I lost one this morning. Found it later curled up with the sheets in the next load, very forward little devil that one.
-- Edited by Happywanderer on Wednesday 25th of April 2012 12:44:26 PM
Jack Mac said
06:59 PM Apr 25, 2012
I think I've worked out what happens to lost socks. I don't know where they are but I'm pretty sure they go on holidays with tupperware lids.
Loki said
07:16 PM Apr 25, 2012
I heard they get traded on the New York Sock Exchange
Rip and Rosie said
12:21 AM Apr 26, 2012
I only buy black socks- doesn't matter if one wanders off.
bill12 said
12:38 AM Apr 26, 2012
They seem to be breeding at my place. I am running a sock matching service to try to match lost single socks. Black ones , single , seem to be the most popular. Bill
Rip and Rosie said
12:43 AM Apr 26, 2012
Can imagine your advertisments Bill..... lonely sock, recently divorced, non smoker, social drinker, seeks same view permanent relationship.
bill12 said
03:28 AM Apr 26, 2012
That way all the lonely, folorn , single socks at my place can meet , and lead fullfilling lives, though my smelly feet might scare them off. And the fact that I only own 3 pairs of shoes........Bill
the rocket said
04:59 AM Apr 26, 2012
We lose small items off the line occasionally. its the birds. I watched a bird take a blue chux rag off the line. At the time we were missing all sorts of small items. guess their little chicks had lovely comfy nests. We now dry all small items inside or in the dryer.
Esmeralda said
07:11 AM Apr 26, 2012
Don't mean toi boast - but for some unknown reason, I haven't lost a sock for ages. Could be because I live alone and all the socks in the wash belong to me .... but they seem to pair up OK.
Bill, what do you mean 3 pairs of shoes!!!!!!!!!! I have many multiples of 3 - but I'm no Imelda Marcos - could not survive with three pairs of shoes
bill12 said
08:02 AM Apr 26, 2012
I live an island beachcombers life in the tropics, and don,t need them.The simple life for me(hopefully). Bill
beiffe said
03:34 PM Apr 26, 2012
Socks are good for protecting your drinking glass so I am told.
Find if you don,t have any then they don,t get lost HA HA.
I do have some somewhere as I have to wear them where I am required to wear shoes/boots when at some sites I go. All mine are black as well so it is easy to make a pair. Spares get thrown in the draw awaiting the other one to appear.
Most times I am bare foot as it is cheaper and have been that way since a wittle boy. Spent 20 years at sea fishing and never wore foot wear except when sorting the catch so we did not want to walk on nasties.
Often been told off by campers for not wearing shoes but I find they hurt my feet so prefer to go my way.
Regards Brian
_wombat_ said
03:38 PM Apr 26, 2012
this is a sure way to find a lost sock, get the one you have and throw it in the dustbin, wait for the dustman to pick up your bin, wave goodbye to that sock and within an hour you will find the other one.
Rip and Rosie said
03:46 PM Apr 26, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
this is a sure way to find a lost sock, get the one you have and throw it in the dustbin, wait for the dustman to pick up your bin, wave goodbye to that sock and within an hour you will find the other one.
Where do you love Wombat, that you have a "dustman" ? Are you revealing a pommy background?
Here where I live we have
Garbage collector
Garbageman
Garbo
Garbologist
_wombat_ said
03:53 PM Apr 26, 2012
Hi RnR, I love down my hole I also love in WA yes to pommy background been aussie for over 45 years, not sure how cos I'm only 28 years old
Our dustman only takes dust
Rip and Rosie said
05:12 PM Apr 26, 2012
lol, wombat- can take the boy out of pommyland, but cant take the pommy out of the boy.
I am reasured that you live and love in the same place :) saves complications, as I'm sure Mrs Wombat argrees............ or maybe not
Beth54 said
06:35 PM Apr 26, 2012
I wear those diabetic socks, not because I'm diabetic but because they don't cut off the circulation around my chubby ankle. And yes, they're all black so if one gets lost, it doesn't matter so much.
They're for wearing in the winter, and I also have a few pairs of those little short ones for if I really have to wear socks in the summer with my walking shoes,,,if I go walking! They're all white for the same reason.
Re: Bill only having 3 pair of shoes...isn't that the case with most men? Isn't it only women who need to have lots of shoes for lots of different occassions?
_wombat_ said
07:03 PM Apr 26, 2012
I also only have 3 pairs of shoes, one pair for indoors, one pair for outdoors
and one pair for when I die.
Rip and Rosie said
07:48 PM Apr 26, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
I also only have 3 pairs of shoes, one pair for indoors, one pair for outdoors
and one pair for when I die.
Does your need for shoes in heaven come from the negro spiritual song Wombat?
I got shoes, you got shoes, All God's children got shoes. When I get to Heav'n gonna put in my shoes, Gonna walk all over God's Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n Everybody talkin' æbout Heav'n ain't going there, Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n. Gonna shout all over God's Heav'n.
I got a robe, you got a robe, All God's children got a robe. When I get to Heav'n gonna put in my robe, Gonna shout all over God's Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n Everybody talkin' æbout Heav'n ain't going there, Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n. Gonna shout all over God's Heav'n.
I got a harp, you got a harp, All God's children got a harp. When I get to Heav'n gonna play on my harp, Gonna play all over God's Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n Everybody talkin' æbout Heav'n ain't going there, Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n. Gonna shout all over God's Heav'n.
_wombat_ said
01:38 AM Apr 27, 2012
No, it just means that I'd like to have my shoes on when I die in case I need to come back here again, don't want to come back here with nothing on
milo said
09:09 AM Apr 27, 2012
Ben the bc dog used to hide them from me, find them in the long grass when I did the lawns
or id find them under his pillow where he'd sleep next to me at night next to my bed..,, struth i miss him...
Dougwe said
02:45 AM Apr 29, 2012
Rip and Rosie wrote:
_wombat_ wrote:
this is a sure way to find a lost sock, get the one you have and throw it in the dustbin, wait for the dustman to pick up your bin, wave goodbye to that sock and within an hour you will find the other one.
Where do you love Wombat, that you have a "dustman" ? Are you revealing a pommy background?
Here where I live we have
Garbage collector
Garbageman
Garbo
Garbologist
We have a steering wheel attendant in a truck operating a mechanical arm.
Dougwe said
02:47 AM Apr 29, 2012
It's the roof gremlins, they take the socks, one by one.
_wombat_ said
03:15 AM Apr 29, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
It's the roof gremlins, they take the socks, one by one.
what have the roof gremlins got to do with lost socks?
oh, Doug, did you hear your doorbell ring?
DON'T answer it, there could be some guys in white coats waiting for you to open the door, and if you do they will grab you and throw you into the back of their van, and we will never hear from you again, oh bugga, go and answer your front door NOW.
Dougwe said
06:02 PM Apr 29, 2012
I didn't like the place they took me too last time wombat so I am not going to answer the door.
The reason for odd socks missing is the roof gremlins, they sneak down at night and pinch one at a time. I thought that made sense actually. There was talk about missing socks above.
_wombat_ said
06:17 PM Apr 29, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
I didn't like the place they took me too last time wombat so I am not going to answer the door.
The reason for odd socks missing is the roof gremlins, they sneak down at night and pinch one at a time. I thought that made sense actually. There was talk about missing socks above.
They will not take you to the same place twice, as you got out of the last place, they will take you somewhere you will be unable to get out
Dougwe said
06:21 PM Apr 29, 2012
When I put my Lycra suit on I can do anything wombat.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Sunday 29th of April 2012 06:24:15 PM
When I put my Lycra suit on I can do anything wombat.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Sunday 29th of April 2012 06:24:15 PM
Noooo! Too late, I'm scarred!
Rip and Rosie said
03:28 AM Apr 30, 2012
Beth54 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
When I put my Lycra suit on I can do anything wombat.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Sunday 29th of April 2012 06:24:15 PM
Noooo! Too late, I'm scarred!
You might be scarred Beth, but I've been scared.
I reckon wombat is a health hazard. Maybe we can get compo.
What do you reckon?
Beth54 said
03:38 AM Apr 30, 2012
Rip and Rosie wrote:
Beth54 wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
When I put my Lycra suit on I can do anything wombat.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Sunday 29th of April 2012 06:24:15 PM
Noooo! Too late, I'm scarred!
You might be scarred Beth, but I've been scared.
I reckon wombat is a health hazard. Maybe we can get compo.
What do you reckon?
Sure thing Rosie!
Dougwe said
03:58 AM Apr 30, 2012
Hey you guys, I'm a super hero. I like my Lycra outfit. I can't be recognised in it and I'm not into scaring people just saving them from possible scaring.
I lost one this morning. Found it later curled up with the sheets in the next load, very forward little devil that one.
-- Edited by Happywanderer on Wednesday 25th of April 2012 12:44:26 PM
I think I've worked out what happens to lost socks. I don't know where they are but I'm pretty sure they go on holidays with tupperware lids.
I heard they get traded on the New York Sock Exchange
We lose small items off the line occasionally. its the birds. I watched a bird take a blue chux rag off the line. At the time we were missing all sorts of small items. guess their little chicks had lovely comfy nests. We now dry all small items inside or in the dryer.
Don't mean toi boast - but for some unknown reason, I haven't lost a sock for ages. Could be because I live alone and all the socks in the wash belong to me .... but they seem to pair up OK.
Bill, what do you mean 3 pairs of shoes!!!!!!!!!! I have many multiples of 3 - but I'm no Imelda Marcos - could not survive with three pairs of shoes
Find if you don,t have any then they don,t get lost HA HA.
I do have some somewhere as I have to wear them where I am required to wear shoes/boots when at some sites I go. All mine are black as well so it is easy to make a pair. Spares get thrown in the draw awaiting the other one to appear.
Most times I am bare foot as it is cheaper and have been that way since a wittle boy. Spent 20 years at sea fishing and never wore foot wear except when sorting the catch so we did not want to walk on nasties.
Often been told off by campers for not wearing shoes but I find they hurt my feet so prefer to go my way.
Regards
Brian
this is a sure way to find a lost sock, get the one you have and throw it in the dustbin, wait for the dustman to pick up your bin, wave goodbye to that sock and within an hour you will find the other one.
Where do you love Wombat, that you have a "dustman" ? Are you revealing a pommy background?
Here where I live we have
Hi RnR, I love down my hole
I also love in WA
yes to pommy background been aussie for over 45 years, not sure how cos I'm only 28 years old 
Our dustman only takes dust
I am reasured that you live and love in the same place :) saves complications, as I'm sure Mrs Wombat argrees............ or maybe not
I wear those diabetic socks, not because I'm diabetic but because they don't cut off the circulation around my chubby ankle.
And yes, they're all black so if one gets lost, it doesn't matter so much.
They're for wearing in the winter, and I also have a few pairs of those little short ones for if I really have to wear socks in the summer with my walking shoes,,,if I go walking!
They're all white for the same reason.
Re: Bill only having 3 pair of shoes...isn't that the case with most men? Isn't it only women who need to have lots of shoes for lots of different occassions?
I also only have 3 pairs of shoes, one pair for indoors, one pair for outdoors
and one pair for when I die.
Does your need for shoes in heaven come from the negro spiritual song Wombat?
I got shoes, you got shoes,
All God's children got shoes.
When I get to Heav'n gonna put in my shoes,
Gonna walk all over God's Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n
Everybody talkin' æbout Heav'n ain't going there,
Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n.
Gonna shout all over God's Heav'n.
I got a robe, you got a robe,
All God's children got a robe.
When I get to Heav'n gonna put in my robe,
Gonna shout all over God's Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n
Everybody talkin' æbout Heav'n ain't going there,
Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n.
Gonna shout all over God's Heav'n.
I got a harp, you got a harp,
All God's children got a harp.
When I get to Heav'n gonna play on my harp,
Gonna play all over God's Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n
Everybody talkin' æbout Heav'n ain't going there,
Heav'n, Heav'n, Heav'n.
Gonna shout all over God's Heav'n.
No, it just means that I'd like to have my shoes on when I die in case I need to come back here again, don't want to come back here with nothing on
or id find them under his pillow where he'd sleep next to me at night next to my bed..,, struth i miss him...
We have a steering wheel attendant in a truck operating a mechanical arm.
what have the roof gremlins got to do with lost socks?
oh, Doug, did you hear your doorbell ring?
DON'T answer it, there could be some guys in white coats waiting for you to open the door, and if you do they will grab you and throw you into the back of their van, and we will never hear from you again, oh bugga, go and answer your front door NOW.
I didn't like the place they took me too last time wombat so I am not going to answer the door.
The reason for odd socks missing is the roof gremlins, they sneak down at night and pinch one at a time. I thought that made sense actually. There was talk about missing socks above.
They will not take you to the same place twice, as you got out of the last place, they will take you somewhere you will be unable to get out
When I put my Lycra suit on I can do anything wombat.
-- Edited by Dougwe on Sunday 29th of April 2012 06:24:15 PM
Noooo! Too late, I'm scarred!
You might be scarred Beth, but I've been scared.
I reckon wombat is a health hazard. Maybe we can get compo.
What do you reckon?
Sure thing Rosie!
Hey you guys, I'm a super hero. I like my Lycra outfit. I can't be recognised in it and I'm not into scaring people just saving them from possible scaring.