Oscar Wilde's pair of left socks device
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An Oscar Wilde's pair of left socks device is a unique source of never-ending energy that powers Uncyclopedia during butter shortages, when casualties are outnumbering recruitments for both the stormtroopers and the redshirts, and when the wales are preoccupied being hunted by the Japanese. Luckily, these events have never occured, so the sock device remains untested.
The sock device consists of two pure substances: 1) right socks, and 2) left socks, which are indistinguishable to the untrained eye.
[edit] Origin
In 20X6 Oscar Wilde was fumbling through his sock drawer searching for a sock puppet in a vain attempt to seduce the the entire female population of France. Having drawn two left socks from his drawer he is thought to have said:
“My bad...”
~ Oscar Wilde on drawing two left socks
This was a problem, as how could his right hand now be used for puppeteering with a left sock?
However, this situation led Oscar to realise he had only ever had a single, matched pair of socks in his drawer to begin with. however by application of Murphy's Law, a second left sock had spawned in the drawer to allow "something to go wrong", which it now indispuatably had.
Oscar Wilde, always one to recognise the violation of mass-energy conservation, found a way to harness his now limitless supply of left socks to power his Uncyclopedia. Makes you wish you had thought of it...
[edit] Infinite Sock Theorem
The secrecy with which Wilde "infinite sock theorem" or IST has been handled had led to speculation by many over Uncylopedia's true power source. Some claim it uses a cat toast device, while others feel that stormtroopers/redshirts, a wind farm, a Wayans-Baldwin Reactor, or a Whale Blowhole Power Plant is used. The simple truth is that Unclyclopedia's vast energy requirments can only be filled by the combustion of infinite supply of left socks in an underground boiler room located under international waters.
