# My socks are falling down **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333 "2003-06-30T12:45:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/1 "2003-06-30T12:45:03Z")
And it sucks! It’s only 8:50, and my socks are slipping off my feet into my shoes. Today is not a good day ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/2 "2003-06-30T13:04:55Z")
You wore out the elastic, didn’t you? How many times do we have t’ tell ya – don’t roll 'em up together, man! Buy new socks, mate. Tomorrow is another day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qazzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/3 "2003-06-30T13:42:29Z")
Socks are for weirdos. Ya big weirdo! Mrowroworworoworworwrow! ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/4 "2003-06-30T14:02:34Z")
I blame your birdy legs. A sock can’t get a good grip on them birdy legs. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/5 "2003-06-30T14:37:09Z")
I bought a pair of Vans shoes that cause one of the socks to pull into the shoe. Does it with every pair of socks too… Sometimes its the shoe, see? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/6 "2003-06-30T15:21:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > **You wore out the elastic, didn’t you? How many times do we have t’ tell ya – don’t roll 'em up together, man!** But how else do you keep up with them? I mean really people, I need ideas that _WORK_:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/7 "2003-06-30T16:13:45Z")
Well, you can try rubber bands…or you can try masking tape…or even the all purpose solution, duct tape. You might want a local anesthetic to take your socks off this evening, however. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/8 "2003-06-30T16:55:00Z")
Try gluing your socks to your feet. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/9 "2003-06-30T17:59:11Z")
My SO just fold his matching socks together and stacks them in his drawer. That is, when we bother to fold the laundry at all (we go with the clean hamper/dirty hamper set-up more often, due to pure laziness!) You could try that, if it’ll help. I roll them together, but I’ve never had problems with my socks slipping (except for one or two really old pairs). ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/10 "2003-06-30T18:07:08Z")
Well to be honest, when I say “my” socks, I really mean My brothers socks, since they really belong to him. Or did untill I stole them this morning casue I was to lazy to look for my own. THEY JUST KEEP SLIPPING!! i am so close to trying that duct tape thing ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/11 "2003-06-30T18:13:03Z")
It’s an epidemic! See [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=194450) thread… ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/12 "2003-06-30T18:22:26Z")
Staples, my man. It may hurt now, but think of the relief you’ll feel when you pop them staples out tonight. And speaking as an older brother, GET YOUR PAWS OFF OF MY STUFF!!! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/13 "2003-06-30T18:22:26Z")
Staples, my man. It may hurt now, but think of the relief you’ll feel when you pop them staples out tonight. And speaking as an older brother, GET YOUR PAWS OFF OF MY STUFF!!! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/14 "2003-06-30T18:27:31Z")
Sorry to multi-post, but I can’t stress that big brother stuff enough. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/15 "2003-06-30T18:45:39Z")
Casey, I **AM** the older brother. How do you think I took his socks? I jsut went in and said, _Those are my socks punk, bow down!_ And that is why he hates me, but since he can’t kick my ass who cares? ---
**Author:** ![doomraisin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@doomraisin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doomraisin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/16 "2003-06-30T21:01:10Z")
And that’s a bad thing? I try to _make_ that happen, since socks these days have such a powerful death-grip on one’s shin that they actually leave a super-dorky indentation on your leg. Do I need my sock to clamp on my leg like that? What sort of violent forces are they anticipating this sock encountering on my leg? And thanks to the new space-age materials they use to achieve this elasticity, today’s freak socks are nearly impossible to purposefully stretch out. I’ll stick my foot partway in the top and yank on the other side of the hole with every ounce of strength I’ve got, and most of these socks don’t even hint at budging. Sure, once in awhile I’ll get the not-so-reinforced sock that will yield with a slight, satisfying “ri-i-i-ip’” but those are few and far between. So your sock-portended bad day would have been a luxerious free-shin day for me. I’ll pay good money for those socks! ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/17 "2003-06-30T21:03:32Z")
Rolling your socks doesn’t necessarily make them looser. I roll my kids socks but make sure the elastic isn’t stretched too far. Geez, socks and underwear falling down all over the place…pretty soon we’ll be a Nudist Board! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/18 "2003-06-30T23:23:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMule \* > \*\* > i am so close to trying that duct tape thing \*\* When you get that far down th’ desperation road – make sure there’s vid footage of you trying to take the tape off at the end of the day, please. We all need a darn good giggle. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-socks-are-falling-down/185333/19 "2003-06-30T23:35:06Z")
Oh, yeah – if you’re wearing your bro’s socks, the slippage is the Fates’ way of telling ya to go out and buy your own. 🙂