Yellow Socks
Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by admin in Socks
It has happened to everyone. You get ready in the dark, pulling on the first pair of socks your still-asleep hands feel in the darkness. You put on the first pair of pants you find on the ground, regardless of whether or not they are clean or long enough. You add sneakers and a baggy t-shirt and you are ready.
It is not until halfway through your hectic day of errands and meetings with friends that you realize that the socks you had put on are bright yellow socks. Not a normal, off-white yellow of course, but a glaringly neon yellow that almost blinds all those who can see you. Pale yellow socks are often an acceptable complement to an outfit that is otherwise understated. But half-asleep hands are incapable of finding these normal socks in the morning.
This universal experience begs the question: Why are there yellow socks to begin with? Has anyone ever woken up and purposely said to himself, “I’m going to wear obnoxious socks today”?
Outside of eighties sitcom reruns, dressing five year olds for Easter and the disturbingly fast growing fashion style of “never wear the same outfit twice—EVER,” it is hard to imagine a circumstance in which yellow socks are necessary.
It is safe to assume that yellow socks are a natural byproduct of creating a culture in which every product has to be available in every color and style, despite the practicality of said product in said culture. In much the same way that ketchup was purple for a brief period of time, bright yellow socks were once cute. Thankfully wiser heads have prevailed and now the more somber pale yellow socks are in fashion. But there is still the constant question of why the bright socks ever existed.
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