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[gnomi]

For this one, I blame farwing, at least for the first question.

[Poll #597113]

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[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Both mabfan and I buy sneakers at the New Balance outlet, and it's often easier to buy 2 pairs at a time than to have to go back and forth (and at outlet prices, buying multiple pairs at once is still frequently less expensive than buying one pair at a full-price location).

I could've done the same question about socks (of which I frequently buy more than one pair at a time, seeing as mabfan's socks come in three-pair packs), but that wouldn't have dovetailed as nicely with the question about shower shoes/flip flops/etc.

And interesting on "zories." Is that a native Japanese word, do you know?