Shoes on the Wrong Feet

A listener shares a story about the time his young granddaughter proudly showed off having tied her shoes. He points out that her shoes are on the wrong feet, but the granddaughter takes it literally, with amusing results. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Shoes on the Wrong Feet”

We heard a little story from Mike in Kentucky who says,

My five-year-old granddaughter walked out to me and said,

Look, Grandpa, I put my shoes on and tied them all by myself.

She was very proud.

I looked at her shoes and said,

Well, honey, you did a great job, but I’m afraid you have them on the wrong feet.

And she looked down and said, No, Grandpa, those are my feet.

Yeah, so a nice little bit of ambiguity there, linguistically speaking.

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