Comments on: Shoe Flinging

By: mkultra

mkultra — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:29:02 +0000

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?

By: Chris Johnston

Chris Johnston — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:43:33 +0000

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

By: ILuvNUFC

ILuvNUFC — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:42:32 +0000

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

By: liphttam1

liphttam1 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:38:03 +0000

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

By: ardyjay

ardyjay — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:10:11 +0000

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!

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:38:37 +0000

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

By: linda

linda — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:41:50 +0000

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.

By: Dan Smith

Dan Smith — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:25:04 +0000

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.

By: vero4902

vero4902 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:13:21 +0000

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

By: atomicsecrets

atomicsecrets — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:29:47 +0000

Around here shoes on a power line = normal.

Philly tradition.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:14:13 +0000

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

By: whitcwa

whitcwa — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:24:46 +0000

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".

By: Lemon

Lemon — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:17:40 +0000

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