I can remember a time when we had to darn our socks

[salinen]

Those darn socks!

[afraid_of_the_dark]

1. I darn them every time....

I take them out of the dryer, and discover that one is missing. Where is that other darn sock?

[salinen]

3. There is a sock monster

that lives in the dryer and eats them, but only one per pair.

[TrogL]

6. It's transmuted into a coat hanger

It's in your front closet.

[Mr.Green93]

2. you are lucky to have socks.....

[TheMightyFavog]

8. Python reference forthcoming

<Yorkshireman>
We 'ad to wear burlap sacks on our feet!
</Yorkshireman>

[donsu]

4. me too - I've even darned socks

used to have a darning egg. my mother taught me how and I helped her.

[donsu]

5. during WWII we even darned hose

nt

[TrogL]

7. Remember when you could darn socks

because they were knitted, not woven out of a super-fabric.

[kskiska]

9. I remember taking shoes to the shoemaker for repairs

– back when shoes were made of leather and could be repaired. And when I was a teenager, I used to have taps put on my loafers, to keep heels from wearing down, of course.