Colin needed a suit for my cousin's wedding a few weeks ago, so off we went to our favorite suit store. It's a local place and while it has great prices on suits and ties and such, but it is.....uh......sort of a "cultural" experience, if you get what I'm saying. Okay, get the hate mail going--it's a place that caters to a certain culture that is not ours. You know, one that can wear a mustard color suit and pull it off. White people cannot wear mustard colored suits without looking silly--I'm just sayin'. But they have lovely suits at a good price and so we go there.
But when we go there, I have to constantly remind Joe to just be really aware of what he is buying because while all those fashions are snappy, he cannot wear a hat with his suit or certain shoes without looking like a pimp. Men of color can wear certain things and look nice that we cannot, and vice-versa. It's not racist, it is the truth.
Anywho, I leave Joe for like 5 minutes to help Colin and he disappears. When he finally reappears, he's all grinning and holding a package of socks. Apparently he needed some anklets to go with his two left shoes, and so he grabbed a bag.
And I never checked those socks until I got home and washed them. One the bottoms of the socks reads "Sean John". If you don't know who Sean John is, it's P-Diddy. Puffy Combs. Sean Combs. Puff Daddy. Diddy. Whatever, you know who I'm talking about, right?
So the guy is not only a music mogul, now he's making anklets??? Seriously?? And my dorky white husband is wearing his socks like he's a gangsta'? And can you really be gangsta' in anklets? Or any sorta socks for that matter?
Somehow, I'm not thinking Sean Jean/Puffy/Diddy/Whatever had the likes of Joe in mind when he was all planning the new sock industry. Cool, Joe is not--not even in his anklets. And he certainly isn't gangsta'.
Thank god the logo is on the bottom of the socks--that way he can't embarrass Diddy.
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Love the two left shoes. I bet he is sick of everyone talking about that. Also love the sock deal and thank COD, the writing was on the bottom. Hope all of you have a super week.
I'll send Alex over for training. He constantly puts his shoes on the wrong feet and tells me but they are on the right feet!!! He and Joe should get along just fine.
Why do you take that man shopping? Why Why Why???????????????
This is Chicago-gangsta pimp city.
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like I need google to tell me that
You did not describe the socks, but perhaps I need to make a shopping excursion to the Windy. I am desperately in need of some kuhl socks, and all I can find around here are black, gray and beige. *blech* Oh, and white which I would never wear in a million years.
How funny!!!!My Hubby came home last time wearing a big gold or possibly gold-ex chain. I ask him if he was feeling like a middle age white gangsta! Never saw the chain again,lol!I never know what he will bring home from China,everything is made there anyways.
My husband, the whitest man in American, has been getting his hair cut in Black barber shops for years, and I don't mean the fancy ones. I've always wondered what they thought the first time he stumbled into one - he definitely don't belong in the 'hood.
I used to shop at a Catherine's near my office that catered to women of size in that same community, and I was always slightly jealous of the Pentecostal Holiness ladies that probably shopped there because they had BEAUTIFUL dresses and HATS to match. I don't belong to a beautiful hat denomination (Vatican II having taken care of the hat and white gloves business years ago) but going there made me wish I did.
I'm thinking Diddy knew EXACTLY where he was putting that logo on purpose. ;)
This post and the comments from your avid and loyal readers only serve to remind me why I let Sylvia do all of our shopping. :)
Verif word = simats (Jose saying, "Yes Matthew." Or am I wrong there too?
Don't let him pick out his own underwear. Ever.
Diddy just lookin' to make money and he don care where
Really? P-Diddy is designing anklets? That alone is just too funny! Be that as it may, I think you husband's floral print shorts with the gangsta socks is a fashion statement all it's own :) I love those shorts!
Was there anything special about those anklets? How do you wear socks like a gangsta'? Out here the idea of a "cultural" experience involves tree huggers, tie dye and dreads (on white people) so I'm really out of the gangsta' loop!
I live in a very white town. Small hickville kinda place. Still didn't stop the gangsta look from hitting here though. I'm not real fond of that look
You are very fortunate that they were not knee high socks:D Hopefully he is wearing his new anklets with running shoes and not sandals.
Your husband embarrassing you aside, P.Diddy is laughing his way to the bank- he's the richest man in hip hop at $475 million. I doubt he cares if he's selling to nerdy old white people. Hahah!
LOL at "gangsta anklets"! My Mommeh has some socks that she bought in a bag of 6 pair, and whenever she wears them with her Converse sneakers, they make her shoes squeak, squeak, squeak all the way down the hall. I guess socks in a bag are a bad idea in general.
someone just needs to send this link right off to P-Diddy.
Marg--yeah, those shoes were a proud moment for me. Well, that and I nearly peed my pants when I saw it. Sigh. We are all class.
Helene--Just show him this photo and how silly Joe looks. He'll get it!
Vanilla--What color are you looking for?? Joe wears his anklets with gym shoes, so white is required for that. Maybe you can go sock shopping with Joe sometime.
melodie--Hahaha! I love how they think it's cool until we laugh. ;)
Grace--That's funny! I give Joe "the words" when he's crossing the line in our store. The words? "Bernie Mac". Says it all.
Shieldmaiden--There is this part of me that wishes we dressed for church like they do. How come we don't do that anymore?
Violet--I'll bet Diddy doesn't even know his empire is selling socks with his name on them.
Chuck--Si, Chuck. ;) I refuse to buy his clothes, Chuck. Nobody buys MY clothes.
Betty--It's too late, Betty.
Pricilla--No kidding. And Joe's just making him more rich. Sigh.
DJ--Oh, those shorts are his bathing suit. We were actually going out on a friend's boat that day when he pulled the two-left-shoes bit. I was dying of embarrassment. I cracked up when I read his socks and then asked Joe if he knew what he bought. He had NO idea.
Beaded Tail--Well, the only reason I thought they were gangsta was because P. Diddy's name was on them. Joe had no clue who Sean John was!
Ann--It's hilarious to see my guys shopping in there. But they do have nice suits--can't beat 'em!
Mary Ann--Oh, socks with sandals is NOT allowed here...EVER. He wears them with his gymmies, thank goodness.
Nancy--Who knew his empire included socks???! Isn't that hilarious?? Em and I were dying when we read the name--Joe was clueless. He had no idea who Sean John was!
Daisy--What is with the squeaky socks??! That is weird!! And funny! :)
Sharkey--Oh NO! We already went through that with Dr. Drew, remember??! With my luck, Diddy will call me!! Hahaha!
I do think there's something to be said for the dressing up on Sunday, it seemed more special when we did it. Though I'm down with a welcoming 'come as you are' attitude as well.
Well... at least he's not wearing his anklet socks with sandals... ;)
xo Catherine
Wow, Joe is way cooler than you let on. Sportin Puff Daddy socks and all. He and Elliot would be a nice pair since she insists on wearing her shoes on the wrong feet and her sunglasses upside down. I have long since stopped correcting her because it's adorable.
Somehow, reading this post while sitting under a cool morning ocean breeze made it feel better when laughing out loud to myself.
Cool, Joe. No Joe Cool! Rock those socks!!
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