Who would have thought that my laundry woes and my husband's inability to find a clean pair of socks anywhere in our home would lead to so much response from sympathetic readers?<br/><br/>This week, in my <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/time-to-do-the-laundry">Married Life column that runs in the Arts&Life section every Monday</a>, I spoke of how catching my husband in terrible Technicolor socks that did not match his suit prompted me to address our embarrassing laundry pile, neglected and ignored for so long. It also drove me to buy him 10 extra pairs of black socks to thank him for being too nice to complain about the laundry situation.<br/><br/>This morning, I received the following email, all the way from Switzerland:<br/><br/><br/> Suffice to say, I was thrilled, and more than a little surprised that my humble complaints would have such an attractive solution. I think Mr T is going to receive a little surprise in the mail in the coming few days. After all, can a man ever have too many pairs of black socks? I think not. As if all that wasn't cool enough, and didn't give me enough of a secret thrill to know that someone out there reads my ramblings (other than my long-suffering husband), I received a second email, from a kind soul at SAMSUNG also interested in helping me out with my laundry woes: