# Really mundane: I love my new socks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826 "2008-05-10T17:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/1 "2008-05-10T17:55:45Z")
I just got my first new pairs of socks in about fifteen months and it is fucking awesome. I feel like I am walking on air. Soon, they will be wrecked by handwashing like all of my other socks, but right now I am getting far, far, FAR too much enjoyment out of my new socks. If I were rich and wasteful, I’d wear new socks every day and just throw them out at the end of the day. mmmm… new socks. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/2 "2008-05-10T18:01:38Z")
I hate my socks- because even though I always get ONE brand in ONE colour they still all end up totally different, and I still end up having to spend ages finding two that match. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/3 "2008-05-10T18:05:01Z")
I just got 5 pairs of company-issued\* socks this week. I was very happy to find that they stock Thorlos. \*We get an annual allowance from a corporate logo-wear catalog. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/4 "2008-05-10T18:10:21Z")
You’ve gotta try some Pantherella socks. Now that’s decadence. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/5 "2008-05-10T19:08:56Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] I hate my socks- because even though I always get ONE brand in ONE colour they still all end up totally different, and I still end up having to spend ages finding two that match. [/QUOTE] You need some of [these](http://www.littlemissmatched.com/Catalog/mens). (I have a drawer full of the women’s knee socks and I LOVE them!) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/6 "2008-05-10T22:08:14Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] You need some of [these](http://www.littlemissmatched.com/Catalog/mens). (I have a drawer full of the women’s knee socks and I LOVE them!) [/QUOTE] Those are AWESOME!!! ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/7 "2008-05-11T01:49:37Z")
You haven’t really lived until you’ve spent a day in new hand-knit socks. Not only are they heavenly comfy, but they (can) look really cool, too. It is impossible to have a bad day when wearing new hand-knit socks. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/8 "2008-05-11T17:30:51Z")
You know, I knit, but I’ve never made socks before. Don’t you have to use size 1 needles? I’m not sure I’m patient enough for that. I’m wearing my last pair of new socks right now. (They came in a three pack.) After today…no more new socks. I’m a little broken up about it. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/9 "2008-05-11T17:44:13Z")
I love new socks. I love to wear each new pair before washing. My husband is something of a sock fanatic. He found his favorite brand. They run about $15/pr. ---
**Author:** ![Natch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Natch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natch)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/10 "2008-05-11T19:32:05Z")
Check out [these](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/2484061238_12e37a2d2a.jpg?v=0) babies I couldn’t resist last week. Who would have thought putting your foot in a giraffe was so comfy? ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/11 "2008-05-11T23:01:12Z")
You hand wash your socks? Is this through choice? ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/12 "2008-05-11T23:10:47Z")
I hate socks. Hate, hate, hate them. Well, actually I like socks when they are pretty. I don’t like them when they are on my feet. Too constricting! Susan ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/13 "2008-05-11T23:40:36Z")
Now that Crocs are once again allowed at work, I’m not too bummed about it, but I currently own maybe two pairs of matched socks. See, I had this master plan about a year ago, and replaced all of my socks with about a dozen and a half pairs of the very same black socks from Old Navy, so all of my socks would match. Then the bf got the same idea, but it was cool because we lived together and did laundry together, and shared clothes occasionally. But then we broke up, and I ended up with probably a grand total of 5 of the socks somehow. I don’t know how this happened, and now ON doesn’t make the same socks anymore that I was buying. Bummer. (I, too, am of the "if it weren’t so wasteful I’d wear new socks every day persuasion.) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/14 "2008-05-12T06:37:06Z")
[QUOTE=TPWombat] You hand wash your socks? Is this through choice? [/QUOTE] No, not really. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/15 "2008-05-12T07:14:51Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] If I were rich and wasteful, I’d wear new socks every day and just throw them out at the end of the day. [/QUOTE] 😛 For some reason that sounds so funny. I laughed for at least a minute. “Jeeves, dispose of these please.” ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/16 "2008-05-12T17:18:52Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] You know, I knit, but I’ve never made socks before. Don’t you have to use size 1 needles? I’m not sure I’m patient enough for that. I’m wearing my last pair of new socks right now. (They came in a three pack.) After today…no more new socks. I’m a little broken up about it. [/QUOTE] You can use size 1 needles, but you don’t have to. My first pair were on size 2s and they’re still going strong. (right, big size difference there) The great thing about knitting socks is that they can be as mindless or complex as you want them to be, and they’re the ultimate portable project. I’m not the world’s fastest knitter, and I don’t have much knitting time available, but I can whip out a simple pair in less than a month. Bonus? Hand-knit socks love being hand-washed! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/17 "2008-05-12T17:43:40Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] If I were rich and wasteful, I’d wear new socks every day and just throw them out at the end of the day. [/QUOTE] I’ve heard that Madonna does this, but with panties, not socks. Could just be an UL. ---
**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/18 "2008-05-12T19:16:52Z")
> [@](#): > > “Colonel says ya gotta get up, boss,” he told me sternly. Then his broad face lightened. “Here… see what I got for ya! Pair of clean socks. Liberated 'em out of a dead Jerry’s kit.” > > He was as pleased with himself as if he had brought me a Captain’s promotion, and he had reason to be, for clean, dry socks had become only distant memories to us in that time and place. I pulled them on and was astonished at how good they made me feel. > > I found Kennedy in the next room pointing out something on a map to the company commanders. I listened with a feeling of detachment as he briefed them, but I remained keenly aware of my new socks and I scrunched my toes in them with exquisite pleasure. Farley Mowat, “And No Birds Sang” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/19 "2008-05-13T10:08:40Z")
I’m delighted and amused that this thread is still on the front page after more than, oh, five minutes. Could be because I keep posting to it though, I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826/20 "2008-05-13T11:54:38Z")
[Maggi’s Organic Fair Trade Socks](http://www.maggiesorganics.com/products_style.php?style_id=47&cat_id=1) are the only thing I wear for the last 4 years. They wear really well, comfy and I can always ALWAYS ALWAYS!!! find the mate to them in the Mt. Vesuvius pile of laundry at my house. Plus, I always get compliments on them. I luvs them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-mundane-i-love-my-new-socks/448826.md?page=2)