Official Announcement
On the morning of Friday the 22nd of February at 0930 zulu a specialist crack shopping unit was dispatched to Colchester Town center. Primary targets were Marks and Spencer, Next and Gap. Free Spirit, BHS and Debenhams were also identified as secondary targets.
These strikes were precision guided using the latest in handheld shopping technology allowing for specific, surgical strikes and minimising collateral overspend.
At 1230 zulu, coupled with elements purchased during the morning raids Operation Sock was officially launched. Initial reports showed that all members of the previous Underwear Regime, from both the Sock and Boxers faction were captured or eliminated. Undesirable elements from other radical clothing factions were also targeted.
By 1300 zulu new, friendly elements had been installed in the Underwear Drawer. A blue on blue incident Marks and Spencer meant Operation Sock had to be hastely aborted due to the incorrect size being aquired. Less militant members of the old Sock Regime were reinstated temporarily under heavy sanctions including an imbargo on entry to the Laundry Basket or Washing Machine.
Hostilites had ceased by 1330 zulu. No coalition casualties were reported, however in some areas it was impossible to completely overthrow the old regimes so peace keeping forces were installed. This was most prevalent in the areas of Short Sleeved Work Tops.
On Sunday the 24th of Febuary at 1400 zulu the crack shopping unit struck at the heart of London reporting sucess in Marks and Spencer and John Lewis. Results from Gap were dissapointing, however no casualties were sustained and the operation was declared a sucess. An investigation is currently underway regarding gap as it appears initial reports on the prevalence of Mens Work Trousers (WMT’s) was over exagerated.
The Interim Sock Government was officially retired at 1600 zulu and Operation Sock was declared a success.
The new socks purchased feature coloured toes and heels. This allows for fair and easy rotation of socks, minimising excessive washing of any one pair and aids in pairing of correct partners should they be separated. The gains for the Dom Empire cannot be overstated.
It should be noted that the existing arsenal of Work Trousers has been retained, with the exception of one damaged pair that has been retired. These have been augmented with three more ‘Combat‘ class trousers bringing the total Casual fleet to six. The Dom Empire still has plans to further incease the Work Trousers fleet by two, or to invest in two Smart Combat or Smart Cargo class trousers which can be used in a multi-role capabilty. This is required to defend ourselves from the WMT threat from rogue states.
The following intelligence photograph has been declassified. Note the incorrect size of the socks. Due to the sensitive nature of the items and their classification as ‘combatants‘ they are being held in a secure detention facility rather than being passed to a charitable group.
Finally, there have been rumours of a covert black op being operated by the Dom Empire in the past 24 hours. Details are classified but I can confirm that Operation Wind Up You Lot has been a massive success. Sorry Bathgirl 
Ha - I knew it!
Gosh, you must a) be pregnant, b) be about to quit your job or d) what happened to c, or c) ah there it is.
Well I did ham it up somewhat. To address my claims:
Well I was excited. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. I’d never got round to it hence thinking it would never happen, and I honestly didn’t see me getting socks that weren’t all black, along with new boxers, trousers, tops etc.
The trials were the buying of the wrong size of sock (d’oh!) and if I hadn’t noticed when I did I would have thrown out all my old socks (hence the dire state).
People will probably complain that I just binned all my old stuff instead of giving it to charity, but meh.
The whole thing was something wonderful, especially given I had a begging phone call from Bathgirl who I’ve been winding up all day about this (she still doesn’t know it’s just socks
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LOL! that’s hilarious! Maybe if someone would just bloody pay me I could go on such operations
Meanie! x
Meanie? You love socks Blue, I thought you’d appreciate it more than anyone
Goron, it’s c), I’ve not had sex recently enough to be preggers, I’m not quitting my job as it’s way too much hassle so it’s c) be default.
ms20 - £15 from M&S and you too could have 14 new socks with which to replace your old ones.
/Bathgirl is currently sitting at her desk laughing.
Thanks Dom - I needed that #smiles#.
And you were right I did know before everyone else. I just didn’t know I knew.
I dashed into work .. and have been on tenterhooks till now to have quiet moment to find out what all the excitement was about ..
wanker! lolI wish it had been the toaster.
Bwhahahahahahahahahaha.
Dom - considering some of the things you could have told people - I think you’re getting off lightly with the socks
Is that some sort of veiled threat to spill the beans on some of the more juicy and less well publicised aspects of my life?