The Heart of the Darkness
Manolo says, Ayyyyyyyy! The horror, the horror.
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It hurts! It hurts! Make it stop!
Not to condone it, but I think this has been a standard for men in Europe for decades. Note the age of many of the people in the pictures…….
I’ve already begun having flashbacks.
Can nothing be done for these people?
My father, who is 74 years old, just starting wearing sandals for the very first time in his life about 2 years ago. And he wears socks with his sandals. I am horrified, but too embarrased to tell him otherwise. Should I just let old age prevail?
Tamara, if you saw the feet of a 74-year-old man, you might be glad he is wearing socks. Still, the socks should at least be short and flesh-colored.
As for the high black ones…all that’s missing are the sock garters.
Yay! I’ve been looking for that website! I knew it was out there somewhere. Seems that most of the culprits are guys, bless their fashion-clueless hearts. Gotta love ‘em!
This is the best website since mulletsgallore.
Thanks for the laugh!
My boyfriend has some of the nastiest feet ever (they sweat in work boots all day). He has to wear socks most of the time for the comfort and health of his feet. We have come to a compromise on the socks with sandals issue: he is allowed to do it, but never, *never* outside of our yard (which is in the country and no one will see).
Socks should be worn with sandals only when taking out the trash. In fact, boots might be more appropriate – but it probably depends on how far you have to go, and who might be looking when you do so!!
My thanks to the Manolo – for a good laugh. I needed that!
best, Kimberley
Really, Manolo, in some time zones it’s lunchtime. Please keep that in mind the next time you post something so graphic.
This is too terrible. I thought it was done loading, but then it quadrupled itself and there were just so many pictures! I literally got the chills of revulsion. Someone please call the internet police.
Socks and sandals: Never, ever, ever, ever! Unless, of course, you’re where no one can see you except those who love you so much that they’d put up with you in dress shoes and no socks.
Older guys who look lousy in sandals will look even worse in socks and sandals. (And there is no color of sock that looks good with sandals, just as there is no color of sandal that looks good with socks.) It’s unfortunate, perhaps, but the older you get, the worse you look in casual clothes. It is incumbent upon old folks to dress up elegantly on all occasions and to play the role of the courtly, old-fashioned lady or gentleman who sets a fine example for the young folks. And that’s a good incentive to save your money while you’re young so that you can buy well-made and beautiful clothes for yourself when you’re old.
Why do these offenders appear proud of their footwear? Have they perhaps been smoking the crack?
I thought they were sort of cute — sick, but cute. I particularly liked the chorus line the furby couple with the cat. Of course, they should only be that cute in the privacy of their own homes and yards.
To me, most men look so bad in sandals that light-colored socks don’t make them look that much worse (no worse than their hobbitt-feet). What sort of shoe should a man wear with shorts?
Some were downright gross. Some were cute in a toddler sort of way. I noticed the age thing too. Most of them are old men.
Manolo: Spirit Fingers has a post up about this very thing, and it’s hilarious (albeit in a scary way). Check it out: http://facepalm.blogspot.com/2005/07/federline-foot-fashion.html
Many thanks to the Speedbudget for giving the Manolo this link. He had not read the always hilarious Spirit Fingers for the past two days.
Oh good gods, the guy in the kilt just slays me!
AAAAHHHHH! The Tia Nieve’s eyes! And having to see the Federlines is even worse!
The Manolo he will surely not approve of this knitting pattern:
http://www.coatsgmbh.de/de/1/strboxsockezehe.html
Miz H. will knit the cat toys with the leftover sock yarn instead.
Sandal and Sock Rules:
These rules shall henceforth be considered law by all in the land
Acceptable places to wear socks with sandals:
- After just completing a sporting event and removing your cleats
- Taking out the trash – but make it quick before the neighbors see you
- At 3am when your wife/husband makes you run out for ice cream/beer – and it is winter and snowing.
- With a kilt… because really, you are already wearing a KILT
Non-acceptable places to wear socks with sandals
- In public, in the daylight, EVER
- Anywhere that you will be photographed (This one is for you Kev)
- Anywhere else not covered in above rules
Men over the age of 95 shall be exempt from these rules.
Now, in Seattle here, this has been derigeur forever. Also, they must be big wooly sox in shaggy grey. No really. Its true.
Um, I think the little German sockies are kind of cute, for my female grandchildren.
So, so sad.
What’s even worse is that my own dear Dad fits right in with those guys. He’s not British, so he has no real excuse. (You hear that, Pops? No excuse!)
I know one of the guys in those pictures.
The Lisa says yay for the gay guys and their poor wee injured cat, what with the blowing out of the water the “gays are always well-dressed” stereotype.
Pdotfu is, alas, correct regarding footwear in Seattle. I once saw a couple sporting the woolly sock/Birkenstock combo coordinated with outfits suitable for raking leaves or other sundry yardwork…at the opera.
And not in the cheap seats, either.
Pdotfu is, alas, correct regarding footwear in Seattle. I once saw a couple sporting the woolly sock/Birkenstock combo coordinated with outfits suitable for raking leaves or other sundry yardwork…at the opera.
This might be explained by the connection between sock-with-sandal wearing computer geeks (see the first picture on the website) and Seattle’s connection to Microsoft.
Of course, this is not an excuse, but given what most Techie guys wear, socks with sandals are only a moderate faux pas.
For most men, of course, socks-with-sandals merits the firing squad.
Seattle prides itself on “outdoor chic”….. so it will come as no surprise to the readers of the Manolo to hear that women in Seattle, doubtless the wives of the men who wear the socks with the sandals, in the winter wear the FUZZY WOOLY TIGHTS with their business suits. Yes, even the suits of the Brothers Brooks.
If an earthquake crumbles most of the city into the Puget Sound, it will be only the Gods of Decency and Dignity seeking to avenge themselves.
Yup born and raised in Washington State I must say I too wore cotton rag socks with the birkinstock type shoes as a teenager and up until about 20. I tried it here in Virginia Beach once………….once.
Like someone else said, athletes are exempt. Especially soccer players.
why?
The BEST picture there is the one with the two guys and the pissed off cat. I have laughed about it for days now.
Oh, it’s gotta be fungus.