Originally Posted by
pbutts
Partially inspired by Harry Potter, I picked up two pairs....one for fun--the Bowmore Country socks--and a pair of charcoal, sadly, so I have something appropriate for piping at funerals.
In Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore reveals that he sees himself "holding a pair of thick woollen socks" in the Mirror of Erised, which shows "nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts." He also makes the wonderful remark that "One can never have enough socks...Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books".
HP fans can read the essay on socks at the HP Lexicon at
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/socks.html
...I wonder if my kilt is in the que yet?;-)
Thanks for the pointer - interesting, and fun. Now, I want to go back and read all the books again, ... while wearing HofC hose, of course. 
I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.
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