BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 09:27 AM

It's currently 40° F here and I'm wearing $5.00 piece of crap rubber flip-flops with no socks.

Enlighten me. What are Tevas? Are they the current thing to wear? Are Birkenstocks passé? More importantly, do they cost more than $5.00? If they do, I can't afford 'em anyway.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,Jim Knowledge
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 10:07 AM

I `ad that John the Baptist in my cab the other day and `e only `ad sandals on `is feet. I said where`s yer socks? `e said `e didn`t `ave em on for religious reasons. I said what are they then? `e said cos `is socks are more "`oley" than righteous!!
What am I like?

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 11:02 AM

Yes and no.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 11:07 AM

Stops them biting toe nails.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 12:28 PM

It occurs to me that the heading of this thread would sing well to Deutschand Uber Alles:

Why do men wear socks with sandals
Naked feet we love to see;
Toes though nude will cause no scandal,
Strip them bare and set them free.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 12:44 PM

LOL

At last, a song for feet.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 02:43 PM

Up to the knees I'm naked
Up to the knees I'm naked
I've got no clothes.
Upon my toes,
All prud'ry, I forsake it.
I walk about with me toes all dangled out
And the girls all goes with a strangled shout
"What a bold and a brave new-fangled tout -
Up to the knes he's naked."

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 06:15 PM

I never could understand the logic of this so I asked a male of my acquaintance why he wore sandals. His reply was that his feet got hot. When asked why he wore socks, his reply was that his feet got cold.

Men!!!

Personally, I wear sandals about 90% of the year - I've even been known to go out in snow and frost in sandals.... I guess I just have hot feet.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: mike the knife
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 07:26 PM

Have a couple of photos of my ex-pat days in Germany wearing Birks & a pair of thick, hand-knitted socks made by a girlfriend. Was all day on my feet & it sure felt good. When everybody else was grumbling about their feet hurting, I was still in good shape.
Sadly, the Birks are no more & have'nt been replaced- and the socks are well beyond the point of wearing anymore- doubt that 'look' will ever be duplicated.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 07:40 PM

I had a hip replacement four years back. I found that shoes restricted some movement when I walked. I wear sandals 100% of the time. When I teach, I have to 'dress' (normally, I'm a t-shirt, shorts and sandals kinda guy--mostly, I like to be comfortable (actually, I'm a natural slob)), so I wear black socks. Only time I wear shoes is for weddings, grads and funerals, and I wear boots for firefighting and rescue work.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 08:21 PM

AW MAN!!! I wanted to refresh the "Why do People Steal Toilet Paper" thread as a companion in pointlessness to this one and maybe even resume the "race of the stupid threads", but it's CLOSED! Damn! I guess I could ask Joe to open it back up, but I'd probably have to come up with some reason besides "because I'm an asshole and I wanna mess with people's heads".

Maybe I'll just start a new thread called "Why do men wearing socks with sandals steal toilet paper?" Nah! It won't all fit in the Subject field.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 22 Mar 04 - 08:55 PM

Jaysus, Bruce, I always gave you more credit than to ask a reslly numbnuts question like that! They steal the toilet paper to stuff their bras. Why else? Sheeeeit. You will never know how disappointed I am. You just plummeted from my top ten list of smart people to at least number seventeen. C'mon fella, get a grip.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,ivor bigginin
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 02:39 AM

I don't believe this !!!!!!!!! you purile pricks are still on with this shite.Have you lot of saddo's no self respect?

Who really gives a flying fuck about socks in sandals.

Do us all a favoure, take up bunjy jumping.preferably with the rope tied round your collective smug necks.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 07:04 PM

Did we get round to discussing the related, but distinct question, "Why don't men wear socks with sandals?"

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: artbrooks
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 07:15 PM

That one isn't too difficult, but how about the habit of men not wearing socks with shoes? I don't mean gym shoes, sneakers, or whatever you want to call them...I mean hard leather dress shoes.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 07:46 PM

They are closet masochists.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 08:06 PM

Men not wearing socks with shoes? Well, as you said, Art, it's okay to not wear socks with athletic shoes. It's also okay to not wear socks with deck shoes like Sperry Topsiders, right? Well, are Topsiders really that different from loafers like Bass Weejuns? Not really. So then, it must be all right to wear Weejuns without socks. But Weejuns are for both casual and dress wear. So, if it's okay to wear Weejuns without socks it must be okay to wear wingtips without socks as well.

See? It's totally logical. Spock would approve.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: artbrooks
Date: 23 Mar 04 - 08:47 PM

Yeah, but you live in Flo-ri-da, Bruce.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Jeanie
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 05:11 AM

To add a little historical corroboration, the wearing of socks with sandals goes back a long way. Take a look here at two gentlemen modelling a style of footwear found in the North Germanic peat bogs of the first few centuries A.D.: These gents have style !
You will see that even then, the wearing of leg and foot covering under the sandal was optional. But claim your heritage in full, 21st century gents, that's what I say !

For a more detailed history of the sock, look here:
'Sock it to Me - A Brief History of Socks'

Finally, here is a fragment of a letter from home in Italy, sent to one of the Roman soldiers stationed at Hadrian's Wall, which is one of the 'Vindolanda Tablets' - inked messages on thin slivers of wood which are a wonderful source for social history, discovered by archaeologists some 30 years ago. (They are all online now, and make fascinating reading):

"I have sent you two pairs of socks from Sattua, two pairs of sandals, and two sets of underwear."

Keep up the Romano/British/Germanic tradition, gents !

- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Jeanie
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 05:16 AM

Trying to make that first link to the Peat Bog Fashion again:
These gents have style !

Look forward to seeing this attire at the summer festivals !

- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 08:00 AM

Why not?

And whats wrong with navy and black together or pink and red.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Mooh
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 08:46 AM

Style and fashion police piss me off. What's the big deal? The bigger problem is baseball caps in church! Oh brother...

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Peace
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 11:09 AM

Naked from the socks up.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 11:20 AM

The shoes in that photo Jeanie linked to certainly look like they might be the precursors of the tongueless wingtips the men at Scottish festivals wear along with their kilts.

By the way, if you didn't already know this, the holes in wingtips did once serve a function. They allowed water to drain out more quickly when one had to walk through water. In modern wingtip dress shoes the holes only go through one of two layers of leather, but they used to go all the way through.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,OTC
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 12:06 PM

Why not , I do wear socks and sandals all the time, besides there is a wonderful dress sandals ade by very well known designers so why not? out for dinner dressed in black trousers ,nice shirt and black socks with a paur of dress sandals look pretty cool. I think it depends much on the whole look of a man, some men look cool in sandals and socks others don't. I even was told by a babe thats it is a very manly look :) . I even wear socks and flip flops , check out that site www.flipflopsocks.net , the world is changing.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,Paul Winter
Date: 15 Apr 04 - 03:46 PM

Wearing socks with sandals? To me that is uncomfortable I hardly wer socks in my shoes aw well, and I never wear socks wih sandals.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: MBSLynne
Date: 16 Apr 04 - 10:17 AM

In Western Australia it was always the way to spot the Poms.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: the lemonade lady
Date: 16 Apr 04 - 10:50 AM

Well there you are!

#8-)

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 16 Apr 04 - 02:21 PM

Hidden secret message below!

Let it be known to all concerned that this thread

"Why do men wear socks with sandals"

has been awarded the distinction of being

THE STUPID THREAD THAT WOULD NOT DIE!

and should be held in the highest esteem by Mudcatters everywhere.

If you don't know how to read hidden secret messages PM me. Or better yet, PM Amos and waste his time.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 16 Apr 04 - 04:11 PM

Or read it here:

Let it be known to all concerned that this thread

"Why do men wear socks with sandals"

has been awarded the distinction of being

THE STUPID THREAD THAT WOULD NOT DIE!

and should be held in the highest esteem by Mudcatters everywhere.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: artbrooks
Date: 16 Apr 04 - 04:38 PM

Gee...gosh...but if I wuz smart enuf to change th'font color to whit, I wuddint be werin' soks wit' my sandels...

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: steve in ottawa
Date: 16 Apr 04 - 04:54 PM

Because they remembered to wash 'em.

I can't believe I read through this thread. Jeanie made the best points. Wow. It's done. I'm through! Free! Sock/sandal educated. Kind of humbled.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,Ron
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 08:40 AM

I wear sandals and socks to knee, because this brings me the memory when i was schoolboy,it makes me feel more disciplined/a real boy.
mu mpm insisted on this style for us boys in the past, and just i want to continue to please her.

ron

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Jeanie
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 12:29 PM

Why, thank you kindly, Steve in Ottawa. I'm pleased to see that the people of Canada are honouring the traditions of their Romano/Briton/Germanic ancestors from over the seas !

Ron: don't forget that Threadgold's Thoroughgrip Garterettes are just the thing for that truly smooth effect.

- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,melanie
Date: 03 May 04 - 08:09 PM

Interesting thread... i'm glad i found it. Even though this thread is directed at men wearing socks with their sandals, I no longer feel like the sole fashion-offender (or offender-ette) for wearing socks with my Birkenstocks. :o) So comfy! And i always coordinate my socks to my pants, so perhaps that lessens the gravity of the fashion crime a bit... ya think?

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: dianavan
Date: 03 May 04 - 09:26 PM

I'm writing this while my feet are wrapped snuggly in my Birks for two reasons: 1) Its cold outside today 2) Even if it were sunny, my toenails aren't polished.

Further to this discussion I would like to add a few thoughts.

When I was visiting my mother, a brought along a friend who was wearing blue fingernail polish. Mom said, "Nice friend but I hate the nail polish." My friend said, "Wait til it starts chipping. Maybe she'll like that better."

Men should invest some money in a pedicure. Women like that. It looks like you actually take care of yourself.

Tevas are great for the summer. Saltwater doesn't hurt them and its much easier to get into the water when there are lots of rocks, oysters and barnacles. You can also walk comfortably in them.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,lafemme
Date: 06 Jul 04 - 03:43 PM

Gentlemen, is you need to weak sox to cover your feet, please complete the look and wear closed shoes. Sandals do not warrant sox under any circumstances. Geek City!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

Some guys who have bad-looking feet(esp. nail fungus or corns) want to cover them up, but wear sandals at the same time. But, I have nice-looking feet and I don't like to wear socks with sandals. Even with regular shoes (example: deck shoes), I like to go sockless! I give Ms. Lemon credit for wanting us men to be sockless when we are wearing sandals!

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: s&r
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 04:17 AM

I can't see anything wrong here

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: s&r
Date: 12 Jul 04 - 05:44 PM

look at the link above - it answers all the questions

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 12:12 PM

puh-lease sandals with socks look so funny it just doesnt look right well, if you are someone who has let go of your looks, then no comment, but man there is no way id wear sandals with socks, hell i already dislike sandals as is

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,GROK
Date: 30 Aug 04 - 11:00 PM

That has to be the definitive photo essay on socks and sandals. Not a gauche picture amongst the lot. Excellent link.

However, I think many men wear socks for one of two reasons:

1) They actually paint their toe nails on Friday nights

or

2) they don't.

Oh, the shame of it all.

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: s&r
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:13 AM

Is wingtip American for brogue?

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 05:58 PM

I am glad to see this thread again. i spend a lot of time wondering about this and look forward to finding THE ULTIMATE ANSWER on this thread. (and are they long socks or short socks, and why?)

freda

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: katlaughing
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 08:55 PM

s&r...not what I'd think of as brogues. They're more of a dress shoe...fancy dance shoe, sometimes as this pair at ebay might be:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: GUEST,GROK
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 02:40 AM

I GOT IT. I GOT IT! I GOT IT?

"Men wear socks with sandals to keep their feet warm."

DID I GET IT?

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: s&r
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 02:47 AM

Thanks Kat - do they have to be two tone - except for that I would have called those shoes brogues (because of the piercings)

Stu

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 08:21 AM

198

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 11:05 AM

199

Subject: RE: BS: Why do men wear socks with sandals
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 11:06 AM

200. You can't say I didn't give you a chance!