More Shoe-throwing
Posted by Laurence on February 17, 2009
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Well, in case you missed it, the Chinese PM, Wen Jiabao, had a shoe thrown at him while he was giving a speech at Cambridge University. AP has some, er “footage” (sorry) here , but the one below is more dramatic. The protestor, blows a whistle, says something like “Stand up and protest and get out of here”, and then on his way out seems to throw a shoe. Prime Minster Jiabao says (in Chinese) “We will not allow this to get in the way of our friendship with the UK” or words to that effect.
Anyway, I was chatting to C-Dawg about this. We both found time in our busy schedules to G-talk.
2:29 PM
me: ja so that was valentines
2:30 PM
not great
2:31 PM
the chinese pm had a shoe thrown at him
C-DAWG: like people are getting carried away with this shoe thing
2:33PM
me: and the guy who threw the shoe – like at the back of the auditorium. he couldn’t get there earlier? that was his planning – i mean, i don’t believe it was a spur of the moment shoe throw
he had to have been thinking about it before he went
C-DAWG: hmm
2:34 PM
do u take an extra show for the walk home?
*shoe*
me: i would think so. But from the point of view of legal strategy, maybe no – because then it is a “premeditated” assault. You want to make it look like you just became enraged and undid your laces and threw the shoe.
C-DAWG: prob good idea to wear loafers then
2:36 PM
me: yeah. first we have the shoe-bomber, then the bush thing and now this. i foresee a world without shoes.
2:37 PM
you see the stormers game?
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2:39 PM
me: ok, i got homework.
Captain Awesome said
well i think he should buy second hand shoes then.
what is a guy going to do with one shoe?
Or maybe he could throw both his shoes? or is that going over board.
C-Dawg said
No, I totally reckon it’s both shoes or bust. Have you walked around with one shoe? That sort of thing can really throw your bio-mechanics out and lead to all kinds of problems.
Either throw 2 shoes at one person you hate or maybe find 2 conferences in close proximity.