Why do winter athletes make terrible secret agents when they are trying to blend into a crowd?
Because they always leave a trail of cold feet
This riddle twists a common idiom about losing courage into a literal physical state during freezing weather. If you are outside in the snow, your extremities lose warmth very quickly, making stealth impossible. Connecting the nervous idiom to actual low temperatures creates a fun and logical punchline.
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