I absolutely LOVE socks

I love sorting them from the laundry, I love rolling them up, I like spending approximately ten seconds every morning deciding which socks to wear...

Can you come and live in my house Charli ? You will do wonders for my high BP

Only if your son's socks don't smell

No they dont smell, he changes his socks 3 times a day, as with his clothes, think he has some kind of OCD thing going on...we are all bonkers here so you will fit in nicely...can you hoover too

He changes his socks three times bloody hell

And it's a to hoovering...................

Yes he showers at night, showers in the morning, showers before going out,but a lovely lad !  am  blessed with the thought when he meets his love , she will have to be clean! (he is 16)

 Blizzie

Oh I am so with you on the socks rant! My son's the same. He has 2 feet but somehow I always end up with odd socks in the washing machine and some have never been seen again. It's like a sock abyss  I've tried buying ones with patterns on but that's no good either. When I lived with my ex I had the same problem, is it a male thing??

Socks breed in my house    stick a pair in the washing machine and 12 come out 



Island of Lost Socks:



If you look down in your washing machine
you'll probably see a trap door.
It's actually always been there.
You just never saw it before.

It's easy to find your way through.
You just open it with three knocks.
And behind it you'll find a river that leads
to the Island of Lost Socks.

The natives of this island
are the socks that got away
from the awful, terrible life
of smelling feet all day.

Now they run around in the sunshine
enjoying magnificent views,
and knowing they'll never again
have to fill anybody's shoes.

They never get holes, runs or snags.
They never get sold at half price.
They always are warm and fresh smelling,
'Cause this is sock paradise.

So the next time you notice a few of your socks
have vanished without a trace,
don't bother to look in the laundry,
'cause they're in a much happier place.


(C) 1998, Arden Davidson

My daughter deliberately wears odd socks so she doesn't care if they are never in pairs.

I like that poem too

Does anyone remember when the fluorescent socks were in fashion in the 80's? Bright (sickly bright) green, orange or yellow. I used to mix and match with them. They're bloody hideous but it was fashion at the time

Well i stick a pair in the washing machine and only one comes out  I am so glad to see i am not alone with the sock issue  I know there is more to be worried in the world than socks, but really.....

I have experienced sock relief, this very afternoon.

A stray sock has been reunited with its other half, having been split up between two washes.

Socks!

I live on sock mountian !!! ask anyone who shares my washing machine and socks  lol

Not many match.. i end up just buying more

Stretchy socks, Evelyn!

You wouldn't believe it hahaha

 Looks like my washing ...dont you have that wee woman in your home  that just appears all in pink, and makes your life all nice ??

My son is 16 and I have exactly the same problem Skylark!!

He favours black socks (for school) and though they're all black they're different blacks if you know what I mean.  I just end up with a basket load of differently shaded black socks. Oh ... and let's not forget the trainer socks - they tease me. I think I have a pair then realise they are ever so slightly differently patterned around the heel. 

I'm sure they're in a crusty pile under his bed somewhere but he's 16. I'm a forward thinking mother but there are some places I'd really not go.

I learned my lesson when trying to watch Sherlock on iPlayer on his pooter and accidentally hit the website history list.  

You are Mario?

That's why I don't have black clothes in general... they need special washing detergent and I can't be arsed to deal with that

Omg socks.. the baine of my life.....

I sort socks out .. any odd ones they go in a bag on the back of the bedroom door and once a week I TRY and pair them up... without much sucess... again I buy mini black socks for school and some DO NOT PAIR UP... upset me ??? it really gets me... my bug bear !!!

I would say black is the colour, but they turn to grey (some of them)  after they've been in a few washes and it's back to finding pairs again

Socks and teaspoons....there must be a magic vortex in my house where they've all gone

Reminds me of my fb status about how all the teaspoons were thrown out with the yogurt pots.

I have an odd sock bag that they all get thrown in and every couple of weeks i empty it and match as many pairs as I can....there's normally quite a few.

Why didn't I think of that?
When I find a single sock, I give it to son/hubby to put in their drawer - but by the time I find the matching sock, they have misplaced the other one.

Perhaps i should patent it...Crocs Odd Socs

 Do it Croc, I'd buy one.

I've decided it should be a Soc Croc.........it'll be a carboard croc that hangs up like a Christmas card holder with individual little pegs for the odd socks....one could see the unmatched pairs at a glance that way.

Its a sure fire winner.

I'll test the prototype, Croc.

sounds like a good idea   so will we be seeing you on Dragons Den anytime soon? 

maybe....I'll tell Deborah Meaden to go and make the tea like a good girl while the boys talk...

I hate socks.  I always lose one from a pair in the washing.

Where do they go?  It's like some sort of sock Bermuda Triangle

There are forces at work

Foot and ankle tattoos 

Broke even a few years ago.

Its a sure winner then


By the time i find the other matching one i also can't remember where the first one went to.