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Unconventional sock usage ideas wanted.
Posted by polybore • 7/15/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: alternative uses, odd, socks
Polybore has a huge amount of socks. The problem is they are all odd socks. Where the matching socks went is one polybores great life mysteries. Forget UFO's where do the missing socks go?!
Please help polybore out by coming up with some alternative uses for these odd socks.
Some uses I have had to get the ball rolling.
Put heavy object in sock and use for home defense.
Fill roof cavity with socks to insulate house.
Use socks to make hand puppets.
Fill a sock with lavender, stitch up and place under pillow to aid sleep.
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Put two together and make tuck them in together so as to make a ball. Throw at dog! My dog is entertained with nearly anything!
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Good, good. I have so many socks you could make an Indiana Jones style sock boulder to throw at your dog. Hmm, you might need a trebuchet for a sock boulder that size.
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We tie knots in the middle and use old socks as pull toys with the dogs, too...but make sure you tie the knot! Otherwise, it seems that all the socks start to look just like his toy... -
Yeah my aunt has a dog that thinks any item of clothes is a toy. Once when I was staying with them the dog managed to get into my suitcase. I spent most of the morning hunting down my underpants which were strewn all around their rather large garden.
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I will not mention what came into my mind when I read the subject line! Too much TV rots the brain...
I agree with acidentalsexiness. Even my cat loves getting balled up socks thrown at her. You can also use them as rags.-
I wonder if it was the same thing that I thought of?
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You guys! It clearly says sock! This is as bad as my promo video discussion when many read it as porno video. Dear, dear. Poor innocent polybore, what company to keep.
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I knew you meant sock, I just know of a particular use for one
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I was thinking what you were thinking, I think -
Yep, I too read it as sock and still thought of something... naughty.
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I think, knowing a little of what you think, you were probably thinking what I was thinking.
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I have absolutely no idea what you guys are on abo..... oh my! Ok let it be the unspoken use. Dear me.
Back on track folks. What about... using an odd sock as a bookmark?!
Or here is a good one, get all those little bits of left over soap and put them in a sock for use as a body wash. (or a mouth wash for you dirty lot) -
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You could make those cute little monkey socks and sell them on ebay
hhmmm, that was supposed a joke at first but now that I think about.....
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Genius! I'd buy one.
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Was one of my favorite stuffed animals as a kid.
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Depending on the material, they might make decent cleaning rags.
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Yep I have some jaggy rough woolen ones that would be good for scouring pots. Also some nice cotton ones that would do well for polishing the brass. Much more hygenic than old underpants too.
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Stoneman...you might be on to something...
Think green for a second....you could market recycled sock material as cleaning rags....I would buy them
I have the perfect name too..." StoneMan Rags" -
Dude, don't name them after him. I said rags first! Bah humbug.
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I've got loads to get you started. Shame no one has found a way to email a sock yet.
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In the winter time I make toys and dolls like rabbits and teddy bears from brand new socks and they go over really well with young kids.
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Never underestimate the usefulness of the humble sock. That is a great way to wile away the dark winter evenings. Thanks for that.
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They are really cute. The bunnies are the cutest of all. I sold 3 dozen at the Farmers' Market in 1 hour flat.
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So there is money in odd socks as well. (well not actually physically in them) Interesting.
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I used new socks for the toys. I cut down old work socks and add armholes to them and put them on my chihuahuas on cold and rainy days.
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Excellent. Must make for a cute photo.
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Ha! The sock monster! I agree with all- great for dusting, cleaning and for occasional cat attacks.-
Ah ha. If you put some glass in a sock along with some pebbles and sand, then stuck it in the washing machine, with salt instead of powder. Run it for a few cycles and hey presto....
A washing machine powered by renewable energy of course.
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When I don't cut my big toenails, the socks always get a hole in the big toe spot of the sock.
I throw them out most of the time. You can use them to line the baseboards of the walls for when you paint a room. They absorb a lot since they are cotton.
You can use them for cleaning also.
When you don't want to touch something that is dirty you can use them as gloves. -
Put some pennies in it and you have an effective weapon.-
Ouch! Handy dual use- weapon and piggy bank.
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Use them to store something of value (who would check a sock???)
Hand puppets
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If the sock is free of holes, you can put kitty litter (I said CLEAN kitty litter) in the sock, knot the top, and put it in your shoe to absorb perspiration and odor. It really works.
I know, because I do this. But then, I'm weird.-
Good one. I am also weird. I put potato peelings in shoes to soften them up if I have not worn them for a while.
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Hey, that's a great idea for breaking in new shoes!
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Is Pollybore really bored?-
Pollybored has bored himself. Well spotted Kat.
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What about setting up a match making service for socks. Somewhere someone should have a matching pairless sock-
Match.com for socks. LOL
I only buy white socks, so I never have this problem. They all match, all the time.
I may be boring, but I come with matching socks. Now that I write that, it doesn't sound like as good a thing as it did when I thought of it. -
That's an excellent idea! You could run your own lonely sock singles store on eBay.
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but who would get the complete pair. they'd have to be shared
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but who would get the complete pair. they'd have to be shared
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No, you'd sell the match to the matchee and they'd take it off your hands. That'd be perfect for Polybore, as obviously he cannot be trusted with whole pairs.
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@legbamel That would be perfect for polybore. And you are right there is not much I can be trusted with.
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Use your old socks as a coffee filter when you when you are living under an interstate. Just dump some coffee grounds that you found in a dumpster into the sock, tie it in a not and drop it into a pot of boiling water.
You can usually get good coffee grounds behind your more reputable coffee houses.-
MMMM. Sock coffee.
I've had coffee that tastes like it was filtered through dirty socks, so I bet it would be even better if the socks were clean.
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start a hardcore sock fetish website?
Mwahahaahahaha! -
HHmmmmm.... kdawg, only you could think up something so brilliant.
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actually - the Japanese seem to have beat me to the punch. Don't ask me how I know this.
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I dont think anyone could fetishise a polybore sock.
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I use old socks for t-cuttting and waxing my car, i can get my hand inside and never drop it onto the dirty floor!
You could also use one for a washing babies in the bath, or hanging babies up by their ankles afterwards to dry?-
Careful with that t-cut. I had a nice red car that went pink when it started running out of layers of paint. Will try out the baby drying this evening.
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if they're nice looking socks, i have hung them off the side of the end table as remote control containers. One for the stereo and the Sirius, one for the DVD player, one for the tv. looks nice enough for our house (which is a step up from student furniture), and keeps everything at hand as well.
of course, those of you with real furniture will probably want to forgo this one.-
Excellent- remote holsters. I can never find the remote, now if I can just catch one of my odd socks I will be in business. Here is a video of what catching a polybore sock is like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQUOwXbbG_4
PS are you related to the chap in the photo back up the thread?
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soap in a sock, doesn't leave bruises on the soles of the feet. Great if you want to attack someone in prison.-
Who is the daddy?!
Reference to the film "Scum" -
Reference Schmeference, how do you know it's not first hand experience polybore?
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I thought I had better point out that I was refering to a film. Not asking who your daddy was.
I can't imagine for one minute that you are, or ever have been, a Bad Girl. lol -
Good. Coz I have no idea who ma daddy is, innit
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Have you been corrupted by hip hop at Glasto?
Grr I see blue sky in your avatar. -
Well done for spotting the location in my avatar, Polybore. Are you the Iranian Militia per chance? I have been trying to shake them for years.
I neva woz adverse to a ickle hip hop, sum drum and base and a bit of garage - ai.
PS - fantastic idea for a thread. love it.
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What, you mean like Sifl and Olly? Funniest show ever. I'm really starting to think I don't fit in with the rest of you if I had to be the one to mention them.
Oh, to answer the original question (I'm hoping that by putting it down here, it won't get noticed by the admins..) I put on a sock "Down There" with nothing else on, and watch telemundo at full volume until I cry myself to sleep. It's depressing, but it gets easier the more you do it. Don't knock it till you've tried it. -
Polybore thought they might revive this old thread as have thought of a new and topical use for an odd sock. Swine Flu mask. Just make sure you wash the sock first.
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Apparently they also can be used to bribe cats. Ask Stillthinking.
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Yep that cat reminded polybore of this old thread. Would like to borrow that cat as an odd sock search and rescue cat.
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I think I'd rather get the swine flu that go any where near my kids socks!-
Wow those socks must be rather foul.
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No it's their feet inside the socks that are foul.
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Ah yes stinky feet, a problem polybore is, unfortunately, very familiar with.
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"fifi"s-
Please explain.
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ah of course. Had thought you meant these guys. www.nickjr.co.uk/shows/fifi/index.aspx
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flowertots, huh? o_0
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I just popped into this thread to wonder how long it would be before Agit8r brought up "fifi's" but I see he has beaten me to the punch!
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If you have giant feet, you could stretch them over your face and rob banks. You can use the ones you filled with heavy objects as your robbery weapon. This way, it's allllllllllll profit!-
Would suggest the time honoured stocking for the disguise part. Good sock cosh idea. However if you get caught would have to refer you to Agit8r's idea.
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It's a match made in heaven.
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Unless you share a cell with the ShamWOW guy...
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I am still thinking about what I thought originally
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well now you know of another use, then
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Its not that different
Not that I have had a use for a sock in that way. -
Yep. Have you seen how long kilt socks are?
Thought of any PG or (15) uses for an odd sock since then?
Phew if these boards had a tone it would be an A0. -
no comprendo senor?
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Sorry PG (parental guidence) and 15 are UK film classifications.
A0 is the lowest note on a piano. Polybore seems to be a bit up themselves this evening. -
ah, all caught up now... next time i'll stick to politicizing socks... hmmm 0_o
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The missing socks are a conspiracy to subsidize the giant sock corporations profit margin. roughly 1/3 of all the socks in a package disolve spontaineously in detergent and water... all part of the corporatist conspiracy!
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Darn. You just got yourself a ticket to Sock Re- Educaton Camp and Room 101.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... I LOVE BIG SOCKO!... DO IT TO JULIA INSTEAD!
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Thin sock: stuff toe with catnip, tie knot, fold sock over itself, continue knotting & folding until sock is all used up. Give ball to cat.
Thick sock: Cut down both sides of sock, leaving toe intact, so it's a long strip. Cut each side in half, leaving toe intact, so it makes a cross shape. Cut small hole in toe. Cut bottom off of gallon milk jug. Put mouth of jug through the toe hole. Pull the sock strips up the sides of the jug; fasten with string or tape to make a net, holding the jug. Put a tomato plant in the jug; fill jug with dirt; hang outside by tying sock ends over a hook, nail or branch.-
Nice keep the cat happy and produce food. Excellent.
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Use light knee length socks, shove a tennis ball right to the toes and tie it off with a knot. These are great throw toys for a dog. They travel much further. -
I put them on my ears and pretend to be a donkey or a puppy when it's "imagination" time with the boys-
Woof.
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