mystery of the missing socks...

by Guest Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:23 pm

Rajshree opened her socks drawer, and counted her socks. 10 of them, ALL were just one of the pair. Where the heck happens to the other ones, she often wondered. Every time she folded the laundry, she would pair up the socks, and if she could not find it, she would keep them in another drawer. Yeah, she was unorganized. It happened a lot that she didn't put all the pairs in the hamper at the same time for washing, but what was the problem? She knew eventually all will find their way through the washing system, and land up in her unmatched drawer, where she will happily reunite them, and all will be right with the world.

But it never happened. Her single-sock collection kept growing. A mystery she never understood. She just turned that into humor, with mostly lines borrowed from popular comedians. 'the dryer ate the sock'. 'the socks ran away', and so on. yeah, it happens to all of us, she concluded. But she still kept hope, that someday the lost ones will come back. They never did.

This went on like this, until one day, when she was throwing something in the garbage, her eyes caught a bright pink color. It was her little toddler's sock! She pulled it out, ran up to her single's drawer, and found the match!!!

But who threw it in the garbage, and why?! A little more questioning later, turns out it was her husband, Kabir! Whenever he folded the laundry (they mostly took turns - young urban couple in their late 20s, both working, both sharing household work), he would match up the pairs too, and if one didn't have a pair, out it went! Tossed out! No mercy, no saving, no second chances. Nope. Gone. Save the single sock to match up later? Ain't nobody got time for that!

by Idéfix Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:46 pm

One solution I have found is to buy several identical pairs.

mystery of the missing socks...

mystery of the missing socks...

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