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Mon May 9th, 2022 ! 40

National Lost Sock Memorial

Day
Where do they go? We can only hope it’s a better
place, but no one really knows what happens to
the lone socks that seem to disappear without a
trace.

We don’t know where they go, but we know

they’re always disappearing there. Is there
some kind of vortex created within the whirl of
hot air and tumbling wet clothes that exists
within the dryer? Or perhaps within the washer
there is some form of strange kraken-like
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History of National Lost Sock

Memorial Day
History? There needs to be a history? If so the
history stretches back through the history of
knitted footwear through every culture and
nation until it finally disappears at that most
glorious (and yet soon to be vexing) moment
when the first pair of socks was created. The
first National Lost Sock Memorial Day was held
two days later when Og failed to find the sock
his cavemother-in-law knitted for him, doubtless
it had been eaten by a mammoth.

In the 8th century, socks were made of matted

animal hair, and called piloi. Maybe the animals
they used were envious of how beautiful their
old hair looked wrapped around human feet,
and their ancestors have been stealing the
socks in the dark of the night ever since. About
1,000 years later, the Romans were the first to
use woven fabric to cover their cold little toes,
but inevitably, one floated away each time they
took their clothing down to the river to be
washed.

Socks have that unique trait amongst all our

adornments that they are rendered utterly
useless without their companion. Not only
would you look ridiculous wearing only a single
sock, but your other foot would be cold! So lost
socks are a serious problem! So serious, in
fact, that some scientists have performed
studies to evaluate how many socks are really
lost each year; with estimates as high as 1.3
socks creeping off to neverland each month! At
that rate, there is a whole community of lost
socks in some other dimension, holding missing
sock memorials themselves.

If you want to make sure you always have a

matching pair of socks, sleep in them! We can’t
promise a sock eater won’t come and tickle
them off in the middle of the night, but if you
make it through the night without that
happening, you’ll also have a better night’s
sleep, since socks help encourage healthy
blood flow to your feet, and actually help keep
you asleep. Now that’s a win-win situation: a
healthy night of sleep with at least one
matching pair of socks to your name.

‫סיוע לאלמנות והיתומים מאלעד‬

‫מידע נוסף‬ ‫עמותת חסדי נעמי‬

The concept of the ‘lost sock’ is so ubiquitous

that in Terry Pratchett’s Disc World series of
novels, a creature called the Eater of Socks
was birthed into existence as a result of an
excess of belief rolling around.

There are countless children’s books illustrating

the disappearing socks. Take, for instance,
Land of the Lost Socks by Neira Williams, in
which a pair of socks fight against sock-bullies
to find their way back together, or The Sock
Fairy by Bobbie Hinman and Kristi Bridgeman,
where the disappearance of lonely socks is
explained by a mischievous and magical
creature who is responsible not only for taking
individual socks but also responsible for the
occasional toe hole. Sock holes are certainly
not caused by wear and tear, or the occasional
long toenail, so it must be that darn sock fairy!

Comics have been made illustrating the missing

sock monster, illustrating them eating,
hoarding, and even wearing all the socks lost
throughout the world. Other simple comics
show large missing sock posters at
laundromats, and people putting up
surveillance cameras to keep an eye out for the
disappearing sock perpetrator.

National Lost Sock Memorial Day is a chance

to spend some time in contemplation as to the
ultimate destination of the world’s missing
socks.

Celebrating National Lost Sock

Memorial Day
Well first you can sit down and come up with
some wild conjectures as to what happens to
your socks at the end of the day. Then you can
start coming up with ways to prevent this from
ever being a problem again, just like this mom
did! There’s no reason to just sit down and take
it when your socks go missing, fight back with
clever ideas and technology!

If you can’t beat them, join them: consider only

wearing solid white or solid black socks, so if
you lose one, you still have a matching pair in
the drawer, even if it weren’t its original twin.
That way, your feet stay nice and cozy, and
you’re not stuck with one plaid sock and
another polka dotted one. And, if you’re still
unsure where your socks go, check behind the
washer and dryer. They might just be lurking
there, along with bundles of dust bunnies and
lint to keep them warm.

Whatever you do, don’t leave a single sock out

at night; that’s just asking for a sock monster to
come and grab it, and you’ll be mourning your
newly departed sock all over again tomorrow.

However, we don’t suggest folding them

together when washing them, that just winds up
with still dirty socks, but at least you’d have a
whole, albeit dirty, pair of socks… at least until
the next time they go through the wash.

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Every May 9th

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