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

*thinks* So if I got in the washing machine would I be able to get my socks back?

Only if it spins in the right direction and the water is the right temperature. And you are the shape of a sock.

Oh...I don't think I'd pass for a sock

Well then I think the chances of finding the socks are slim.

See I told you, I bet if I'd put them in a safe place I'd be able to find them soon

In what kind of emergency do you have to find socks quickly?

Errr...if you were suddenly invited to a sock party?
Anyway I never said I had to find them quickly just that I had to find them at some stage...the only thing I need to find quickly is my driving licence and that's not with the socks

You never know, it might be.

Aaah but they can't be because I didn't put the socks in a safe place whereas my driving licence is carefully stored...somewhere

But the socks might get transported to somewhere safe, so they could be in the same place.

But why would the socks need to be in a safe place

If you can't find them, they must be in a safe place.

Hmmm, I never thought of it that way...although I don't think all lost things go to a safe place, some must go to an unsafe place or else nothing would ever get stolen...

Unless one persons safe place isn't the same as another persons. Then they might just stumble upon other peoples stuff.

That would explain why I have a pair of green socks which I have never seen before Do you suppose some people have real safe places that are actually safe places?

There must be some overlap somewhere, it must be quite handy if your safe place just happends to be a bank vault.

But then the key would have to be put in a safe place and then you'd be back where you started...besides it'd be a bit inconvenient to remember which bank you chose everytime you tried to ut some socks on

Would be a bit tricky, I'll admit.

Although possibly not as tricky as finding the rogue socks to start with...although I have now found my driving licence and there were no socks anywhere near it

Well at least part of the problem is solved.