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Abbynormal

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well Lon, not much happening with ole Abe lately. He is now on the left side of the hall. I keep saying I'm going to post a pic but still have some shots on the roll and nothing exciting to take a pic of, you know? It's been almost a month now though. I don't know if that's hysterical or just pitiful! LOL

Buttercup

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 02:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby, some questions are better left unanswered

Buttercup

Sunshinemiss

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 02:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Abby, thanks for keeping us up to date. I love this thread, it is so down-to-earth (literally, lol) it is a nice escape from the BB madness too.

Car54

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 04:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby, when no one is home, you could pose Abe in different places in the house....with props and take his pictures!

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 05:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bwahahahahaha, Car54, can you just imagine if Abbynormal gets caught posing the sock and taking pictures in various places in the house?

Car54

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You read my mind, Juju!

Abbynormal

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 09:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It wouldn't work.

Reason #1: Remember these are not the most observant people around.

Reason #2: I did start this thread which shows I am a tad bit warped, and they would just think I was off in my world doing my "thing".

Reason #3: I may be a tad bit warped, but I'll be dadgum if I go around posing a sock. LOL

Urgrace

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 09:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby, you have the patience of a saint. It would drive me crazy after just a couple days, and you have been keeping an your sock cam on Abe for almost a month! Amazing!

Why not finish the roll of film with pictures of Abe? He is definitely going down in history, and you will need more than one picture of him to tell the tale.

23. Reality Socks need a portfolio!

Urgrace

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 09:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Kaili

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 09:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am really impressed- by this point I would have piled every sock (aside from my own) in the hall and laughed. Maybe he would be picked up with the rest. Or else the whole household would begin to think you had just completely lost it.

Mssilhouette

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think we should have a webpage and one picture of abe with a clock...SOCKWATCH 2002 DAY ??(say what day is it?)

Earthkitten

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 - 11:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby, I think you should take a picture of the sock, put it in a frame & set it with the rest of the family pictures!

Loppes

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 08:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Earthkitten, or have you thought of making a calendar of Abe with a picture of the month. You could give the calendar to all as a little gift when your experiment is over. It will give you a year of enjoyment and might just be a nice little reminder with that picture on their wall for a year.

Do keep us updated, my Cassie is very interested. Could you post a picture of Abe here?

Lon

Jkm

Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
bump>>> Abe rules!! (how's that roll of toilet paper hanging -- ha ha)

Halfunit

Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a wonderful thread with wonderful posters!!

I am still laughing so hard, picturing Abby posing Abe around the house -

"Work it socky - c'mon boy - strike a pose..."

And Abe replying as he hops down the catwalk-

"I'm too sexy for a foot, too sexy for a foot..."

happydance

Aria

Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 11:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love this thread too! Just thinking about it makes me LMAO!

Whoami

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 12:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I told my sis about this thread tonight. Well, actually, I told Mom, sis, neice, sis-in-law! They all thought it was hysterical! Sis is a registered member on this board, but has yet to submit a post. Come on sis, where the heck are ya!!! I'm hoping she reads this thread, and FINALLY posts something.

Abbynormal

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 04:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was sure when I woke up and went into the kitchen this morning, that Abe would be picked up today for sure. Forgive me for the following rant, 6 am on a Sunday morning is an obscene time to awaken IMO and maybe I need to go back to bed.

Now, I must first tell you that I am weaning myself off my "happy" pills and it has been over 120 hours since my last one. Maybe it's just me, I accept that....but when I walked into the kitchen and saw one of my heirloom wine glasses sitting on the counter broken, well!!! It seriously ran all over me! What are these people, a herd of buffalo? I get so angry because it just seems that anything I value is of no consequence to anyone else. Nothing in this house is mine alone, I often think if they could find a place to use my tampons they would!!

So...I grab my morning big gulp size glass of iced tea and come here. That's when I see the messages on this thread and realize what a kick I get out of everyones posts. AS GOD IS MY WITNESS, I WILL CONTINUE THE SOCK EXPERIMENT!

Please forgive me, maybe this should have been in the gripe thread, but I felt it was realative to the problem at hand. Thanks for listening and bringing me back to my senses. abby

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 08:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It's not YOU, Abbynormal, it's THEM!

I am soooo glad you came to your senses before you picked up that sock. You and Abe are supporting a lot of people, you know. Some of us race here first thing in the morning or trudge here last thing at night (or vice versa) just to get a few soothing moments with Abe on the sockcam. Some of us flee here for the tranquility when our BB circuits overload.

Whoami

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 08:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My sis brought up an important point last night. You need to mark Abe somehow, so you can know who he is once he finally finds his way to the laundry. He's a very special and famous sock now!

Wargod

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 01:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm feeling you today, Abby! Thank you for continuing the sock experiment for us. We all appreciate it very much, and enjoy our time here relaxing and laughing.

Snee

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i think abe has an agent and just wants the exposure.

Sunshinemiss

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 02:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby I so totally understand. I love and value my few "nice" things, and it doesn't seem too much to ask to have others respect and care for them too. Or at least leave them alone!

What really rung a bell for me was the finding the glass on the counter, broken. No note, no apology, nobody coming to you accepting responsibility. I have a lovely old enamel-over-tin topped table from the turn of the century that I bought with my first ever paycheck when I was 14 and working for McDonalds, and it is one of my favorite things. After my (now ex-) hubby and I moved, I was cleaning up and noticed a pile of magazines strategically placed on the table.. I moved them and there was a 5 by maybe 4 inch huge scrape, right in the middle of the top surface- took the enamel right off it, no way to fix it. My ex and two of his friends moved us, so ONE of them not only did it, but then tried to cover it up, like I would never notice?

Bad enough to damage something, but to not 'fess up and take the blame is worse, IMO. Nobody to this day will take responsibility for it, and it still bugs me. Ok, accidents happen, that I understand, and when you don't or can't afford to hire a professional moving service...BUT... anyway. Done with symapathetic rant.

Please, do keep up with the Sock Experiment. I follow it every day, and have shared it with a few select friends/co-workers. For those of us (male AND female) who take care of others often thanklessly, it gives us a place to come for empathy and amusement both.

The Circle Of Abe is spreading!

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, July 28, 2002 - 09:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"May the circle be unbroken, by and by, Lord, by and by ... "

Loppes

Monday, July 29, 2002 - 10:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby,
I am sorry for the loss of your heirloom glass, while Abe seems to remain without injury.
I am thinking Abe may becoming mischevious. Do you think Abe might be involved in destroying the wine glass? Sometimes socks tend to react violently when they are ignored for long periods of time?
Lon