On two different occasions yesterday, I saw a stranded, lonely shoe left by the side of the road. Then I thought about the many times in the past where I've seen stranded shoes forlornly discarded at the side of the road.
Which got me wondering - how does one go about losing just one shoe? Granted, half of the shoes you see on the road can be accounted for: somebody throws them away because they already lost the first one.
But how does one go about losing just one shoe? Are you in such a hurry that as your walking and your shoe falls off, that you just don't have the time to go back and get it and put it on again? Did it fall out of your gym bag? If so, how do you not notice the weight difference? (p.s., you don't often see light-weight expensive sneakers lying around).
Did the mother shoe have too many shoe puppies and you had to toss one away, tied in a bag and thrown into the river. (author's note: I have never gotten rid of excess puppies this way).
Did you fall asleep while riding shotgun, with your foot out the window, and the driver of the car played a funny trick on you?
Really, I have no explanations.
3 comments:
This really has nothing to do with how shoes go missing, but Chris DID throw an Elton John CD out the window in England. Just in case you find any Elton John CDs on the side of the road. Maybe there are people like Chris who throw shoes instead of CDs. You just never know.
Okay seriously, that was hirlarious. Did you fall asleep while riding shotgun with your foot out the window? Coleman spat milk on the table when I read that to him.
This is why boots are found one at a time:
You're riding as a passenger in the back of a pick up truck or even a car. You are opening your new pair of work boots that you and your pals just picked up from the work-boots-store. You think...I'm a gonna get me rid of these them there boots with holes in the soles. So, you take off one boot and you chuck it out of the truck. THen, you lace up the first boot as your buddy keeps driving. THen, you peel off the second boot and toss it out of the moving vehicle. It probably takes several blocks to tie your first boot, especially if you've been drinkin' bruskies. The boots do not go together to work-bootie heaven. They are twins separated at their grave. So sad. The end.
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