Monday, December 29, 2008

Riddle #37: Shoe Shopping

Here's the latest riddle:

A man places a classified ad in the newspaper. As a result, he goes shoe shopping with a total stranger on a regular basis. Why?

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6 comments:

  1. Are the shoes actual shoes, or like, dog booties or something odd?

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  2. Have both the men lost oppisite legs, and are they trying to save money by buying a single pair of shoes?

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  3. Halfmask, that is one possible answer, and it is very, very close to the answer I have in mind. However, my answer is slightly different. Can you think of a similar scenario where both men have two legs?

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  4. Is it because he has feet that are two different sizes and he finds someone else who does as well?

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  5. Yes, Skysong, that's the answer I was thinking of (though Halfmask's answer is also a possibility). He had two different sizes of feet, and he found someone else who also had two different sizes, so they could share shoes. Good job.

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