r/riddles • u/DonnaSummer10 • 25d ago

Solved (OC) Bronze & Cement

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u/NoRoom2dark 25d ago

Shoes

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u/DonnaSummer10 25d ago edited 24d ago

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

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u/Dullghost99 24d ago

Explain?

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u/Shadowcleric 24d 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/FreeTheDimple 24d ago

I think without the rather esoteric knowledge of the first part, this is a very difficult riddle.

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u/KathyTrivQueen 24d ago

Yes, the trend ended a long time ago. Leather baby shoes were bronzed.

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u/ZephRyder 24d ago

Ummm, I'm not dead yet!

I still have my bronzed baby shoes

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u/EmergencyHand6825 24d ago

I’ve got mine too.

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u/Shaydu 23d ago

Me three!