A new twist on the above problem: Suppose some blue socks and the same number of red socks are in a drawer. Suppose it turns out that the minimum number of socks I must pick in order to be sure of getting at least one pair of the same colour is the same as the minimum number I must pick in order to be sure of getting at least two socks of different colours. How many socks are in the drawer?

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