What had the man done? Oh, made history. Her business (he had implied) was giving birth, Tending the house, mending the socks.
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What is it about genus arboretum that socks us in the figurative solar plexus We see a logging truck go cruising down the road, stacked with a bunch of those fresh-cut giants, we feel like we lost a brother. Next thing you know, we're in The Brick, we're flopping money down on the bar. Wood. We're under a roof. Wood. We're walking the floors. Wood. Grabbing a pool cue. That's wood. Our friends in the forest carry a set of luggage from the mythical baggage carousel. Tree of life, tree of knowledge, family tree, Buddha's Bodhi tree. Page one of life, in the beginning. Genesis 322. Adam and Eve. They're kicking back in the garden of Eden and boom, they get an eviction notice. Why is that Lest they should also take of the tree of life, eat and live forever. A definitive Yahweh no-no. Be good to yourself, go out and plant a wet one on a tree.
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When he had the stress fracture or whatever it was two years ago, the trainers told him it was caused in part because of a circulation problem brought on by the high socks.
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Psychoanalysis is for hysterical pathological cases, not for silly rich American women who should be learning how to darn socks
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Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way and they'll knock your socks off.
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A four-hundred-dollar suit on him would look like socks on a rooster.
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Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
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You're not going to find a man whose socks don't get dirty or who doesn't snore.
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People judge you not by the size of your feet, but by whether your socks match.
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If it weren't for women, men would still be wearing last week's socks.
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I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to.
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