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Thursday, November 6th, 2008For being a bit of a sock expert I made a painful mistake yesterday. When getting my gladrags on for a run I hastily chose a different pair of socks to run in than my designated pairs, and have paid the price. Sure, they’re nice socks (by DePio) but they aren’t made for running. An [...]
You buy one pair, and you give another pair for free!
Monday, October 27th, 2008We’re very proud to announce Socks for Happy People’s ‘Buy One Give One Free!’ initiative. The scheme ensures we all make a genuine difference to others with every pair of Socks for Happy People we get our feet into!
It’s really simple. Whenever you buy a pair of our Socks for Happy People, you also buy [...]
Questions for Gordon?
Friday, October 17th, 2008No, not the PM, he’s busy enough for the moment I think.
I met a happier Gordon through a bit of volunteering I’ve been doing recently. Gordon is a chirpy 73 year old with a real spring in his step, and I recently found out why. It turns out that he’s spent the majority of his [...]
Socks on Dragons Den!
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008For us, Dragons Den is a nice little bit of homework and it always gives us some fresh perspective on Socks for Happy People.
But last nights Dragons Den, episode 8 and the last in the current series, gave us the best perspective yet! It saw ‘Beyond Boil’, a business with an underlying social mission to [...]
The Polyphonic Spree and Socks in Nirvana
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008The Polyphonic Spree and Socks bring you Lithium, by Nirvana
I guess it’s what you do on when there’s 43 of you on a tour bus…
What’s the difference between a courgette and a sock?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Whoa! I’ve just picked the biggest courgette ever (in my life at least) from the Farther-in-Law’s garden here in Sweden. Look at the flippin’ size of it!
This locally grown fairly traded (and free!) beauty is also organic, which means no pesticides or chemicals were used to help it grow to this ‘bigger than a bodybuilders [...]
Great Socks! Good Times!
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Dear Jildau,
From today onwards our household will no longer be treated to your charming collection of bright socks** after your move back to The Netherlands. But the thing we’ll miss the most, even more than your bright sock collection, is your unwavering love of wearing them in odd pairs each and every day for no [...]
I’m not a smart man, Jenny…but I know the value of socks!
Monday, July 7th, 2008This weekend a few of us decided to watch an old favourite that we’d watched time and time again as youngsters. But in all those viewings I guess I never truly appreciated Lieutenant Dan’s wisdom and Forest’s brilliance.
This time I noticed Lieutenant Dan carefully explain to Forest and Bubba upon their arrival to Vietnam that [...]
Midsummer Socks!
Friday, June 20th, 2008So tonight is ‘Midsummer Eve’, the second biggest celebration of the year for some Europeans, and the Scandinavians especially. Having been fortunate enough to experience such a shindig myself a few years back I can report that it’s generally about being outside with friends and family and dancing around a flower covered pole. Good ol’fashioned [...]
Sock the Olympic Sock
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The BBC have started collecting people’s idea’s for the London 2012 Olympics mascot since the official Olympic committee is expected to choose theirs later this year.
This was the best of the bunch in our humble opinion, but only as a concept, since the sock looks a little tired, old and uncomfy - it’s not [...]