# Sock, sock, shoe, shoe, or sock, shoe, sock, shoe? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713 "2004-10-11T21:16:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/1 "2004-10-11T21:16:09Z")
I’m a sock, sock, shoe, shoe person myself- my husband, who is clearly a weirdo, does sock, shoe, sock, shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/2 "2004-10-11T21:17:39Z")
Socks, then shoes. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/3 "2004-10-11T21:19:17Z")
Sock, sock, PANTS, shoe, shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Furry\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Furry\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furry_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/4 "2004-10-11T21:22:23Z")
Sock, sock, shoe, shoe Although I’d rather just wear socks… ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/5 "2004-10-11T21:23:06Z")
Yeah, like Scarlett said, socks, then pants, then shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/6 "2004-10-11T21:23:18Z")
**katie1341** get out of the house **right now**! You are living will some sort of maniac. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/7 "2004-10-11T21:25:17Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > **katie1341** get out of the house **right now**! You are living will some sort of maniac. Oh, it’s not that bad. It could be shoe, sock, shoe, sock. I’m a sock, sock, shoe, shoe, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/8 "2004-10-11T21:26:06Z")
Badger, badger, badger, mushroom, mushroom ---
**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:** [October 11, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/9 "2004-10-11T21:27:56Z")
Forgot the obligatory [_All in the Family_ reference:](http://www.skylinetoshoreline.com/trivial.html) > [@](#): > > An example that comes to mind is the scene when Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker was trying to convince his son-in-law, Mike Stivic, played by Rob Reiner and called “Meathead” by Archie. Archie gives Mike a swat in the head saying “What are ya doin’ Meathead? You don’t put on a sock and a shoe and then the other sock and shoe. Foist, you put on a sock and then the other sock and that way both feet are covered if you have to run out in a hurry.” > > “But, Arch,” says Mike trying to reason, “if you have on a sock and a shoe, you can hop out the door in case of fire without burning your feet.” Conclusion: Your husband is a meathead. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/10 "2004-10-11T21:32:38Z")
Had to stop and think about that one for a minute, and then I realized why I couldn’t give a quick answer. At home, it’s sock, sock, shoe, shoe. But in the locker room at the gym, it’s sock, shoe, sock, shoe, because the floor is often a little wet. So, you pick up one foot, dry it, put a sock on it, put a shoe on it, then put it on the floor. Then, the other foot. Shouldn’t this thread be in GD? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/11 "2004-10-11T21:44:11Z")
sock, shoe, pants sock shoe. I just forget how to dress myself … every day ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/12 "2004-10-11T22:08:41Z")
for me it is sock sock and the shoes come much much later. I hate wearing shoes so they don’t go on until I leave the house. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/13 "2004-10-11T22:14:51Z")
I’m more of a pants, sock, sock, walk across the room to get my shoes, shoe, where’s the other shoe?, shoe ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/14 "2004-10-11T22:14:56Z")
given my general level of disorderliness, it’s sock - followed by whichever I find first (the second sock or the first shoe)… just because they were bought in pairs doesn’t mean they happen to be anywhere near each other when I’m trying to get dressed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/15 "2004-10-11T22:30:53Z")
Sock, sock, shoe, shoe…mainly because the socks are in the dresser and the shoes are in the living room. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 11, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/16 "2004-10-11T22:43:12Z")
Personally I prefer things that are edible. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/17 "2004-10-11T23:12:46Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Personally I prefer things that are edible. You wear food on your feet? Is that like, cantaloupe for casual wear and zucchini for formal and watermelons if it’s snowing? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/18 "2004-10-11T23:24:41Z")
For work: Sock Sock Shoe Shoe For about town errands: Shoe Shoe For everything else: bare feet ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/19 "2004-10-11T23:25:14Z")
Sock Sock Shoe Shoe. I don’t like when one shoe is tighter than the other so I have to get them tied as close together as possible so I don’t have to obsessively retie each one until they’re both right. What? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713/20 "2004-10-11T23:40:34Z")
Definitely socks before shoes; I tried it the other way around once and it was both difficult and impossible. Or the slichtly more serious answer is that my socks are paired up in my sock drawer in the bedroom, my shoes are by the front door two floors below - sock-shoe-sock-shoe would mean traversing two staircases three times each, unless I carried the second sock down with me, I suppose. I don’t wear shoes in the house - I have carpet slippers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/268713.md?page=2)