National Lost Sock Memorial Day!
If ever there was an event that needed memorializing, this surely is it!
What on earth is up with disappearing socks?
It’s not just that they come in pairs and are liable to separation. Lots of thing come in pairs that don’t get lost. Shoes, skis, chopsticks, dice, earrings—OK these sometimes get lost, but they have nothing like socks’ record for recidivist AWOLism.
If you lose a ski, nine times out of ten you lose both skis. Most likely you lent them to a friend and forgot about it at the end of ski season.
No one lends one sock to a friend. And yet, off they go, one by one into oblivion.
Where? Why? How?