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I managed to get to Austin with two laptops—and no socks. Before I made it to the airport in Philadelphia, I realized what I’d forgotten but there was no time to turn back. Robert and got here on Friday morning, and the hunt for socks was on as soon as our planes hit the tarmac.
But day one was too early to start panicking—Robert had offered to share the socks which he’d brought, so there was no sense of urgency.
Spotting a travelling celebrity, I briefly considered the unthinkable—but quickly thought better of it. It was only day two, and we still had socks to spare between us. No need to resort to violence.
Day three. We were now out of socks, and as neither of us had sandals, it was now or never. The word around town was that we needed to get to “The Drag” (no, not that one). Sporting our brand-new Gap crew socks, we enjoyed the rest of the conference.
March 13th, 2002 at 9:55 am
Should I send Cas up to take you guys out? He is technically grounded from driving because of the DUI, but I bet he could manage to squeeze a trip in.
March 13th, 2002 at 5:54 pm
realized what *you’d* forgotten? - what do you mean, you weenie, *i* packed your bag. ‘fess up, mike, you can’t fold a shirt. and i’m very sorry i forgot the socks.
March 14th, 2002 at 3:06 pm
Hey, I enjoyed meeting you and Robert. Had I known you were, in fact, sockless, however, I would have been slightly uneasy.
March 14th, 2002 at 7:27 pm
And you left out how, uh, precious those socks are. Priceless almost, after a cab ride. Yeah, next time, talk to the person from Houston with a car. At least I would have discovered on Sunday that I left the map light instead of Tuesday night! It was really great meeting you guys in person. I wouldn’t have cared if you weren’t wearing socks at all… I was too damn tired to notice by Monday.
March 15th, 2002 at 12:47 am
I would like to point out, for the record, that I was at no time sockless—only less sockful than I would have liked. Fortunately, socks are something which can be borrowed. And I, in turn, loaned Robert my dialup account while we were both away from our cable modems, so it all worked out fine.
March 15th, 2002 at 3:46 am
So you had no socks…but the real question is did you have matching underwear?
March 15th, 2002 at 6:08 am
Socks are easy to come by but thank goodness you brought 2 laptops now that would have been tragic had you forgot those
March 15th, 2002 at 8:53 am
Hey Mikey. Thanks so much for my brand new Gap socks. I know that between the cab rides and the unbeatable Gap prices the bill came to 40 bucks! Thats more than my Mother-In-Law ever had to spend (all I spared were my skanky socks). Thanks Bro!
March 15th, 2002 at 1:00 pm
to be sans sock is a frightening thing. I went all the way to Argentina, bought a flash ass suit only to find that on the eve of said wedding, I had only ankle length white sports socks.
Sock shocker.
March 15th, 2002 at 1:09 pm
Miami Vice style doesn’t suit you?
March 16th, 2002 at 11:25 pm
dressing badly has never bothered you before, fraser. i’m sure floss would have been shocked had you chosen his wedding day to begin adhering to traditional conventions of taste and style.
March 18th, 2002 at 7:19 am
Meryl — I tried to get myself the white linen suit, with linebacker shoulder pads, but they didn’t have it in my size. And, dammit, I left my peach t-shirt at home.
Ashley. You are vile but you are right, tradition doesn’t worry me usually. I would have been just as happy and twice as comfortable in cargo shorts, a singlet and sandals. Body Glove perhaps. *snort*