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SmilinAssasSin27
07-07-2009, 09:37 PM
I need someone to find me a pair of brown and yellow vertically striped socks to wear w/ my new AFL jersey. If found, I promise to buy them AND will take pix of me in the jersey and socks at the season opener in Cincy. The pix will then be posted on this site for all to enjoy.

Challenged laid...
Lonestar
07-07-2009, 09:42 PM
might try the Broncos and see if they would get them for you if you tell them why.. I suspect they are making up 50 pairs or so what would one more pair cost them..
SmilinAssasSin27
07-07-2009, 09:44 PM
actually not a bad idea...worst they could say is "no", right?
Lonestar
07-07-2009, 09:47 PM
actually not a bad idea...worst they could say is "no", right? tehy could say hell NO..

You may have to Tye dye them or dye them all yellow and magic marker the brown on..
SmilinAssasSin27
07-07-2009, 09:48 PM
A bit ghetto for my tastes, but maybe as a last resort.
Lonestar
07-07-2009, 09:52 PM
A bit ghetto for my tastes, but maybe as a last resort.


you are not going to wear them to Prom but a football game and probably only ONCE or maybe on Halloween..
SmilinAssasSin27
07-07-2009, 09:53 PM
u don't know me very well.
Lonestar
07-07-2009, 09:58 PM
u don't know me very well.


a real sick puppy huh?


You should not wear them for prom or other formal occasions..

YOU MAY get locked up at Denver General for observation..
Shazam!
07-07-2009, 10:01 PM
Beat me to it with the dye JR.
Lonestar
07-07-2009, 10:06 PM
Beat me to it with the dye JR.


My wife is into that stuff you should see all the TYE DYE stuff my daughter wears because it is NOW cool again..

She even forced her boyfriend an ROT into a matching one ONCE.. at 6'2" 295 it was funny to bad I do not have a picture of it..
SmilinAssasSin27
07-07-2009, 10:08 PM
The dying is cool...just not feeling the marker. I don't think I could dye the stripes though.
Lonestar
07-07-2009, 10:14 PM
The dying is cool...just not feeling the marker. I don't think I could dye the stripes though.


perhaps you could go to a home economics class or the local arts and crafts store they may be able to give you hints on it.. I'd bet they could once you tell them what it for..


there is some way of putting wax on stuff to keep the dye from penetrating.. but I do not know if it would work on tube type socks..


when you are ready to do the other color you put the socks in really hot water and melt the wax away.. and then dye them
Denver Native (Carol)
07-07-2009, 10:41 PM
http://www.ajssocks.com/products.html#striped

http://fantasycostume.com/stocking_sock_tights.html#socks

Maybe something here
Shazam!
07-07-2009, 11:59 PM
Have a woman who knows how to knit, make them for you!
frauschieze
07-08-2009, 12:48 AM
Found this clip (it's from before the draft):


Meanwhile, more details are emerging regarding the throwback uniforms that the original AFL franchises (and officials!) will be wearing when they play against each other this fall. These teams had their throwback helmets displayed at the draft.

But the biggest buzz was generated by the Broncos, who showed off their 1960 "How Now, Brown Cow Horse?" throwbacks, complete with -- wait for it -- the vertically striped socks! The original striped hose, of course, were so unpopular with the players and coaching staff that they were eventually torched in a public bonfire. But now everyone loves the stripes (or at least Broncos vice president Jim Saccomano does -- he's the one in that photo), which just goes to show what a half-century's worth of hindsight can do for ya.

The striped socks have now become so retro-chic, in fact, that several readers have already inquired as to whether they'll be available for fans to buy. Uni Watch is saddened to report that the answer is no, at least for now; a pity, since the sight of an entire stadium of Broncos fans wearing the striped socks on their hands as ersatz mittens would be too perfect for words. But as we all know, the NFL folks will sometimes change their minds if provided with the proper inducement, so the key here is to make your voices heard. Contact the Broncos, contact the NFL, contact your congressman and let them know that you want -- nay, you demand -- to see the striped socks made available for purchase. The magic of the free market should take care of the rest.

http://m.espn.go.com/general/page2/story?storyId=4110700
Lonestar
07-08-2009, 12:55 AM
http://www.ajssocks.com/products.html#striped

http://fantasycostume.com/stocking_sock_tights.html#socks

Maybe something here

the broncos had vertically striped socks really hideous

but good find/try anyway..
scott.475
07-08-2009, 12:57 AM
the sight of an entire stadium of Broncos fans wearing the striped socks on their hands as ersatz mittens would be too perfect for words.

That would be awesome.