BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Cluin
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 11:20 PM

So they can have something to take off later by the pool to feel sexy.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,GROK
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 01:12 AM

Men wear socks with sandals because when they wear pantyhose, people laugh at them.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 02:58 AM

Probably the main reason for men wearing socks with sandals is that their mothers brainwash them into wearing socks and shoes at all times. Then their wives moan about them wearing the d*mn things!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 07:52 AM

ced2 wears socks with sandals, dork.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 02 Sep 04 - 08:31 AM

I haven't got any socks with sandals on. Is there something missing from my wardrobe?

:D

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,David Beckam
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 12:25 AM

because when we doing sex we should wear socks with sandal....that make our girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband does'nt suck our foot/toes....out foot and toes full of bakterias.....just like underwear....scared our girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband suck out private part so we MUST WEAR UNDERWEAR OR SOCK WITH SANDALS !!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 07:55 AM

You have a legitimate point there, David, albeit expressed in a somewhat unorthodox manner. But I still think socks with sandals looks dumb. So, to make sure my toes stay nice and bacteria-free for sucking purposes, I wear condoms on them when I wear sandals. I prefer the brightly colored condoms. Different color for each toe. You can use kiddy balloons for the little toe if a condom is too big.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Layah
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 11:31 AM

I know a guy I've seen wearing socks with sandals when it was 0 degrees Celcius outside! Sure it would be even more crazy if he was wearing sandals without socks, but why not shoes? Oooh the cold feet.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: artbrooks
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 01:02 PM

Well, here we are back in the almost-Spring. The outside temperature here is up to the low 60s, the sun is shining, and I am wearing my red and gold Turkish socks, knitted by my best beloved, with my sandles. If you don't like it, feel free not to look at my feet.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bill D
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 01:11 PM

I don't wear socks with sandals when I am being photographed for a men's fashion magazine....otherwise, it all depends on comfort.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 03:41 PM

What else can you wear with a kilt when it's hot? Hard leather shoes for a week are not comfortable, so sandles are it. I've done it in Germany in the summer a couple of times. Or is it allowable in Europe?

Bunnahabhain.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 08:09 PM

All of the above.

Plus, the same reason dogs lick their balls.......Because they can!

DT

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Layah
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 08:15 PM

You could take your kilt socks off and wear sandals, even less hot that way. I just don't understand why you don't just wear sandals without socks. That's what I do whenever possible. I have been known to wear socks with sandals on very rare occasions, because I don't like shoes I tend to wear sandals as it starts getting too cold for them, and carry emergency socks in my backpack in case it turns out to be colder than I expected. But low 60s is plenty warm enough to wear them without socks. It hasn't been warm enough here in Edinburgh to wear sandals (or a t-shirt) since I got here *pout* Sometimes I wonder why I bothered to bring sandals with me. Probably because I didn't really beleive it could be this cold all the time.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 May 05 - 08:15 PM

Roman conquerors had woolly socks

And they wore them with sandals. See the picture on thta kink of a carving that has just turned up near Darlington in Durham.

Another verse for the Gladiator's Song please!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: number 6
Date: 20 May 05 - 08:26 PM

Oh man ...... I just can't respond to this one !!

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 20 May 05 - 09:07 PM

I wear sandals all the time except when I'm in bunker gear and on the odd winter day when the snow is deep. After the hip replacement, I found that shoes forced my leg into an uncomfortable position and began to hurt my hip. I work in a school. It seems that women can walk around with their toes showing but not men. It is a form of discrimination (against men) with which I am not happy, and I will be contesting it in the beginning of the new school year. I'll let you know what happens.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Tam the man
Date: 21 May 05 - 11:26 AM

I believe that some people get laughed at because they wear socks with sandles, maybe they have problems with their feet, like I have, I just can't wear sandles without socks, because after a while my feet hurt, and I end up getting blisters.

So go on laugh at the sock/sandles wearers now.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 May 05 - 12:59 PM

Veni, vidi, socksi...

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 21 May 05 - 04:12 PM

Ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ah aahh haaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 21 May 05 - 06:18 PM

Socks it to me!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 May 05 - 02:38 PM

Gordon Bok walked on stage in dark socks and sandals at the Chocolate Church and they distracted me the entire night. Damn Mudcat!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: number 6
Date: 22 May 05 - 08:30 PM

I will respond to this thread .... I confess I am one of those who wears socks with sandals .... why, I really dunno.

Bruce ... some trivia here ... do you know where the first expression of 'sock it to me' was used. Sammy Davis Jr. at the acadamy awards in '67 (or was it '68) is not the answer.

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: JennyO
Date: 22 May 05 - 10:35 PM

First time I heard "sock it to me" was in Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Judy Carne was the "sock it to me" girl.

As for Gordon Bok - he can wear anything he wants as far as I'm concerned - just as long as he wears it in Sydney again soon!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: freda underhill
Date: 22 May 05 - 10:42 PM

sock it to me

sock it to me! spoken by the English actress Judy Carne who became known as the Sock-It-To-Me Girl on _Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In_ (NBC-TV, 1960s [Jan 22, 1968 - May 14, 1973]). She would appear and chant the phrase until -- ever unsuspecting -- something dreadful happened to her. ...
The actual phrase was taken from a hit record entitled 'Respect' (1967) recorded by Aretha Franklin, which featured a chorus repeating 'Sock it to me' quite rapidly in the background. The phrase 'to sock it to someone' originally meant 'to put something bluntly' (and was used as such by Mark Twain). Black musicians gave it a sexual meaning, as in 'I'd like to sock it to _her_.'
From _Dictionary of Catchphrases_ (1995) by Nigel Rees
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sock it to me
1. Let me have it
2. Say what it is you have to say
Fom _Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang_ (1996) by Tom Dalzell
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"Well, observe the difference. You pay eight cents and four mills, we pay only four cents."
I prepared, now to sock it to him. I said: "Look here, dear friend, what's become of your hige wages you were bragging about a few minutes ago" -- and I looked round on the company with placid satisfaction.
From _A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur_ (1889) by Mark Twain

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 22 May 05 - 10:42 PM

First I ever heard the term was on Rowan and Martin's "Laugh In" back in the late 1960s. BUT, I figured you had a surprise in store and indeed you do. Wow. I didn't know that. Neat piece of trivia--not that it's trivial.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,Soxer
Date: 03 Jun 05 - 08:56 AM

Lots of men wear the combination of socks and sandals. Check out the pictorial evidence here www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk

Better still, send in your own pictures, who knows you might make soxer of the week.

Keith

the web sites author

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: gnu
Date: 03 Jun 05 - 10:44 AM

Keeps the skeeters from bitin' yer toes.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 03 Jun 05 - 03:42 PM

The real thing that shakes sensitive souls up is when men wear shorts with woolly socks and big brown boots. Sensitive souls are funny creatures about things like that.

Brahn boots, I arsks yer...

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 03 Jun 05 - 03:50 PM

Today I am wearing black socks with sandals. Dark green shorts and a green t-shirt. To enhance the look I have chosen to wear a blue jacket--bright, yet understated. It's a fashion statement for me. Yep. Besides, the only colour socks I own is black. That way I don't have to fart around trying to 'match' the correct colours. Wash 'em and put 'em on a shelf. Any two I grab will work as a pair. BUT, I do hope I am not in an accident today. My underwear is pink. A leftover from the wash with bleach and a brand-new red shirt. Who knew bleach does that? Sheesh.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 18 Jun 05 - 06:00 AM

A long-running thread, like a long-running play, should have a snappier title.
How about...


















No Socks Please We're British?

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,McGrath of Harlow
Date: 18 Jun 05 - 02:00 PM

Surely you mean "No socks please, we're not British"...

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: number 6
Date: 18 Jun 05 - 02:05 PM

I think it should be "socks please we're Rumanian"

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: annamill
Date: 18 Jun 05 - 03:42 PM

My Mom spent the growing up part of her life on a farm in South Carolina with her sharecropper Daddy and Mommy. They had an outhouse and a pump in 1950 thru 1955 when we used to go visit. Gramma used to walk out of the frontdoor, grab a couple chickens runnin' around, wring their necks, scald off the feathers, and cook 'em for dinner.

Did we EVER where shoes? No! Well, Sunday go to meetin' maybe. I don't remember tho.

Back up East, we wore shoes to school cause we had to. At home, never. Mommy always said the best thing for your feet was nothin'. Turned out later, she was right, with Earth shoes and all. I have perfect feet. Wide, but perfect with good strong arches.

Now, to the point. Since I've grown and the ways of the deep South aren't tolerated anymore (that in someways is real good), I'm forced to wear shoes. Most of the time I wear sandals, sans socks. As close to how I grew up as I can get. BTW, I never wear any kind of shoes at home. Only when I go out.

The concept of wearing socks AND sandals is just beyond me and it has nothing whatsoever to do with fashion.

NAKED FEET FOR AMERICA!!

Of course, during the sixties I developed the deepfelt concept of the "do your own thing", "to each his own", "whatever turns you on" type of thinking.

So, to those who wear socks with sandals, RIGHT ON!

Love, annamill

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Jun 05 - 05:46 AM

If David Beckham started wearing socks with sandals it would be men who don't wear socks with sandals who would be mocked.
For our US friends, David Beckham is an English footballer who is regarded as a 'fashion icon'(or, possibly, was, a few microseconds ago) by those with limited intellects and no opinions of their own - just substitute an equivalent American name.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Sooz
Date: 19 Jun 05 - 05:52 AM

Mcgrath - I saw Oaklet dressed as you describe on Friday!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 19 Jun 05 - 03:01 PM

It's a funny thing about style, but sometimes I think it is - almost -totally subjective. For example: -jeans ! I bet there will come a time when people will wonder what the heck people were doing wearing workmen's clothes and thinking they were stylish! BUT, my favourite " bad taste" style has got to be " Doc Marten's" boots - on women.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bill D
Date: 19 Jun 05 - 03:34 PM

well, I spent many years working in jobs where sandals and/or bare feet were either forbidden or downright dangerous! Consequently, I never developed the habit and calluses to go barefoot...nor did I ever need sandals much. But now, I find that my right foot seems to be getting sensitive in its (my) old age. So, I went out and bought TWO good pair of sandals last week, one open toe, one black pair closed toe which really looks quite good WITH socks....and besides, I just received 3 pair of socks with Tasmanian animals on them...and what better way to show them off!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,Michael
Date: 23 Jan 08 - 07:23 PM

I think men who wear socks with sandals, they have ugly feet... And when I say ugly, I mean, toenails that are not that attactive to look at, some men have a problem with toe fungus and have a toe fungus will totally mess up a man's toenails and feet if not cared for... And some men are just the kind of men who don't care for others seeing their feet at all.. As for myself, I love showing off my feet and wearing sandals in the summer time...

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 23 Jan 08 - 07:28 PM

How INteresting.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 23 Jan 08 - 09:21 PM

Well, I guess it's better than wearing a weenie bikini and showing off your ass cheeks in the summer time.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Jan 08 - 09:50 PM

That depends...

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 24 Jan 08 - 04:18 AM

Socks and sandals - or scandals according to Dr Graeme Garden on a recent edition of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue... Well, I confess to this being my normal choice of footware, but only in the winter months, and only when wearing my Dr Martin boots seems a tad extravagent. Comfort's the thing here; comfort and convenience indeed, as with most things in life.

And since when were folkies ever so shallow as to be hung up on fashion? One would have thought the folk world the very (nay, perhaps the only) place a chap might wear scandals without drawing comment.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Michael
Date: 24 Jan 08 - 06:44 AM

Whilst I am not going to trawl through the whole thread, I am sure it's been said before at least once: To keep our feet warm! Bleedin' obvious I would have thought.

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Mr Red
Date: 24 Jan 08 - 07:50 AM

blisters?

Its a man thing, wimp thing, and if you don't wear your warm socks you might catch a cold or worse - man 'flu.

Now why do women like sandals? they slip, slide and yet still people dance in them. Give me something that stays on the foot. Bugger fashion. Call me an engineer but even if they are red I prefer trainers - or Crocs at least. Function over form every time.

Well I remember breaking a foot bone polka-ing to Peeping Tom. Mind you I didn't feel a thing. It wasn't my foot. And I wasn't the one wearing inappropriate footwear that could slip half off an self-tighten in the process.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: PoppaGator
Date: 24 Jan 08 - 12:16 PM

Alan Toussaint, legendary New Orleans pianist/composer/producer/hitmaker, who drives a gold Bentley with a "PIANO" Louisiana license place, ALWAYS wears sandals over socks, even with a tuxedo.

Go figure.

I've never had the nerve to walk right up and ask him why.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: frogprince
Date: 24 Jan 08 - 12:40 PM

Definitely "better than wearing a weenie bikini"

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: frogprince
Date: 25 Jan 08 - 08:40 PM

Well, I guess I killed that thread...

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: goatfell
Date: 26 Jan 08 - 03:13 PM

The reason that I wear socks with sandals that my feet sweat, and they start to stick to the sandal and that I find it very sore.

Tom

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 26 Jan 08 - 03:23 PM

"Why do men wear socks with sandals"

Why would anyone care?

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Stringsinger
Date: 27 Jan 08 - 12:44 PM

you want to be comfortable but the weather outside is too damn cold. So woolen socks with sandals is the best of both worlds, inside and outside.

it's not just a fashion thing. It's practical.

Frank (who wears socks with sandals unapologetically).