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12-14-2008, 08:49 PM #1Usagi Yojimbo
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Quick reflexes!
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12-14-2008, 09:17 PM #2Senior Member
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I like to think about the song from the million dollar man when he dodged that shoe.
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12-14-2008, 11:10 PM #3Senior Member
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That's an indicator that democracy has been restored in Iraq.
Under Sadam Hussein that fellow would've won a free shave
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12-15-2008, 08:22 AM #4Senior Member
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HA! I saw his response to reporters later was something along the lines of "all I can report was that it was a size 10". At least he's got a sense of humor about being loathed.
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12-15-2008, 05:19 PM #5Pogonotomy rules
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A lot of people were taken aback by how adeptly Bush dodged that shoe.
People have short memories... Bush was always good at ducking 'his shoes'.
(I think I pulled a hamstring that pun was so strained.)
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12-15-2008, 05:39 PM #6Does the barber shave himself...?
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Funny what none of the reporters have mentioned is the symbolism of that. In many West Asian cultures, shoes (IIRC because they contact the ground, are made from dead animals, and are the lowest part of the body) are considered "unclean"; one step above excrement, really. Just a whole cluster of negative things. You could think of that as basically an extreme insult.
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12-15-2008, 05:42 PM #7what Dad calls me
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Very true! Too bad we Americans have not shown him this courtesy sooner!
Originally Posted by PA23-250
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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12-15-2008, 05:46 PM #8what Dad calls me
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Hes laughing all the way to the bank! Originally Posted by kenneyty
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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12-15-2008, 05:50 PM #9Senior Member
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...and due to his lax legislation and preferencial treatment of the financial sector, that bank may fail sometime soon...so who will be laughing then?
Mark
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12-15-2008, 06:24 PM #10Dapper Dandy
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Only poorly managed banks will fail. Those banks that weren't complete idiots are doing just fine.
As soon as I heard about this, all I could think of was this movie clip:
YouTube - who throws a shoe (austin powers)
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