For the past several years I have noticed what appears to be a trend and it is getting more and more prevalent all the time.  Notice the socks people are wearing.  All striped in different colors, mostly around the leg rather than up and down.  They are kind of cool.  Not that I would wear them unless they were worn totally hidden from view.

A couple of months ago I attended a new products show in SLC  and I noticed many vendors selling those type of socks.  So it just reaffirmed my suspicions from several years back when I first noticed them.

Well, today is National Lost Sock Memorial Day!  Happy Lost Sock to you my friend!  My drawer has a couple of single socks in it and I keep hoping the other one will pop out of the dryer.  One has been a lonely sock for over a year now, poor thing, it just lays there in the same spot, patiently waiting for the dryer to give up the mate.  Sorry buddy, it ain’t gonna happen.

But, why have I not tossed it away?  There must be a reason, but I have not thought of it yet.  UNLESS, we celebrate National Lost Sock Day, by wearing the miss matched single socks we have in our drawers!  YES!  That is the answer!  Who cares if one sock is black and the other is brown?  NO BODY!  That’s who.  Actually, if you think about it, (my wife does all the laundry at my house, because of my wanting to be helpful when we were first married and all our underwear came out with a pinkish tint) it would save considerable time not having to sort and fold the socks, just toss them into the drawer!  You would even be able to grab your socks without turning on a light and waking your better half while getting dressed in the morning!

Better yet, if we all purchased those striped kind it would be very fashionable if you did have un matched pairs on.  I really like the idea.

So, I’m going to change my socks right now and put those “almost new” pair of miss-matched socks on to celebrate today’s national holiday.  Happy holiday to you all!

Bears Butt

May 9, 2012