October 28, 2003
FIGURES HE'S A LEFTIST:
Man Accused of Stealing 440 Left Shoes (AP, 10/27/2003)
Police arrested a man for stealing shoes at a southern Japanese hospital then found a collection in his home of 440 women's shoes - all for the left foot....The missing footwear was always for the left foot and in a women's shoe style, a local police spokesman said Sunday....
In Irie's home, police found a box in a closet overflowing with the left mate to 440 pairs of women's shoes, including high heels, patent leather pumps, sandals and nurses shoes.
What this guy did just isn't right.
Posted by Paul Jaminet at October 28, 2003 5:32 PM
I have met longshoreman who have claimed that because of theft at the terminals, importers will resort to shipping shoes and gloves left only one shipment and right only the next to make it less attractive to thieves. What was this fellow's occupation?
Posted by: Mike M. at October 28, 2003 7:53 PMWell, we may finally have a solution to the mystery of why you so often see one shoe - and only one shoe - abandoned on the side of roads.
Posted by: Joe at October 29, 2003 5:46 AMThere's been a debate here about whether homosexuality is inborn or bred.
I'm not going to offer an opinion about that, but I am willing to state that I disbelieve anybody was ever born with a left shoe fetish.
That's got to be learned.
But in what school?
Posted by: Harry Eagar at October 29, 2003 8:21 PMWhich is why there will never be sentient computers.
Posted by: David Cohen at October 30, 2003 9:26 AM