Is This Shoe Throwing Business Another Unattractive Import From The Middle East?

[sandyRoe]

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/shoe-thrown-at-hillary-clinton/2iq471fh

[ChillDoubt]

Not really, IMHO. From the manner in which the thrower left the auditorium one would guess that a mad cow had got her 15 minutes, that's all.

[aelmpvw]

i hope disgruntled skinheads in 'docs' don't take up the insult

[youngmafbog]

I thought it was showing the sole of your shoe that was the insult?

This woman is simply a fruit. Shoe was probably first thing to hand and any other 'weapon' would have been removed at the door.

[sandyRoe]

The Dutch shouldn't take it up, either. A flying clog could give you a right wallop.

[anneasquith]

I have only got one pair .of shoes

[sandyRoe]

Then you'd have to be really het up about something to throw away half of your entire stock of footwear to make a point. :-)

[youngmafbog]

I've got some old Doc Martins you could lob.

[sandyRoe]

And you could add weight to your protest if you slipped a half brick into the Doc Marten before throwing it.

[anneasquith]

oh.............what size/colour..............?...I saw this clip earlier ms Clinton tried to laugh off , but I think she was really really angry, after all it could have taken someone's eye out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DrFilth]

they got the idea from tom jones concerts -)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZMAv-snlvU

[youngmafbog]

That's what King Harold said at the Battle of Hastings wasn't it ?

[sandyRoe]

Do the Tom Jones fans bring a spare pair to throw or are they caught up in the excitement of the moment and whip the ones they're wearing off and toss them at the stage?

[anneasquith]

I saw TJ in concert many years ago, I left as I arrived ?

[sandyRoe]

So, not really that exciting then?

[piggynose]

did you 4get your drawers? pmsl

[jno]

looks like it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing#Insult

[sandyRoe]

JNO, your link reminds me of the Fergie-Beckham incident which led to a departure from Man Utd.

[Peter Pedant]

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Look on it as a modern pie-surprise
politicians were subjected to having custard pies thrown in their faces in the seventies.

and yeah throwing a shoe has the same significance as showing the soles of your shoes. I think an Iraqi threw his shoe at George Bush jnr, didnt he?

it is a symbolic act - a bit like flag burning