It's a paradox, because you have 17 socks, but they all match.
Or do they?
Is it 17 different socks, or just 1 sock that's 17 times bigger?
Or maybe it's just a magic trick, like a sock in a box that's always 1 sock, no matter what you do.
Or maybe it's just a bunch of socks, and you're just making it up as you go along.
Or maybe it's just the universe, being a paradoxical mess of a universe, and we're all just along for the ride.