holsic crew sock

David Simpson dsimpson at condor.depaul.edu
Wed Jan 24 12:13:48 CST 2001


On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, s~Z wrote:

> Regarding the WSC...
>
> It's a pun on a brand of socks popular at that time, the
"Holsic Crew
> Sock."
>
> This hosiery was supposedly manufactured with extra sole
reinforcement
> for use at sock hops and while playing Twister.

This is a joke, right? Something you made up? If not, then S. J. Perelman or somebody like him must have been founder or
chief marketing consultant for the Holsic company.

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