but seriously, how do people lose one sock in the laundry?

Question

We’ve all had this occur multiple times in our lives: we do the laundry, one sock from the pair goes missing. We check the washer and the dryer, it’s nowhere to be found. It happens often enough to be a running cultural, universal joke. But it makes no sense. How does it happen?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

I’m on holiday in Thailand and dropped off some laundry at one of those 100THB per kg places. I got back all my clothing plus 1 pair of women’s socks and a single black mens socks. So that’s where they go lol.