The Great Sock Conspiracy of 1987

In the depths of the Reagan Era, a sinister plot unfolded, shrouded in darkness and deceit. It started in the laundry rooms of suburbia, where the fabric of society was being torn apart by a most heinous crime: THE MISSING SOCKS.

It is said that on a fateful night in 1987, a cabal of rogue sock puppeteers, known as "The Sock Syndicate," orchestrated the disappearance of millions of socks from across the nation. The evidence was overwhelming: lone singles, orphaned pairs, and even a few socks in Space were all part of the grand scheme.

But why, you ask, would such a diabolical plot be hatched in the first place? The truth, my friends, was that the Sock Syndicate sought to manipulate the global supply chain, holding the world hostage to their whimsical demand for matching pairs.

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