What is it with throwing shoes?
brianlux
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What is that about? Did it start with Khrushchev beating the podium with his shoe? Did it start with the sabot leading to the saboteur? Is this anyway to say, "Hello"? Well here's the latest crazy shoe thing:
http://news.yahoo.com/shoe-thrown-rouha ... 11135.html
Shoe thrown as Rouhani home after historic Obama call
Tehran (AFP) - A shoe was thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's motorcade as he arrived home to a mixed reception after his historic call with US President Barack Obama.
Iranian newspapers hailed the first contact with a US president in more than three decades as the ending of a long taboo.
The Etemad newspaper carried a front-page photomontage of Rouhani and Obama side by side, with a banner headline reading: "Historic contact on way home."
But Rouhani's 15-minute conversation with the leader of a country long derided as the "Great Satan" was too much for some hardliners.
Nearly 60 gathered outside Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on Saturday, chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as his motorcade passed.
They were outnumbered by 200 to 300 supporters of the president chanting "Thank you Rouhani”, who were separated from the protesters by police.
The shoe was thrown as Rouhani stood up through the sunroof of his car to acknowledge the crowd. It failed to hit its target.
http://news.yahoo.com/shoe-thrown-rouha ... 11135.html
Shoe thrown as Rouhani home after historic Obama call
Tehran (AFP) - A shoe was thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's motorcade as he arrived home to a mixed reception after his historic call with US President Barack Obama.
Iranian newspapers hailed the first contact with a US president in more than three decades as the ending of a long taboo.
The Etemad newspaper carried a front-page photomontage of Rouhani and Obama side by side, with a banner headline reading: "Historic contact on way home."
But Rouhani's 15-minute conversation with the leader of a country long derided as the "Great Satan" was too much for some hardliners.
Nearly 60 gathered outside Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on Saturday, chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" as his motorcade passed.
They were outnumbered by 200 to 300 supporters of the president chanting "Thank you Rouhani”, who were separated from the protesters by police.
The shoe was thrown as Rouhani stood up through the sunroof of his car to acknowledge the crowd. It failed to hit its target.
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Very good. Yes the bottom of the shoe is a show of disrespect in Middle East culture.
mmmmm!
Your dirt is my fucking food.
Don't you understand that part now?
I'm just like you, I'm just like you.
So I guess this is my turn to throw this one back.
No, no, no...
You know what?
We're really good at turning these kinds of situations into good ones, I just had this great idea...
These are all gonna be donated to charity.
Thanks so much, thank you...
Alright, more shoes. Shoe the shoeless!
More shoes! More shoes for my friends!...
Okay I don't think there's enough...
as he licks the fucker
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
OK! 9 1/2 medium, New Balance. Both shoes please. And no toe jam!
Fucken Indio show!
... unless it is a pair of limited edition of LeBron Nikes.