Bring on the red trousers!!!
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Evening all, hope you are well, and if not, sending every good wish.
Now then, some time ago Mr P bought a pack of 5 pairs of socks, in various shades of brown, from Sainsburys. He then bought another pack of 5 pairs, again in various shades of brown, from somewhere else 
You can probably guess where this is going....... we have ended up with a veritable pile of socks, in various shades of brown (even including the dreaded beige) which will NOT make a pair! Some almost do, but as they have possibly been washed separately from their intended mates, it's a bit hit and miss.
I thought I had a bit of a bright idea, which is unusual for me , especially on a Sunday, which is when it happened.
What if he bought some socks that were all the same colour, except for the heels & toes?? Surely they would look ok for work, but be much easier to match up!
We duly set forth to our local Factory Shop, where I showed him a pack of black ones, but with lime green, bright blue, fuschia and orange "hidden" bits. He was delighted, and immediately put them in the basket.
But then came the moment, he said "what about these?" I will admit that they were reasonably priced, cotton rich, and in his size.
However, they were the most luridly striped socks that I have seen in a long time! 
Now, Mr P is normally most sober in his dress, he had a bit of a fit of the vapours over a red polo shirt once, so at first I thought he was joking, but no, into the basket they went!
Oh well, I suppose I shouldn't complain, it will make washing sorting easier, but he still has no sense of what goes with what, and will no doubt be wearing the blue/purple/red stripe ones with clay coloured chinos (shudder) when it is obvious that the lime/orange/yellow would be better! 
today I am wearing one yellow with white polka dots on & one pink with Polka dots .... enough said ( I do have another pair exactly the same) some where !! 
My late husband liked sailing, but he could never remember his 'port' from his 'starboard'.
We solved the problem nicely by getting a pack of green socks to wear on the right foot, and the same in red to go on the left foot. Those of a nautical disposition will know that red and green are the indicators for left and right, or port and starboard, tho' why they can't just call 'em left and right is a mystery to me.
Anyway, off he would go wearing one red and one green sock, but he said that he still got confused if he turned round!
I hate socks, and my feet prefer to 'go commando', but when I really must wear socks or knee highs, I can never find a matching pair
My DH had a car accident (he was run over) when he was three years old, and lost the big toe and its immediate neighbour from his right foot, and the foot didn't grow properly afterwards.
So.....now his left foot is size eleven and his right is a five and a half!
He buys socks in two different sizes at one time, the 6-11 both get worn on the left foot, the 3-6 are worn on the right.
Not only do I have to pair the socks up after washing, but each pair is one long and one short, and most of them are plain black. Multicolours don't always help as he's also colour blind as far as the blue/purple spectrum is concerned.
However, we very rarely throw my old tights or his old socks away, they're used to stuff the toes of all his right shoes, otherwise they bend up like a pair of Arabian slippers!
Actually, reading this post, half a right foot, only eight toes in total, and colour blind, he doesn't sound much of a catch does he? 
Juggernaut must be a nightmare buying his shoes?
Phoenix I think Mr P was trying to be helpful.
I used to put all socks in a basket, and ket the children play 'the sock game' in pairing them up.
They soon wised up to this 'game' though.
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