Sooo What’s up with the Shoe Drop?

Early this morning the Palmetto Expressway in the Miami area was inexplicably blocked by a “drop” of thousands of pairs of used shoes, neatly tied together by the shoestrings.

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The Miami Herald reports that the shoes are being scooped up, sorted and will be donated to charities. But what were they doing there in the first place? So far no one has come forth with an answer. Speculation ranges from an accident with a truck carrying the shoes to a prank to an elaborate Bush protest (ala the Iraqi guy who heaved a shoe at Bush during a press conference in Baghdad recently). It is a little strange that, if a truck accidentally lost the shoes, nobody has come forward to explain. So I guess it’s all open to speculation at this point.

Is this an omen? A harbinger of a crazy year to come? Open thread.

h/t KCindenver

Posted by marindenver on 01/02/09 at 09:31 PM • Permalink

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This can only mean one thing! WOMAN LYNCHING!

Comment by Dingus Mikokov AKA HTP on 01/02/09 at 10:47 PM

Moonie Mass Wedding Party passed by?
A new craze: Highway Sock Hops?

Does this mean we don’t have to wait any more for the other shoe to drop?

Comment by Mrs. Polly on 01/02/09 at 10:50 PM

Moonie Mass Wedding Party passed by?

Hadn’t though of that one. You may have something there Mrs. P.!

Comment by marindenver on 01/02/09 at 10:53 PM

Does this mean we don’t have to wait any more for the other shoe to drop?

Ouch.

There’s no need to lace the blog with bad puns.

Comment by Dingus Mikokov AKA HTP on 01/02/09 at 10:57 PM

Shoes for industry, Compadre.

- Porgy Tirebiter

Comment by Brad Mays on 01/02/09 at 11:07 PM

I hope it was the Rapture! Has anyone noticed any fundies missing?

Comment by Glix on 01/03/09 at 12:15 AM

All right Dingus, I’ll leave the puns to your sole discretion.

Comment by Mrs. Polly on 01/03/09 at 03:35 AM

I hope it was the Rapture! Has anyone noticed any fundies missing?
Comment by Glix on 01/02/09 at 11:15 PM

...ROTFLMAO!!! I immediately nominate this for one of the BEST.COMMENTS.EVER!

Comment by G on 01/03/09 at 04:30 AM

“... an elaborate Bush protest ...” LOL. Source, please?

You think Miami has problems?

POLICE in North America are still scratching their heads over a series of feet that have washed up on western shores over the past year in one of the most bizarre cases they have encountered.

This week’s discovery of a seventh foot, shod in a New Balance trainer, in British Columbia, Canada, has prompted a fresh flurry of speculation over how the feet came to find themselves bobbing around in the ocean. Armchair theories include boat and plane crashes, murky underworld dealings, serial killings and even the 2004 tsunami.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/world/Seventh-foot-w ashed-up-as.4697583.jp

I think PUMA PAC should be told (the nights must be loooong up in BC):

Canadian jokers have twice confused police investigations with hoax feet left on Vancouver beaches. In June, someone stuffed the bones of an animal’s foot in a running shoe. In September, a plastic foot was discovered in a running shoe.

An animal’s foot? Don’t tell me ... was it, you know, cat-like?

“Hoax feet”? Yeah, right, MSM. Screw you.

Comment by yetanotherfreakingbrit on 01/03/09 at 07:48 AM

I think the shoes were originally headed for Wall Street, to be hurled at the executives who so thoroughly screwed our economy. Or maybe they were headed for Detroit. On the other hand, perhaps they were headed for the west coast—undoubtedly, not all those feet washing ashore were lucky enough to keep their sneakers on.

Comment by Donna on 01/03/09 at 08:36 AM

Maybe Imelda Marcos’ moving van changed lanes too sharply. This happened in Miami, so it didn’t even make me raise my eyebrows.

Comment by Betty Cracker on 01/03/09 at 09:03 AM

I bet some heel did it.

Gotta say one thing for this post, it’s got sole!

Comment by J. on 01/03/09 at 09:22 AM

... it’s got sole

Bah. It’ll never last.

Comment by yetanotherfreakingbrit on 01/03/09 at 10:40 AM

I’d say the PUMAs were behind it, but I don’t think anyone would notice six pairs of shoes.

Comment by Tom65 on 01/03/09 at 11:42 AM

1. Thanks, I’m really honored.
2. I hope to God that link hasn’t been there for days and I just noticed.
3. Yeah, yeah, laugh at the old oblivious guy.
4. Get offa my lawn.
5. Thanks.