Is it just me who has the fantastic ability to lose socks! At one time I must have had 15 pairs of black socks for work. This morning I had 3 odd pairs and 1 white sports sock. Where in gods name do my socks go????
There's a space-time wormhole connected to the back of all washing machines, which swallows odd socks, gloves and stockings and spews them out via a black hole onto a distant world of little green men . Unfortunately for the little green men, they haven't got any feet, only antennae, so the socks are building up there in thousands of unwanted heaps. But at least they are all clean.
I know its a bit childish, like having your mittens joined by a long cord, but M&S do packs with different coloured heels & toes. The worm-hole seems to reject them.