What should I say when there is really nothing that I want to talk about? The other day I was doing my laundry and of course when I was done matching my socks there was one left over. You may not think that this is an important event but I consider it to be one of the great mysteries of the world. Why, you might ask? Because it happens every time I do the laundry.

Whenever I lose something I try and retrace my steps back to when I last touched whatever it was that I lost. Each time I lose a sock I do the same thing and it never helps me at all. Here is an example of my process of trying to find my last sock.

I finish folding my laundry and I realize that I have lost a sock. I think back to taking of my socks when I get home from work and I put them in my dirty clothes basket. I always put them in the basket. I never put one sock in and mistakenly wander around the house with one remaining sock on my foot. When I do the laundry I take the dirty clothes basket to the washing machine and put them in the washer, from the washer to the dryer, and then I fold them.

That's it. My socks move approximately 15 feet from the time I take them off to the time that I fold them. How is it possible that one could be missing every time I do laundry? My next question is, how come the missing socks never turn up? It's not like I do my laundry, find that a sock is missing, and a couple of days later find a lone sock laying on the ground. Once they are lost, they are lost forever.

Where do these socks go? Do other people have this same problem? Does it infuriate other people as much as it does me? I think that there is no answer to my first question. The answer to the last two questions would have to be yes.

Some people may say that I must be careless when I take off my socks and end up losing them. If you lost something every week do you think that you would be more careful about where you place whatever it is that you lose? Don't you think that I am incredibly careful every time I take of my socks and make sure that they go in the dirty clothes basket? Do you realize the agony it causes me every time I am about done folding my laundry and I realize that there will be an extra sock even though I have put in a special effort during the week not to lose any socks? I am now considering putting some type of homing device in my socks and see if I can determine the cause of this madness.