Times are tough

Mrs. Lear was going to a function last night. She left the house to meet up with her friend on the corner of the road.
Her friend phoned me and asked if Mrs. Lear was wearing her pink shoes. I said I had no idea.
Her friend then said. " Well we're going to be standing on the corner and it would be terrible if we were both wearing pink shoes."
" I had no idea, " says I " that things were so bad that two families in the most affluent part of Glasgow have to send out their womenfolk to stand on street corners.
And I had no idea pink shoes were required for such an enterprise."
Mrs. Lear's friend assured me they were akin to the red lights above certain doorways......