Trivia time!

[NutmegCT]

Without searching the 'net ... what's the origin of the phrase:

"A sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe."

 

[JHaydon]

My parents had that book!! That phrase goes through my mind at least once a month. I've tried to explain it to my wife but she still doesn't get it.

I feel so much better that someone else knows about it.

Also, anyone who is a "sock and a shoe and a sock and a shoe" type is not welcome in my house

 

[equiprx]

I'm guessing it's a sequential thing.
That's my pattern anyway.

 

[YakkoWarner]

I have no idea what the reference even comes close to - implying there is a difference between applying 2 socks then 2 shoes vs. applying 2x(1 sock then 1 shoe)? 2+2=2x(1+1), so it makes no sense to me. Either way you end up with a sock and shoe on each foot, and ideally they should match (although I have shown up at work with 1 black shoe and 1 white shoe before - mornings are not my thing).

 

[waltesefalcon]

My parents had that book!! That phrase goes through my mind at least once a month. I've tried to explain it to my wife but she still doesn't get it.

I feel so much better that someone else knows about it.

Also, anyone who is a "sock and a shoe and a sock and a shoe" type is not welcome in my house

I thought it came from a show.

 

[JHaydon]

It may have, but I know it from one of a pair of books given to my parents on their xxth anniversary (10th, maybe -- I was too young to get the joke) in the 1970s called "How Well Do You Know Your Husband?" and "How Well Do You Know Your Wife?"

"When getting dressed, does your spouse put on a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe, or a sock and a shoe and a sock and a shoe?"

That's the only question I remember seeing. It struck me as being utterly ridiculous. The idea of one bare foot grazing the shoe I had just put on the other foot...

Please tell me I'm not the only one!

 

[NutmegCT]

Voila!

And the back-story is pretty good too.

 

[AngliaGT]

I have no idea what the reference even comes close to - implying there is a difference between applying 2 socks then 2 shoes vs. applying 2x(1 sock then 1 shoe)? 2+2=2x(1+1), so it makes no sense to me. Either way you end up with a sock and shoe on each foot, and ideally they should match (although I have shown up at work with 1 black shoe and 1 white shoe before - mornings are not my thing).

Did you tell your co-workers that you have another pair just like it at home?

 

[Bayless]

Well, I usually do it Archie's way. But then I do sometimes, like today, do it like the Meathead.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Well, I usually do it Archie's way. But then I do sometimes, like today, do it like the Meathead.

You have to be adaptable in life.

 

[Basil]

Without searching the 'net ... what's the origin of the phrase:

"A sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe."

Since this is the first time I’ve seen that phrase, I’ll have to pass.

 

[GregW]

Economy of motion dictates sock-shoe, sock-shoe.

 

[Basil]

Economy of motion dictates sock-shoe, sock-shoe.

Unless you’re @DrEntropy - he doesn’t wear socks, only flip flops

 

[Basil]

Economy of motion dictates sock-shoe, sock-shoe.

We need a government study!

 

[DrEntropy]

Unless you’re @DrEntropy - he doesn’t wear socks, only flip flops

For me it's: Left foot, right foot or right foot, left foot...

Sometimes they both go on at the same time. Try THAT with socks 'n shoes.

 

[GregW]

We need a government study!

Let's do it. Do you want to head up getting a juicy and enriching grant?

 

[GregW]

For me it's: Left foot, right foot right foot or right foot, left foot...

I'm more a left foot, left foot kinda guy.

 

[DrEntropy]

And choices... I have choices.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

And choices... I have choices.

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