Have you ever wondered where socks disappear to when they get washed and dried? I always seem to have at least one sock without a pair when I finish the laundry. Well, now I have the answer. The dryer eats them! How do I know? Let me tell you.
I had finished another load of laundry, and as I always do, I took the lint catcher out to clean it. I normally do not look in the space where the lint catcher sits, but out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw a dust bunny. I bent down for a closer inspection. Sure enough, it was a dust bunny. A giant one that looked to be about the size of a hare. I pulled it out. That's when I discovered that the dust bunny was attached to a pair of underwear.
Hmmm, I thought and tossed it on the floor. I looked inside and saw that there was something else still down there. I couldn't reach it with my fingers, so I grabbed the closest thing I could - a paint brush. I maneuvered the handle into the crevice and came up with something else. A sock!
To make a long story short, the paintbrush and I pulled out two pairs of underwear, and four socks - all covered in dust.
So ladies and gentlemen, learn from me. If your socks go missing, open up your dryer, lift out the lint catcher, and see what your machine has been snacking on.
Thats funny I always thought they went to sock heaven. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought, too. Guess we're wrong!
DeleteHehe! That's good to know! Our washer has a tendency to do that too, and you have to check around the rubber thing of the washer to find them.
ReplyDeleteThose pesky machines!
Deletethis was like a mix of thriller, action movie and a horror :)
ReplyDeleteScary stuff!
DeleteEvil, evil dryer! And here I thought socks just wanted to rebel and run away from home--er, feet... XD
ReplyDeleteHa! Who knew dryers were so evil?
DeleteThat funny :)
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ReplyDeleteThat is so awesome! I can't wait to read it!
DeleteLOL Good to know!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had known long before today!
DeleteWow it is there that they go. So it really does eat them, just doesn't digest very well
ReplyDeleteI wonder how long it takes to fully digest a sock. ;0)
DeleteMaybe that's 'Odd Sock Land', a place where all losts socks go. I read a children's book once that explained it. Maybe there are portals to all our laundry facilities. . . hmmm.
ReplyDeleteGreat detective work, Sherry!
Ha! That sounds like a cute book!
DeleteThat's funny and now you've solved an age-old mystery! Who would have suspected the dryer was the guilty party?
ReplyDeleteI could've sworn it was the washing machine!
DeleteI will have to check my lint catcher today (-:
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! You might be surprised at what you find.
DeleteI KNEW there was something sneaky about dryers. It is time to go hunting in the dryer vent.
ReplyDeleteHappy hunting!
DeleteI'm sure everybody reading this is going to check their dryer now! ;0)
ReplyDeleteHmmmm! That might be where your socks go, but I don't have a dryer. So, where do my socks go?
ReplyDeleteUh. Washer? ;0)
ReplyDeleteMy dryer has not done that–yet. I think yours has come to life and is trying to drive you crazy.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
It has succeeded! ;0)
DeleteI haven't lost any socks or underwear in our dryer. My problem is that my spoons keep coming up missing. Over the years I've had to replace a lot of spoons. I don't have a dishwasher so I think some have found their way into the trash, but I can't imagine they've all disappeared that way.
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