Ghastly, that's amazing

Kingofthemorlocks · Post by **Kingofthemorlocks** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:14 am

I love the new comic. Shoe-Lover Boy reminds me a little bit of a buddy of mine who's a foot fetishist.

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 8:14 am

and that explains it all! Holy carp Ghastly... holy carp.

Though it must be cold in Hamilton, what with all the clothing kwerki is wearing

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:06 pm

oooooh shoe fetish!

people tell me I have a shoe fetish, but it really isn't nearly the same as the one depicted here.... I just like buying them.

but with how many single shoes I see out in the road in my neighborhood, and this new theory... I'm even more afraid of my neighbors.... Drug dealing, dog fighting, shoe fucking hobos.....

*vows never to leave the house again*

Assamite · Post by **Assamite** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 4:27 am

Are single shoes in abundant supply in cold, northern areas or something?

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:34 am

The single shoe phenominon is a truly bizarre and common one. I could see if the shoes were old and ratty and tattered. Maybe it was a shoe that someone was throwing out and it just fell out of the garbage can. But usually it's a perfectly good, perfectly usable, nice condition shoe just laying on it's own on the side of the road. You'd have to be really drunk to be walking along, lose your shoe, and continue on your journey without even noticing it was gone. It's one of those things I just don't get.

I figure jilted shoe fetishist is as good an explanation as any.

Nithos · Post by **Nithos** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:44 pm

Ohh... the possbilities are endless...

Maybe someone spontaniously combusted, leaving only one shoe unburnt?

Or maybe when the aliens abduct someone, their teleportation devices are unable to handle more than one shoe per person (darned anal-probing monopods).

Maybe the CIA had someone "taken care of" right there, and they take one shoe back as proof of the kill, leaving the other behind?

...
Nah, shoe fetishist is still the best answer

Fire Storm · Post by **Fire Storm** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:44 pm

I always thought it was that kids throw wierd shit out the windows of moving cars.

But it appears that I am wrong!

RavenxDrake · Post by **RavenxDrake** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:27 pm

My usual explanation was a Hitch Hiker picked up at full speed... but yeah, that's a good working explanation.

And am I the only one that thinks Kwerki's voice would sound like Emo Phillips?

WhatMeWorry? · Post by **WhatMeWorry?** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:46 pm

Ghastly wrote:The single shoe phenominon is a truly bizarre and common one. I could see if the shoes were old and ratty and tattered. Maybe it was a shoe that someone was throwing out and it just fell out of the garbage can. But usually it's a perfectly good, perfectly usable, nice condition shoe just laying on it's own on the side of the road. You'd have to be really drunk to be walking along, lose your shoe, and continue on your journey without even noticing it was gone. It's one of those things I just don't get.

I figure jilted shoe fetishist is as good an explanation as any.

Damn kids not tying their shoelaces, losing their damn shoes all over the blessed place! It be the kids fault. Everything be the kids fault. Damn whippersnappers!!!

Hurts to bend over like that for long periods of time.

lalalalallaa

YellowBook · Post by **YellowBook** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:58 pm

RavenxDrake wrote: And am I the only one that thinks Kwerki's voice would sound like Emo Phillips?

No, no you're not.

C_wire · Post by **C_wire** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:38 pm

Even the straight dope hasn't come up with a better story than Kwerki.

Umbrafox · Post by **Umbrafox** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:25 pm

Not exactly a theory, but a related story that might be able to give rise to more theories.

Not making this up.
I live outside of New Orleans, and one day my friends and I were driving home from a concert through N. O. East (not a project but not the best place either).
So we're driving down the interstate, I'm in the back seat and I swear to you that I saw a single shoe on the side of the road WITH THE FOOT STILL IN IT! Nothing else nearby it.

Needless to say we didn't pull over to investigate.

Captain Tylor · Post by **Captain Tylor** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:52 am

Umbrafox wrote:Not exactly a theory, but a related story that might be able to give rise to more theories.

Not making this up.
I live outside of New Orleans, and one day my friends and I were driving home from a concert through N. O. East (not a project but not the best place either).
So we're driving down the interstate, I'm in the back seat and I swear to you that I saw a single shoe on the side of the road WITH THE FOOT STILL IN IT! Nothing else nearby it.

Needless to say we didn't pull over to investigate.

Drunk zombie.

Cathowl · Post by **Cathowl** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:39 am

Clearly this is a case of the ground on the side of roads and highways becoming fond of shoes walking over it. On highways, when people stop to pee on the side of the road.

Thus, once the road has gained this fondness, it begins secreting a glue whenever someone steps out of their car onto the side of the road. If the person lingers long enough, one of their shoes gets stuck firmly and cannot be pulled up, and thus must be left behind.

Surely you notice that old and well-trafficked streets tend to be oddly sticky...

As for the foot, the glue must have penetrated the sole of the shoe, and the person had to gnaw/cut their own foot off like a wolf in a trap to escape.

^_-

RavenxDrake · Post by **RavenxDrake** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:16 am

I used to do that.

Buy pigs feet from the supermarket. Put them in children's shoes and leave them by the side of the road. To cheer people up.

I looked at it like this. I laughed my ass off at it. And, really, when you find out it isn't a real foot in the shoe, wouldn't you feel better?

Pineapple · Post by **Pineapple** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:11 pm

On my friend's 16th we threw random objects out of the car, I'm sure shoes were involved. And whenever my dad was deployed there was this tradition where you tie the laces together of your boots and see how many times it takes (re: messure of sobriety) to get the things stuck up in a tree because the military would issue you new ones when you were gone.

(but I like the comic better

)

Jha'Meia · Post by **Jha'Meia** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:44 am

At a security sale where the security department sells off those things which have been lost and found but never claimed, I saw a perfectly good pair of skating shoes, several lovely leather jackets, and a whole set of stationery.

Makes me wonder: Why don't these idiots ever go to security to check for their stuff?

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:41 am

A buddy of mine is a runner and there is a whole community of runners who get together to drink and run (called hashing). Anyway, when a hasher has some signifigant even in their runniner career, like finishing their first marathon or whatnot, their running shoes get tied together and thrown over power lines. When they reach certian other milestones their shoes get tossed out the window.

Of course.. you never know.. there could be some hashers who are also shoe fetishists, and specifically started this tradition so they could retrieve more fodder for their lust.

RavenxDrake · Post by **RavenxDrake** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:44 pm

That inspred this bit of insanity, Squiddy, so you have no one to blame but yourself...

"But why can't we get married, Dad!"
"No son of mine is getting wed to some shoe he just picked up off street!"

WhatMeWorry? · Post by **WhatMeWorry?** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:45 pm

RavenxDrake wrote:I used to do that.

Buy pigs feet from the supermarket. Put them in children's shoes and leave them by the side of the road. To cheer people up.

I looked at it like this. I laughed my ass off at it. And, really, when you find out it isn't a real foot in the shoe, wouldn't you feel better?

And then you even have a snack, yummy pig's feet!