It's [not] the punk!
Today I'm wearing my super-tall extra-cute Japanese school-girl socks (under pants) for warmth. I lack the sock glue, known as "It's the punk!" so my socks would normally fall down. However, I had a stroke of genius this morning and decided to put on knee-high nylon stockings underneath the socks. It's almost noon and the socks are staying up in an acceptable manner!Posted by erin at January 29, 2003 11:47 AM
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January 29, 2003 03:06 PM, Agnieszka said:
The sock glue works really well!
When I was being strip searched by aiport security in La Guardia (Because I look like a dangerous Saudi terrorist) they found my sock glue in my baggage and were like "what's this?"
and I said "sock glue". They didn't really believe me I think.
Later it occured to me what an asinine sort of question that was, because the sock glue container looks kind of like a minature vibrator.
"What's that?"
"Uh, you probably don't want to be touching it... It's a marital aid."Or so I imagine.
January 29, 2003 04:08 PM, Erin said:
Vibrators are obviously dangerous weapons for carry-on luggage.
I had several brass tack-fasteners (the kind that hold scripts together) in my purse that one security person had to ask another security person to verify that would be OK to take on the flight. (On the roughly the 4th flight I'd taken with the tacks in my purse.)
Brass tack fasteners are almost completely useless at even their most basic function... they can barely hold documents together, let alone take over a plane.
"The other children are right to laugh at you Ralph, those scissors couldn't cut butter."
January 29, 2003 07:15 PM, Maggie said:
Do you use the sock glue to glue the socks to your legs or somehow glue the socks to themsleves in some sort of elaborate folding or do you glue the socks to other parts of clothing, or what?
January 30, 2003 01:34 AM, Kari said:
I am confused by meaning of super-tall extra-cute socks in your post. If you are referring to the kind that are 150cm or longer, wouldn't sock glue not really work on them?
January 30, 2003 01:38 AM, Halifax said:
>It's [not] the punk!
What are you, photo captioner for Time Out magazine?
January 30, 2003 03:32 AM, Agnieszka said:
Theory: Time Out magazine exists for the sole purpose of making the Village Voice seem less preposterous and annoying by comparison.
What do you think?
January 30, 2003 10:39 AM, Erin said:
Kari: I don't have sock glue, otherwise, yes, it would work.
Maggie: I think the glue goes on your skin, and the socks.
Hal: Yes, I write Time Out magazine photo captions. Look, not everyone knows that Japanese sock glue is called "It's the punk!" Since I do not own glue, it's not the punk. I'm not titling interviews with Jude Law, "The Talented Mr. Law" for the love of god.
A.K.: I concur that is the function of Time Out magazine.
February 3, 2003 12:24 AM, Kari said:
You misunderstood my intentions... by asking how long your socks were I wasn't trying to talk about the efficiency of sock touch (an alternate name for the glue), but to ascertain just how cool you are by Japanese schoolgirl standards. For long socks to be "long" in status, they need to be at least 60cm, but the longer they are the higher the coolness potential. Thus a 130cm sock is cooler than a 100cm sock. The longest I have seen were 220cm.
If you want some sock glue, I would gladly send you some via post. Despite the fact that lint rings around the calf kind of creep me out.
February 3, 2003 06:35 PM, Erin said:
That would be cool if you sent me some glue!!
The socks are 180 cm, so I must be pretty cool, indeed.
April 7, 2003 12:09 AM, edward g. said:
um, hi. ^_^;; does anyone know where i can find REALLY long loose socks (longer than 120 cm or so)? thanks. ^_^
June 7, 2004 03:09 PM, myslef said:
what if you have big claves would it look weird?
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