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1163559

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:00:44 2010 No.1163559 [Reply] [Original]

>For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.

I don't get it. Why is this supposed to be sad again?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:01:44 2010 No.1163560 >>1163559 2deep4u

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:01:44 2010 No.1163561 I don't know, miscarriage or something?

>>	Paul_Wall !BCuGZFMYEc Mon Sep 27 21:01:44 2010 No.1163562 Abortion or Miscarriage

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:01:44 2010 No.1163563 Because they bought shoes in preparation for a baby, which was stillborn or died very quickly, never being able to wear the shoes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:01:44 2010 No.1163565 The parents bought a pair of baby shoes cause she was knocked up, but the baby died in utero, or during birth.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:02:44 2010 No.1163570 Well that's a dumb reason for something to be sad

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:04:44 2010 No.1163573 It isn't ''supposed'' to be sad, but a lot of people feel that it is. It could just be someone selling brand new baby shoes--then again ''never worn'' suggests that they were intended for wearing--anyway...the point is that these words are evocative.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:06:44 2010 No.1163579 Overrated shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:11:44 2010 No.1163588 Because the couple was starving, and they had the opportunity to either eat the shoes or the new baby. And they decided to eat the baby. Then they figured they would sell the shoes for quick cash. It's really dark and fucked-up.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:12:44 2010 No.1163590 >>1163588 that's hilariously morbid.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:19:44 2010 No.1163615 >your face when you shoot yourself over how overrated your literary works are.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:30:44 2010 No.1163654 the old man and the sea is a good book, fuck you good sir

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 22:49:40 2010 No.1164109 >>1163559 "The old man and the sea" is waste matter. And, deep down inside, you know it. I believe it's the turtleneck hampering blood circulation to your brain.