When you lose a sock in the dryer, it gets reincarnated as a tupperware lid that doesn't fit anything.
@ADDiane That reminds me of a story of a man who becomes obsessed with the idea that stray wire coat hangers in the back corners of closets everywhere are actually Alien Invaders who, when they acquire sufficient mass, transform into seemingly abandoned bicycles. I don't remember who wrote it, possibly 50 years ago.