4/10/2002: Big-ass shoes

Undertoad · 04-10-2002, 06:42 PM

He's James Syiemiong, he's in India, and he makes shoes. After seeing the World Trade Center go down, he was insipred to make a pair of really really big shoes.

"The New York tragedy changed my approach towards life. I thought I could do something as a professional that could convey my grief and sense of anger at the mindless violence."

The shoes are 3.71 metres long. He expects to make the next Guinness book.

Why, you ask? Why not? Do what you are driven to do, I say.

verbatim · 04-10-2002, 09:11 PM

LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEYYYYYYYYY!

It almost looks p-shopped. Almost.

MaggieL · 04-10-2002, 09:51 PM

Well, for the folks who thought the sand sculpture was trivializing 9/11, we have these shoes...

"Really big shoes" --Ed Sullivan

jaguar · 04-10-2002, 11:26 PM

How the hell do you link big shoes and S11?!

Tobiasly · 04-11-2002, 12:00 AM

Maybe he's stomping mad.

Make that really stomping mad.

warch · 04-11-2002, 12:21 AM

James is one wacky cobbler. You have to be impressed by his craft, the sheer volume of leather, the stitching and with Western flair, they're obviously intended for giant dancing, or at least giant strutting. Thank you James.

04-11-2002, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Undertoad
Why, you ask? Why not? Do what you are driven to do, I say.

Like, fly planes into big tall buildings?

hairdog · 04-11-2002, 08:57 AM

Maybe he's, uh, compensating?

That Guy · 04-11-2002, 09:58 AM

This guy has soul. I mean, most people would just sit around and feel like a heel, but he's sockin' it to 'em and definitely not loafing around.
Hey man, if the shoe fits...

Griff · 04-11-2002, 11:03 AM

He is definitely a shoe-in for most patriotic foreigner. *cough*

Undertoad · 04-11-2002, 11:11 AM

It won't solve the world's problems but maybe it's a good first step?

hairdog · 04-11-2002, 11:32 AM

That's one giant step for mankind. A truly awesome feat. Before we poke fun at him, just walk a mile in his shoes. Should take about 10 steps, I reckon.

And · 04-11-2002, 12:05 PM

It's not so much that he's made big shoes for 9/11, but that he's made big pimpin' shoes for 9/11.

jaguar · 04-11-2002, 06:18 PM

nooooo tooo...many.........bad.....puns *gasps for air*

04-10-2002, 06:42 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/10/2002: Big-ass shoes He's James Syiemiong, he's in India, and he makes shoes. After seeing the World Trade Center go down, he was insipred to make a pair of really really big shoes. "The New York tragedy changed my approach towards life. I thought I could do something as a professional that could convey my grief and sense of anger at the mindless violence." The shoes are 3.71 metres long. He expects to make the next Guinness book. Why, you ask? Why not? Do what you are driven to do, I say.

04-10-2002, 09:11 PM	#2
verbatim Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Pennsultucky Posts: 199	LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEYYYYYYYYY! It almost looks p-shopped. Almost. __________________ <-- I'm with stupid

04-10-2002, 09:51 PM	#3
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Well, for the folks who thought the sand sculpture was trivializing 9/11, we have these shoes... "Really big shoes" --Ed Sullivan __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

04-10-2002, 11:26 PM	#4
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	How the hell do you link big shoes and S11?! __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-11-2002, 12:05 PM	#13
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	it's not the size of your shoes... It's not so much that he's made big shoes for 9/11, but that he's made big pimpin' shoes for 9/11. __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

04-11-2002, 12:00 AM	#5
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Maybe he's stomping mad. Make that *really* stomping mad.

04-11-2002, 12:21 AM	#6
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	James is one wacky cobbler. You have to be impressed by his craft, the sheer volume of leather, the stitching and with Western flair, they're obviously intended for giant dancing, or at least giant strutting. Thank you James.

04-11-2002, 08:57 AM	#8
hairdog Simulated Simulacrum Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 39	Maybe he's, uh, compensating?

04-11-2002, 09:58 AM	#9
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	This guy has soul. I mean, most people would just sit around and feel like a heel, but he's sockin' it to 'em and definitely not loafing around. Hey man, if the shoe fits...

04-11-2002, 11:03 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	He is definitely a shoe-in for most patriotic foreigner. cough

04-11-2002, 11:11 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It won't solve the world's problems but maybe it's a good first step?

04-11-2002, 11:32 AM	#12
hairdog Simulated Simulacrum Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 39	That's one giant step for mankind. A truly awesome feat. Before we poke fun at him, just walk a mile in his shoes. Should take about 10 steps, I reckon.

04-11-2002, 06:18 PM	#14
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	nooooo tooo...many.........bad.....puns gasps for air __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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