# Sock-Sock-Shoe-Shoe or Sock-Shoe-Sock-Shoe? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562 "2008-12-03T20:43:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/21 "2008-12-03T23:07:01Z")
Despite Michael Stivic’s logical explanation hitting me at a very formative age, I’m still a sock-sock-shoe-shoe guy. I do, however, button my shirts from the top down usually. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/22 "2008-12-03T23:26:08Z")
shoe shoe, sock sock don’t judge me… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/23 "2008-12-03T23:30:33Z")
Sock sock. No shoes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/24 "2008-12-03T23:36:49Z")
> [@Sonnenstrahl](#): > > Wow, I guess this is one of the eternal, irrevocable disconnects between shoes-in-the-house people and shoes-off people. I read this and wondered why I would go down three flights of steps to the front door to get to my shoes while I’m still wearing only one sock. 🙂 Go get your shoes before you begin the process. 😉 I do sock/shoe sock/shoe. Unless it is cold and I’m wearing my slippers, then it is slipper off, shoe slipper off, shoe. 😃 (But I do sock/slipper, sock/slipper too.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/25 "2008-12-03T23:39:09Z")
Sock, sock, shoe, shoe. And for the record, are there really people who wear shoes at home? I can’t stand having \*anything \*covering my feet at home, especially in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/26 "2008-12-03T23:41:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Sock, sock, shoe, shoe. > > And for the record, are there really people who wear shoes at home? I can’t stand having \*anything \*covering my feet at home, especially in bed. I have a pair of slip on sandals that I wear instead of slippers at home in the summer. But only if I’m up doing housework, in case I should be clutzoid and drop a glass and break it. If I’m sitting at the computer I kick my “slippers” off. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/27 "2008-12-04T00:09:55Z")
I also keep all of my shoes by the door. My morning dressing routine is usually undershirt-underwear-sock-sock-dress shirt-pants-tie-sweater vest-belt-shoe-shoe. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/28 "2008-12-04T00:52:07Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > Archie and Meathead argued about this once. Archie said it was a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe. Meathead said a sock and a shoe and a sock and a shoe. Have to say that this is the one thing Archie got right. 🙂 Gah, beaten to it while I was sleeping. I’m having trouble finding more than just a brief [quotation](http://books.google.com/books?id=wVWIpgXra9QC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22all+in+the+family%22+sock+shoe+mike+archie&source=bl&ots=-nquqdZmG4&sig=hryrfDSlYNehclEjQ2_Snc2DSvo&hl=ja&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result), but as I seem to recall Mike went on to make the argument that if there was a fire, he could run outside and stay warm because he could hop around on one foot. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/29 "2008-12-04T00:55:38Z")
My socks and shoes are separated by two flights of stairs and several doors. Socks first - shoes on leaving the house. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/30 "2008-12-04T02:35:28Z")
Sock Sock Much time passes Shoe Shoe ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/31 "2008-12-04T02:44:02Z")
Sock-sock-shoe-shoe. I go left sock then right sock every time. _Ususally_ that is followed by left show right show, but not always. Sometime I get the feeling that my right foot is on a roll, and I have to put the shoe on then. I’m sure my left foot feels left out, but you know the saying… Always put your best foot forward. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/32 "2008-12-04T03:00:12Z")
I’m not sure if I should be typing this for fear of starting the “wearing shoes in the house” debate, but being Canadian and all, I would be a sock-sock while getting dressed then shoe-shoe when leaving the house person. Or more accurately this time of the year, I’m a put on tights or pantyhose while getting dressed then boots as I’m ready to leave the house person. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/33 "2008-12-04T03:19:49Z")
When I wear socks (and not sandles or stockings/tights) I put both socks (or stockings, now that I think of it) on THEN the shoes or boots. And I also don’t wear shoes inside, so I either have socks on for a while before finally donning shoes on my way out or do the whole sock/stockings and shoes routine in one fell swoop just before leaving. Yes, a VERY serious issue, I agree (as serious as tp over the top of the roll or the bottom, at LEAST:p) Anything other than sock, sock, shoe, shoe and all hell would break loose on earth. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/34 "2008-12-04T03:20:25Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > Archie and Meathead argued about this once. Archie said it was a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe. Meathead said a sock and a shoe and a sock and a shoe. Have to say that this is the one thing Archie got right. > [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Gah, beaten to it while I was sleeping. I’m having trouble finding more than just a brief [quotation](http://books.google.com/books?id=wVWIpgXra9QC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22all+in+the+family%22+sock+shoe+mike+archie&source=bl&ots=-nquqdZmG4&sig=hryrfDSlYNehclEjQ2_Snc2DSvo&hl=ja&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result), but as I seem to recall Mike went on to make the argument that if there was a fire, he could run outside and stay warm because he could hop around on one foot. IIRC, Archie asked what if a fire broke out while you were getting dressed and had only one foot done and you had to run outside in the cold…that one foot would be bare and cold. Then Mike said your feet would get wet when the firemen started spraying water and that his way he could hop around on one foot and stay dry. Not word for word prhaps, but I think that’s the gist of it, and it’s the first thing I tought of when I read the title of the thread. 😃 ETA: Oh, yeah…sock, sock, pants, shoe, shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/35 "2008-12-04T04:51:52Z")
sock, sock, shoe, shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/36 "2008-12-04T04:53:43Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > IIRC, Archie asked what if a fire broke out while you were getting dressed and had only one foot done and you had to run outside in the cold…that one foot would be bare and cold. Then Mike said your feet would get wet when the firemen started spraying water and that his way he could hop around on one foot and stay dry. Or maybe it was snow instead of a fire. One or the other. :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/37 "2008-12-04T05:04:25Z")
Shoe, sock, pants, boxers, belt, cape, sock, shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/38 "2008-12-04T05:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > IIRC, Archie asked what if a fire broke out while you were getting dressed and had only one foot done and you had to run outside in the cold…that one foot would be bare and cold. Then Mike said your feet would get wet when the firemen started spraying water and that his way he could hop around on one foot and stay dry. Mike asked, “What if it were raining or snowing out? I could hop on one foot and keep dry!” I remember, because as a kid, I wondered how there could be a fire when it was raining or snowing out. ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/39 "2008-12-04T06:13:50Z")
I don’t wear shoes indoors, so it is sock, sock. This comes after underwear and before any other clothing. The shoe, shoe follows much later and only if I am venturing out. No shoe dance or hopping necessary though, I sit on the floor to put my shoes on. Apparently it’s something I never grew out of… ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562/40 "2008-12-04T06:35:58Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Despite Michael Stivic’s logical explanation hitting me at a very formative age, I’m still a sock-sock-shoe-shoe guy. I do, however, button my shirts from the top down usually. wait, there’s another way to button shirts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-sock-shoe-shoe-or-sock-shoe-sock-shoe/475562.md?page=3)