Bush gets the shoe!

[SeanGAR]

Originally Posted by ucla695

Bush has some good moves.

Seriously ... he looked like he was used to it. I wonder if Laura has a temper?

Who knows what was on the shoes .. could have been anthrax.

They should have shot the bastard in the head 0.3 second before he threw the first shoe.

[Ashcan Bill]

I was surprised that not only didn't they immediately swarm the thrower, but that nobody jumped in front of Bush. Maybe they aren't trained to take a shoe? Good thing the Pres is quick.

I suspect analysis will show those were special tactical shoes.

Look for congress to pass shoe control legislation soon.

[gettysburgfreak]

Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill

I was surprised that not only didn't they immediately swarm the thrower, but that nobody jumped in front of Bush. Maybe they aren't trained to take a shoe? Good thing the Pres is quick.

I suspect analysis will show those were special tactical shoes.

Look for congress to pass shoe control legislation soon.

Everyone that was in that room would have walked through a metal detector. When the President gives a speech, he usually has people in the background with him and intermixed in that group is the SS. In this case the SS would have been to his front or behind the reporters.

[taltos]

Guy who threw it should have had a third eye in the center of his forehead before he threw the second shoe.

[HK3-]

I think whatever the punishment would have been for doing something like that to their president should be inforced by their gov't on the shoe thrower.

Like cut his feet off so he doesn't wear shoes anymore.

Originally Posted by HK3-

I think whatever the punishment would have been for doing something like that to their president should be inforced by their gov't on the shoe thrower.

Like cut his feet off so he doesn't wear shoes anymore.

he threw a shoe not a grenade mate i threw a egg at a mp once shud thay cut my hand off so i carnt eat eggs again ? lol by mp i mean member of parliment not millitary police

Originally Posted by adampc22

he threw a shoe not a grenade mate i threw a egg at a mp once shud thay cut my hand off so i carnt eat eggs again ? lol

If the shoe would have hit him it would have done some damage. At the very least he should lose a hand or two.

to bad it wasnt a bigger shoe

[floydpink]

I read that in Arabic culture, showing the bottom of your shoe to another man is an insult. Throwing a shoe is a huge insult.

Now beating your wife for not being obedient enough is perfectly acceptable.

[replicant_argent]

Originally Posted by floydpink

I read that in Arabic culture, showing the bottom of your shoe to another man is an insult. Throwing a shoe is a huge insult.

Now beating your wife for not being obedient enough is perfectly acceptable.

Well, I suppose if you were walking around in a place where there might be dog piles, refuse, rotting offal piles, and who knows what, you might have something offensive on the bottom of your shoe and yeah, showing it to someone might have a reaction. Personally, I don't want to visit or live in places with garbage, dog crap, or other vile stuff so common you might step in it. I really can't think of anything else that might form some rational basis for the whole "bottom of the shoe insult" thing. I find it amusing though.

As far as throwing your shoe as a common insult, or to be so common as to have some relevance or tradition? That's just plain funny.


Scene: Two guys facing off......

Guy 1: shows the bottom of his shoe to guy two.

Guy 2: gets his panties in a bunch

Guy 1: sneers and shows the other shoe sole to Guy 2.

Guy 2: starts shaking uncontrollably, pops a vein in his forehead, bugs eyes. Takes off shoe and throws it at Guy 1.

Guy 1: dodges Shoe 1 from Guy 2.

Guy 2: Gets redder in the face. Removes Shoe 2, and missiles it at Guy 1.


Guy 1: smiles, because that is what he has been waiting for. Chases down Moron Boy 2 in bare feet and beats the ever loving stuffing out of him, catching him easily because he was dumb enough to throw both shoes at Guy 1, and can't run through garbage strewn street without puncturing his tender extremities on sharp detritus.

[muziq]

This is mostly what I've heard about the insult-factor associated with shoes, soles in Islam: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-the-shoe.html

"The shoe is such an offensive symbol that it is seen as culturally rude to cross an ankle over a knee and display the sole of the shoe while talking to another person.

"The shoe is also considered unclean in the Muslim faith and believers must remove them before prayers.

"Wearing shoes in mosques is forbidden.

[GoatLocker]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

Seriously ... he looked like he was used to it. I wonder if Laura has a temper?

Now THAT is funny.

W did pretty good at ducking though. That was more of a boot than a shoe, and that guy had a pretty good arm!

[DBall]

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

They should have shot the bastard in the head 0.3 second before he threw the first shoe.