# Single shoes in Kentucky seek mates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-shoes-in-kentucky-seek-mates/584634>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 7, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-shoes-in-kentucky-seek-mates/584634 "2011-06-07T17:03:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![LivingInThePast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LivingInThePast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingInThePast)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-shoes-in-kentucky-seek-mates/584634/1 "2011-06-07T17:03:38Z")

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You might think Kentucky is landlocked, but according to the map, it appears that “sailing” up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers will get you there.

Shoes must be like salmon going upstream.

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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-shoes-in-kentucky-seek-mates/584634/2 "2011-06-07T18:31:36Z")

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Note, the preferred practice is to include a [link](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/529/why-do-you-always-see-just-one-shoe-by-the-side-of-the-road) to the Straight Dope column in question.

Now, has Cecil ever researched the airspeed velocity of a coconut^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hshoe-ladened seagull?

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**Author:** ![LivingInThePast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LivingInThePast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingInThePast)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-shoes-in-kentucky-seek-mates/584634/3 "2011-06-08T01:43:08Z")

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Ooops. I actually planned on including the link, but I forgot.