I’m currently dating a guy who’s an Eagles fan. Not a football fan, necessarily, just an Eagles fan. Two weeks ago, the Eagles lost, so he said that clearly that was the result of my not wearing my lucky Eagles whatever. Playing along with it, I agreed to get some lucky Eagles socks. Went to the dollar store, bought some green and white socks, wore them the next Sunday. (Didn’t watch the game or anything, mind you, but wore the socks Sunday afternoon.) The Eagles won, but the QB (um, you know, whatshisface) went out on an injury. Bad one. Rest of the season.
This past Monday, the Eagles were on MNF, and touted to lose. I was putting away clean laundry suppertime Monday, and put the new Eagles socks in the pocket of the fleece jacket I wear around the house for warmth. The Eagles fan called around 10 – he was watching the game, I was reading and listening to music – and asked about the whereabouts of the socks. I admitted they were on my person, but not on my feet, and sadd I was more or less headed to bed. He was okay with the “close but not on” usage and thought leaving them on the night table would suffice, but I actually put them on the feet of the stuffed bunny I sleep with. (shut UP!)
Woke up the next morning, the Birds had won, big – but we lost another QB.
So, clearly, I’ve got me a VERY powerful pair of socks here. It seems clear I should stop wearing them for Eagles games, there being (apparently) a finite number of available quarterbacks. I’m wondering, though, if it would be okay if I used these socks for other purposes – say, to take out some of my enemies…
Whaddya think? I’m pretty new to this “dollar store purchases with serious mojo” thing. I’m also thinking that maybe I should just destroy the socks for the good of humankind…