Post Aa0BdDI6h5NjuvJ9LE by tbessie@spinster.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #AZzkmHa1Q4d53xmsu8 by polarisera@spinster.xyz
       2023-09-21T14:47:51.084527Z
       
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       why do americans say "waiting for the (other) shoe to drop" and the Brits say "waiting for the penny to drop" meaning pretty much the same thing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZzl2XyKF50QXEuWjQ by LostInCalifornia@spinster.xyz
       2023-09-21T14:50:48.005797Z
       
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       @polarisera There’s an ocean between us.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZztvKj9zCc51BS6fA by istvan@noagendasocial.com
       2023-09-21T16:30:20Z
       
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       @polarisera You assumed it’s not both.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZzzxiTpFEVkzQncOW by ninapaley@spinster.xyz
       2023-09-21T17:37:59.741793Z
       
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       @polarisera I thought the "penny dropping" meant getting a clue or waking up, like what we'd call a "lightbulb going off." Like if you put a penny in an arcade machine and that activates it, until then it just sits there.Waiting for the other shoe to drop is dread, sensing something bad is going to happen, because the bad that is in progress is not yet complete.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aa01Kdy0I61PbgPYtk by polarisera@spinster.xyz
       2023-09-21T17:53:20.357080Z
       
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       @ninapaley I think you're right. We just don't have a "waiting for the penny to drop" saying, something like "waiting for the lights to turn on"
       
 (DIR) Post #Aa0BdDI6h5NjuvJ9LE by tbessie@spinster.xyz
       2023-09-21T19:40:28.150094Z
       
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       @polarisera I've always taken "waiting for the other shoe to drop" to refer to someone taking off their shoes while sitting on their bed (typically upstairs, so this is from the perspective of someone downstairs), and meaning what @ninapaley said.  I even remember some story (sci fi or fantasy) where someone makes a wish that causes someone to disappear, and they hear one shoe drop, but not the other.