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'''Abandoned footwear''', generally a lone boot or shoe, is frequently noted in ponds and along roadsides (particularly highways).{{Fact|date=March 2009}} | '''Abandoned footwear''', generally a lone boot or shoe, is frequently noted in ponds and along roadsides (particularly highways).{{Fact|date=March 2009}} | ||
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Revision as of 00:15, 7 April 2009
Abandoned footwear, generally a lone boot or shoe, is frequently noted in ponds and along roadsides (particularly highways).[citation needed]
Shoe abandonment is sometime intentional, such as shoe tossing, in which shoes are tied together by their laces and thrown in great numbers into trees, over power lines, or over fences
In popular culture, a fisherman hauling up an old boot, rather than a fish, is a cliché 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