So anyone into Shoe tossing...

msg11

Just pissed myself laughing at the shoe tree..

Today, it is commonly the act of throwing a pair of shoes onto telephone wires, powerlines, or other raised wires. A related practice is shoe tossing onto trees or fences.

Link here

A link to most of the stuff.

Can't say I have ever thrown my shoes at a power line, saying that it can't be an easy 'sport' to do. Anyone on here into this sport.

I might try getting a shoe tree going cause that looks pretty class.

Silverfish

I'm in Dublin 12, some guy around here is a champion at it.

easyeason3

From the title I thought this was going to be a thread about men tossing a load into a shoe.
I am bitterly disappointed.

prinz

It represents something in certain parts. Not just doing it for the craic.

Biggins

Must be kiddies night to use the internet!

lil_lisa

msg11 wrote: »

Just pissed myself laughing at the shoe tree..

Now THAT I have to see!

msg11

Biggins wrote: »

Must be kiddies night to use the internet!

Just bored, and I was actully looking for some material related to wires and that came up in Google.

RoundyMooney

No, but I can throw a kettle over a pub.

jaysusake

Im sure i seen that muppet Paul williams doing one of his documentarys on the gangland bollox he talks about and i recall him saying its a sign to let people know ye can get drugs in the area.....

Glico Man

Is this the shoe tree you speak of?

Biggins

This thread calls for a load of cobblers comment! :P

msg11

aaronh007 wrote: »

Is this the shoe tree you speak of?

Yeah, that's the one alright looks class.

msg11

RoundyMooney wrote: »

No, but I can throw a kettle over a pub.

Meaning ?

jaysusake wrote: »

Im sure i seen that muppet Paul williams doing one of his documentarys on the gangland bollox he talks about and i recall him saying its a sign to let people know ye can get drugs in the area.....

Or a quick way to get rid of some old shoes and have a bit of crack doing so.. BTW that ****es a load of nonsense, so a pair of shoes is telling you which direction to get the drugs from ? If he expanded on it I might belive him a little more. As in how do they know what time etc... Pheking ejit that fella.

Poor Uncle Tom

RoundyMooney wrote: »

No, but I can throw a kettle over a pub.

Jesus started all that malarky, when he cleared the temple....:p

orourkeda

msg11 wrote: »

Just pissed myself laughing at the shoe tree..

Today, it is commonly the act of throwing a pair of shoes onto telephone wires, powerlines, or other raised wires. A related practice is shoe tossing onto trees or fences.

Link here

A link to most of the stuff.

Can't say I have ever thrown my shoes at a power line, saying that it can't be an easy 'sport' to do. Anyone on here into this sport.

I might try getting a shoe tree going cause that looks pretty class.

Perhaps I'm ill informed here but is some cities (not sure if Dublin is one) this is a signal involved in drug deals

That's probably in the wikipedia articl and will make me look like a tit but I didnt read it.

Jesus Wept

What is the reason for the shoe tree?
I might pick one out in Dublin. Somewhere central, would beat the spike hands down.

msg11

The-Rigger wrote: »

What is the reason for the shoe tree?
I might pick one out in Dublin. Somewhere central, would beat the spike hands down.

Reading wikipedia, seem to be some sort of thing you do when you finish college is too throw your shoes at the tree .. Few pints would do me mind you.

RoundyMooney

msg11 wrote: »

Meaning ?

Sorry, that may have been a bit obscure.

Johro

Tossers..

Saila

I thought this was a thread about throwing shoes at dumb presidents and middle eastern dictators

scientific1982

orourkeda wrote: »

Perhaps I'm ill informed here but is some cities (not sure if Dublin is one) this is a signal involved in drug deals

That's probably in the wikipedia articl and will make me look like a tit but I didnt read it.

Tit.

msg11

Johro wrote: »

Tossers..

Plank

Princess Peach

I heard that if there are shoes on the wires, it means there are drug dealers in the area!

Could be somebody taking advantage of my innocent nature telling me this though.

Irish Guitarist

I'm pretty sure that started off in the ghettos of American. I've heard two explanations for this. I don't know which, if either, is true.

1) When someone was a victim of murder one of their friends would throw the murder victims shoes at a power line to commemorate their life.

2) Kids were so poor that their shoes would have to last them years. They would be so glad when they finally got new shoes they would commemorate the occasion by throwing their shoes at a power line.

Manic Moran

A not-unheard-of practice in the US military is to throw the now-no-longer-mandatory Army boots onto a telephone or power line upon receiving one's discharge. Frowned upon, of course, but you'll occasionally see the odd pair on a base.

NTM

Little Acorn

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that started off in the ghettos of American. I've heard two explanations for this, I don't know which, if either, is true.

1) When someone was a victim of murder one of their friends would throw the murder victims shoes at a power line to commemorate their life.

2) Kids were so poor that their shoes would have to last them years. They would be so glad when they finally got new shoes they would commemorate the occasion by throwing their shoes at a power line.

Thats actually interesting. I just got told the same as some people here "drug dealing nearby" story before. Told by my mother no less, I was like "how the hell would you know that?", she just said "oh sure EVERYONE shows that!"
I'd put a bet that she probably heard it at the post office!:)
Where did that story start, cos I always thought it was true?

Johro

msg11 wrote: »

Plank