Re: OT: Socks (jara: piano)

In a message dated 2003:05:28 02:22:17 AM, carrajena@YAHOO.COM writes:

>Well, here in Taiwan I've seen these weird socks with
>a seperate little pocket for EACH toe -- like little
>foot gloves.  I've never seen anyone actually buy or
>wear them, but I see them for sale quite often, so
>*someone* must be buying the things!
>
>ADam
    When my grandfather - on the Wong Side of the Family - died, we found
*tons* of those lil dinky socks. Even more oddly, hardly any of them had been
worn.
    One of my relatives got those. Me?, I got a nice hand-carved walking
stick and knife that grandfather had when he was an officer in the post-1911
Chinese navy.

    Memorable 3rd degree from grandfather:

    - You go to school everyday?
    - Why don't you go to church?
    - Do you have a girlfriend?
    - Does she come from a good family? Is she Chinese, White... {severe
frown} or Black?
    - You have a gun?

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