The Lost sock

The lost sock update.  There is always one sock that escapes from the laundry.  

How or why no-one knows why or where they go.  Creeping off into those 

secret corners, hoping to stay undiscovered in order to avoid the peril of

 getting worn with ill fitting shoes or worse no shoes!  No cover from whatever

 the foot chooses to step on until their thread bare demise expelled from the 

drawer and into the waste bin.  Tis an awful thought of the future, wouldn't 

you hide to?

©Joanne Hepburn 2014Posted by Joanne Hepburn at 03:08 

Location: Inverness, Highland, UK

Saturday, 21 June 2014

The lost sock.
© Joanne Hepburn 02/08/2015

The lost sock.

How does it happen? Socks are made one by one but they are always

 paired with another so they are never alone.  Sometimes after being 

used, worn and put in the wash basket they don't always find each 

other so easily.  One sock always ends up missing for a while.  

No-one knows how it happens, do the socks sneak away unnoticed 

into corners or hide hoping to never be discovered so they always 

stay in perfect condition while their partner gets worn and frayed?  

No-one knows, they only become frustrated with their drawer of 

socks that no longer match and have no idea or where their partners

 have disappeared to.  One sock always returns to the drawer from 

the wash basket but where the partner goes no-one knows.  Poor

 sock left all alone maybe forever.  Maybe just for a little bit until 

they are paired with another sock who’s partner is also missing, 

sometimes they become friends sometimes they become so 

mismatched it is impossible to see the difference any more.  

People forget, maybe the socks forget who their original partner

 is too!  Socks are scared of shoes; shoes that no longer fit but 

are still over are worn all the time.  The owner’s don’t realise how

 much of an effect this has on how scared their socks are.  The 

socks know when they are worn this time they might get a hole

! Then they might not ever be worn again! Some really lucky 

socks get fixed and reworn again some even paired with the correct

 partner!  Sometimes their owner will mend them or when they are

 recycled they are made into a toy, sometimes a bunny or a monkey

 or even an owl!  They become loved all over again.    Not all socks

 are so lucky, for some once they have a hole they are put into the

 recycling or worse the bin!  The bin is a terrible place, they get 

covered in goo wet and slimy and smelly, no sock wants to end 

up there would you?   Could it be possible that every bedroom has

 a secret hiding place for socks so they never get worn or eaten by

 shoes?  This is a huge problem that urgently requires to be solved;

 do you know where your socks hide?