I've been thinking for the past 5 minutes..

Nicknam4 · 9 months

because it's a slipper.

peon47 · 9 months

A better question is "Why was he looking for someone whom it fit? Why wasn't he looking for someone with the matching shoe?"

spitfire717 · 9 months

Perhaps her feet were sweaty. I think a glass slipper on a sweaty foot would fall off.

shabbadu · 9 months

The question should be, why the hell didn't it disappear at midnight?

off_cell · 9 months

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raeb · 9 months

Have you ever tried running in heels?

Halpert · 9 months

She was shitfaced. Lost her shoe on the way down a flight of stairs. Bitch can't handle her Burnett's

jenseits · 9 months

Cinderella here. I can answer this. See, a lot of people thought I was just ditzy and in the habit of losing shoes, but the truth is that I'd run away from the prince at his earlier balls twice before already, and ...

He's a very smart Prince, he's a Prince who prepares. Knowing this time I'd run from him, he spread pitch on the stairs. I was caught unawares. and I thought: well, he cares- this is more than just malice. Better stop and take stock while you're standing here stuck on the steps of the palace.

You think, what do you want? You think, make a decision. Why not stay and be caught? You think, well, it's a thought, what would be his response? But then what if he knew who you were when you know that you're not what he thinks that he wants?

And then what if you are? What a Prince would envision? Although how can you know who you are till you know what you want, which you don't? So then which do you pick: Where you're safe, out of sight, and yourself, but where everything's wrong? Or where everything's right and you know that you'll never belong?

And whichever you pick, do it quick, 'cause you're starting to stick to the steps of the palace.

It's your first big decision, the choice isn't easy to make. To arrive at a ball is exciting and all- Once you're there, though, it's scary. And it's fun to deceive when you know you can leave, but you have to be wary. There's a lot that's at stake, but you've stalled long enough, 'cause you're still standing stuck in the stuff on the steps...

Better run along home and avoid the collision. Even though they don't care, you'll be better of there where there's nothing to choose, So there's nothing to lose. So you pry up your shoes. Then from out of the blue, and without any guide, you know what your decision is, which is not to decide. You'll leave him a clue: For example, a shoe. And then see what he'll do.

Now it's he and not you who is stuck with a shoe, in a stew, in the goo, and you've learned something, too, something you never knew, on the steps of the palace.

tl;dr: tar on the stairs.

Ikimasen · 9 months

If you're talking about the Disney version, they actually establish during a cleaning-up scene earlier in the movie that she has a sort of habit of losing shoes on stairs.

In one version of the story, though, there's sticky stuff all over the stairs. Later adaptations might have just lost the "why."

worduser · 9 months

you obviously never been dancing with a girl :D ...

1 hour or 2 drinks later and you are carrying those motherfucking shoes while she complains about how cold it is..

Dyrty · 9 months

http://files.sharenator.com/ancient_aliens_guy_Cool_Story_Bro-s553x484-241806-580.jpg

Stole_My_Banana · 9 months

I'm not a girl but the first thing I thought was go run around full sprint in heels and tell me how long it takes before one falls off.

dejavont · 9 months

You'll get more upvotes and less downvotes in AdviceAnimals

fortrines · 9 months

Slipper made of glass, it could have fit perfectly but it would still need a little give so that she would be able to take her foot out. It could either be A. Permanently stuck on her foot, or B. Perfectly formed with just a tad of space to allow her to take it off

cultured_banana_slug · 9 months

If anything her feet should have swollen from all that dancing and made it next to impossible to get the damned things off. They weren't made of a flexible material, after all.

YouWithTheFace · 9 months

Whats the point of having rules against memes if we are just going to break them (and reach the top of r/funny)?. keep advice animals out of here.

ElCornballer · 9 months

This is a job for askscience.

notquiteacriminal · 9 months

because it was made of glass!

Linthal · 9 months

Its supposed to be a good plot device... it isnt....

larsmaehlum · 9 months

[8] ?

Chaos3ory · 9 months

Sweat. Glass shoes don't breath.

frodoschmodo · 9 months

because she got cold feet. they then contracted, though they fit perfectly on her normal volume feet. one of them tends to sweat a lot more than the other, making that one slip.

kev2600 · 9 months

Forever a corne.

Rodents210 · 9 months

It came untied.

Howisdiscool · 9 months

Plus, I mean, it's fucking glass. What the fuck kind of glass is that made of, the kind they have in Skyrim?

thetoxicmonarch · 9 months

Rule 1 and 3.

annagrams · 9 months

Because if glass shoes were meant to be practical and stay on your feet, they wouldn't look nearly as good!

wayndom · 9 months

I was so sure the next line was going to be,

"...and my brain hurts!"

Opolious · 9 months

It was all a part of her plan to get married.

SarahHeartzUnicorns · 9 months

Because it's not too tight, and comfortable and loose enough.

DextrosKnight · 9 months

better question is how the fuck do you RUN DOWN STAIRS in glass slippers?

[deleted] · 9 months

You have obviously never worn heels before.

[deleted] · 9 months

If my lenses fit perfectly within my glasses, why did they both pop off when I raged at my PS3?

WinterInJapan · 9 months

Perfect != Tight

the_destroyer_obi · 9 months

as a woman who wears heels...if you run in heels that are not attached to your foot with a strap, you can step out of it if you are running. Has happened to me, (also I am very clumsy, so it might just be me)

[deleted] · 9 months

They were magic glass slippers that fell off so she could marry her true love and get out of her hell hole of a home.

ellevehc · 9 months

Bitch be tripping.

NoisyCartographer · 9 months

If the slippers were made of glass, they could have expanded with the heat of dancing.

ZachGates · 9 months

Because the prince smeared pitch on the stairs. There's no mystery. Do people honestly not know the story?

EmptyAndFrantic · 9 months

A "perfectly" fitting shoe SHOULD fall off if it isn't secured with a strap or laces or something. Otherwise it would be impossible to get off.

veltrop · 9 months

Wife says, "because she was in a hurry"

Phoequinox · 9 months

Upvoted because of DIY.

germancurious · 9 months

because her feet got sweaty

jiblet84 · 9 months

It fell off her foot because it's a part of the plot of the story.

isocline · 9 months

It was glass. She'd been dancing all night, and her feet got sweaty. Not a lot of traction inside a glass slipper.

btkrazyrunner · 9 months

We don't ask these types of questions here...

ESqu13R · 9 months

I read the title and immediately thought "Well aren't you a special little snowflake ;)"

Shatophiliac · 9 months

Because she is a girl and she fucking wore that high heel shoe for 30 minutes only to take it off because her feet hurt.

americano212 · 9 months

because her feet got sweaty from all the dancing... duh!

redbird_branches · 9 months

no big deal, definitely posted this like a year ago. bitch.

shouldernauts · 9 months

Why did they not disappear when all the other magical things went back to normal at midnight?

noble8301 · 9 months

take this shit back to r/trees

The_Time_Vortex · 9 months

This belongs in r/adviseanimals

snoosh00 · 9 months

then why is this already a thing?

jaybong · 9 months

maybe she was drunk

schoonerism · 9 months

The real question I've always been puzzled about is this: why did the carriage, horses, dress and all the other magical things return to normal at midnight but not the glass slipper?

NommyKookys · 9 months

I'm sorry, I really don't mean to be a troll, but i posted a philosoraptor a few days ago and it was taken down because there is a strict NO MEMES! rule. It's right over there ------> Sorry, i just didn't think it was fair.

Ignignokt13 · 9 months

Son of a bitch...

mythirdeye · 9 months

This doesn't really hit the bullseye on the philosoraptor meme don't you think?

kazorek · 9 months

And another thing, wearing glass shoes to a dance is just asking for severe foot lacerations.

Yancey140 · 9 months

Side note: During automobile-pedestrian accidents it is QUITE common for the pedestrians shoes to come off at or near the point of impact.

bioshockd · 9 months

Because shes a girl. Girls take there shoes off sometimes

tl;dr she was drunk

oddbucket123 · 9 months

this is an old meme

KillerTheRakunk · 9 months

I'm taking a class about Fairytales right now. Some critics speculate that she left the shoe on purpose, like how Donkey Skin left the ring in the cake on purpose.

kuhlonel · 9 months

Well that breaks up the thoughts on dolphin rape.

lambofgod29 · 9 months

If you watch cinderella backwards, its about a women who learns her place!

ZapActions-dower · 9 months

It's because medieval Germans were bad at shoes.

Wrath1llusi0n · 9 months

Good point, and why is she the only one in the kingdom with that size foot.

bmfbg · 9 months

My childhood is ruined.

Shotgun-Sloth · 9 months

this makes me think of this sad song where Cinderella and humpty dumpty meet, and humpty falls in love, but then Cinderella runs off to the ball and meets the prince and Humpty kills himself o.o

jucestain · 9 months

Congrats on thinking for five whole minutes

scheitster · 9 months

Are you assuming that a shoe that fits perfectly will never come off?

mikojack · 9 months

Sweat made the glass slip.

kirona_skymage · 9 months

You have clearly never worn heels.

b_wiley · 9 months

ummm...no memes in r/funny -->

I really don't care, I'm just being a dick

victorii · 9 months

You ever run in heels? Shit.

atyahoodotcom · 9 months

How else do you put it on/take it off then?

whateverfits · 9 months

Because she ran. She ran so far away...

casingrgrl16 · 9 months

At first I read this as "past 5 months" and was like..why so long?

idrpepper · 9 months

"The King's son had, however, used a stratagem, and had caused the whole staircase to be smeared with pitch, and there, when she ran down, had the madien's left slipper which remained sticking" -Brothers Grimm

Basically the son was tired of Cinderella running away every night after the festival and decided to come up with this little plan that would ensue he would find out whose slipper it belonged to.

wakeupchoi · 9 months

a fucking fairy turns a pumpkin into a carriage and you're worried about the factuality of the shoe?

OhhGee · 9 months

Have you ever ran in heels or slippers?

They find ways...ತಎತ

PTTGx2 · 9 months

The expert consensus: It's magic.

eaten_by_the_grue · 9 months

You try running down a flight of stairs and see what happens. Loosing a shoe is probably the least likely yet best outcome.

confusedX · 9 months

plot device.

mreskimo · 9 months

From what I remember of the story, there are also magic pumpkin coaches and shit. I'd question that before the slipper if I was going to question a child's fairytale at all.

I_TYPE_IN_ALL_CAPS · 9 months

INFLEXIBLE.

andrewsj1 · 9 months

i wish i could find an old meme, repost it, and hoard charma. FUCK

[deleted] · 9 months

You should read the German version of "Aschenputtel". It's bloody as hell, the sisters have their feet hacked away at to fit the slipper.

Exducer · 9 months

My drunken mind is blown.

KTEAR · 9 months

there are plenty of ways to lose a shoe

WastedJack · 9 months

I came here to see if this was posted in /r/trees

sweetgreggo · 9 months

Because it wasn't fucking double laced high top Kappas, it was a god damn non flexible slipper.

collapsibletank · 8 months

Why was it still glass after midnight?

LetsRunAway · 9 months

Because she be drunk and shit

mangwow · 9 months

If i've seen this post before

Why am I seeing it again?

ZthaSilverSurfer · 9 months

Because she was drunk... and she's a whore.

funny

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