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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:33:18 +0000

I’d like to wear socks with sandals, but I live in Russia.

By: xybre

xybre — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:18:01 +0000

@Nick

They were laughing on the inside.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:07:25 +0000

I’m English, and I once wore socks and sandals.

I didn’t get laughed at !!! (people are too polite and nobody looked at my feet)

By: Mr. Wumpus

Mr. Wumpus — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:19:20 +0000

Well, since I am a geek, looking like that is appropriate, is it not?

Besides, who gives a f*ck.

By: Me

Me — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:11:59 +0000

Wearing socks with your sandals is very geeky. If that’s the look you like and want, way to go!
If you want that extra geeky look, be sure to pull your socks way up to your knees.
For those of you who don’t think socks with sandals is geeky….it’s because you’re in geek denial.
;-)

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:23:42 +0000

Well, I don’t know what the British attitude to socks-with-sandals is, not having met any self-described Britons, but during my time in England I have run into some who indulge, including most memorably a housemate (Cambridge PhD) who wore one green and one red sock with his sandals; claimed it was to help him tell port from starboard. It didn’t do much for his geek exertions; attempting to get Linux running on his Toshiba laptop provoked screaming rages and not a little property destruction. But it’s OK, he found sheltered employment at the State broadcaster.

If the Guardian is to be believed the first to wear this less-than-sightly combination on English soil were, apparently, the ancestors of the fashionable Italians. Maybe it’s an idea that should have gone out with the Romans:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1488287,00.html

By: the gnunz

the gnunz — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:05:55 +0000

plus, your feet are way less hot and smelly than in shoes; thus more comfortable. relaxed. but especially, suit-incompatible (pyjamas for overgrown boys). go geeks. go at the Openly-Shallow source commoditisers (conscienceless profiteers). go gnu.

By: Noam Samuel

Noam Samuel — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:56:20 +0000

actually, socks and sandals are quite useful when you want to easily switch between warm wear and cold wear. that’s one of the main reasons I use them (also, they are good for mildly cold weather)

By: Joe Buck

Joe Buck — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:07:13 +0000

Ben, you see a lot of socks with sandals both at Berkeley (home of BSD) and in the old days at Bell Labs (where
many the folks who gave you Linux all wore this amazing getup consisting of a long beard, shorts, suspenders,
white socks and sandals, though some skipped the socks). It was the favored costume of 70s/80s software
geeks.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:17:32 +0000

As an American, I will laugh at you too for wearing socks with sandals. That is just weird.

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By: ijuz

ijuz — Sun, 29 May 2005 17:41:31 +0000

please add:
…despite it’s 64bit