How many times have you unloaded a washing machine and discovered you had a sock missing? And you just can’t find it anywhere?
That mystery has now been solved by NASA’s Mars Rover. The little robot, crawling along the red sands of Mars, has bumped into what has been described as “a whole freakin’ mountain of missing socks.”
So that’s where they went…
NASA custodial engineer Tars Tarkas said, “I knew they’d discover something like this, someday! Uh, please step aside so I can mop that spot–thank you. Betcha there’s a mountain of little plastic army men up there, too.”
NASA project director John Carter denied reports of the discovery and called them “mischief perpetrated by racists who are trying to get us all hauled off to a rubber room somewhere.” Replied Tarkas, “I’ve got tenure, so he can go get stuffed. I’ll still be here long after he’s gone.”
There are currently no plans to bring the socks back to earth, according to assistant director Camilo Pascual, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Maybe they’ll find all the missing pencils and pens, too. You know … the ones you put down for a minute and when you go to pick them up again, they’ve disappeared. (Of course, the cat might have something to do with this.)
I’ve been blaming my cats for that.
I see where some of those socks have showed up on E-Bay at outrageous prices.
How did they get ’em down from Mars?
The sock thing amazes me. I have a relatively limited collection of socks, just a few different colors, and the only laundry happening in this house is mine; so why do I always have one or two oddball socks which have lost their mate?
Mars is as good of an answer as any I can think of.
I’ve always blamed it on the Sock Monster.