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Re: Socks
« on: October 25, 2005, 08:02:55 PM »
I don't know about eating them, but the first person I would ask about disappearing socks is our very own Bloodline  :-)
 

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Re: Socks
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2005, 10:16:22 PM »
When I was at boarding school there used to be a trick called a pie-bed. What they would do is untuck the top sheet on a dude's bed, at the foot end, then bring it up to the top and turn it back before tucking the whole lot in and putting the blanket back exactly how it was. I can't tell you how irritating it was when they got me with that, because I had spent a late night studying and I jumped into bed and found myself cooped up halfway down. It is quite a rude jolt when your feet meet resistance when least expected. No amount of kicking could free the 'pie' and I heard raucous laughter from around the corner.
In the same spirit, imagine if someone 'pied' your sock. By that I mean...imagine if they 'gummed' it closed halfway?  :evilgrin:
 

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Re: Socks
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2005, 11:32:12 AM »
I got several pairs of black socks with a blue toe line many years ago in South Africa. These things must be mil-spec because they survived three years of permanent night duty, all the shooting/tactical courses I went on, a good deal of hiking in SA and lately a lot of squash games. I haven't seen them here in the UK, but if I return to SA I will definitely be looking for them (I think I got them at Edgars).