I have to admit that I clicked on this story from http://planetgreen.discovery.com/ because of the cute pug (are there any other kind) but since this is a problem for most of us who wear socks here it is:
It's one of life's greatest mysteries: Two socks enter the washing machine, one sock leaves, its mate gobbled up by laundry goblins. Besides suffer the sartorial indignity of wearing mismatched pairs, what else can you do with an orphan sock that's all by its lonesome? Here are some ideas we've drummed up:
1. Sew a pet bed
2. Make a chew toy
3. Make an animal puppet
4. Protect fragile holiday ornaments when you put them away for the year
5. Sew a sock monkey
6. Use as a rag or furniture-polish cloth
7. Fill with ice for an instant ice pack
8. Make microwavable mitten warmers
9. Use as a whiteboard eraser
10. Send to Operation Happy Sock, where it'll be stuffed with polyfill and catnip for cats at the local animal shelter
11. Whip up some holiday ornaments
12. Donate to One Small Step for humanitarian aid outside the United States
13. Slip a pair over the hands of a nailbiter, or a kid with a rash or hives
14. Protect your MP3 player
1. Sew a pet bed
2. Make a chew toy
3. Make an animal puppet
4. Protect fragile holiday ornaments when you put them away for the year
5. Sew a sock monkey
6. Use as a rag or furniture-polish cloth
7. Fill with ice for an instant ice pack
8. Make microwavable mitten warmers
9. Use as a whiteboard eraser
10. Send to Operation Happy Sock, where it'll be stuffed with polyfill and catnip for cats at the local animal shelter
11. Whip up some holiday ornaments
12. Donate to One Small Step for humanitarian aid outside the United States
13. Slip a pair over the hands of a nailbiter, or a kid with a rash or hives
14. Protect your MP3 player
4 comments:
I like the term "laundry goblins."
Our dog Scrappy LOVES socks. They are his favorite toy. He will steal them if he can, but if there aren't any lying around, we'll pull one out for him to play with. They make great, cheap, disposable dog toys. I also think the dogs like them because they smell like us.
Sparky loves to sneak my socks outside and Rosie loves to grab my hose and chew on them. I think you are right about them liking our smells.
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