# Sock sock, shoe shoe or sock shoe, sock shoe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933 "2000-06-20T03:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Socks\_on\_Shoes\_on](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Socks\_on\_Shoes\_on](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Socks_on_Shoes_on)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/1 "2000-06-20T03:09:38Z")
My answer is obvious. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/2 "2000-06-20T03:11:52Z")
As is your intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/3 "2000-06-20T03:12:13Z")
Next time do a search. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=17093](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=17093) ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/4 "2000-06-20T03:17:30Z")
Well, you obviously have just enough intellect to know you put your socks on before your shoes. Oh, wait…my bad. You must’ve had beginners luck. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/5 "2000-06-20T03:18:00Z")
IIRC, this was an arguement that Archie Bunker and “Meathead” had. I can’t recall who took what side. But the point was that if you had only two items on then had to run outside in the rain, what would be the best to be wearing: two socks that are gonna get wet, or a fully-dressed foot (sock/shoe) and a naked foot. The naked foot’ll get cold and wet, but at least when you go back in, your last sock’ll be dry. ---
**Author:** ![Sneevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@Sneevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sneevil)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/6 "2000-06-20T03:20:05Z")
Actually, with me it’s "rightsock, leftsock, right second sock, left second sock. I wear two pair of socks, two on each foot. Because I am strange. However, if I wore two pair of socks, three on one foot and one on the other, I would be even stranger, certifiable perhaps. Strange, but somehow engagingly sane. ---
**Author:** ![Argeable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Argeable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argeable)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/7 "2000-06-20T03:23:20Z")
No socks, sandals on ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/8 "2000-06-20T03:26:02Z")
Frankly, I like to wear my socks OUTSIDE of my shoes…call me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/9 "2000-06-20T03:32:32Z")
That’s not crazy, that’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Argeable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Argeable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argeable)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/10 "2000-06-20T03:32:58Z")
Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/11 "2000-06-20T04:34:46Z")
Shoe, sock, shoe, sock? ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/12 "2000-06-20T04:55:33Z")
Socks on Shoes on, I know you can be more original than this: > [@](#): > > {OP} My answer is obvious. When you put your socks on you appear to be another sock puppet. If you’re gonna be one, be a bit more entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![jubei2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@jubei2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jubei2k)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/13 "2000-06-20T05:35:03Z")
You know, after all these years, I still like soup. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/14 "2000-06-20T06:29:22Z")
Archie Bunker was sock sock shoe shoe, Meathead sock shoe sock shoe, for those who otherwise would have stayed up all night wondering. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/22933/15 "2000-06-20T09:56:52Z")
Personally, I think you’re all fools. I gird my loins before I even give a crap about my feet. “Gee, I THOUGHT I felt a draft… oh well, at least my sock-shoe dilemma is solved.”