Why are there always shoes on the side of streets and highways? How do people manage to lose them there?
543086
they dont lose them there...if theyre hanging from a light or telephone pole its usually signs of a gang in the area..its almost like marking their teritory so to speak..
155308
Yea I have a similar problem, I live in Florida... it's annoying when it is 90 degrees outside and I want to buy some new sandals, but the store has only like 2 pair because it is Feb.\n\nI think they probalby do it because they just have similiar clothes in all stores, also they probably don't have much of a variety of summer clothes coming out in winter so all they could do was just leave all the same clothes from say sept. in the store all winter, people would get bored with this.
626801
It is absolutely possible, however, if the force of the impact was enough to cause your shoes to fly off, you probably have bigger problems than where your shoes will land.\n\nAs a firefighter and EMT, I've responded to many car accidents and have seen some pretty incredible things.  I've even picked up shoes that still had feet in them.  Now, the force of the impact didn't cause the feet to seperate, of course.  There was significant intrusion into the passenger compartment, and it was some of the damaged, torn metal that  amputated the driver's feet.\n\nOther things I've seen that demonstrate the sheer force with which these impacts occur:\n\nPurses ruptured at the seam (like a water balloon)\nInternal organs ruptured (again, like a water balloon)\nGlasses stuck in the dash\nBodies ejected through every opening imaginable\nWatches and other jewelry knocked off\nSeat belts broken
949933
you can't rock the hat without shoes with buckles on them
1058729
Last night, at the bowling alley, I got sloshed and started falling down in the lane when I was bowling.. then I left with the bowling shoes on, realized it, went and turned them back in, and accused the shoe guy of stealing my shoes.  I had no idea where I had left them, so I left with no shoes...
942273
lol i wear my shoes sockless all the time. i hate shoes and i mean hate em. I take my child to school and pick him up every day and 99% of the time a wear no socks. It is just a pain in the ass to put em on. About the only time i wear socks is if I am going to be gone all day long or going to someones house where i know ill be removing my shoes. If weather permits i wear sandles. I ve always been this way. i think it partially has to do with the fact i was raised in the country and my mom let me run around barefoot all the time.
1104627
Beat cops were called flatfoots.  Used to be far less cop cruisers and much more foot patrols. Walking 8+ hours in crappy shoes causes fallen arches, AKA flat foot, and thus, a cop was called a flatfoot because very often that's what he had!\n\nGumshoe was a rubber overshoe, made from gum rubber, prevalent in the late 19th century.  It was also a shoe heel material.  \n\n\nBoth are derogatory terms going back to the early 20th century. If you referred to a policeman as a flatfoot, you might have been asking for a taste of his billy stick.\n\nGumshoe has a bit more history.  It began as a saying that meant to sneak around by walking quietly -- to "gumshoe around." At first, robbers and burglars were called gumshoes, then later the term got stuck on cops.
910305
No without losing important useful parts of them.\n\nI understand your question... I am 11 AAAA (or SS) and I have serious problems to find a comfortable pair of shoes... I never choose the one that I like, but the one that fits me the best.
524039
Too tight shoes are the most common cause.
618796
I think you find it 'hot' because it is forbidden by most rules and therefore subversive. Unlike some of the answers on here, I don't think it is because you have a foot fetish, although if you do that is your business, I think that you are reponding to the rebellious nature of the act of rulebreaking.\n\nPersonally, if the streets weren't so filthy, I think bare feet would be more hygenic than shoes because you can wash your feet on a daily basis, indeed most people do, however, when was the last time you washed the soles of your shoes??  Think of all the stuff you carry around on the bottom of your shoes that gets taken into places.  We should all have to remove our shoes at the door and go barefoot.  It would be much cleaner that way!!\n\nOn a slightly more personal note, and if you hadn't already twigged, I don't really like wearing shoes and go barefoot whenever possible :o)
830425
Borrow someone's shoes until you can get some new one.\nAsk someone like a family member or a close friend if you can use their sneakers and explain why.\nTHOSE SHOES WILL MESS YOU UP.\n\n\nI FEEL THIS IS THE BEST ANSWER
942363
The "roadies" that work at fairs are people who have a reason for being on the road. They don't want to or can't go home. Some of them are people on the run because of the law, bad decisions, ex-wives or drugs. For one reason or another they didn't fit into the society they were born into so they "ran away and joined the circus". It's sad really because they are in denial and not faces the issues in life and in the meantime they are being looked down on by the people they have come to entertain.
495628
Because these neighborhoods have very LARGE birds. And these birds eat humans in the middle of the night. They can digest everything but the shoes so when they are perching on those phone lines and they have to go pooh, out comes the white stuff... and the shoes.\nAnd they hang there because the laces get knotted up in their digestive tracts.
660697
you would have to get a pair of shoes like every second and then you could like go anywhere and traffic would not be a real problem.
893195
NO. NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM. HAD HAD MISMATCHED SHOES ON . BUT OTHERS HAVE DONE THE SAME THING.
478123
Yeah, we do all the time in California, i dont, i go socks, all day everyday, shoes are too uncomfortable, but i use them to walk to the door and outside and from outside to my room, i dont take them off at the door like in Japan and other places.
882108
Because they are just lost 'soles'.  LOL!  Often wondered that myself.  I think a lot of times, folks, for whatever reason, set their shoes on top of the car and forget about them and take off.  The 'soles' will stick pretty good until you get on the freeway.  Then you have to gun the motor to get on and then they don't stick quite so well.  That is just my personal theory.  Lol!  Funny question.