Beard Liberation Front
29th May
Beard, Shorts & Sandals: Karl Marx & the socks question
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with the official start of the 2021 Beard, Shorts & Sandals season delayed due on Sunday, it is reviewing the outcome of an advisory vote on the socks question.
The campaigners say that socks have come to occupy an important place in modern culture.
As recently as 2019 Boris Johnson, was criticised for allegedly wearing the same pair of socks on more than day. It was an environmentally friendly act, unusually for Johnson, but like his politics might have whiffed a bit.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, I can hardly speak because during the night the resident cat, Holly, continues to carry off my socks and dump them in a pile with her cat nip mouse as something to play with..
As ever Marx (Heroes of the Exile) has the best analysis
an officer of the revolution must carry the following articles according to regulations: 1 head-covering and cap, 1 sabre with belt, 1 black, red and yellow [60] camel-hair sash, 2 pairs of black leather gloves, 2 battle coats, 1 cloak, 1 pair cloth trousers, 1 tie, 2 pairs of boots or shoes, 1 black leather travelling case — 12″ wide, 10″ high, 4″ deep, 6 shirts, 3 pairs of underpants, 8 pairs of socks, 6 handkerchiefs, 2 towels, 1 washing and shaving kit, 1 writing implement, 1 writing tablet with letters patent, 1 clothes brush, 1 copy of service regulations.”
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