The thing about new socks is they
affect your journey. Each step feels new
and exciting, even if you are traveling over the same path you did just
yesterday. This was the big difference
between Lewis and Clark. In fact, Lewis
didn’t even wear socks. He had sandals,
with rubber bottoms that left the imprint of a tire tread. Clark did wear new, cushioned bottomed black
dress socks, fits sizes 9 through 12, and he never complained once about the
trip.
It's been reported that Neal
Armstrong had not only old socks on, but the left one had a hole in the toe. That was the only thing that kept him from
slipping his moonboots off and walking about the moon barefoot. NASA knew about the condition of his socks
and instructed him to keep his boots on.
American history books give little credit to socks, even though they were the determining factor of the outcome at both Little Bighorn, and Desert Storm. Now, I can see by your face you’re not believing this. Hey! Google it. You’ll see. I know for a fact that if you look anywhere along the Lewis & Clark trail you'll see the occasional tire print left by his sandal. And it is a matter of record that Mr. Armstrong never hid the fact that he really, really did want to leave bare footprints on the surface of the moon, just in case some alien came across it, they'd know we didn't have feet shaped like boots.
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