How are socks like an egg hunt?

I don't honestly know an answer to this question. Here's what happened:

After school today, I called the boys out from their room.

"Boys." I said. "Go around, and find all the socks that are lying around on the floor. Look in your room, under the bed, in the dining room, downstairs."

Matthew: "How many are there?"

Me: "A lot."

Matthew: (after a moment of 'puzzled face') "Is this like an Easter Egg hunt?"

Me: "Ah. No. This is you, finding all the socks that you've left around. The dirty ones."

Matthew: "Oh. I thought you put them around for us to find while we were at school."

Um. No. That's not really what I do all day.