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ShadesOfMe
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22 Dec 2008, 12:16 am

:lol:

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- The shoe hurled at President George W. Bush has sent sales soaring at the Turkish maker as orders pour in from Iraq, the U.S. and Iran.


:D http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... fer=europe



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22 Dec 2008, 1:51 am

ShadesOfMe wrote:
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- The shoe hurled at President George W. Bush has sent sales soaring at the Turkish maker as orders pour in from Iraq, the U.S. and Iran.


:D http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... fer=europe



:lmao:


I could mail all my old shoes if that guy would throw some more!



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22 Dec 2008, 5:53 am

Try this fun game: http://sockandawe.com/ hit bush with the shoes!



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22 Dec 2008, 8:52 am

They probably won't do much to that shoe-thrower because he's so popular and famous now, like a world celebrity.



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22 Dec 2008, 3:10 pm

AsperGirl wrote:
They probably won't do much to that shoe-thrower because he's so popular and famous now, like a world celebrity.


I wish you were right, but I have the feeling they will still let the man have it. They should have given him a medal.


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22 Dec 2008, 3:15 pm

Do they sell by overseas post? I have differently-sized feet, as well...


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22 Dec 2008, 9:35 pm

They'd be too small for me...;) 11 1/2 EEE...;)

I guess the Secret Service will have to carry pillows to fend off the flung footwear...;)

less than 30 days, and he's outtahere!...



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27 Dec 2008, 5:11 pm

history_of_psychiatry wrote:
AsperGirl wrote:
They probably won't do much to that shoe-thrower because he's so popular and famous now, like a world celebrity.


I wish you were right, but I have the feeling they will still let the man have it. They should have given him a medal.


QFT!


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30 Dec 2008, 1:02 pm

I love it. :D


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