Socks in the Wash

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single sock lost in the wash is a single sock, lost in the abyss of despair.

Or so I have been led to believe.

But what if I told you that it's not just any single sock, but an entire Single Sock of Doom?

What if I told you that the washing machine has become a portal to another dimension, and our missing socks are now the fuel for the interdimensional laundry cycle?

Would you still be interested in reading on, or would you rather just Stop the Machine?