• andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I remember this one time Bush got the shoe. It ended up with many lenghty trials before the guy got sentenced for a year for what amounts to one of the biggest personal fuck-you acts in a recent history. And what would be the sentence for throwing a shoe at a random nobody officer from Vermont? Lemme guess…

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          11 months ago

          Oh boo! Absolute fun sponges.

          Edit: amazing quote at the end of that article…

          Throwing shoes at someone is a sign of extreme contempt in Arab culture.

          I mean I think that’s a sign of extreme contempt anywhere :D

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            11 months ago

            It actually has religious connotations too, being mentioned in the Tanakh and Old Testament. The Israelites were not big fans of Moab or Edom, so TWICE it’s said “Moab is my washpot: over Edom will I cast out my shoe”, which is sun-zapped, crazy people speak for “fuck these guys”.