Socks - short stocking worn in feet, reaching a point between the ankle and the knee. Every one knows that, so what about it? The answer is, wearing it. I have always struggled to decide whether wearing socks is an art or it is a scince.
After buying a pair of socks, when it comes to wearing it for the first time, a confusion creeps in. Which one is for the right leg and which one is for the left leg. Even after examining both of them closely, one is not able to find any difference in them. This makes one arrive at a simple conclusion, when they are new, there is no right one or left one. Going by this theory, whenever the pair is new, I have never bothered to find out which one is for right leg and which one is for left leg. Now if one decides to wear the socks again, before the first wash, then it is very convinient as one can see very clearly that the socks has already taken the shape of one's legs when one wore it the first time. So one can easily slip in his leg as per what his socks guides. The real confusion starts when one is wearing the socks after the first wash. The socks now loses the impression that it had before the wash. Though it is as good as the new one and the theory above still holds good, one still wants to challenge oneself. Since one has already worn it, one takes this as a prestige issue to identify which one is to be worn on which leg. Sometimes one succeeds and sometimes one does not. If one does not succeed to find the correct one for the correct leg, then it goes without saying that one follows the above theory. After these initial struggles, one starts wearing the socks regularly and the socks takes the shape of your leg and helps you identify the correct one in spite of repeated rigourous washes.
But I have come across certain stubborn socks that does not take the shape very easily. So this means that the struggle continues. In such cases one's bad habit of not cutting their toe nails comes handy. After you wear the socks for couple of times, the nail makes an impression and that helps a great deal to identify the correct sock for the correct leg. If one is persistent with not cutting his nails, then it results in a hole (an eye) at toe point. This is of great help and thus puts an end to the struggle in the morning, when you are desperate to go out for work. But yes this eye comes with a cost, the cost being that the life of one's socks becomes less. This means that the time for buying a new pair of socks comes near. So that means that the cycle will start again.
So what do you reckon? Is it an art or a science?
