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Shoe Thrown at Bush Coming to the U.S.

Megan Baker

Posted: Dec 22nd 2008 12:05PM

Filed under: St. John Fisher College, Odd News

Turkish shoemaker Ramazan Baydan was shocked when he saw a pair of shoes being flung at President Bush's head. But it wasn't the act that shocked him, it was the shoe.

He has been making this style shoe for 10 years now, which before the infamous incident was named the Ducati Model 271. Since reaching fame, the shoe model has now been dubbed "The Bush Shoe" and is now in very high demand.

According to Baydan, a U.S. firm ordered 18,000 pairs and another 15,000 pairs were requested in Iraq, with several firms fighting to be the shoe company's representative in European countries.

Baydan said that he was shocked that the shoes were so aerodynamic, but weighing in at under 11 oz each, he said that the shoe probably wouldn't have done much harm to President Bush (who was apparently an excellent dodgeball player in his youth).

As Baydan prepares to send out thousands of pairs of this shoe, I thought he might consider making some moderations and turn these puppies into some super shoes.

First, 11 oz? Come on now. Those can barely hurt a fly. If these things are going to actually be effective, they need some meat on them. Maybe add a steel toe in there. It would probably help with the aim and if you don't have the time to take them off and throw them, a swift kick to the shin should do the trick.

Secondly, throw in a heat seeking sensor. There probably aren't too many world leaders out there who can dodge like Bush, but it would be a cool feature. No more embarrassing yourself on the world scene by missing your target. If you are going to have to go to jail for attacking someone, you might as well hit them, right?

Next, include a target. If you're planning on hoisting a shoe at someone, you should probably get your practice in. This guy wasn't bad for a first timer, but just think how great his aim would have been if he had practiced ahead of time?

This whole shoe throwing thing could get really big. And since we got rid of women's softball, it could possibly even be an Olympic sport.

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