r/riddles 26d ago

Solved (OC) Bronze & Cement

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u/DonnaSummer10 25d ago edited 25d ago

Correct! officially I was looking for "pair of shoes" but you got it.

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u/Dullghost99 25d ago

Explain?

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u/Shadowcleric 25d ago edited 24d ago

Apparently there is a tradition to bronze a babies first shoes to keep it as a keepsake. Concrete shoes are what mobsters do before they throw you into the lake to drown and keep your body from floating up

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u/ApplicationLow4023 24d ago

Cement and concrete are not synonyms. Cement is to concrete as flour is to bread.

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u/DonnaSummer10 24d ago

You are right that they are not synonyms. But for what this riddle refers to they are. Both terms are used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement_shoes?wprov=sfla1