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How!? How does this happen!?
Cameron_1969
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Unsolved mysteries. We will never know.3
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The matching socks have legs?0
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Toy Story isn't realistic. Socks story, however, definitely is. I'm sure they decide to just get up and leave once they've had enough...1
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It's technically possible for the washing machine to eat socks. For front loaders, it might get lodged just underneath the rubber water seal; for top loaders, the sock could sneak into the crevice between the inner and outer drums as a result of overloading the appliance, then get snagged in the water drain or pump. It’s also possible for socks to get stuck underneath a top-loader’s agitator.4
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Check the filter at the bottom of your washer, you will most likely find a few socks there and most likely it needs a good cleaning.
Alternatively you can blame it on the house elves, they keep escaping.0 -
you will be a rich man if you figure this one out.2
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Adding, it would have taken losing a sock 3 times, maybe only twice before I went looking for a reason why I couldn't keep up with the matching sock.0
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It's technically possible for the washing machine to eat socks. For front loaders, it might get lodged just underneath the rubber water seal; for top loaders, the sock could sneak into the crevice between the inner and outer drums as a result of overloading the appliance, then get snagged in the water drain or pump. It’s also possible for socks to get stuck underneath a top-loader’s agitator.
So there are 26 socks jammed into the crevices of my Dryer!?. .0 -
Cameron_1969 wrote: »It's technically possible for the washing machine to eat socks. For front loaders, it might get lodged just underneath the rubber water seal; for top loaders, the sock could sneak into the crevice between the inner and outer drums as a result of overloading the appliance, then get snagged in the water drain or pump. It’s also possible for socks to get stuck underneath a top-loader’s agitator.
So there are 26 socks jammed into the crevices of my Dryer!?. .
*washer. And yes, possibly. Or in the pump.0 -
I am convinced that a vortex forms between two dryers that are running at the exact same time, temperature, and rotational velocity. . This vortex is just the right size for socks to exchange between the dryers. .I am not kidding, because I don't even recognize half of those.0
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Cameron_1969 wrote: »It's technically possible for the washing machine to eat socks. For front loaders, it might get lodged just underneath the rubber water seal; for top loaders, the sock could sneak into the crevice between the inner and outer drums as a result of overloading the appliance, then get snagged in the water drain or pump. It’s also possible for socks to get stuck underneath a top-loader’s agitator.
So there are 26 socks jammed into the crevices of my Dryer!?. .
*washer. And yes, possibly. Or in the pump.
You're taking all the fun out of this with your. . your "science". .0 -
Generally in my house it happens because one got tossed for having a hole...I just match them up with whatever is similar in size/shape and call it good.
Once upon a time the dog would get his teeth on a sock, but he's older now, so that's not been an issue in a while.
Really organized people pin them together with diaper pins so they don't get separated in the laundry, but I'm way too lazy for that.0 -
Cameron_1969 wrote: »Cameron_1969 wrote: »It's technically possible for the washing machine to eat socks. For front loaders, it might get lodged just underneath the rubber water seal; for top loaders, the sock could sneak into the crevice between the inner and outer drums as a result of overloading the appliance, then get snagged in the water drain or pump. It’s also possible for socks to get stuck underneath a top-loader’s agitator.
So there are 26 socks jammed into the crevices of my Dryer!?. .
*washer. And yes, possibly. Or in the pump.
You're taking all the fun out of this with your. . your "science". .
Losing that many socks is serious business. You have a serial killer on your hands.0 -
my family believes when socks are removed they should be tossed aside with reckless abandon. So I will find lone socks all around the house
I have seen socks get caught in the dryer so I am going with the dryer eats them. If they fall down the side of my washer I get an error and I have to take the water apart....perhaps I do this fairly often but only find shirts1 -
maybe not a serial killer...maybe just a very "active" teenage boy...0
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tcunbeliever wrote: »Generally in my house it happens because one got tossed for having a hole...I just match them up with whatever is similar in size/shape and call it good.
Once upon a time the dog would get his teeth on a sock, but he's older now, so that's not been an issue in a while.
Really organized people pin them together with diaper pins so they don't get separated in the laundry, but I'm way too lazy for that.
People really do this?
If I had a serious problem losing socks I might just place them in a mesh laundry bag.2 -
I can buy all of these theories to explain a few missing socks. . But, come on!. There's something more insidious at work here. .0
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Holly crap, I pulled those EXACT same socks out of my dryer and I had no idea where they came from!2
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I just wear socks that don't match.....I'm nog that bothered by it1
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DoubleUbea wrote: »Holly crap, I pulled those EXACT same socks out of my dryer and I had no idea where they came from!
I KNEW IT!0 -
I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:0
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1 dryer eats them
2 They don't make it paired into the laundry basket, and end up getting washed in different loads
I know for sure #2 is true because I have a bag with missing sock pairs. Every so often I go through and can match a lot of them up.
I know for sure #1 is true because I have a bag with missing sock pairs. Every so often I go through and don't find the pairs to match a lot of them up.
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_Captivated_ wrote: »I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:
I also enjoy baking.3 -
Cameron_1969 wrote: »_Captivated_ wrote: »I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:
I also enjoy baking.
😍 Marry me?0 -
Versicolour wrote: »Cameron_1969 wrote: »_Captivated_ wrote: »I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:
I also enjoy baking.
😍 Marry me?
Noooo! ME!0 -
IHaveMyActTogether wrote: »1 dryer eats them
2 They don't make it paired into the laundry basket, and end up getting washed in different loads
I know for sure #2 is true because I have a bag with missing sock pairs. Every so often I go through and can match a lot of them up.
I know for sure #1 is true because I have a bag with missing sock pairs. Every so often I go through and don't find the pairs to match a lot of them up.
Ahh. But see...before i did this, i scoured the house. Looked behind and under the washer and dryer. Under the furnature, behind the piano. Everywhere! I then cleaned out my truck and washed every scrap of laundry...This wasnt just a surprising observation. It was a mission and a science experiment where i meticulously controlled every reasonable static variable.0 -
_Captivated_ wrote: »Versicolour wrote: »Cameron_1969 wrote: »_Captivated_ wrote: »I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:
I also enjoy baking.
😍 Marry me?
Noooo! ME!
Ladies..Ladies!..No need to fight. There are plenty of cookies for everyone...2 -
Cookies! 🍪 Yummy
Okay, I'll share if I must
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