How!? How does this happen!?

Cameron_1969
Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
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  • R3d_butt3rfly
    R3d_butt3rfly Posts: 1,127 Member
    Unsolved mysteries. We will never know.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    The matching socks have legs?
  • shaf238
    shaf238 Posts: 4,022 Member
    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...
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    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.
  • zorander6
    zorander6 Posts: 2,713 Member
    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.
  • AliNouveau
    AliNouveau Posts: 36,287 Member
    you will be a rich man if you figure this one out.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    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.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    km8907 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!?. .
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    km8907 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.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    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.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    km8907 wrote: »
    km8907 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". .
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    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.
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    km8907 wrote: »
    km8907 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.
  • AliNouveau
    AliNouveau Posts: 36,287 Member
    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 shirts
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    maybe not a serial killer...maybe just a very "active" teenage boy...
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    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.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    I can buy all of these theories to explain a few missing socks. . But, come on!. There's something more insidious at work here. .
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
    maybe not a serial killer...maybe just a very "active" teenage boy...

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  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    lstrat115 wrote: »
    You have kids. Kids are *kitten*. That is how stuff like this happens.

    Ahhh, kids? This makes perfect sense. Matching socks have a tendency to never make it to the laundry/basket in the first place. Problem solved.
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    Holly crap, I pulled those EXACT same socks out of my dryer and I had no idea where they came from!
  • bojack5
    bojack5 Posts: 2,859 Member
    I just wear socks that don't match.....I'm nog that bothered by it
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    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!
  • _Captivated_
    _Captivated_ Posts: 5,669 Member
    I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:
  • IHaveMyActTogether
    IHaveMyActTogether Posts: 945 Member

    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.


  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:

    I also enjoy baking.
  • Versicolour
    Versicolour Posts: 7,164 Member
    I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:

    I also enjoy baking.

    😍 Marry me?
  • _Captivated_
    _Captivated_ Posts: 5,669 Member
    I'm just fascinated by a guy even knowing about this. :noway:

    I also enjoy baking.

    😍 Marry me?

    Noooo! ME!
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    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.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    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...
  • Versicolour
    Versicolour Posts: 7,164 Member
    Cookies! 🍪 Yummy
    Okay, I'll share if I must