FUTUREMENDERS PRESENTS
The Sock Exchange A MASS DARNING event for ONE day only! Suspend disbelief in the power of darning
Pop in for five minutes or darn all day! Hunt down all your HOLEY SOCKS Plan A GIVE YOUR SOCKS TO THE SOCK EXCHANGE Your socks will be darned and go to a good home
EXPLORE BODKIN ECONOMICS
Saturday 20 November, 11-5.30 Former Sawmills Site, Copley Street, Cork
Plan B FLOAT YOUR SOCKS ON THE SOCK EXCHANGE Leave your name and address with your socks and see if they are returned darned Plan C DARN-IT-YOURSELF Learn simple darning techniques & darn to your heart’s content while watching the value of your socks rise
Futuremenders
invites you to a time in the future when, due to extreme resource shortage, the supply of socks can not meet demand and the value of holey socks increases by darning. The Sock Exchange makes darning fun and worthwhile by enticing the people of Cork, beginners and experts alike, to darn en masse.
FUTUREPROOF YOUR LIFE
What does it all mean? THE SOCK INDEX charts increases in sock value after mending and decreases in value as overworn socks are mothballed THE SOCK EXCHANGE allows you to trade and exchange socks and sock derivatives (tights and stockings) to achieve a rational allocation of resources FUTURES EXCHANGE commodity exchange which forecasts and predicts the future value of darned socks SOCK SECURITIES skills required to add and maintain value of socks moving forward (eg darning)
Full details at FUTUREMENDERS.COM
IT’S SO DARN FUN & DEADLY SERIOUS! Come darn with us!