The other day I wrote an article about shaving (Albert Einstein). And I brought in Albert Einstein to the equation (he he). This reminded me of another aspect of daily life on which old Albert and I disagree* and that is on the prickly subject of socks.

Now I wear socks but, and here's the problem, they don't often match. I'm not sure how many socks I own but I imagine that they must number into the hundreds. And the odds of me wearing a matching pair are:

(The number of socks I have - 1) / 1

What I'm suggesting is that it's completely random. Ah but, as some of the more mathematically astute are probably thinking, am I really suggesting that each pair is unique. No I'm not obviously (in a way). I do buy packs of socks like everybody else. But the problem that we all face is sock fade. This is the situation where certain socks get washed more regularly and fade. The pairs then change colour together. So after a while a sock from one pair is no longer completely interchangeable with other socks from formerly identical pairs.

So what's Einstein got to do with this? Well he took the easy way out and chose to never wear socks. Which is quite unfortunate as I had hoped for some kind of clever answer. And maybe this is a clever answer but I find a lack of socks unsettling in winter or in a suit. Perhaps he never had to wear a suit, but hat happened in winter is beyond me.

I think I'll just carry on with the non-matching socks. They are all black or navy and really you have to get a lot closer to my feet than I would suggest is advisable before you can really tell that they may not be matching.

So what does that make it then? Me 2 - Einstein 0.

* Normally you would use disagreed if the other person has died but I wonder what happens in this instance as, I believe, neither of us were ever alive at the same time.