The mysterious case of my disappearing sock.

[Mr Celine]

In an effort to appear young and trendy I've adopted my offsprings habit of wearing non-matching socks. This solves the odd sock problem and brings back those youthful rebellious feelings.

 

[Dave7]

In an effort to appear young and trendy I've adopted my offsprings habit of wearing non-matching socks. This solves the odd sock problem and brings back those youthful rebellious feelings.

Please dont tell us they flourescent yellow and orange.

 

[postman]

I'm still looking for my marbles,lost them years ago.

 

[classic33]

I'm still looking for my marbles,lost them years ago.

Found some below City Varieties.

 

[Mr Celine]

Please dont tell us they flourescent yellow and orange.

Red on the left, green on the right. Helps me to remember which way I'm facing.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I'm still looking for my marbles,lost them years ago.

I still have most of mine, but there is definitely a hole in the bag they're in.

 

[gavgav]

Not had it with a sock, but recently had it with the “basket” bit out of a garlic crusher. Used it and it’s completely disappeared. Checked all over the kitchen, in the bin and it’s vanished!

 

[ColinJ]

Not had it with a sock, but recently had it with the “basket” bit out of a garlic crusher. Used it and it’s completely disappeared. Checked all over the kitchen, in the bin and it’s vanished!

I have a friend who dines here once or twice a week. I usually cook and she usually washes up. She has a habit of losing the garlic press 'basket' thingy. Why on earth put it in a separate place when the obvious thing to do is to put it back in the press!

 

[classic33]

British scientists have now started investigating sock loss and have discovered something incredible: we lose an average of 15 socks a year. That’s 1,125 socks over a lifetime! As well as looking at the question of where the socks go, scientists have also developed a formula to calculate the probability of individual socks disappearing – the sock loss index.

According to this formula, factors such as positivity towards laundry play as much of a role as the quantity of fabric being washed. You can use the ‘Sock Loss Index Calculator’ to work out how many socks you will lose in the future. The formula is:

(L(p x f) + C(t x s)) - (P x A)

L stands for laundry size (number of people in household x frequency of washes)
C represents washing complexity (types of washes (e.g. black, white) x number of socks)
P is positivity towards doing a laundry (from ‘I hate it’ to ‘I love it’)
A stands for degree of attention, so number of precautions taken before a laundry (such as checking trouser pockets or unrolling socks)

Calculate your sock loss now! Do you lose more socks than average?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

British scientists have now started investigating sock loss and have discovered something incredible: we lose an average of 15 socks a year. That’s 1,125 socks over a lifetime! As well as looking at the question of where the socks go, scientists have also developed a formula to calculate the probability of individual socks disappearing – the sock loss index.

According to this formula, factors such as positivity towards laundry play as much of a role as the quantity of fabric being washed. You can use the ‘Sock Loss Index Calculator’ to work out how many socks you will lose in the future. The formula is:

(L(p x f) + C(t x s)) - (P x A)

L stands for laundry size (number of people in household x frequency of washes)
C represents washing complexity (types of washes (e.g. black, white) x number of socks)
P is positivity towards doing a laundry (from ‘I hate it’ to ‘I love it’)
A stands for degree of attention, so number of precautions taken before a laundry (such as checking trouser pockets or unrolling socks)

Calculate your sock loss now! Do you lose more socks than average?

Very good! I've put this on my facebook page

 

[gavgav]

I have a friend who dines here once or twice a week. I usually cook and she usually washes up. She has a habit of losing the garlic press 'basket' thingy. Why on earth put it in a separate place when the obvious thing to do is to put it back in the press!

I normally do Colin and so goodness knows where it went! I didn’t even get as far as washing it. I removed it to scrape out the bits of garlic and then.........never to be seen again!

 

[Mike_P]

I blame the spiders! Seem to have to lose something to find what I lost before, currently still trying to work out where a 2ft long shoe horn has gone (missing since early December).

 

[Maverick Goose]

So 3 weeks ago one of my socks just disappeared (as they do). They both went into the wash but only one seemed to come out.
Today I am baking a loaf. I lifted the bread maker to move it and.......there was my sock underneath
How the hell does that happen?
What have you strangely lost and possibly re-found ?

My mind!

 

[pawl]

Not really lost As I was talking the washing off the line I shook a jersey out popped a sock

 

[classic33]

Not really lost As I was talking the washing off the line I shook a jersey out popped a sock

Only the one?