THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - The Problem of Painful Socks
The great abstractions of good and evil, pleasure and pain, are sometimes sliding down our shin. The post The Problem of Painful Socks appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Problem of Painful Socks The great abstractions of good and evil, pleasure and pain, are sometimes sliding down our shin. TakiMag Somewhat to my surprise, I have developed for the first time in my life an allergy to the elastic in my socks. I suppose it serves me right for having bought cheap pairs on the internet, which are probably manufactured in conditions of the utmost pollution and the cheapest labor. At any rate, I wake up in the night with an intense itching just above my ankle, exactly where the tops of my socks reach. Of course, I then do exactly what any doctor would tell me not to do, namely scratch…Open