diff --git a/httpretty/__init__.py b/httpretty/__init__.py
index 4a7b201..80d2042 100644
--- a/httpretty/__init__.py
+++ b/httpretty/__init__.py
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ from urlparse import urlsplit
 old_socket = socket.socket
 old_create_connection = socket.create_connection
 
+
 class fakesock(object):
-
-
     class socket(object):
         _entry = None
         debuglevel = 0
@@ -44,27 +43,45 @@ class fakesock(object):
             self.type = type
             self.protocol = protocol
             self.truesock = old_socket(family, type, protocol)
-
+            self._closed = True
+            self.fd = StringIO()
         def connect(self, address):
-
             self._address = (self._host, self._port) = address
             self._closed = False
 
         def close(self):
+            if not self._closed:
+                self.truesock.close()
             self._closed = True
 
         def makefile(self, mode, bufsize):
             self._mode = mode
             self._bufsize = bufsize
-            fd = StringIO()
 
             if self._entry:
-                self._entry.fill_filekind(fd)
+                self._entry.fill_filekind(self.fd)
 
-            return fd
+            return self.fd
+
+        def _true_sendall(self, data):
+            self.truesock.connect(self._address)
+            self.truesock.sendall(data)
+            _d = self.truesock.recv(255)
+            self.fd.seek(0)
+            self.fd.write(_d)
+            while _d:
+                _d = self.truesock.recv(255)
+                self.fd.write(_d)
+
+            self.fd.seek(0)
+            self.truesock.close()
 
         def sendall(self, data):
-            verb, headers_string = data.split('\n', 1)
+            try:
+                verb, headers_string = data.split('\n', 1)
+            except ValueError:
+                return self._true_sendall(data)
+
             method, path, version = re.split('\s+', verb.strip(), 3)
 
             info = URIInfo(hostname=self._host, port=self._port, path=path)
@@ -77,6 +94,7 @@ class fakesock(object):
                     break
 
             if not entries:
+                self._true_sendall(data)
                 return
 
             entry = info.get_next_entry()
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_bypass.py b/tests/functional/test_bypass.py
index 3e4940d..4f41504 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_bypass.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_bypass.py
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ def stop_server(context):
     HTTPretty.enable()
 
 @that_with_context(start_server, stop_server)
-def test_httpretty_bypasses_a_unregistered_request():
-    u"HTTPretty should bypass a unregistered request by disabling it"
+def test_httpretty_bypasses_when_disabled():
+    u"HTTPretty should bypass all requests by disabling it"
 
     HTTPretty.register_uri(HTTPretty.GET, "http://localhost:9999/go-for-bubbles/",
                            body="glub glub")
 
+    HTTPretty.disable()
+
     fd = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:9999/go-for-bubbles/')
     got1 = fd.read()
     fd.close()
 
-    assert that(got1).equals('glub glub')
-
-    HTTPretty.disable()
+    assert that(got1).equals('. o O 0 O o . o O 0 O o . o O 0 O o . o O 0 O o . o O 0 O o .')
 
     fd = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:9999/come-again/')
     got2 = fd.read()
@@ -68,3 +68,21 @@ def test_httpretty_bypasses_a_unregistered_request():
     assert that(got3).equals('glub glub')
 
 
+@that_with_context(start_server, stop_server)
+def test_httpretty_bypasses_a_unregistered_request():
+    u"HTTPretty should bypass a unregistered request by disabling it"
+
+    HTTPretty.register_uri(HTTPretty.GET, "http://localhost:9999/go-for-bubbles/",
+                           body="glub glub")
+
+    fd = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:9999/go-for-bubbles/')
+    got1 = fd.read()
+    fd.close()
+
+    assert that(got1).equals('glub glub')
+
+    fd = urllib2.urlopen('http://localhost:9999/come-again/')
+    got2 = fd.read()
+    fd.close()
+
+    assert that(got2).equals('<- HELLO WORLD ->')
diff --git a/tests/functional/testserver.py b/tests/functional/testserver.py
index a3e764d..9263f92 100644
--- a/tests/functional/testserver.py
+++ b/tests/functional/testserver.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ class Server(object):
         args = (app, self.port, data)
         self.process = Process(target=go, args=args)
         self.process.start()
+        import time;
+        time.sleep(0.4)
 
     def stop(self):
         try: