h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Have you ever noticed that socks, around the end of their valorous lives, sometimes get an few extra cycle, due to the following loophole :

- sock is worn for a day / week / month (tick when appropriate), and at some point during that part of the cycle, a hole is discovered
- end of the day / week / ..., sock is removed and, the hole being forgotten, thrown into the laundry basket
- sock is washed, dried, folded, stored into the sock drawer
- sock is picked-up one morning, the hole is discovered again, but, "hey, I am not going to throw away a pair of socks that I just washed", and here they go, on for another day/week/...