Why is it that whenever we spot a discarded shoe, we never spot the pair even if you search.?

Answer 1

if we spot a pair, it is not called discarded shoe.

Answer 2

Of course you don't. That's why the single shoe has been discarded. The other shoe has been lost at another location.
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Answer 3

An old Jewish woman told me once that she never discarded her shoes together. She always separated them so that nobody could ever "walk in her shoes".

Answer 4

Because you are untidy?
Because if you are out and about and see a shoe someone has probably lost it, and did not know where they lost it, it would not be lost if they knew where it was.If they did they would retrieve it!!
Where do odd socks go?
And pen lids?
And nail files?
And something you put in a safe place?
Why does my stapler run out when I go to use it?
Why does the pan boil when you leave it to go type on Yahoo, and when you stood watching it it did not boil?

Answer 5

If the pair of shoes is intact, some poor soul would have taken it away --and definitely use it!
A single shoe is of no use to anyone!

Answer 6

Because the one-legged person who discarded it overcame his/her disability and managed to hop away quite adequately to avoid your search, thank-you very much.

Answer 7

But on the other hand you find the lost earing from a week ago.
like mr mikawber said in david copperfield something will turn up!!

Answer 8

Hum, maybe its on a telephone wire, or it fell out of a garbage truck, or some one threw it out a car window!

Answer 9

Personally I think it's the cousins of those elves that eat socks in the washing machines.

Hey Ho, Maggie!

Answer 10

well you're only searching cause it's one shoe you saw... if you saw the pair you'd just be like oh there's a pair of tossed shoes... i dunno who cares