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Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop - SCAR2019 Traditional Cache

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DosMaestrosJubilados: With the installation of the fence, I have decided that this location is inappropriate for a geocache. I will use the concept in another location.

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Hidden : 5/13/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Many phrases are commonly used without much thought as to the real meaning or origin. Waiting for the other shoe to drop is one such phrase. This phrase is commonly used when someone is expecting something to happen following a specific occurrence. For instance, a person who is habitually late for work and has been warned previously may be waiting for the other shoe to drop if they arrive at work late again.

A British sitcom of the 1950s depicted an individual who lived in an apartment beneath a man who worked nights. The person in the lower apartment would sit on the edge of the bed to take his shoes off. The first shoe hit the floor with a loud bang, waking the sleeping tenant in the lower apartment. The groggy neighbour would remain awake until he heard the other shoe drop. The tenant in the upper apartment would remember that he had a sleeping neighbour below, and take the second shoe off and carefully place it on the floor making no noise. The groggy neighbour would then yell, "For God's sake, drop the other shoe!" (by Angela Russel)

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