.... to be seriously pissed off with the ....

[kinki]

.... sock monster?

Well am I? I've just done a sock-take (sorry) and discovered 25 yes 25 odd socks.

I mean, ffs, why does he feel the need to hold 25 of my family's socks to ransom. What the feck have done to upset him>?

Also, AIBU making dh and dses wear odd socks next week?

tsk, is that all? I have 63. WTF are the others?

YANBU
Odd socks are back in fashion!

I have a big basket full of odds, DD and Dh wear odds as they cant be bothered anymore.

Good point. Oh yes, I remember wearing odd socks in the 80s, one luminous green and one luminous yellow. I traded with my best mate.

Ok, so we're looking for a 63 (that is impressive) legged monster wearing 3 shoes/trainers.

shock i to have learnt i buy the same socks so the sock monster can,t pull a fast one on me !! but must be still coming to visit as they keep going down so i still have to buy more !! come on ffs where do these,s missing sock really end up as we never see to find them again at all do we !!

thw, real witches do that too don't they?

Oh yes, it is a very common problem. After many years of stockpiling odd socks, waiting for their partner to reappear, all my kids socks are now grey or black - same style, same length etc, so there is just a grey pile and a black pile and we have no problems ......Until they start to fade and then you begin trying to match them up by how much they've faded which is your cue to throw all the socks away and buy a new black pile and grey pile

I get the whole sockmonster thing, I really do but I'm somewhat concerned about THW's shoe-eater.

Are you sure you don't have some weird one-legged stalker?
Perhaps he likes to sniff them before he wears them?

Oops, sorry sockmonster. No offence meant. Unless of course you are related to this entity that hides my family's socks.

I thought I would fool the Sock Monster so last year I got DS all black socks so that it wouldn't matter after a few washes they are all different shades of black Blardy clever that sock monster

I threw all the oddies, I now have 3 pairs. Need to do some shopping!

Only 25?

He didn't do a very good job at your house, did he?

We should pool resources, he's probably left some of our 56 hostages at yours..

Could we maybe do an Odd Swap and create serendipitous pairings?

seriously a freind of mine actually sew's all the pairs of socks together with a little thread everytime she puts them in the washing machine and refuses to put odd sock in "ALONE" and she irons socks to !
unless anyof you poster iron them to of course thats ok

Yes, poppyknot, I'll call your pink plaid ankle-sock, and call with a heather-toned paisley knee-high

Can't really match your heather-toned paisley knee-high, but could raise you red/black pirates of the caribean ankle (would suit an 8yo)

Debz, does your friend walk with really short steps?