# Question about banning socks **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 4, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352 "2017-03-04T00:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/21 "2017-03-04T14:43:41Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Darn you! Don’t you people have anything better to do? > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Post 5 already made that one. [/knitpick] I’m on pins and needles waiting for the next post. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/22 "2017-03-04T17:19:37Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/23 "2017-03-04T22:12:24Z")
Didn’t the Clintons’ cat die anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/24 "2017-03-04T23:46:21Z")
Sorry to say it, but apparently old Linus fooled around and [this was the result](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qRZvlZZ0DY). ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/25 "2017-03-05T00:12:28Z")
At least with that guy and his shit-stirring gone we can start knitting this community back together. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/26 "2017-03-05T01:22:49Z")
These are tearable puns. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/27 "2017-03-05T02:24:32Z")
Why, you sew-and-sew! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/28 "2017-03-05T05:35:24Z")
Eh, put a sock in it, why doncha? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/29 "2017-03-05T09:25:50Z")
All we really need to know, is that they shoed the sock. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/30 "2017-03-05T20:21:57Z")
Hosed him down, they did. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/31 "2017-03-05T21:16:52Z")
Holy Socks! (it is Sunday, after all) ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/32 "2017-03-05T22:12:05Z")
This thread has really gone down the tubes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/33 "2017-03-05T23:52:39Z")
I had another pun, but the dryer ate it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/34 "2017-03-05T23:56:34Z")
Sock it to me! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/35 "2017-03-06T00:05:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Sock it to me! [Okay.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qRZvlZZ0DY) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/36 "2017-03-06T00:32:56Z")
Argyle report a sock pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/37 "2017-03-06T03:18:14Z")
I’m with you every step of the way. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/39 "2017-03-06T05:51:19Z")
> [@Santa\_Claus](#): > > Question–if socks get banned, is their IP going to get blocked as well? After all, I certainly know that Futurist110 doesn’t want to be able to even look at this forum if his sock gets banned! Sock reported. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/40 "2017-03-06T05:56:58Z")
> [@Santa\_Claus](#): > > Question–if socks get banned, is their IP going to get blocked as well? After all, I certainly know that Futurist110 doesn’t want to be able to even look at this forum if his sock gets banned! I think he’s too busy finding a surgeon willing to amputate his nutsack. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/41 "2017-03-06T05:58:01Z")
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