Her new shoes had higher heels, so she stood a little taller against the board than usual, and the knife thrower was aiming for the old her.
A woman buys a new pair of shoes in the morning, goes to work, and is dead by the evening. Why?
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What do new shoes change about her?
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She was a knife thrower’s assistant
Source: Traditional, from Jed Hartman’s list of situation puzzles