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Lost one of my black socks, and then there was one. What do I do?

DMC, well-heeled, ten-toed, and now with an Achilles exposed, he says … ???


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DrMotorcity

Don Trump calls me Pornography Man
It is with great trepidation, a heavy heart, and a light demiglace over ice that I bring this devastating news to you, my friends.

Where, oh where is my black sock tonight? (Or even today, or this morning). And if it did in fact take flight of its own volition, how could it leave the other one here all alone? I searched the department store over and I thought I found a truly perfect pair of black socks, but one left (or maybe it was the right) the other, and (pffft) it was gone.

Ah, an Upper Peninsula separated from a Lower one by a mere sliver of sea known as the Straits of Mackinac. Yet there's only one strait that I could ever find? And there are those annoyingly cynical types who will leap at the opportunity to remind the listener (or in this case, reader) that that was in actuality the name of a short-lived (very short lived) television program centered around one of Henry Ford's finest products and the two unemployables that drove it aimlessly about the Great Lake State for reasons in rebellion with any rational thinking when one takes into account the price of maintaining an automobile and their scantilly-clad cousin, who, I believe has her own thread at FreeOnes, and of which the afore mentioned undersupervised individuals are heavy contributors to, as is their collective cantankerous "uncle,"—as if television "uncles" were ever anything but cantankerous—it has been reported. Do you see my point? No, I didn't mean it that way.

Ushankas or polo shirts, but what the difference, you may ask? For one, I never played polo, I can attest. Then again, I'm not even certain what it is. And where would one place the cufflinks? Obviously, neither one of these items has anything to do with black socks, be they missing or accounted for, and as for things "fore" associated with those that are "links," the weather is far too uncooperative to risk standing out in an open field with a metal device in one's hand held high above their head. I thought about doing it one time, but instead graciously donated the particular acoutrements and the appointed space in time to a specific divorce attorney whom I was more than just casually familiar with. Yes, those socks were special—in fact, it was my favorite of the pair whose disappearence we have engaged in communion to lament.

I have seen such a thing—a "Polo," a model of automobile manufactured by an extemporanous concern that we don't like to talk about; to be specific, several of them, in fact, when ever the Detroit River is being dredged, occassionally the stray "Polo" will be hauled up from the mud and eventually deposited on shore, and quite possibly, that is where my missing black sock is, perhaps caught in the craw of an Asian carp enroute to Canada, where the currency exchange rate is considerably more favorable and the radio stations are much more listenable to, broadcasting less commercials per hour than their American counter-part, for which this emerging nation conducts its own counter-part operations, as a deterent against the irksome special-orders and their accompanying "3-5 working day" delay, as well as the infernal "backordered item" and the numbingly deceitful "out of stock" rhetoric, though I would not entirely rule it out of being in the car just the same.

And were that sock to make it to Canada, and capably assimilate it self among these "Easterners," for an extended length of time, and then, through the grace of Providence, and with a nod to Greely, find its way back to its humble place of origin, and finally be reunited with its twin, would they even recognize themselves? Sure, without question, wouldn't you say, each would be certain to recognize their respective self—the implementation of a mirror would be helpful—after all, know thy self, as extolled by the Śaiva Siddhanta Church. Yes, but would one recognize the other? Months and even years of estrangement, and in a foreign land where the only natives are people who were born there or otherwise they wouldn't be called that and then to return to its home a' blaze in yellow ribbons and festooned in benjemina ficus plants in the proud American Midwest, speaking such an unintelligible tongue, rendering the repatriated article indiscernable in sound and appearance as if it were the virtual embodiment of Bob and / or Doug McKenzie / Cause it gets in your brain / It drives you insane / With the frenzy ... !!!


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Be it not forthright removed seven years ago on the dawnsome cusp of the nascent noviation of high-nuncupative neo-vexation, or nay, that it 'twere, it is truly a sad day.


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bodie54

If FreeOnes was a woman, I'd marry her!
Doctor, Sir.

The holidays are a bummer of a time to have this happen, but the parting was an inevitability.

Clearly you don't know as much about black socks as I thought you did. Apparently you've only used them to selfishly glamorize and accessorize without ever examining their inner lives. At least until now....now that one has departed, now that it's too late.

Your lost sock isn't lost at all. It simply completed its weaning process. It's no longer reliant on you for its sustenance. Capable of subsisting independently, it moved on to find a fate all its own. And there's not telling where, though I suspect there's a chicken foot somewhere that's suddenly looking dead sexy.

You can be assured the other sock will go missing too, in due time.

And in answer to one of your questions; once weaned and parted the two socks will never recognize one other again. And this is for the best, as beyond the initial parting it prevents any familial heartbreak. Even the distinct odor of your asbestos encrusted toenails will be lost forever from their memories (and isn't THAT a blessing!)
 

maildude

Postal Paranoiac
I too have mourned over misplaced wardrobery. Many a time have I had to shamefully wear mismatched socks until time was nigh for a trip to Kohl's. Be light-hearted, my friend. And know that the sock has gone on to a better place.
 

tunsty

If FreeOnes was a woman, I'd marry her!
Our thoughts are with you at his difficult time.


I too have experienced the loss of a close sock, mine was more of a light brown colour, but that doesn't diminish the hurt.


I suppose the best you can hope is that, wherever the sock is, it is not suffering, ie. has become a sock-puppet or a tramp's cock-warmer.

Remember: A sock is for life, not just for 3 months.
 

Spleen

Banned?
I'll keep an eye out for it and give you a call if I see it.
 

mongo18

A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke.
I have avoided this whole unfortunate occurrence for many years by simply buying enough pairs of the exact same sock to last between laundry loads. They are all thrown into a drawer together in a free sock orgy rather than bundled in monogamous pairs. Believe it or not they all usually wear at about the same rate, and when the time comes, I hurl the lot and go out to buy a whole new generation of socks.
 

D-rock

I'm too lazy to set a usertitle.
When one sock mysteriously disappears for no reason it's usually a secret plot of the sock making corporations. They make them disappear somehow to keep you buying socks. The only thing that can be done about it is standing up and fighting back against them. Perhaps you could set out a full pair of socks as a trap and then get them when they fall for it.
 

Becks...poamr

Be careful what you wish for, it might come true!
I think your sock stopped over here yesterday to see Senob.

If I had read this post earlier, I would've crossed the street to the Greyhound station and sent it back home.
 

DrMotorcity

Don Trump calls me Pornography Man
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Very special thanks to Becks... for sending the delightfully interesting-looking fruit cake that, in my humble and plausibly qualified opinion, bears a peculiar resemblance to Senob. I'd be interested to know where to buy the pan. Hardly being one to be selfish, or having ever been in a position to sell fish, as it is illegal in the State of Michigan to sell any commodity that is potentially lethal (note to the viewer: much of fellow colleague DR Kevorkian's lavishly publicized dust-up with the law had stemmed from his side-line as a fishmonger, DBA The Quicksilver Messenger Service {see inset below}), I am quite certain that an enduring impression will be left upon the neighbor's critically acclaimed four-legged and ill-tempered canine nuisance from imbibing in an up-close perusal of this gracious offering, along with the paving brick that is attached to it (duct tape not included).

During these times that try the souls of strong men sufficiently enough to render them otherwise, it is in deed a great comfort to know that there are those who care.

Thank you, my friends, the Members of the FreeOnes Message Board.

:)



DrMotorcity



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Sympathies for you in this time of great need and want, but what you need to think about durig these times of hurt and pain is, that your still alive. Your heart still beats, your brain continues to send out its signals to everything it needs to. Yes your foot is cold I hear you, but when you look at all those wonderous moments that we all live and share socks dont seem to matter anymore.

Women smell fantastic, animals still bring smiles to you face when they shit on a floor that is not your own, but then they bring anger when its your own. But then laughs are soon to follow when you kick the little bugger in the ass.

Your in shock, you need to get yourself out of this rut, these are the times when we as men or you as a man take control we hunt, we kill, we drive cars, we cry when we watch Die Hard hes all alone and he has to fight off Hans Gruber all by himself, now if that doesnt bring a tear to your eye your one cold hearted bastard.

So after all of my advice, I think I need to tell you the truth, you may not want to hear this but I feel I need to; its gone, its never coming back, yes there will be other socks some will have a similar feel to your beloved but it will never be your one and only your love.

I feel I need to say this again just to get it throught to you, even though I feel true sympathy for you. Its gone and its never coming back, you have to buy another pair. :(
 

nightwanker

Proud first owner of FreeOnes Playing Cards

StanScratch

My Penis Is Dancing!
Might seem like just a sock, but I am sure it lived a full life. It had highs, it had lows. I am sure there were times when it felt like a heel, other times when it seemed a hole was being ripped from its soul.
And in the nine months since, darn it, who knows. Perhaps it has enveloped Italy. Maybe it tip-toed through the Danish tulips. It always could have witnessed attack ships on fire off the ankle of Orion, or watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Toehauser gate.
Or it got sucked in the lint trap.
 

Spleen

Banned?
I suppose if you've never seen a motorcity thread, this shit will sail right over your head.
 

Ace Boobtoucher

Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
Put a white sock on your left hand and your remaining black sock on your left hand and pretend they're Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder singing "Ebony and Ivory." That would entertain me for hours.
 

biomech

Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit
The mystery of disappearing sock's; I never could figure out where they go.
 
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