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'''Abandoned footwear''', generally a lone boot or shoe, is frequently noted in ponds and along roadsides (particularly highways). It is not known why old shoes and boots seem to be publicly abandoned more often than other articles of clothing, such as shirts or caps. | '''Abandoned footwear''', generally a lone boot or shoe, is frequently noted in ponds and along roadsides (particularly highways). It is not known why old shoes and boots seem to be publicly abandoned more often than other articles of clothing, such as shirts or caps. | ||
While the practice of publicly abandoning old shoes has been noted in multiple countries (including Great Britain it does not seem to have any set meaning attached to it and may be a simple form of imitation. | While the practice of publicly abandoning old shoes has been noted in multiple countries (including [[Great Britain]] it does not seem to have any set meaning attached to it and may be a simple form of imitation. | ||
It is possible that shoes, being more sturdily constructed than most other types of clothing, simply last longer after being abandoned outdoors—leather shoes, for instance, are estimated to last for 25-40 years outside. | It is possible that shoes, being more sturdily constructed than most other types of clothing, simply last longer after being abandoned outdoors—leather shoes, for instance, are estimated to last for 25-40 years outside. | ||
However, the opposite of this hypothesis is the commonness of obviously intentional shoe abandonment, such as [[shoe tossing]], in which shoes are tied together by their laces and thrown in great numbers into shoe trees, over power | However, the opposite of this hypothesis is the commonness of obviously intentional shoe abandonment, such as [[shoe tossing]], in which shoes are tied together by their laces and thrown in great numbers into shoe trees, over [[power line]]s, or over fences | ||
In popular culture, a fisherman hauling up an old boot, rather than a fish, is an old comic-strip joke. | In [[popular culture]], a [[fisherman]] hauling up an old boot, rather than a [[fish]], is an old [[comic|comic-strip]] [[joke]].{{citation needed|Date= April 2008}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 18:04, 22 April 2008
Abandoned footwear, generally a lone boot or shoe, is frequently noted in ponds and along roadsides (particularly highways). It is not known why old shoes and boots seem to be publicly abandoned more often than other articles of clothing, such as shirts or caps.
While the practice of publicly abandoning old shoes has been noted in multiple countries (including Great Britain it does not seem to have any set meaning attached to it and may be a simple form of imitation.
It is possible that shoes, being more sturdily constructed than most other types of clothing, simply last longer after being abandoned outdoors—leather shoes, for instance, are estimated to last for 25-40 years outside.
However, the opposite of this hypothesis is the commonness of obviously intentional shoe abandonment, such as shoe tossing, in which shoes are tied together by their laces and thrown in great numbers into shoe trees, over power lines, or over fences
In popular culture, a fisherman hauling up an old boot, rather than a fish, is an old comic-strip joke.
References
- http://www.widemedia.com/fashionuk/news/2004/08/02/news0003247.html Re-use your shoes | fuk.co.uk
- http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/sneakers.htm
- http://www.recycle.ubc.ca/littermain.html Litter Reduction Program - UBC Waste Management