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For those of you who lie awake at night

Rainbow Toe-SocksCourtesy of Injinji (Courtesy of Injinji / The Spokesman-Review)

wondering why socks disappear in the dryer— you are not alone.

The great minds at SpoCon, Spokane’s local sci-fi/fantasy covention recently spent time discussing that very mystery. “Many hypotheses have been put forward: The eminent thinker Jerry Seinfeld once proposed that socks carefully plan their escape . Another researcher invokes quantum mechanics . Some crackpots even suggest looking under your washer’s agitator or in your closet. Can you believe that?” More here: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/07/2022164.aspx

Do you have your own disappearing sock theory?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog