Failed First Footer

Those of you who know me will often wonder I'm sure how I got this way. The following little nugget may shed some light.

I went to buy some shoes on Sunday. Picked up a pair that were in the sales off the shelf.

First shoe had a label on the sole saying 11 (UK) 46 (EUR) L. That'll do me I thought. I'm a size 11. Don't really need to know the European size to be honest, and it's plainly a large shoe, but you go for it with your wide variety of size descriptions if you like Jimmy.

Then I picked up the other shoe. This one said 11 (UK) 46 (EUR) R. This confused me a bit, I must admit. If they're both a size 11 (both a size 46 indeed), how can one be deemed large and the other only regular?

Possibly something to do with the breadth of the shoe, I hypothesised. So I tried them on. Both felt the same to me, so I thought bugger it, I'll just get them anyway.

It took just under 48 hours to dawn what the L and R actually stood for.