The International Sock Exchange is a proposed chain of airport concourse-level retail shops that will offer arriving travelers worldwide a fresh pair of socks with which to greet the new day and, in many cases, the new time zone.
According to leading university studies that will one day be conducted and eventually published, a fresh pair of socks is more effective than any caffeinated beverage -- or even a 1-hour nap! -- at restoring alertness, a clear perspective, and of course an optimistic spring in the step of the long-distance traveler. What's more, fresh socks do not lead to headaches, dehydration, or a bitter taste in the mouth, if used according to directions.
Besides offering comfortable, high-quality socks in a variety of styles, International Sock Exchange shops will offer the business or pleasure traveler a comfortable seat where he or she can change into the newly purchased socks, plus a handy, post-paid, air-sealed and odor-proof envelope that will send the traveler's old socks back home for eventual laundering. Alternatively, the traveler can drop those old socks into a charitable bin right there in the shop. Donated socks will be laundered, paired up, and given to a local charity, and ISE will mail the traveler a tax-deductible receipt for the donation. And all of this for a price that is well within most travelers' budgets.
It's all part of our effort to make the world a happier, more comfortable, and more productive place.
As the Pobble's celebrated Aunt Jobiska so famously said (in a slightly different context):
"The World in general knows
"There's nothing so good for a Pobble's toes!"
Or anyone else's, for that matter!
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