Socks - when to let go

[ChuckF]

Cleaning out my sock drawer. How long do you keep 'em?

[Ripley]

I don't wear socks. I'm a dog.

[Consuela]

Yeah, what the shit?

[Adam]

I hang on to them until I self-ban in a fit of glorious shining pique, then I get new ones when I come back and need a new set of pretend yes men.

[HitlerTampon]

As long as you have a matching pair with no holes in either sock, I think they're worth hanging on to.

[chunk]

Trick is not to wear them that often.

[Kyuss Apollo]

Since I only own black socks all of the same brand, I have evolved past the need to care about PAIRS of socks.

Pairs of socks are stupid and gay 20th century artifacts of the throw-back times, baby.

[ChuckF]

This is one of those times when I love and hate you guys both at the same time.

[LadyShea]

Although I am not lisarea, and I don't make old radios, I chose that option because I use old socks for stuff.

[curses]

This has the ability to be the greatest thread FF has ever known.

oh, and one hole in both socks and it's time to bin them.

[Adam]

Since I only own black socks all of the same brand, I have evolved past the need to care about PAIRS of socks.

Pairs of socks are stupid and gay 20th century artifacts of the throw-back times, baby.

:yeahthat:

I have like three distinct kinds of socks, and I keep each kind in its own jumbled pile. Pairs? What's that?

[testuser]

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack fungi on fire after liberal application of tough actin' Tinactin. I watched popped blisters glitter in the dark near the Flexor hallucis longus. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

[Twistedcykill]

Bah! Socks! Tires are where it's at!

Once more it falls to me to educate you poor deluded sub-intelligent peons. One would think that after all the light I've shed for you, you people would learn to see for yourselves.

[Shitstorm Meatspin III]

Yeah, what the shit?

I know, right?! What is with all this doggy-style oppression?

[Ernie Lundquist]

Since I only own black socks all of the same brand, I have evolved past the need to care about PAIRS of socks.

Pairs of socks are stupid and gay 20th century artifacts of the throw-back times, baby.

:yeahthat:

I have like three distinct kinds of socks, and I keep each kind in its own jumbled pile. Pairs? What's that?

Some assholes just they're all hot shit because they have two socks, like it's some kind of an accomplishment or something.

[erimir]

I dunno what you people are talking about, dogs can wear socks:

YouTube - Mosley The Boxer Dog- Got His New Shoes On

[Ymir's blood]

I throw away socks when they get holes in them, but save the other one. When I have two matching socks that way, they get paired up and put in the drawer for use.

[proto-überGorden]

I only wear sandals. Not the la-de-da mandals-type, I'm talking kick-ass, march through Persia, wear-to-war kind. Well, except I have the cobbler make them without hob-nails, because I fell on my ass that one time at the gym, plus merchants scream bloody murder when you scratch up their floors.

Socks are for people with ugly feet.

[Naru]

Apparently five people on FF are lisarea.

I knew it :glare:

[Ymir's blood]

Don't you wish you were lisarea too?

[erimir]

If it's a pair of socks, then I would probably wait until both had holes, or one of them had a big hole (a hole like .5 cm across wouldn't be enough).

For socks where I have a bunch of the same kind, I throw one out when it gets any significant hole, since I don't keep them as consistent pairs.

[lisarea]

If it's a pair of socks, then I would probably wait until both had holes, or one of them had a big hole (a hole like .5 cm across wouldn't be enough).

For socks where I have a bunch of the same kind, I throw one out when it gets any significant hole, since I don't keep them as consistent pairs.

I read that poast in Werner Herzog's voice. It was really cool.

[BrotherMan]

Don't you wish you were lisarea too?

I'm torn. There are two pop culture responses and I don't know which to pick.


Don't you wish you were hot like pea?



I'm a pea-er, she's a pea-er, he's a pea-er, wouldn't you like to be a pea-er too!


Honestly, I'm leaning on the second one. Mostly because it's an old jingle. Like pea.

[Ymir's blood]

Strangely, or perhaps not, I was thinking of the first when starting the post and the second when finishing it.

[Barry]

I've got delicate hands feet. I wear socks that are delicate and rip easily. They are nearly disposable for me.

[Cliche Guevara]

Wear them till they stink, then throw them away and steal a new pair from some poor unsuspecting family member.

Hey, it works for Zoe!

[Cliche Guevara]

Woah, I didn't even click the poast button twice!

:dddp:

[chunksmediocrites]

WHUT ABOUT POLAND'S SOCKS YOU BASTERDS

[Dingfod]

When one of my socks wears out, I go to the bank and get forty dollars worth of nickels.

[The Editor]

Sock it to me! Sock it to me!

--Ed.

[Leesifer'sUterus]

Socks? What are they?

[ChuckF]

They're like uteruses for feet.

[JoeP]

They provide a protective environment for feet to grow in for nine months?

[Doctor X]

Not necessarily. I support a Woman's Right to Remove Her Socks :blank:

--J.D.

[Fencesitter]

You don't have my option.

I keep my socks until I buy new ones. The old ones could be in tatters and I'd still wear them if I haven't bought new ones yet.

But if I buy new ones and the old ones are still good, I may keep a few of the old ones, but then I'm more particular.

How do I decide to get new ones? Well, that's another thrad now, isn't it?

[Dingfod]

I have socks that are older than some of the members of FF, and I'm excluding uterii, appendices, and tumahs.

[Gonzo]

Ripley is teh cutest evar. :squeezle:

[mulebear]

Slightest sign of a hole and I bin it.

Hmmm... I should use this philosophy with people in the real world.

Slightest sign of a-hole and I bin it.

[mulebear]

Hey, look. New user title.

[Fencesitter]

Hey, look. New user title.
Isn't it missing an f?

[Demimonde]

I doubt the so called canine contingent in this thread. After interviewing several dogs they responded unanimously that the actual answer is: "when my people steal it and I can't get the lid off the trash can."

As for me, my socks are retired when my canine overlords dictate such.

[Alot]

I like this thread.

[Naru]

I like this thread.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D_Z-D2tzi14/S8TRIo4br3I/AAAAAAAACv4/Zh7_GcMlRKo/s1600/ALOT.png

[Watser?]

How much do you like it, Alot?

[Alot]

I like it very much.

[Doctor X]

http://o.b5z.net/i/u/10010289/i/Polish_Womens_Socks_2.jpg

--J.D.

P.S. Me Dad would have loved the fact they do not match.

[Janet]

When looking over my credit card statement yesterday I made the shocking discovery that I have spent $100 on bamboo socks in the last month. No wonder I had to cull otherwise acceptable socks to fit everything in the drawer. I seriously need to stop.

[Lauri D]

Although I am not lisarea, and I don't make old radios, I chose that option because I use old socks for stuff. That.

I'll quit wearing them when they don't work well enough to prevent blisters or uncomfortable rubbing, but then use them for other purposes (dusting cloths especially, they just fit right over your hand! Screw "Swiffer" disposable dusting cloths!

[SharonDee]

They make good miniature heating pads, too. Just fill an unmatched sock with rice, tie off the top, and nuke it about a minute in the microwave. Toasty!

[teasasue]

I have done that

[Dingfod]

Hopefully your foot wasn't still in it.

[The Eager Thanker]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif for the forum viscous and livius.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif for the thread ChuckF.

Also, http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif for the advice and ideas everyone.

[Qingdai]

:qthanks:

:welcome:

[The Eager Thanker]

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif for the welcome Qingdai.

[Vivisectus]

Where is the option "when they are so unwashed they have to be warmed up before you can bend them"?

[lmus]

Socks are the things I never throw away. It's not as if I like them very much either. :shrug:

[Alot]

Also, http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif for the advice and ideas everyone.

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif for the http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif. I like http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/images/buttons/post_thanks.gif more than not.

[Alot]

I am disturbed by this (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/17/us-military-launches.html).

[Ymir's blood]

He said none of the interventions would be in English, as it would be unlawful to "address US audiences" with such technology, and any English-language use of social media by Centcom was always clearly attributed. The languages in which the interventions are conducted include Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Pashto.Because REAL Americans don't speak THOSE languages.

[Watser?]

I am disturbed by this (http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/17/us-military-launches.html).

How disturbed would you say you were?

[Alot]

I am very much disturbed.

[Crumb]

That's alot!

[Alot]

Yes, hello.

[thedoc]

How about when the holes are too many or too bit to darn?

How to Darn a Sock | eHow.com (http://www.ehow.com/how_648_darn-sock.html)