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From: jmd@rduxb.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Pet peeve: shoe and sock sizes
Message-ID: <792@rduxb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 10:59:45 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 15 10:59:45 1985
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Reading, PA
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> >OK so lots of you are going to think I'm nuts but here goes anyway ...
> >
> >This is my first posting in net.flame .  I have held this gripe in me
> >for years.  Everyone I've ever complained to about this has thought I
> >was nuts.  Maybe I am.  It's not going to stop me from posting this
> >gripe to the world (even though it may apply only to the U.S.A.).
> >
> >My gripe is about ... you won't believe this ...
> >
> >	[ *** SHOE and SOCK SIZES ***]
> >
> >How do you people know what size socks or shoes to buy?

What's worse than that is after you do finally decide which size sock to
buy, you can never figure out which is the left one and which is the 
right one.  I remember one time in particular when I was really excited
about a date I had and did everything I could to look my best.  I even
got a haircut.  Then while out on the date, this woman of my dreams told
me she couldn't help but notice that I had my socks on the wrong feet.  I
was never so embarrassed in my life.  At least with shoes, you can tell 
which is left and which is right because when you look down at them 
something seems peculiar.  With socks though, its a bitch.

						Joseph M. Dakes
						AT&T Bell Laboratories
						Reading, PA
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