You've got meh (socks)! (the big reveal)
39So the wife walks in the door after the shortest run to the bank that I can remember and she says, "You've got meh!"
"I don't think we have anything ordered other than free socks. . . . And that looks too small to be socks," I thought, and eventually said out loud. But it wasn't too small! And it was a pair of Mediocre socks. To my great relief, she said, "Those are way too big for me." Score.
Yeah, these fit my size 12s just fine. And they feel a little like panty hose. Oooh, nice. Um, not that I know what it feels like to wear panty hose. But, ahem, they do.
Here's the little note that I overlooked until wifey pointed it out.
In case I couldn't tell what this tag is attached to.
Use and care. And now I must name them. I see what you did there, meh. But I'm falling for it anyway, because that's how I am. 
The message I'm getting is "tread on me (with your delicate and silky hose)."
The "shaft" of the socks.
In the wild. Yep, that's my calf and foot. Aw, thanks. 
A tale of the haves and the have nots.
One now slightly used. Oh, and look, the little plastic tab thingy. 
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Words to live by if ever there were. And consistent with my catchphrase, "It's the least I could do." Because, yaknow, that's what I aim for, the least.
@joelmw My favorite Tech Support closing line... "It was the least I could do... and you know how I strive to do the very least..."
If it feels like I'm rubbing it in that I have my socks already and you don't, it's because I am. But the downside to that is that I live in Texas.
@joelmw Thats an upside compared to many; you could be stuck in ill-annoy
@duodec but then you could be my neighbor!
@joelmw I spent a week in Amarillo one night.
@MsELizardBeth @duodec Illinois for the meh!
@duodec I lived in Ill-annoy for seven years a long time ago. My plan is to move back there again eventually. It's not really all that inoising if you live downstate.
@joelmw I'm it AZ, I got them two days ago.
@joelmw or massiveshoeshits!
Wow, mine haven't even shipped yet!
@kadagan PA here I got my socks today. My Socks Are Damn Nice! :^) I luv em.
@wew I live in PA as well, but I'm in LA for business for 2.5 more weeks.. Haha
I know I shouldn't be surprised by the tone and humor of the letter and tags by now, but... I can't help it. Meh just does this so much better than anyone else. Nobody does copy like they do. At least twice a week I see something here that makes me think, "damn that was so clever I wish I'd thought of it." The socks are free, but the copy is priceless.
@Superjimtendo this is really awesome to hear. I have to agree and say that I'm constantly surprised and delighted by how damn good @JasonToon and @dave are at this. I want to be as good as them when I grow up.
@Superjimtendo I like the copy better than the socks, not to mention they are men's sized and so too big for me.
What? No shot of the socks being converted to hand puppet use?? That's weak. ;)
@eyewerks he probably did not want to void the warranty on the first day!
Woohoo! Legs!
@lisaviolet
@PecosBill @nadroj @lisaviolet The thing about this is that my wife has extraordinary legs. I need to convince her to model the socks, despite their being oversized for her.
@joelmw
@JonT Hey now. There was no humility in that. ;-p
It looks like my husband will be benefiting from my meh obsession and tiny man and/or average woman sized feet! Or I could just make them into leg warmers and be selfish.
I really hope mine come with a little plastic tab thingy too.
@kr1sk fingers crossed
Anyone else getting spammed with supping notifications for their free socks? I think I am up to 5 or 6 in the last half hour, does that mean I am getting 5 or 6 pairs? I don't know how I feel about that.
@belowi Yup, I've gotten three in the last 45 minutes.
@belowi @mr_crash_davis nope computer error, you are only getting 1 pair of socks https://meh.com/forum/topics/ohshit-report-the-emails-will-continue-until-morale-improves
@belowi it is because you have low morale
Color changing socks???? Blue/grey on your calf, but white on the table???? Can they be purple????
@shortman I love purple.
@shortman They are somewhat translucent. And the photography may be deficient. The longstanding rumor that I'm an alien or some kind of DARPA experiment gone wrong is probably baseless.
Nice legs!
@PecosBill
@joelmw thanks so much for taking the time to highlight those wonderful tags. I would have likely missed the entertainment since my immediate reflexive habit is to blindly and violently rip tags off, tossing them into the garbage.
@RedOak Some (my wife in particular) would say I have the opposite problem. Despite her best efforts, I'd bet there are tags and packaging a few decades old lurking in this house. And meh only validates my weird habits.
@joelmw Perhaps you've revealed a "product feature" - did the tags appear to be wash-proof? So we could leave the tags attached, ready for educating inquiring minds asking us "What are 'mediocre socks'?"
How did I miss these free socks??? I've been a VMP member since I joined!
@Baybay11 Check mediocre.com/orders They won't show up at meh.com/orders
@SSteve Thank you :) I feel better knowing I'll get to sport my meh socks too!
I feel so cheated ...if only I could have a time machine and go back in time to sign up for VMP....
@unixrab Carry on. Carry on as if nothing really matters.
@SSteve
@unixrab I will sell you mine for $50 plus shipping. No problem. If on principle you won't buy anything think of it as a donation to my health insurance fund and medical expenses.
@Kidsandliz
The "shaft" of the socks.
Wow these socks sound so...pornographic.
I hope my calves are long enough for them or I'll feel so inadequate.
By the way...is that carpet...shag??? ;-)
@Kerig3 Yeah nice deep plush carpet. Do you have a roomba?
@Kerig3 My calves are long and fairly thick. And thank you for making me feel more manly.
@Kidsandliz We do in fact have a Roomba--Kickstarter fuku. But I'll be honest, we haven't quite got the hang of it yet and the wife and son keep talking eBay.
@Kidsandliz @Kerig3 And, finally, yes, deep luxurious shag, from Costco. It's a rug. We have two in our living room/dining room area. But the combo flooring (and some bottlenecks in furniture arrangement--that otherwise work for the occupants) make it difficult for the Roomba.
People are generically critical of the shag, but if it's thick, it's glorious. And since these are big (like, 6x9) rugs, when they die, we just replace them.
@joelmw Not doubting its comfort, I'm old enough to haved lived through the 70's. I just like the word "shag"...yeah baby! ;-)
Should we wash before wearing? You know, to get the smallpox out?
@mehler +1 Because I chuckle again every time I read your post. :-)
You got them already? You sock.
@Thumperchick +1 from me. You know I'm a socker for the bad puns.
@Thumperchttps; @joelmw - Do meh-ers with multiple accounts get to sockpile these?
(Your puns are more socksessful).
@KDemo I'm thinking that would only happen if you have VMP on each account. My husband pays for VMP on his account and he's getting socks too. I'll be darned, your sock pun crew on me.
@Thumperchick - Wool, if you look at it from the right ankle, I guess.
@KDemo Stop. Please. Stop. ;-)
@Kerig3 - Hey, I didn't start it! I can see why you'd think I ended it, though. ;-)
@KDemo Bunch of hosers.
@Thumperchick Don't be such a heel, lol.
@Stallion I thought I was toeing the line.
@Thumperchick @joelmw. You two are a couple of knit wits.
@Thumperchick wool be watching for another sock pun.
@RedOak "Come, Watson, come!" he cried. "The game is afoot!"
@RedOak My sock puns might be no-show. There are some seriously athletic sock punners here.
@Thumperchick arch you going to give yourself more credit?
@Thumperchick personally, I think you nailed it.
@Thumperchick although, some of our puns are hanging by a thread to credulity.
@Thumperchick with meh footing the bill insteading of socking it to us I don't think we have room to complain about shipping delays
@tightwad Don't sweat it. I'm sure people will find a way to sneaker some more complaints in there.
@KDemo just sock it to them
Darn, I hope the sock does not have a hole in it.
@Quantumcat 'Hoping not to be able to stick your feet in them?
@Quantumcat Quantumcat enters socks via quantum tunneling; no hole needed
Cool, colors of the LA KINGS!!!!!!!!! GO KINGS! BUWWWWAAAAHAHAHA!
I'm doing a happy dance in my new socks. I never got the email notification and thought that meh forgot about me. I feel loved again... in a mediocre way.
ummmm....my sox went from Texas to Colorado back to Texas according to Fedex. Its too cold here? They wanna go home?? They're truly mediocre??
@eeterrific Lost in the dryer
@mediobarkre I know, they've gotbdome
@eeterrific try again...I know, they've got some really big dryers in Texas...
@eeterrific The Colorado FedEx workers were too baked, they couldn't distinguish the difference between the sender's and the recipient's address. I'm expecting a similar level of service here in Oregon very soon.
I love my socks!!! I already professed my love for them to @JonT over at mediocre. If these were on sale I would be them in a heartbeat!
@conandlibrarian I'm jealous, I still haven't got mine yet! Damn you, icestorm!
So not only have mine not shipped yet, I live in Oregon, no snow, but now you're telling me I have to give them to my lame bf cuz they're too big?!? Wow. I feel special and ripped off all at once. Ya know? I'm ok with getting them last. It just sucks being small sometimes.
@KariAnne Too big? There isn't even a heel in these, you could put them on a kid and make tights!
@KariAnne "It just sucks being small sometimes." That's what he said.
150% Not Bad.
The bare foot seems indifferent enough.
@dave, why isn't this on a shirt? "Never settle for less than minimally adequate."
This whole thread is just a ploy to incite feedback on his sweet plush carpet. Don't worry, @joelmw, the carpet looks great. (probably comfy too) You totally made the right choice. I hope this post gives you the reassurance you're looking for.
@medz It does. But I'm easy.
Got my socks and thanks Meh. It has been a more or less spectacularly shitty winter but this helped me more than you can know. I know, at your darkest dankest core is probably some kind of evil Satan herself shudders at but you're OK in my book. Just OK.
Got my socks today. Very nice, thanks Meh!
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@ftmyersbuc Put it on dropbox/public and link to it.
@ftmyersbuc Yeah, any image hosting site that allows public sharing should help. I have an image because of web filtering while I'm at work, but if you right click and follow the images I posted above, you'll see that they're hosted on imgur.
Thanks meh for "Socking it to me". Showing my age there....
The "shaft" of the sock?
Hmm... hope they're sending me Magnums.
Tracking says I'll get mine Saturday. Whee! Something to kind of look forward to a little bit!
Got my socks. Your ploy worked and I'm going to let my VMP renew for another month.
Did anyone that got multiple messages get multiple socks? >:\
Why did my pair of socks take 4 weekdays longer that JoelMW's? I got them, they are indeed Mediocre...mostly because there is only 2 and I need 16 to fully replace an existing sock color...can I buy more?
@tightwad you can buy mine. It is men's sized and too big for me : (
my socks won't be here until next tuesday! hurry the hell up! my feet are frickin' freezing!
Socks achieved! My husband and I both love them. I recommend pulling the socks all the way up and not wearing pants. It's a great look- especially if you are ghostly pale.
@ABitterWoman I think I saw that video on younow
Mine arrived a day early- they're totally socky! I kind of don't want to take the tags off though, just because they're so funneh. I love the Meh writers. <3
I haven't ordered anything in a month and I got these in the mail today, thank you Meh! You should sell more useful products more often, like socks:)
Look, it's the original blue and black vs off white and gold
I love purple.
I wore my socks to work on Friday. They were totally Meh! In a good way of course. Thank you Meh, from the bottom of my very mediocre heart.
I have my socks. I do not want to wear them. I do not want to remove the tags. I want to frame them up real nice and hang them on the wall.
They're totally
awesomemeh.mine arrived today,
now what?
@communist you say "meh you"?
Thank you, Mediocre Labs, for the gorgeous socks I received today in the mail. I love them! Now to dry them on high so they'll shrink so I can wear them. <3 Love you guys!
I can haz Meh sox? I haz dem! Thanks Meh!
The socks were the highlight of my week. It made my free VMP membership totally worth it. With such a great gift, I will remain a loyal meh customer forever. Realizing I'm an American, that loyalty will last as long as I continue to receive free stuff.
My socks arrived yesterday just as the next round of snow began. Despite their stated Size 16, I've got them on my much smaller lady feet, just not stretched out. I'm going to be able to make lots of use of these. Love them with my (real German) Birkenstock house shoes!
Socks to be me. :-( Mine have traveled from Texas to Oklahoma to Arkansas to Tennessee and were last reported to be in West Virginia. They're taking the scenic route to NY.
@bluedog I hope they're keeping a travel journal, taking pictures, etc.
@joelmw They were last spotted at a truck stop in Pennsylvania. Sad to say, rumor has it they were making some pretty sleazy offers in exchange for a ride to NY. I'll definitely have to wash them in bleach when they eventually show up here.
Got mine awhile back and they're tight! Not in the fittedness sense of the word, but in the awesomeness sense. I reckon I can rock these at work with some grey or black slacks and they'll look legit.
@medz they are pretty rad.
I like purple.
Mine lasted 5min. Me I got sox. Oh I need a pair of them for my burkies. So I'm soxless once again. No it's a floor polish.
I got emotionally attached and named them "Indifferent" and "Shrug." Then I read the tag.
@kippyj I've only named one so far. I call him Reginald.
@joelmw I also made a narwhal sock puppet video. It will not upload. Boo.
Washed socks, now they fit me!!!
Awww, boo. Boooooo! Read me whine about free stuffs. For which I'm grateful! But petulant at my inability to find use beyond joy at getting them. So. COMPLAINING MEOW. They're much too long for my size 7 womanfeet! I've got at least two inches flopping around the front (is what he said) if I wear them with the heel on correctly; if I pull 'em up, the heel is a sad saggy blisterballoon of darkness above my ankle. And the elastic around the top and the tightness of the lettering is doing rather unflattering wavy things to my upper calves. I mean, look at this almost tragedy. So, you know... meh. I am... mediocrely heartbroken? Puns. (How do they work? Mehgic.)
And, well. Since they're utterly unusable for me, does anyone want a free pair of meh socks? Only tried on once, for maybe two minutes at most, on freshly showered, non-diseased legs. Socks still smell impeccably of formaldehyde and disappointment. They may possibly definitely I guarantee it contain a smattering markery of cat hair from the circling curious beasts at the try-on. Email me at turbunguin using the gmails if you'd like them. I'll throw 'em in an envelope, spit some stamps on, and toss it all in your general direction for the price of you telling me I'm just such an awfully nice ladyperson.
@goldenthorn @smilingjack said hers shrunk when she washed them. Have you tried that and maybe a little toss in the dryer?
@barnabee Alas, the top is so tight already that I'd fear further shrinking that, too. I'd rather just pass them on to someone who can definitely for sure use them as they are.
@goldenthorn That's very nice of you. I'm sure somebody will take you up on that offer.
@goldenthorn I'
@goldenthorn I'll take 'em! Email coming your way now, awfully nice ladyperson! :)
@goldenthorn I saw that @Bingo wants the socks. Go ahead and give them to him.
Nice socks. They inspired me to gift someone a year of monthly sock deliveries. Foot Cardigan has great customer service, as well. Thanks meh.
I got two pairs, delivered on different days. The pesky thing is that I was going to use them as sock puppets in a video performance of Talmudic rabbis exchanging greetings, but when they arrived I realized doing so would void the warranty. sigh
BTW, two pairs means I get to keep one Mint-in-Package, and use the other pair for something that isn't puppetry.
I'm wearing these socks today and they are extremely acceptable
@Lotsofgoats That sounds inappropriately beyond "minimally adequate." I blame @BillLehecka.
@joelmw they are excessively okay
I got mine!
Very happy.
I especially liked the warning that making them into sock puppets voids the warrantee.
All my other socks are the type you make sock monkeys out of so this was a nice change.
I have to say, in all honesty, the sock of the month club intrigued me. I bought my daughter (she's 35) a membership and one for her beau too. Oh, and I could just see a little girl going sqweee every month if she got one.
So intersting
Tall socks?
What am I a mehxican?
Thanks for the sox, meh!
I got my socks today! I became instantly enamored and had to name them; Schlick and Schlock, my mediocre socks!
I got mine, and I have to say that they are indeed socks.
@Kevin You are astute in your observation and effusive with your praise.
Got meh socks and I never knew I was such a fan of mediocre socks. I might have to join the sock of the month club :/
@supichoo I just did. @bearsuit has lined up a code for us! use MEDIOCRE at checkout for 10% off.
@marklog Very cool. 10% off plus shipping, still cheaper for me to go to Sockshop in Santa Cruz and I can pick my own.
@supichoo not for me. flights to santa cruz aren't cheap.
@supichoo But half the fun is being surprised when you open the package. Kinda like a monthly fukubukuru sock.
I was thinking, What if I didn't have any feet? Then I got these socks in the mail from meh. How would that make me feel? Then I found a person with no feet and asked them how this would make them feel. You know what the guy said, he said I don't know how I'd feel! I said WTF dude, you have no feet. You get a gift and it's a pair of socks, you have no thoughts or feelings on that at all? He got mad and yelled at me "AT LEAST IT WASN'T A PAIR OF SHOES!" Then he told me to go away and leave him alone. So I did. Or did I just dream that? Oh well anyway...I got my GIGANTIC mediocre socks! Thanks meh.
@tamytinks This was awesomely bizarre and, to me at least, amusing. Thank you.
I wore my Meh socks today. Similar to opening that hotwheels car package I am afraid their value is now nearly nothing...as socks they perform their major function, covering my feet, perfectly well but all else is less than desireable.
They are very thin...this is good if you buy shoes that are too tight but bad if you enjoy socks for comfort.
The design, while nice, is completely bleh when wearing pants, as I am apt to do when also wearing shoes and socks. No one could see the "A Mediocre Sock" banner and I didn't even get a questions regarding my boring grey socks that would allow me to point it out.
If this is what the rest of the socks from the Sock of the Month club were like I wouldn't be interested.
I shall proceed back to my White Puma 1/4 length and Black Pump full length boring existence...after all, they are thick and have wicking.
@tightwad What you need to do is periodically "casually" pull up the leg of your pants to reveal the sock. That just seems like it would be fun. That's what I intend to do (haven't actually worn my to work yet).
Just got mine today. I just moved so it had to be forwarded, hence the delay. These socks are adequate as advertised, and the price was okay....... I mean less than free would have been better. Like sending me 35 cents with the socks for my trouble might have been nice.
But in all seriousness. Thanks guys. You are my favorite website for buying crap I don't need and will ultimately be disappointed by :)
Got my socks and I'm wearing them to work tomorrow. Proudly!
I'm wearing my meh socks at work for the first time. Just waiting for an opportunity to flash someone my mediocre calves. Having them on for a few hours, I'm realizing that they're both long and tight. Hmmm.
At least you got your socks. I'm still waiting. Order status has been "processing " for several weeks. Guess I really can't complain about free stuff.
@lagerbergt I just checked and they're actually in transit! https://mediocre.com/orders