What do you do with an unmatched sock?

[Onlooker]

Poll question: What do you do with an unmatched sock?

Poll result (22 votes)
I get rid of it immediately	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
I get rid of it only after a thorough search does not turn up the other sock	(1 votes, 5%)	Vote
I keep it around until after the next wash. If it's partner does not show up, I get rid of it.	(3 votes, 14%)	Vote
I keep it and match it as best I can against another unmatched sock.	(2 votes, 9%)	Vote
I keep it around indefinitely, certain the moment I toss it, it's partner will appear.	(3 votes, 14%)	Vote
I put aside to use in a craft project.	(1 votes, 5%)	Vote
I use it to clean Venetian blinds.	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
I have no strict rule. My policy on unmatched socks is in a constant state of flux.	(7 votes, 32%)	Vote
I have no unmatched socks.	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
Other. (Please specify.)	(5 votes, 23%)	Vote

[m-jean03]

1. I draw eyes and a mouth on it & make the next Republican

presidential candidate.

[Beaverhausen]

2. stuff it with catnip and give it to the kitties

then a few months later I find the mate and well...it's too late by then.

[curse10]

3. I have a mesh bag I keep them in, then once a month

I empty it out and find matches I leave any unmatched ones in there. You never know when you are going to run out of socks and mismatched ones are better than none at all

[Insider]

4. use it to dust EVERYTHING

stray sock...it's not just for blinds anymore.

[prolesunited]

12. Yep

And when you're done, you just throw it out. <--- Either I don't dust very much or I have a lot of stray socks. Draw your own conclusion.

[Insider]

22. undeclared gender

joke o' the day, PU

[prolesunited]

25. Oh, I missed it

I'm a woman, BTW. I guess I should change that one of these days. I just like the idea of people taking my ideas for what they are, not tied to my gender.

[Goldmund]

5. I just wear it

I don't expend any effort to actually match the socks I'm wearing.

[madaboutharry]

10. We should nominate you for the next

episode of What Not To Wear, the BBC version were they really tell it like it is!!

[DS1]

6. Tie it around my dick like a pig in a blanket

[curse10]

14. LMAO- EWWWWWWWWWWW!

that pic is nasty!

[DS1]

7. Tie it around my dick like a pig in a blanket

[curse10]

15. LMAO- EWWWWWWWWWWW!

that pic is nasty!

[geniph]

8. I figured out where a lot of them were going

it isn't the dryer that eats them - it's the damn WASHER. They sneak up over the lip of the tub and get caught in the no-clothes-land between the washtub and the washer housing. Periodically, you should dismantle your washer and get all that crap out of there.

It happens particularly with very full loads - the water washes up near the top of the tub and the smallest items vanish up and over the side. The reason I discovered this is that I opened the washer once to add something and busted it in the act of attempting to eat a sock. When I dismantled it, I found an entire colony of abandoned socks and panties.

They make the lint filtration less efficient, too, so they should be removed every so often.

[Whitacre D_WI]

9. I wear it like I'm Flea.

[m-jean03]

16. I wear it like I'm me.

I don't know what that means. . .

[Whitacre D_WI]

17. You don't know who you are?

Don't worry, you're just 23. You'll learn eventually!

[m-jean03]

20. Straighten out that 3.

And you'll have it right. . .

You're right, I am very confused, sometimes. (You have done this to me, for the most part.) Sometimes I just wear a sock, to say -- HEY -- I am OKAY!!

[Whitacre D_WI]

21. 21?

I thought you was 23? Who the hell is 23?

Or am I just getting senile in my old age?

Oh well, at least you can have a beer.

[m-jean03]

23. It's just my astounding maturity ...

Everyone thinks I'm 2 years older, what can I do?

And I can have more than one beers, by the way.

[Whitacre D_WI]

24. I could drink you under the table, little girl.

[m-jean03]

27. Hey, while you're drunk and under the table...

[Paranoid_Portlander]

11. I have no matched socks.

Well, maybe I do, but I'm not going to spend time looking for them. I never wear socks that match. Why is wearing unmatched socks not listed above?

[Onlooker]

18. In answer to your question ...

Because we're trying to isolate you, Paranoid Portlander.

(Just kidding.)

[flamingyouth]

13. Fill it with catnip et voila! New cat toy!

They love them.

[madaboutharry]

19. I read this solution to the sock problem

somewhere: Throw away all your socks and go out and buy 10 pairs of EXACTLY the same socks. You will always have matching socks!

[happyending]

26. Abu Graib

I send my unmatched socks to Abu Graib where they are tortured until they reveal the location of their mates.

[m-jean03]

29. LOL!

Best answer yet.

[Donkeyboy75]

28. Get out the vaseline and find a microwave!