Yes, you read that right.
Ankle scarves. Scarves that you put around your ankles. Genius. But, not really. It’s all a big joke.
Confused?
Well, a German satire site, Der Postillon, decided to come up with the fake trend to wind its readers up.
The ‘joke’ article read: “Long trousers are worn only by grandmothers and grandpas. But after I’ve had chilblains twice this year and my doctor warned me I could lose my ankles, I’ll just wear those shawls for safety’s sake.”
A lot of people didn’t cop onto the joke (hello, they would be the most impractical things in the world), and took to Twitter to vent:
SOCKS.
JUST WEAR SOCKS AND YOU WON’T TRIP OVER YOUR DANG-‘OL “ANKLE SCARVES.”
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE. https://t.co/CVcEBACoG6
— Wes Wolfe (@WesWolfeBN) December 20, 2018
Ankle scarves?
Yall need to just stop.
STOP.— Steph Conroy Stephslife.net (@Stephie_Lark) December 20, 2018
Trying to figure out which is less practical: the nose warmer or ankle scarves ?
— Rachel Martens (@RaeofSunshine79) December 20, 2018
What happened to socks?
— Mother of Dragons ? (@Zaibyx) December 23, 2018
— Lishe (@Official_Lishe) December 23, 2018
Yeah, people were not impressed. Thank God it’s a joke… although someone will probably create them soon enough *eye roll*.