How often do you buy new socks?
The majority of men are wearing socks that are more than three years old, according to a new survey.
Despite the sock's age men will rarely - if ever - go shopping to replace them.
But maybe you should be considering it, as the research from Socked.co.uk also found that nine out of ten women are turned off by the state of their partner's socks.
Worse, three-quarters of men admit to wearing odd socks when their tired old footwear has let them down, and have failed to act when others have commented on their appearance.
"It's a national disgrace," said Mark Hall, Gentleman Creation Officer and Managing Director of Socked.co.uk, the sock subscription service. "The true gentleman should have standards, but we're letting ourselves down with footwear that should be classed as little more than toxic waste.
"According to our figures, wives, partners and girlfriends have noticed this dreadful state of affairs," Hall said, "and a massive majority have told us that holy socks are a turn-off. Strangely, our questions show that many women still wear their partner's socks, so there is some shared responsibility on this issue."
"Judging from our research, we've got a lot of work to do if we're going to turn the men of this country into proper gentlemen."
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