tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post7638234607046441933..comments2023-10-26T14:01:08.426+03:30Comments on Orange Tangerine: My most important poll ever!Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-27841678571729994832008-05-14T09:52:00.000+04:302008-05-14T09:52:00.000+04:30Check your sheets. Every thin (read: not white) so...Check your sheets. Every thin (read: not white) sock in this house gets static-stuck to the damned sheets. For some reason, I never see them when I *make* the beds, only when I pull out new sheets that have been stuck in the closet for 5 months.Psycho Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633634991906191853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-49592152769158107262008-05-09T01:01:00.000+04:302008-05-09T01:01:00.000+04:30I read somewhere (helpful, I know) that people who...I read somewhere (helpful, I know) that people who repair washing machines and dryers frequently find socks wrapped around the motor when they open a machine up. My family is not that concerned with matching socks. I suppose if you care enough you could put all socks and smallish garments in a lingerie bag so they stay together; if you care really deeply you could shell out to get a repairman to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-78905039467004797902008-05-08T09:52:00.000+04:302008-05-08T09:52:00.000+04:30I have a cat that has adopted balled up socks as t...I have a cat that has adopted balled up socks as toys; he hauls them to his water dish, places them in his cave-cube, and takes them to bed with him.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-71169829023461318172008-05-07T04:42:00.000+04:302008-05-07T04:42:00.000+04:30Nobody in my house wears matched socks. As Steven ...Nobody in my house wears matched socks. As Steven Wright says, we go by thickness.Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-14279086865747366342008-05-06T03:00:00.000+04:302008-05-06T03:00:00.000+04:30I am disheartened. That giant stack atop the giant...I am disheartened. That giant stack atop the giant basket, The Zone of Forgotten Misfitting Clothes? I figured most of the lost socks had found their way into that Zone. This afternoon, I was motivated to sort and purgeāno, I don't need baggy jeans shorts any more. No, I don't need those big khaki shorts overalls I bought during the postpartum period. (Why were those still in my house?!?)<BR/><BROrangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-11559328608126233682008-05-06T01:26:00.000+04:302008-05-06T01:26:00.000+04:30This made me laugh, because yesterday morning, my ...This made me laugh, because yesterday morning, my sock-sorting system came into play. I usually know when I've lost a sock, either to wear & tear or to the washer/dryer in the laundry room (the latter is uncommon but it does happen). What does happen more often is that I wash only one sock (I missed the laundry basket, say). thus, I keep all socks, and eventually they all get washed and Naryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369280617520806983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-34591077024111499172008-05-05T23:51:00.000+04:302008-05-05T23:51:00.000+04:30I recently bought PK a box of nine of these. Biza...I recently bought PK a box of nine of <A HREF="http://www.littlemissmatched.com/Catalog/girls-socks" REL="nofollow">these</A>. <BR/><BR/>Bizarrely, although he insists on wearing mismatched socks, he *also* insists that they be "really" mismatched. In other words, a black one with spots does NOT go with a solid white one! It can ONLY go with a white one with STRIPES!<BR/><BR/>Sigh. I thought bitchphdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118578280520171800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-63278650862227908752008-05-05T21:04:00.000+04:302008-05-05T21:04:00.000+04:30The only socks in this house that have mates are m...The only socks in this house that have mates are mine...and I don't wear them enough to mate them.<BR/><BR/>Everyone else in this house has socks that don't require mating. I buy them all new socks at the beginning of the school year. They are all the same. They are all white. They have different color Sharpie marker dots on the toes to mark whose size is whose. They are sorted by dots and The Absent Minded Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367710044518218570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-27806172176279084272008-05-05T18:18:00.001+04:302008-05-05T18:18:00.001+04:30I keep them in the linen closet in a mesh lingerie...I keep them in the linen closet in a mesh lingerie bag that I store them in. When I buy socks, I buy more than one of the same pair, so when one gets a hole I have a replacement. In theory, anyway.thricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528308384855206125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-36664629518581025742008-05-05T18:18:00.000+04:302008-05-05T18:18:00.000+04:30My husband obviously has some sort of lethal knive...My husband obviously has some sort of lethal knives on his heels, so manages to rub holes in his socks. I toss the sock with the hole, and keep the other, because I know soon he will have another sock with a hole, and *poof* a mate for the other sock! I guess it helps that he only has 3 types of socks. For some reason, the rest of the family's socks always come out even.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-83280283545950698482008-05-05T16:01:00.000+04:302008-05-05T16:01:00.000+04:30Have a contest to see which one is the "loneliest ...Have a contest to see which one is the "loneliest sock" and then set it up on a date with the ratty ass pair of underwear. Oh sure, it's a little rough around the edges, but it's experienced, and it's got a crotch of gold.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I'm in the "forever" camp at the right. Even dust balls have their uses, right?Feral Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456760046606299779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-59602000155283592282008-05-05T09:51:00.000+04:302008-05-05T09:51:00.000+04:30Throw them out. If the mates show up, which they ...Throw them out. If the mates show up, which they probably never will, then you can throw those out, too.bitchphdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118578280520171800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-11408447249687125962008-05-05T08:55:00.000+04:302008-05-05T08:55:00.000+04:30We keep a corkboard in the basement near the washe...We keep a corkboard in the basement near the washer and dryer. Lone socks go up on the board and stay there until their mates are found. Or not found. Who cares! It's in the basement. Occasionally I throw out ones that have been up for a long time. It's a fairly good system.Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726666798669330654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-67936092234081970192008-05-05T06:51:00.000+04:302008-05-05T06:51:00.000+04:30Sock puppets. Totally. Then on a rainy day, put on...Sock puppets. Totally. Then on a rainy day, put on a show.<BR/><BR/>(ps - Since I like to disclose and not come off as being shady, I've commented before a few times but with an alias. Now I use my real name but I don't want it tied to the alias. I know...complicated. We've emailed with each other in regards to the aofg...)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16356787406494156279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-91404165194894782432008-05-05T05:46:00.000+04:302008-05-05T05:46:00.000+04:30We have a Lone Sock Pile in our linen cabinet . . ...We have a Lone Sock Pile in our linen cabinet . . . any time a lone sock turns up, it goes there to await reunification; we go through the pile intermittently to look for reunions.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07712550583958194570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-44032526361192343282008-05-05T05:09:00.000+04:302008-05-05T05:09:00.000+04:30I can't vote in the poll because it asks what I do...I can't vote in the poll because it asks what I do. I'm not the one who does the laundry. If it were up to me, I'd toss it in a week, but since my husband does the laundry and he never throws anything away, random socks ride around in laundry baskets for quite some time. Our daughter has adopted the "if they're both socks, it's a pair" approach, at least in the winter when her socks are covered Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886225476339783827noreply@blogger.com