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The missing socks form quantum-entangled pairs that partially cancel each other out.
What happens at the equator? Is that where all the missing socks go?
Oh no, they propagate to the poles. You'll never see people wearing socks at the equator - they would tell you that it's because it's too hot to wear them, but it's really because socks can't exist there. It's only quantum tunnelling that enables them to be transported across the equator at all. And no matter how often you try, when you move a pair of socks containing a left sock and a right sock across the equator, you'll find on arrival that it has been inverted, and now contains a right sock and a left sock (assuming your luggage didn't quantum tunnel en masse to an airport 6 timezones away from your destination - that can happen sometimes.)
My friend Eileen only wears a left sock because her right foot was eaten by piranhas (she never did get that Brownie Super Explorer badge either). What happens if she goes down under?
She's safe just so long as she doesn't meet with the anti-sock in her travels (she may spontaneously turn to lint if that happens.)
Bodies are too big and solid to exhbit such quantum entanglement, so she'll still only have a left foot, and will probably never notice that the sock has inverted en route. If her ankle is sore for a few hours on arrival, she'll most likely blame low pressure in the aircraft rather than having the wrong sock on, but if she wants to make it fit better, she should turn it inside out.
she should turn it inside out.She should also
put out a piece of cheese and a bowl of milk for the elves. It saves you a lot of lint problems.
She should also put out a piece of cheese and a bowl of milk for the elves.
Oh, I thought that was only if you needed it darning? Elves clearly have a higher appetite to work ratio than the pixie shoe menders
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What happens at the equator? Is that where all the missing socks go?
Oh no, they propagate to the poles. You'll never see people wearing socks at the equator - they would tell you that it's because it's too hot to wear them, but it's really because socks can't exist there. It's only quantum tunnelling that enables them to be transported across the equator at all. And no matter how often you try, when you move a pair of socks containing a left sock and a right sock across the equator, you'll find on arrival that it has been inverted, and now contains a right sock and a left sock (assuming your luggage didn't quantum tunnel en masse to an airport 6 timezones away from your destination - that can happen sometimes.)
And what of the theoretical anti-sock? Where does one find those? At the anti-sock store? With the uncle sock?
Oh, and are we absolutely sure the right sock didn't get stuck in the other trouser leg of time before it was sent to the laundry?
I've found the best thing to do is to buy two pairs of socks and give one left sock to charity, that way I always have a spare right one.
If you exported the left socks to australia, you might be able to produce energy from the fission.
Of course, the process might require some sort of damping to prevent a runaway reaction - a critical mass might see the spontaneous emission of every left sock from the northern hemisphere to the southern, and a corresponding explosion of right socks.
Of course, the process might require some sort of damping to prevent a runaway reaction - a critical mass might see the spontaneous emission of every left sock from the northern hemisphere to the southern, and a corresponding explosion of right socks.
My friend Eileen only wears a left sock because her right foot was eaten by piranhas (she never did get that Brownie Super Explorer badge either). What happens if she goes down under?
Anyone enjoying the rubber science of this discussion should try Robert Rankin's The Book of Ultimate Truths some time.
"a critical mass might see the spontaneous emission of every left sock from the northern hemisphere to the southern, and a corresponding explosion of right socks"
Would that be what produces the Northern Rights? Otherwise known as the Auroma Boursinealis.
Would that be what produces the Northern Rights? Otherwise known as the Auroma Boursinealis.
She's safe just so long as she doesn't meet with the anti-sock in her travels (she may spontaneously turn to lint if that happens.)
Bodies are too big and solid to exhbit such quantum entanglement, so she'll still only have a left foot, and will probably never notice that the sock has inverted en route. If her ankle is sore for a few hours on arrival, she'll most likely blame low pressure in the aircraft rather than having the wrong sock on, but if she wants to make it fit better, she should turn it inside out.
put out a piece of cheese and a bowl of milk for the elves. It saves you a lot of lint problems.
Oh, I thought that was only if you needed it darning? Elves clearly have a higher appetite to work ratio than the pixie shoe menders
I keep asking a house elf to move in and do the washing up, but I think he's afraid of my cats. Silly of him, they are all big kittens really. They are only playing when they pounce on the invisible little people or chase them around.
If Eileen turns her left sock inside out, will the sock in the northern hemisphere automatically instantly turn inside out? What about the anitsock and it's mate? Can we use this sock system as a form of faster than light communication? What about building an engine that runs on the energy left over from converting a person into lint?
If Eileen turns her left sock inside out, will the sock in the northern hemisphere automatically instantly turn inside out? What about the anitsock and it's mate? Can we use this sock system as a form of faster than light communication? What about building an engine that runs on the energy left over from converting a person into lint?
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