I had to go shoe shopping today.  I hate shopping for shoes!  It’s a royal pain because I have one foot longer than the other.  So, I have to buy shoes that are snug for one foot and tight on the other.  It all works out in the end. 

After scribing a few pieces of corner moulding this morning, I headed down to the local shoe shop.  I was looking for hiking boots.  It took me a while to find some that I was happy with.  So, a man in his mid twenties came over and asked if he could be of any help.

“Can I help you, sir?”

“No, thank you.”

“You’ve been back here for a while, so I just wanted to make sure that you didn’t need any help”, he said whilst sorting the inventory of shoe boxes.

“Ah well, you can just call me Oedipus”, I laughingly announced.

“Edipuss?”

“Oedipus, the king.  A play written by Sophocles.  Anyway, Oedipus means swollen foot.”

“Huh?”

“I have one foot bigger than they other”, I muttered, as the young  man looked even more perplexed.

“Oh…….Cool!”

Anyhow, I talked to him about college.  He said that he’d think about going back to school.  I told him that with education comes freedom to go where one wishes to go and accomplish what one wants to accomplish. 

I had to read Oedipus the King in 8th grade, I believe.  At college, I did an in-depth paper on Oedipus.  I don’t understand why any kid over the age of 10 doesn’t know about Sophocles. 

Now, I’m trampling around in a steel toed size 10(EU44) boot!  Don’t mess with Davis.