eMarkLee

In preparation for my London trip, I am replacing my sock collection. My sock drawer is a stew of various types of socks including holey ones, different colored ones, mysteriously appeared ones, etc. So I go to Walmart and go straight to the socks section to find the best socks foreign sweat shops can make. Lo and behold I see the Hanes sock:

There’s a problem here, however. When you look closely you see that the size is 6-13. I’m not sure how someone decided that one sock will fit both my 8 year old Taiwanese cousin Harrison as well as my 6′3 281 lb friend Workmonkey. This may work for long tube socks, but for low cut socks, you take the larger number. When I tried these socks on they felt like I was putting on booties…wtf. (not that I have ever compained about booties) I am a size 9.5-10…so the size 13 doesn’t quite fly.

Of course there is a natural solution….albeit with a certain amount of humility. I go to the Boys section, walking past all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle backpacks and underwear. There I find exactly what I have been looking for for the past 5 years. A pair of low cut socks that fit my feet.

Yes, folks. Size 3-9. So I am in essence wearing socks that is labeled be able to fit my 2 year old Taiwanese cousin Ian. Maybe I’ll buy him a pack too, as long as he doesn’t mind wearing booties.