Hey all...

If anyone out there has ever read any of my older postings, then you know that I do not have very many hang ups or issues with the “little things” that life brings.  I know that there are much bigger things to be concerned about and to let those little bumps in the road just go on by.  Not knowing if anyone else out there has issues with today’s subject, but if you feel as I do, then you will understand just how uncomfortable it may make you feel.  It might be difficult at times to find the proper words to express just how it makes me feel, but I shall do my best.  So, here goes…

You know when you buy new pairs of socks…how they both are formed and generally shaped the same.  Of course, toe socks are eliminated right off the bat here.  So, forget about them…okay?  Anyway, socks that come out of a bag or wrapper look pretty much identical to the one that they are paired up with.  No major differences…same shape, color, size, blah, blah, blah.  Nice and neat, just the way they were designed to be.  Well, once you put these brand new soft and supple wrappers on your toes, then they begin to lose their original form and begin to take on the shape of the foot that they have been applied too.  No problem there.  Yet, once those little fuzzy wuzzies are worn all day and it is time to toss them in the pile of dirties, they have forever lost their innocence, in a sock sort of way.  Now, once you have gone through more than one pair…then the issues come into play.  I know what you’re saying…what a doofus!  Back to my troubles…when you do the laundry and all of those pairs of matching socks are now tossed and turned in the dryer like a crew of drunken sailors riding the tea cup ride at the local amusement park…being thrown this way and that.  Well, perhaps not quite like that, but now those once identical pairs are now all mixed up with one another like the ingredients of a cotton Caesar salad.  So, where is my beef?  It’s when it comes time to put on a freshly washed pair of those socks only to discover that you have two socks that were previously worn on the same foot.  Since my big toe ends up stretching out a big swatch of material, it ends up creating a void that can not be filled by little toes if worn on the other foot.  And just what happens to this excessive amount of material when these are placed on the wrong foot?  It gets wadded up and jammed in between your toes and shoes causing all sorts of uncomfortable twitching a writhing of those toes in an attempt to get that stuff the heck out of the way.  Argh!!!!   So, I have to take great care to ensure that socks are always matched up…a right with a left.  If not, I’m skipping around like a frog on a hot rock. 

So, am I anal about this or is this something totally in my head?  Or, should I say my feet?

And you know what they always say...two lefts don't make a right.  Bada bing, bada boom.  Thank you, thank you...I'm here 'till Thursday...try the veal.