Not that ingenious, but certainly irritating, particularly when so many people's socks are so very close together. But as long as you keep your own socks safe, possibly quite amusing, too.

[Although that said, Loki quite likes his socks, okay. No exploding them, please, they're very hard to get hold of in space.]

You can always use it as a general what not to do. Sometimes I find those more useful than instructions. Magic that always does exactly the same thing can be quite boring.