When is a shoe not on? Figured it out yet?

When is a shoe not on?  Have you figured out the answer yet?  If not, here it is!

When is a shoe not on?  When it's in . . . when it's a "shoe-in" (or rather, as your English teacher would tell you, a "shoo-in"!)                                                                  Above Riddle Copyright MarashGirl©2022            

N.B.  This riddle works fine when it is spoken!  Not so well in print!

                                                                                                                    

18 Inches of Snow Predicted For This Weekend!

Eighteen inches of snow predicted for this weekend? How do you like them apples? (to use an old expression. . . ) Or should Marash Girl say, "How do you like them snowflakes?"