Shoes at the side of the road.

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Sat 16 Jun 2007 17:35
Shoes at the side of the road. - MrWednesday
My girlfriend wants to know, who are the people that have had their shoes abandoned on the motorway? Not all of them can be debris left as the result of an accident.

If you have been a victim of the phantom flip-flop flinger, or the perpetrator, let us know.

Also, do you find yourself driving along checking the gutter for the next few miles trying to find a matching shoe?
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 17:44
Shoes at the side of the road. - DrS
Is it the same person who loses his trousers as well, do you think?
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 18:21
Shoes at the side of the road. - Stuartli
On the last occasion I missed one with just a foot to spare.....
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 18:45
Shoes at the side of the road. - bell boy
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glad someone else has noticed this new fenomini/phenomino/phiniminominomino/trend
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 18:50
Shoes at the side of the road. - Pugugly {P}
I know where at least one shoe came from......Mrs PU bought a pair of motorcycle boots and wore them home (on the bike of course) she cradled the old pair on her lap and yes, lost one ! - Why one, why not both ?
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 18:59
Shoes at the side of the road. - Waino
If you wonder where all those deserted objects by the side of the road come from ........ and you appreciate unaccompanied close harmony vocals then I can do no more than suggest you listen to "Waiting by the road" on the album Twenty-Four Seven by Coope, Boyes and Simpson.
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 19:07
Shoes at the side of the road. - MrWednesday
Thanks for the link to the other thread Bell Boy- never browsed that far back prior to posting. (Search never gave me anything either - hence I thought mine may be new - not that anything is anymore.)


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Sat 16 Jun 2007 19:11
Shoes at the side of the road. - bell boy
Took me ages to find it too :-)
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 20:28
Shoes at the side of the road. - wobblyboot
I always used to think odd shoes at the side of the road were the work of some eccentric truck driver who spent his weekends at jumble sales and then threw them out of the window as he drove around the country during the week.
A truck driving friend of mine reckons that the shoes come from people changing their shoes before getting into their shiny clean car after a day at work/ visiting the gym/ walking the dog and forgetting they've left their dirty work boots/ trainers/ wellingtons on the roof, and driving off.
He also had theories for items of clothing, building materials, suitcases and just about anything else he spotted at the side of the road.
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 20:57
Shoes at the side of the road. - tack
I think the shoes belong to the people who come and view my house. They say that they love it and will speak to the estate agent, but I never hear from them again. I believe that they are kidnapped on their way home by aliens with a foot fetish.
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Sat 16 Jun 2007 21:11
Shoes at the side of the road. - Altea Ego
I must be that Alien, my garden is full of socks.


Oh - hold on, Nicole says its Fifi The faithful TVM hound stealing them from my sock drawer.
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Mon 18 Jun 2007 08:26
Shoes at the side of the road. - L'escargot
Luggage falling from roof racks?
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Mon 18 Jun 2007 11:03
Shoes at the side of the road. - normd2
in my younger days I was usually the 'driver' on a night out. It was the custom for the passenger who was first to fall asleep to be relieved of bits of clothing by the others during the journey home, shoes being the easiest target. Anything the 'fun luvin' lads' (- ie drunks) got hold of would go out of the window.
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Mon 18 Jun 2007 12:53
Shoes at the side of the road. - milkyjoe
what puzzles me is why do people throw pairs of trainers (usually) laces knotted together around phone lines that straddle across the streets, and bicycle tyres around lamp posts?, and the worse street furniture of all must be numbers painted on wheelie bins that looks like stephen hawkins handy work!!!
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Mon 18 Jun 2007 14:42
Shoes at the side of the road. - henry k
what puzzles me is why do people throw pairs of trainers (usually) laces knotted together
around phone lines that straddle across the streets

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It was suggested that this was to mark the territory of local gangs.
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Mon 18 Jun 2007 18:01
Shoes at the side of the road. - Victorbox
In my rugby tour days someone would invariably have their shoes forcibly removed (and other items too) and these were pushed out of the coach roof vents.
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Tue 19 Jun 2007 22:46
Shoes at the side of the road. - AlanGowdy
Amazing - someone else has noticed this phenomenon. Everything from Wellie boots to trainers to high heels. If it were garments generally then surely there'd be socks, shirts, trousers etc. too.
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Tue 19 Jun 2007 22:51
Shoes at the side of the road. - Brian Tryzers
Anyone else remember Kelly Monteith's monologue on this subject in about 1982? He had a solitary driver ranting about how he liked one of his shoes but how the other was no good and would have to go. Only it was funnier to watch than to describe.
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Wed 20 Jun 2007 04:35
Shoes at the side of the road. - Bagpuss
I reckon it's the Underpants Gnomes. I saw this once on South Park.
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Wed 20 Jun 2007 10:03
Shoes at the side of the road. - bathtub tom
'and the worse street furniture of all must be numbers painted on wheelie bins that looks like stephen hawkins handy work'

Around here they'll nick anything. So anything that has to be left unprotected is made as unattractive as possible. In my case, my house number, in pink, done with a 4" brush, complete with runs.
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Wed 20 Jun 2007 13:59
Shoes at the side of the road. - Glaikit Wee Scunner {P}
Who is this stephen hawkins? Related to Banksie perhaps?

In Buxton, A515, there is a "Shoe Tree". It is indeed a tree with shoes hanging from it.

I reckon the rugby club theory is feasible- lots of daft drunken goings on when I followed a local club.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007 14:19
Shoes at the side of the road. - turbo11
There were two matching black boots, some twenty yards apart lying in the road near my house for around three days.Now they have disappeared.Think they may have found a new owner.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007 14:34
Shoes at the side of the road. - Waino
There were two matching black boots some twenty yards apart lying in the road near my house for around three days.Now they have disappeared.Think they may have found a new owner.>>


Great - I love threads with a happy ending! ;-)
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Fri 22 Jun 2007 15:05
Shoes at the side of the road. - gmac
I lost a new pair of Rockport boots out of my backpack while using my wifes motorbike on the way to work last summer.
The air pressure over my back had opened the zips (I always do a last minute check before getting on the bike).
I wouldn't have minded if the company laptop had gone too but why just my boots ?
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Fri 22 Jun 2007 15:44
Shoes at the side of the road. - Cliff Pope
Shoes are always the last bits to go. Look at that photograph taken on the Titanic exploration - just a couple of boots on the seabed.
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