THE SOCK MONSTER
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Sock Monsters live in various places, under the beds of unsuspecting humans, in their laundry baskets, in their ‘smalls’ drawer, but most commonly in washing machines.
They are the blight of sock-wearing humans’ lives.
Unsurprisingly, the Sock Monster’s diet is predominantly socks but, to the despair of sock-wearing humans, they never eat a whole pair of socks - only one is consumed leaving the remaining sock for the humans to add to their Odd Sock Collection.
Occasionally the sock is not consumed by the Sock Monster, merely gnawed at and left in shreds thus rendering the pair useless.
It has been suggested that an Odd Sock Convention be organised where people can take along their collections with a view to swapping socks to make useful pairs, displaying socks with interesting shapes gnawed into them and generally swapping stories about their own personal Sock Monster. However, doubts about the hygiene aspect and objections from several National Verruca Foundations have so far halted any plans for such a convention.
They are the blight of sock-wearing humans’ lives.
Unsurprisingly, the Sock Monster’s diet is predominantly socks but, to the despair of sock-wearing humans, they never eat a whole pair of socks - only one is consumed leaving the remaining sock for the humans to add to their Odd Sock Collection.
Occasionally the sock is not consumed by the Sock Monster, merely gnawed at and left in shreds thus rendering the pair useless.
It has been suggested that an Odd Sock Convention be organised where people can take along their collections with a view to swapping socks to make useful pairs, displaying socks with interesting shapes gnawed into them and generally swapping stories about their own personal Sock Monster. However, doubts about the hygiene aspect and objections from several National Verruca Foundations have so far halted any plans for such a convention.
