Shoe Tossing: The Definitive Non-Answer (Trees And Things)

3fingerspointback: That's not how it's done in Canada

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:48:16 EST

This is how it's done in Canada.

Steve Urkel: Re: Abominable snow men

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:56:15 EST

But the feet are in sneakers. I thought Hell's Angel's toadies wore boots?

wetkarma: Re: But is it international?

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:56:34 EST

In the projects aka council housing neighborhoods, you see this sort of thing. You also see newspaper reports about neighborhood watch committees 'determined' to stop gang behavior by cutting them down.

keta: Re: Abominable snow men

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:42:17 EST

Ah, the ignorance of Americans when it comes to knowing anything about their northern neighbours.

The feet are easily explained, if one follows the major stories in the Canadian news. To wit: The recent crackdown on Hells Angels and t

DEMachina: Re: Shoe Tossing: The Definitive Non-Answer

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:51:15 EST

Shame there's not a more definitive answer, as I always wondered this too. I never saw them in the small town where I grew up, but they're not at all uncommon in Richmond. I heard one explanation, that it meant someone had been killed near that

pO157: Re: Shoe Tossing: The Definitive Non-Answer

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:46:48 EST

We have quite a few in areas bordering my neighborhood. They are spread out throughout the city as well. You can submit a complaint on the city website about them, there is even a special flag on the standard form to say you are complaining about shoes on

postillion: Re: Shoe Tossing: The Definitive Non-Answer

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:32:02 EST

The links on this sub were fantastic! I loved the Sarah Silverman song video for white dog poop as well as the video mock gangsta fighting over rights to toss sneakers.

I've been seeing shoes in trees and hanging off telephone wires for ages and j

Degee: Re: Shoe Tossing: The Definitive Non-Answer

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:26:40 EST

Happens in Vancouver quite a lot. I have also very frequently remarked on sometimes quite nice footwear neatly abandoned on sidewalks, as if they were on the threshold of an imaginary door. I wonder if the heroin high creates the need to shed ones feet cov

Steve Urkel: Abominable snow men

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:06:40 EST

The Canadians have invented an ugly variation of this wholesome pastime.

zyxwvutsr: Re: What about boots?

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:41:21 EST

When I was in the Army, it was traditional to take a guy out on his last day before being discharged and get him drunk. Then, back to the barracks to get a pair of his boots to toss up on the powerlines where everyone would see them next time we were out r

MayorBob: Shoe Tossing.

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:11:52 EST

I can't remember ever seeing this in Wilmington until the 1980s. The first time I can recall witnessing the phenomenon was back in the mid-70s up in Northeast Philly. It was right outside of a shoe store in a strip mall and not anywhere what yo

port1080: Re: But is it international?

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:39:43 EST

Right, I'm an idiot and missed the "world-wide" phenomenon link in the writeup.

port1080: But is it international?

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:38:42 EST

I think most of us can assert we've seen this in many parts of the US, but I wonder if it's caught on as an international trend yet? I can't remember seeing any in China, but I wasn't there for a particularly long time either. Ditto Canada. What say you