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	Why are there so many single shoes on the side of the road or highway? By Anonymous Asked Oct 3 2006 5:04PM	2 Pts Rate Question

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by Stableboy on Oct 3, 2006 at 7:31 pm Permalink

I suspect that when shoes are lost in pairs, they get knocked around a lot on the side of the road: either when they fly out of the luggage they don't land together, or they get disturbed by cars, rain, etc.

A semi-related story: once Gandhi was running to hop onto a moving train, and as he did so, he lost one of his sandles. The train was moving, so he couldn't go back for it. Thinking quickly, he pulled off the other sandle and threw it off the train. His travelling companion asked "why did you do that?", and he replied "so the man who finds the first sandal will have a pair!"

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Jodie44 Oct, 03 2006 at 08:33 PM

Makes sense. Nice story, too.

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by Anonymous on Oct 7, 2006 at 12:22 am Permalink

The married ones are all at home with their spouses.

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thunda_kat Nov, 01 2006 at 06:05 AM

lol...u so stupid

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by Roger Kovaciny on Oct 6, 2006 at 12:45 pm Permalink

Better answer:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/74649

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