Shoe Flinging

1. Lemon
   December 20th, 2008 at 10:17 am

   Talking of Bush and shoes here is a link to a shoe throwing game as featured on boingboing
   http://www.zappingmcsaatchi.com/xmas/emailing/

2. whitcwa
   December 20th, 2008 at 10:24 am

   I went on a college tour for parents of prospective students. There was a tree with many dozens of shoes in it. The student leading the tour explained that each pair commemorates a "first time sexual encounter".

3. Josh
   December 20th, 2008 at 11:14 am

   Around here shoes on a power line = drug dealer somewhere.

4. atomicsecrets
   December 20th, 2008 at 11:29 am

   Around here shoes on a power line = normal.

   Philly tradition.

5. vero4902
   December 20th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

   I'd go with "flung" shoes rather then "flinged"... it just sounds better!

6. Dan Smith
   December 20th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

   flung yo

   in the sneaker community shoes on power lines are beaters that can't be resold...sometimes cool shoes will get tossed a little early and people will talk about that awesome pair of whatever at the intersection of this and that.

7. linda
   December 20th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

   there is a shoe tree near Amboy, Ca on route 66. been the for years. there are now 2 of them and a bra tree as well.

8. Rocky Rook
   December 20th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

   Why not "flang"? I ring the doorbell ... I rang the doorbell. I fling the shoe ... I flang the shoe.

9. ardyjay
   December 20th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

   When I first heard of the Iraqi journalist who tried to SHOO Bush away, I had the fantasy of a world wide ePEDemic of throwing shoes on wires, trees, etc, as a response / acknowledgment of his bravery and a statement about war. Maybe Christmas trees will be decorated with shoe ornaments as a STEP toward world peace!

10. liphttam1
    December 20th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

    Even just by reading the title I was thinking of the bush incident.

11. ILuvNUFC
    December 22nd, 2008 at 6:42 am

    Here is a few photos of the Newcastle Shoe Tree in England - Armstrong Park. croll down a bit.

12. Chris Johnston
    December 22nd, 2008 at 8:43 am

    I always wondered what the deal was with shoes hanging from a powerline.

13. mkultra
    December 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am

    There is a shoe tree just outside of Beaverton, ON as well. It has gotten so full that people have started a new one a few trees down. You can also see quite a fe pairs of shoes in the bushes along the side of the road where people have thrown shoes at the tree but missed.
    What is the story behind shoe trees? Surely there is some kind of folklore to inspire people around the world to do this? Neatorama, what say you?

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