LETTER: Ankle socks are hated

Editor,

I’m responding to Hayley Miller’s “What’s With The Socks?” column. She asked, “In today’s fashion-conscious world, why haven’t the majority of Utah men caught on to ankle socks?”

Here’s why us “college-age men” don’t wear ankle socks.

Reason No. 1: Logan is cold. When I am cold, waiting for the bus and I (for some strange reason) think about what kind of socks I wear, will I be thinking, “Boy, I sure am glad that I am wearing socks that make me look more fashionable. I mean, look at that other guy with the long, warm socks. Does his mom still dress him up?” (Don’t ask why I would be looking at some other man’s legs). Or, would I be thinking “I’m freezing my (Democrat’s symbol would fit here) off! If only I wore long socks to protect my chicken legs from this cold!”

Reason No. 2: I thought this “fashion” thing was only applicable to high school. When I wake up with 15 minutes until class starts, I care only to get my body into a seat, be it socked with ankle socks or not. Next time I go to a high school and want to look “cool” for some reason, I’ll make sure to wear my ONE pair of ankle socks.

Reason No. 3: For those who have been on Mars for the past few decades, Utah has the most members per capita of the LDS church. If someone is a member of the LDS church, chances are he is either married or almost married. Once there, you don’t care about the looks of socks. And this is a university – those people in high school who spent all their time worrying about socks go to the community college or have mullets and are driving big trucks across the country.

About the mullets – I couldn’t agree more with Hayley. Mullets are a bit more visible than socks, therefore, if you do have a mullet, please dispose of it ASAP. I think I read somewhere that they cause certain types of cancer or something like that.

Mike Larson