# Sock, Shoe, Sock, Shoe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 1999, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251 "1999-12-16T16:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sake\_Samurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sake\_Samurai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sake_Samurai)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 1999, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/41 "1999-12-20T07:06:00Z")
sock, sock, mask, cape, boot, boot * * * Hell is Other People. ---
**Author:** ![special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/42 "1999-12-23T03:08:00Z")
pantyhose, deodorant, lace bra, satin slip, musky perfume, silk blouse, leather skirt, makeup (poof hair), very high heeled shoes (the better to show off the pretty tattoo on my left calf), big smile ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/43 "1999-12-23T04:45:00Z")
> [@](#): > > unlock & open briefcase, sock sock, close & lock briefcase, shoe shoe. > (I’ve had to resort to locking up my socks, as the kids swipe’em otherwise; and yes, they have their own) > > * * * > > VB Simple way to take care of that! Across the toes of your socks with a magic marker write “DAD”. The kids wouldn’t be caught DEAD wearing those! Of course if you wear black socks you’re outta luck and will prolly have to keep locking them up. * * * **FixedBack** “Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.”~~_G.K.Chesterton 1908_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/44 "1999-12-23T04:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Right sock, right shoe. Left sock, left shoe. Must be done in that order otherwise I’ll start over. Isn’t that interesting! I have to put on the left sock, left shoe, right sock, right shoe or it drives me crazy (or crazier anyway). Are you left or right handed? I am left handed (no snide remarks, either!) * * * **FixedBack** “Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.”~~_G.K.Chesterton 1908_ ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/45 "1999-12-23T06:25:00Z")
FixedBack – me too – absolutely superstitious about dressing in exactly the same sequence. I truly think that stuff we do regularly is imprinted in our brains – with me, an unexpected interruption in the morning routine has to be consciously overcome, or it just doesn’t “feel” right. ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/46 "1999-12-23T07:10:00Z")
Not me! The only superstition I have regarding getting dressed is to ensure the “cheaters” are on early in the process. This ensures I put the underwear on first. \ [![](https://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/BlinkySig.gif) ](https://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/BlinkySig.gif) \ * * * I once lost my corkscrew and had to live on food and water for several days -W.C. Fields [http://members.tripod.com/~Bob\_Baloo/index.htm](http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 1999, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/47 "1999-12-23T21:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Isn’t that interesting! I have to put on the left sock, left shoe, right sock, right shoe or it drives me crazy (or crazier anyway). > Are you left or right handed? I am left handed (no snide remarks, either!) I was beginning to think I was the only one who did it this way. BTW, I am right handed which could explain why I start with my right foot though. * * * “Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.” ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/48 "1999-12-24T01:30:00Z")
T shirt: inside or outside briefs? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/49 "1999-12-24T02:41:00Z")
> [@](#): > > T shirt: inside or outside briefs? What briefs? * * * **FixedBack** “Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.”~~_G.K.Chesterton 1908_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/50 "1999-12-24T02:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Not me! The only superstition I have regarding getting dressed is to ensure the “cheaters” are on early in the process. This ensures I put the underwear on first. I’m not talking superstition here, that’s just the way I happen to put my socks/shoes on in the morning unless I conciously try to do it differently. BTW, Balloo, how did you make your sig do the nutty eyebrow wiggle??? * * * **FixedBack** “Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.”~~_G.K.Chesterton 1908_ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/51 "1999-12-24T02:56:00Z")
Shoo, shoo. Seriously, now: let me get dressed or I’ll sock you. . . . . . . No, but really, dig this: _sometimes_ I put both socks on first, _sometimes_ I do it sock, shoe, sock, shoe…now that is truly weird, is it not? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 1999, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251/52 "1999-12-24T03:00:00Z")
And no underwear until it gets in the 20s or below. Like this morning! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-shoe-sock-shoe/12251.md?page=2)