I just wish I knew where in the hell all the lost ones went. :shrug:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:16 AM
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14. it's the dryer conspiracy
they are building something out of them. I don't know what, but something. :scared:
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:17 AM
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15. I put a golf ball in them and whack people on the head.
Edited on Wed Jun-07-06 10:17 AM by Blue-Jay
*doonk*
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:17 AM
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16. buy multiple pairs of the same sock
Save the lone sock for when another runs away. Then two lonely socks can find happiness together.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:19 AM
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17. You'll think this is funny
When I jog, the lower band of my sports bra always chafes me badly under my breasts, so I use a widowed sock to cushion the area so that I don't end up with any abrasions.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:20 AM
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18. I am a sock polygamist
I mate One Sock with One Other Sock drawn from the pool of Eligible Other Socks in the sock drawer. But One Other Sock may be any of the pool members on any given day.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:21 AM
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19. protective sheaths.
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:22 AM
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20. I hang on to them for a while to see if their others turn up,
and if not, they become shoe-polishing cloths or spankerchiefs. Reduce, re-use, recycle, that's what I always say. :patriot:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:24 AM
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21. If it is a sock of which I have some more the same
then I will keep it, in anticipation of one of the complete pairs splitting up, and unite the two loners.

If it is the only one of its type left, then it gets chucked. I'm not quite liberated enough yet to start wearing odd socks.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 11:58 AM
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32. Michael Stipe of r.e.m. wears mismatched socks. It must be cool! :)
I live in Athens, GA where he also has a home. Once, I went to a movie and ending up standing in line behind him at UGA's Tate Center movie theater concession line. He was wearing a red sock and a blue sock with Birkenstocks. They were nice rag wool socks. :)
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LordshipLadyship Donating Member (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:45 AM
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23. mercy killing nt.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 10:48 AM
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24. Honestly, I can't remember my last "One Sock" incident.
Don't know if it's luck or skill. Might have something to do with never washing
my socks and letting them rot off of my body. ;)
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formerrepuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 11:18 AM
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25. Now that I only buy black ones- there seem to be 8,716 shades of black..
and none of them match.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 11:24 AM
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26. My socks always find their mates.
Sadly, though, hubby's socks don't. :( If he'd put them in the HAMPER like normal people, he would not have so many socks MIA.

Remember Sniglets? When socks go missing, they end up in The Hozone! :rofl:
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voter x Donating Member (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 11:27 AM
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27. Tie them in Knots
and play Tug-O-War with the dogs....:dilemma:
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 11:40 AM
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29. Just don't let your dogs eat the socks
or they'll tie themselves in knots around the intestines. Not a pretty thing.
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 11:32 AM
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28. You must find out what
is happening to the socks. This is series and must be addressed or there will be a worldwide sock pandemic.
:scared:
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LordshipLadyship Donating Member (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 11:42 AM
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31. Stop spreading sock terra terra terra nt
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 11:42 AM
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30. I shove them into a far corner of the sock drawer in hopes of fining their
mates eventually. A few months later I'll see them back there and throw them out, or use them as dust rags.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 12:14 PM
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33. Well, since I don't match my socks anyway
And wear mismatching socks everyday, I would simply put the lone sock back into circulation:shrug:
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 12:14 PM
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34. You REALLY do not want to know
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