May 15
I told myself I wouldn’t post about it.
I told myself it was petty.
I told myself that suffering in silence is manly.
But I can be silent no longer.
The elastic on my right sock is totally shot, and the feeling of a loose sock flopping around my ankle is driving me f***ing INSANE. I keep reaching down to pull it up, and that wrecks the elastic further, and thus the vicious cycle continues. I may soon be able to pull my sock over my head like a blanket and hide from the world.
Okay, I posted it.
No, I still don’t feel better.
Damn sock.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I sympathise enormously with your ordeal. I know exactly what you are going through: it is worse if one is wearing a wellington boot.
There are two solutions - the sock suspender (available here: http://www.woodsofshropshire.co.uk/shop/mens-accessories/mens-garters-and-sock-supenders)
or (a bit drastic if you are short of hosiery) fling the sock in the nearest bin.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Are you at work? Try a rubber band. It’s not great, but it should help. Or, pull the sock so it fits tightly and staple together.
No, NOT to your leg!
At home? Then why haven’t you changed your socks?
May 15th, 2008 at 11:30 am
James, the sock is that close to going in the bin. Still, I’m just enough of a nerd to appreciate the sock suspenders.
Nice to see you again, by the way.
May 15th, 2008 at 11:32 am
WV: I’m at work, and although I haven’t tried it, I’m afraid the sensation of a rubber band around my leg will be even more distracting.
What can I say? I’m sockpicky.
Ooh. That’s a good name for a band.
May 15th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
You feel my pain.
This problem is mostly due to the fact that I never remember to throw socks away, instead as I get undressed on autopilot the socks go into the dirty clothes hamper and then to the laundry mat and then to the drawer and then back on to my feet.
I have actually gone into stores and purchased new socks at least twice in the last 6 months.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
I do feel your pain. I have conditioned myself to immediately throw away those socks that are not structurally sound (i.e., with holes,) but those with crappy elastic still get past the ‘throw-this-sock-away’ filter.
May 16th, 2008 at 12:07 am
I can sympathize, or rather, Chris can. After arriving in Singapore, our first washer/dryer completely fried all his socks (and underwear waistbands) within the first month. He’d come home with his socks around his ankles.
In the US, he would frequently buy more socks, but never throw the old ones out, until his collection overflowed into a second and then a third dresser drawer. Only after he realized he had no room for his other clothes did he find the time to purge.
I guess the question is: what to do with all those socks?
May 16th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Well, I went out and bought 5 pairs of socks today after spending all day yesterday bending down to pull out the slipping socks from my shoes. I could put up with the holes in toes - but not the stupid, flopping sock falling into my shoes. There, I vented. Thanks.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:48 am
One word for you:
Sock Garters.
Actually…that’s two words.
Plus sock garters make you look like an idiot who hasn’t been laid in six years.
As I have no idea what you actually look like, and what your sexual history is, forget I said anything.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Heidi: No, the real question is: if his socks were around his ankles, where was his underw-
Never mind.
And I have to say that throwing socks away is something that a lot of people apparently have trouble with.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:21 am
Linda: I’m still trying to decide which is worse - holes or crappy elastic.
Nice to see you here, and feel free to vent anytime!
May 16th, 2008 at 6:24 am
moooooog: don’t worry. Sock garters wouldn’t adversely affect my appearance at all.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:46 am
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