My Darn Socks--an April Fool’s Day Yarn

I’ve pulled off a lot of April Fool's jokes in my day and always took sadistic pleasure in tricking my family members and friends. The best April Fool's joke of all, however, was the one my friends orchestrated for me.
My wife and I were scheduled to attend a political event in Portland one night and were running a little late. We dashed into our hotel, frantically changed from casual to evening attire, and headed out to a nearby home for a pre-event cocktail party with friends.
I had changed clothing a little too frantically, as it developed, because I was wearing a dark suit and bright yellow socks. My dear friends wer....