re: Betcha I Can Tell Ya Where Ya Got Dem Shoes

It’s a riddle used as a test to determine if the person is a tourist or a local. Thiefs and swindlers in New Orleans typically prefer not to target locals. Locals know the answer to the riddle, so they won’t be messed with. Tourists have no idea, which reveals them to be tourists and eligible for being pillaged by the local hoodlums.