Monopods or little green men – whose fault is it there are so many shoes in the road?
Columnist Angela Young has asked a pertinent question:
“Shoe, singular, because it seems to be one of the most common sights on roads, any roads, all over Britain.
Just this morning, as I was driving into work along Wimborne Road, I spotted, smack bang in the middle of the road, a perfectly clean, smart modern brogue shoe, of about a size nine or 10, sat all on its own with no apparent motive for its being there.
What on earth sort of scenario leads to a smart young man’s fairly new shoe ending up there, in the middle of a dirty road? I mean, when was the last time you were walking along and one of your shoes fell off? And you DIDN’T stop to pick it up and put it back on?”
Our commenters have suggested a wave of one-legged people while Angela reckons it’s a space alien thing….
(Here’s the link if you want to read it… or just post your theory below.)
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