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Gothamist appreciates that Kill The Bird is spreading the word about the sock that was found downtown. KTB notes that "the founder of the so-called missing sock wants a complete description of said sock...P.S. The female's voice on the recording sounds cute." What Gothamist wonders about is what caused this sock to become lost...did the sock finder pick up a dirty, worn sock, or was it clean, perhaps an item that fell out of a laundry bag? Or is this a school psychology-meets-practical-fashion experiment?
Most signs Gothamist sees are for guitar lessons or missing pets. We love the book, Lost: Lost and Found Pet Posters from Around the World by Ian Phillips; it makes us want to put microchips in every single pet we see, not to mention on everything we own and hold dear.
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Existentially speaking, can one actually find a missing sock? That is, if one has found it, it is no longer missing. One can find a lost sock, but this missing sock mystery is quite the confusion.
And how do they know it was missing to begin with? Maybe it was just going for a hop around the block.
I actually saw the people putting these signs up on University yesterday. They looked like college students, so the psychology experiment idea may have some merit.
Or...not.
I recently lost a pet I didn't like that much. I would hate to lose a sock I loved!
I'm obsessed with lost pet posters (of course I have the book!) Recently a lost cat in my neighborhood was apparently found, and the people wrote "FOUND!!" all over the posters in the 'hood rather than just taking them down. A found pet! It brings me joy.
In related news, FOUND magazine is having shows tonight and tomorrow night at Tank on 42nd Street. For times and such, click here: http://www.foundmagazine.com/
The best lost pet poster I ever saw was in Park Slope. There was the requisite photo of cute cat, and below that, it said:
"HELP!
I wandered into Great Lakes on Saturday night, had too many martinis and forget where I lived. Please help me get back home."
I wanted to take one down as a souvenir but was afraid I would sabotage the poor drinkin' cat's chance at being reunited with his human.
just throw away the twin and walk away. life goes on and new socks are just a few bucks a pack at the street fairs. boo ya!
Hah! The most accurate way to match it with the sock's owner is by the odor! (assuming this all is not a joke). Sherlock Holmes, the game is afoot!
The best poster I saw was, no joke, "Name Our Child." Under the main headline it said "You have until the first week of April"
An act of Dada. Art school students.... will they go to no ends to make themselves heard?
An act of Dada. Art school students.... will they go to no ends to make themselves heard?
so you can go on missing a sock why would you want to call someone to get an old sock back just buy a new pair, im sure if youre living in nyc you gotta have some money lying around for a new pair of socks.