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Radio-tagged socks for the obsessive

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How do you know when you have slipped from detail-oriented, past anal-retentive, all the way to obsessive-compulsive?

You might be an extreme case if you can’t wait to get your hands on Plus+ socks fromBlacksocks, a Swiss company that attaches a radio ID tag to its socks so you always put the correct pair together. Apparently this is something of a problem for people who wear nothing but identical black socks.
via NY Times

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