The spinning wet socks move cool dry air over your other freshly laundered clothes.-- rcarty, Apr 23 2013 Wait, wouldn't they just wrap around the motor?-- leinypoo13, Apr 24 2013 Doesn't one of them always get lost?-- csea, Apr 24 2013 The Apocalypse Now Sock Drier (TM), a RC model Bell Huey helicopter, with clothes pegs in place of rotors did turn up in some previous discussion - and formed part of the sales of patents from Motorola to Google.-- not_morrison_rm, Apr 24 2013 Being a // Wet Socks Fan // is true dedication, they haven't won a post-season game since the late 1950s.-- tatterdemalion, Apr 24 2013 //spinning wet socks// would make *moist* air methinks...besides which I don't care for the Other:[general] category as it shows no imagination whatsoever.-- xandram, Apr 24 2013 How are any of those statements more than noise? The noise that is purposeful and made until the reason for noise making is addressed.-- rcarty, Apr 24 2013 You can really *hear* those annos?-- xandram, Apr 24 2013 A dry Socks fan? That'll be the day. There's a reason there are so many Irish pubs in Boston.-- RayfordSteele, Apr 24 2013 sp.: spinning wet socks move cool, damp air over...-- neutrinos_shadow, Apr 25 2013 google boundary layer effect, that is where all the socks go...-- 4whom, Apr 25 2013 Viable, yes. Practical, possibly not. Amusingly explosive, almost definitely.-- Alterother, Apr 26 2013 +rcarty +csea-- pashute, Sep 16 2014 If spun longitudinally, this might result in extremely long thin socks. And there is a place for those. The entire leg.-- bungston, Sep 16 2014 random, halfbakery