From: ABlainey@aol.com
Date: Fri Apr 04 2003 - 16:16:29 MST
In a message dated 04/04/03 21:17:18 GMT Standard Time, reason@exratio.com
writes:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> > [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Damien Broderick
> >
> > At 12:50 PM 4/4/03 +0100, Steve Davies wrote:
> >
> > >Personally the question I want answering is what happens
> > >to all of those socks that vanish from washing machines and why
> > is it only
> > >ever one half of of a pair that vanishes?
> >
> > I'm surprised that so careful a thinker as Steve should still
> > cling to this
> > common delusion. Careful study has shown that the *number* of socks is
> > always *conserved*. It is only the chirality that fluctuates. The best
> > current working model is that the rotation of swirling water
> > causes a local
> > sock transition through a curled spatial dimension or brane, yielding
> > right-left transposition. This is an ordinary example of the far grander
> > chirality dynamics at the Big bang, during which more antimatter switched
> > to normal matter than vice versa, thus accounting for the presence of all
> > of us and our socks. Some counter this explanation by reference to the
> > distinctive color and markings of certain singleton socks. These skeptics
> > seem unaware of the role played by the color charge of quarks and gluons.
>
> No, no, no...you don't need a complex physics theory when simple biology
> will do to explain two common household problems: socks are the larval form
> of coathangers.
>
> Reason
> http://www.exratio.com/
At last, the real question has been answered! It is obvious that the socks
find there way from the washing machine to a nearby kitchen draw. This purely
nocturnal and unwitnessed activity results in a laval nest where the socks
pupate. When the metamorphosis from sock to hanger is complete, they shed
there protective 'plastic carrier bag' skin leaving us with the mysterious
draw full of bags that is seen in virtually every home. The vast and varied
breads of sock and hanger can be seen by the huge array of distinct markings
on the outer surface of the pupation bags.
I believe the activity of the adult hangers is also nocturnal as they are
often found with a bare foot during a nightime pitch black trip to the
bathroom. Perhaps they are foraging for there favourite snack. that being the
scrunched up tissues that find there way under the bed?
Ahh the wonders of nature.
Alex
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