“We discovered at one point that the brick wall of the pillar would hold up a sock pretty well. This led to sorting socks by putting them on the wall, which in turn led to mosaics built entirely of socks. Mission drift is a hazard in all pursuits, including doing the laundry.”
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As quoted in Williams' Weighing the Odds: A Course in Probability and Statistics (2001), p. 498
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“I washed a sock. Then I put it in the dryer. When I took it out, it was gone.”

“His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect.”
"Ministers of Grace"
The Chronicles of Clovis (1911)

“Never run in the rain with your socks on.”

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