Socks. They defy all rational notions of space, time and logic.

[HoneyDragon]

I can present the following as absolute evidence that I am not being in any way unreasonable or incorrect in my aforementioned statement

1. The square footage of my house is half the square footage that would be taken up by the amount of socks that have gone missing over the 14 years we have resided here. They must go SOMEWHERE ELSE because we are not swimming through odd socks.

1. I have 4 feet that belong to two children. They wear 4 socks a day. I swear I pick up at least 7 children's socks of the floor every day. Very occasionally they may belong to a surplus child that does not reside on the premises. That means every year I pick up at least 1095 unaccounted socks. These however are not the ones missing from statement 1.

1. They magnetically repel each other. Socks are sold in pairs. Within precisely one week of purchase at least one has inexplicably and irrevocably disappeared. I suspect cannibalism.

1. They defy organisation. Even through regularly culling, sorting and restraining with drawers they immediately relocate to under beds, knicker drawers and occasionally the car.

AIBU?

I think that all your lost socks may have found their way to my house as we seem to have loads of socks (all odd of course) that I certainly didn't buy :)
We obviously don't have all the ones that I did buy though.......

Maybe read this book and all your socks & spoons will be found:

www.amazon.co.uk/Place-Called-Here-Cecelia-Ahern/dp/0007198914/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380564608&sr=1-15&keywords=cecelia+ahern

Wasn't there a Sock Monster in The Hogfather? I think that it was blamed for sock disappearance.