v30.7: Socks

I'm sure at one time or another you've had a hole in your sock.  Depending on where the hole is, it can be very annoying especially if a toe slips through the hole.  Today I am work from home and I have a huge hole in the bottom of one of my socks.  Every so often I will curl my toes and when I relax them one or two toes will slip through the hole in the bottom making it very uncomfortable and causing me to stop whatever I'm doing to fix it.  Holes in socks can be quite annoying.

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Why is it that we would rather just live with the hole in our sock instead of going out to the store and dropping a few dollars to buy a package of brand new ones?  I believe there is a world wide conspiracy at work here.  I have been wracking my brain all morning trying to come up with a name for this conspiracy but the best I can come up with is "Christmas Socks".  That's right, the one and only time I ever have socks bought for me is at Christmas time.  Don't you find it extremely well timed that holes start to form in socks near the end of the year?  Oh, I don't know, maybe right before Christmas?  Thing hard about this one because I think you'll find that I am right.

-slurp-

Now consider this for a moment: you tend to go bare feet more often during the summer months.  In some cases, most of us never wear socks during the summer and go bare footed everywhere (even to work).  Why is it then, that your socks would have holes in them around the same time the cold weather is starting (for those of us living in the Northern part of the Northern Hemisphere)?  Could it be because the sock is not "exercised" during the summer and has become brittle and subject to developing holes?  Could it be because there are small parasites in our sock drawers eating away at the very fabric of the sock causing it to start falling apart as soon as we put our foots in them?  Or could there be a much larger force at work here who's goal is to give nice cheap gift ideas to countless millions every year.  Yes, that's it!  We can blame the world's "hole in socks" pandemic on good ol' Saint Nick (aka. Santa Clause).

-slurp-

Don't look at me that way, you know I have a point.  What do we hang every year over our fire places or on the wall?  That's right, a sock shaped stocking.  Don't you find it a little cooincidental that stockings are a huge part of our Christmas tradition and we also get socks given to us?  I dont' know about you but I find this very pacular and intend to get to the bottom of the conspiracy as soon as possible.  Of course that won't stop people from buying me socks for Christmas every year and I will be forced to look surprised when I pick up that squishy Christmas gift on Christmas morning that is oddly shapped like a package of socks.  Of course I love getting socks because that means I no longer need to buy them.  I also like getting things like deoderant, chocolate and handy little tools that I may only use once or twice and the rest of the time it sits on my desk as a conversation starter.  Either way, Christmas is more about family, friends and socks than it is about getting gifts so bring on the socks!

-slurp-

Leave it to me to take an entire musing and talk about nothing but socks.

Lavish praise on me.

-slurp-

Cheers,

Al

Good morning folks,

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I'm sure at one time or another you've had a hole in your sock.  Depending on where the hole is, it can be very annoying especially if a toe slips through the hole.  Today I am working from home and I have a huge hole in the bottom of one of my socks.  Every so often I will curl my toes and when I relax them one or two toes will slip through the hole in the bottom making it very uncomfortable and causing me to stop whatever I'm doing to fix it.  Holes in socks can be quite annoying.

-slurp-



Why is it that we would rather just live with the hole in our sock instead of going out to the store and dropping a few dollars to buy a package of brand new ones?  I believe there is a world wide conspiracy at work here.  I have been wracking my brain all morning trying to come up with a name for this conspiracy but the best I can come up with is "Christmas Socks".  That's right, the one and only time I ever have socks bought for me is at Christmas time.  Don't you find it extremely well timed that holes start to form in socks near the end of the year?  Oh, I don't know, maybe right before Christmas?  Thing hard about this one because I think you'll find that I am right.

-slurp-

Now consider this for a moment, you tend to go bare feet more often during the summer months.  In some cases, most of us never wear socks during the summer and go bare footed everywhere (even to work).  Why is it then, that your socks would have holes in them around the same time the cold weather is starting (for those of us living in the Northern part of the Northern Hemisphere)?  Could it be because the sock is not "exercised" during the summer and has become brittle and subject to developing holes?  Could it be because there are small parasites in our sock drawers eating away at the very fabric of the sock causing it to start falling apart as soon as we put our foots in them?  Or could there be a much larger force at work here who's goal is to give nice cheap gift ideas to countless millions every year.  Yes, that's it!  We can blame the world's "hole in socks" pandemic on good ol' Saint Nick (aka. Santa Clause).

-slurp-

Don't look at me that way, you know I have a point.  What do we hang every year over our fire places or on the wall?  That's right, a sock shaped stocking.  Don't you find it a little cooincidental that stockings are a huge part of our Christmas tradition and we also get socks given to us?  I don't know about you but I find this very peculiar and intend to get to the bottom of the conspiracy as soon as possible.  Of course that won't stop people from buying me socks for Christmas every year and I will be forced to look surprised when I pick up that squishy Christmas gift on Christmas morning that is oddly shapped like a package of socks.  Of course I love getting socks because that means I no longer need to buy them.  I also like getting things like deodorant, chocolate and handy little tools that I may only use once or twice and the rest of the time it sits on my desk as a conversation starter.  Either way, Christmas is more about family, friends and socks than it is about getting gifts so bring on the socks!

-slurp-

Leave it to me to take an entire musing and talk about nothing but socks.  Lavish praise on me.

-slurp-

Cheers,

Al