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Why do people throw their shoes over telephone wires? Why not give them to charity if they don't want them?

>> No.3663983

OP is a faggot.

>> No.3663981

1) they got robbed

2) its a signal used to designate the territory of an area gang

3) it signals a nearby drug dealer

4) teh lulz

>> No.3663990

>>3663981
I can verify that I've heard of 2 and 3, but 1 makes sense

>> No.3664117

Who the fuck throws their shows over telephone wires?

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>>3664117
>throws their shows
>shows
>mfw

>> No.3664857

Ausfag here, drug dealers do it. Its to signify that there is a dealer "meeting place" near by.

>> No.3664863

>telephone wires

those still exist? I thought we'd all switched to cellphones by now.

>> No.3664865

>>3663974
Yeah, that sounds bloody brilliant.
>"Jesus fuck, I just got robbed. Better throw my shoes over a phone wire."

>> No.3664875

>>3664863
>doesn't know internet goes over phone lines

>> No.3664902

>>3664865

I think he meant that someone else stole the shoes and threw them over the line to perpetuate "the lols".

>> No.3664924

>>3664902
>"I just risked my ass to obtain these sweet ass shoes and will now proceed to render them inaccessible to myself for no particular reason"
At least the thief seems more articulate, but it's still fucking moronic.

>> No.3664933

>>3664865
hahhahaa i lold

>> No.3664949

Usually "black people" throw their dead homies shoes over telephone lines as a sign of respect. They also pour a 40 on the sidewalk. Its either a gang thing or people mimic what they've seen in movies.

>> No.3664955

>>3664924
More liek:

>I'm in the middle of mugging this stupid cunt. I should humiliate him further by stealing his shoes and putting them somewhere he can't reach.


Admittedly idiotic even for a thief but I can imagine it happening.

>> No.3664972

>>3663974

Kids do it because they get new shoes and want a good excuse for why they can't just keep wearing their old ones. I've never seen anything but kid shoes on telephone wires, so...

>> No.3664979

>>3663974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing
That took all of 10 seconds...

>> No.3665002

No such thing in my country.
Enjoy your retarded populace.

>> No.3665051

>In Scotland, it has been said that when a young man has lost his virginity he tosses his shoes over telephone wires to announce this to his peers