10/23/2002: New big shoe

Undertoad · 10-23-2002, 03:40 PM

Oh no! About a year ago IotD highlighted a gent who was a shoemaker, who had built the world's largest shoe as a tribute to 9/11. Now this - he's been ousted- a new group has built a larger piece of footwear. The townspeople of Marikina, in the Philippines, built the new record-setting shoe.

And what kinds of civic projects could you do for YOUR town?

That Guy · 10-23-2002, 03:47 PM

"Now where's my other shoe? I must've left it in Marikina."

perth · 10-23-2002, 03:50 PM

yeah, but if i remember right (and im real hazy on this) didnt the first guy make his shoe out of, you know... 'shoe material'? like leather, etc.? the giant shoe was an actual shoe which could actually be worn by an actual giant foot, should such a thing come to be.

this, on the other hand, seems to be a giant model of a shoe.

maybe its just me.

~james

Undertoad · 10-23-2002, 03:57 PM

Here's the other big shoes thread.

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1307

Beletseri · 10-23-2002, 05:13 PM

We had painted cows (or rather painted plastic cows) on street corners as a civic project. They wouldn't let PETA do a butchered painted cow though.

warch · 10-23-2002, 05:25 PM

...And now the small children of the village are being placed, one by one, as sacrificial offerings to the mighty wingtip.

Bitman · 10-23-2002, 09:04 PM

Make a giant cake in the shape of a giant shoe? Kill two records with one stone.

Griff · 10-24-2002, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beletseri
We had painted cows (or rather painted plastic cows) on street corners as a civic project. They wouldn't let PETA do a butchered painted cow though.

We're doing this thing with road killed white tails. See you leave them in the ditches and they give a visual /offactory performance...

Slight · 10-24-2002, 08:07 AM

Filipino workers tie the shoelace of a giant shoe, said to be the world's largest, in preparation for its unveiling in Marikina city, on October 21, 2002. Bomb blasts in the Philippines appear to have shooed off representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records who had been due in the country to size up the jumbo footwear. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)

Sperlock · 10-24-2002, 08:29 PM

Now we just need someone to Photoshop Ed Sullivan in there.

10-23-2002, 03:40 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/23/2002: New big shoe Oh no! About a year ago IotD highlighted a gent who was a shoemaker, who had built the world's largest shoe as a tribute to 9/11. Now this - he's been ousted- a new group has built a larger piece of footwear. The townspeople of Marikina, in the Philippines, built the new record-setting shoe. And what kinds of civic projects could you do for YOUR town?

10-24-2002, 08:07 AM	#9
Slight Semi-Evil Genius Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 195	Filipino workers tie the shoelace of a giant shoe, said to be the world's largest, in preparation for its unveiling in Marikina city, on October 21, 2002. Bomb blasts in the Philippines appear to have shooed off representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records who had been due in the country to size up the jumbo footwear. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters) Attached Images

10-24-2002, 08:29 PM	#10
Sperlock Elite Elitist Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 322	Now we just need someone to Photoshop Ed Sullivan in there. __________________ Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Anonymous http://informationthreshold.blogspot.com, http://spiritualthreshold.blogspot.com

10-23-2002, 03:47 PM	#2
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	"Now where's my other shoe? I must've left it in Marikina."

10-23-2002, 03:50 PM	#3
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	yeah, but if i remember right (and im real hazy on this) didnt the first guy make his shoe out of, you know... 'shoe material'? like leather, etc.? the giant shoe was an actual shoe which could actually be worn by an actual giant foot, should such a thing come to be. this, on the other hand, seems to be a giant model of a shoe. maybe its just me. ~james

10-23-2002, 03:57 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Here's the other big shoes thread. http://cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1307

10-23-2002, 05:13 PM	#5
Beletseri Yeah sez you Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 206	We had painted cows (or rather painted plastic cows) on street corners as a civic project. They wouldn't let PETA do a butchered painted cow though.

10-23-2002, 05:25 PM	#6
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	...And now the small children of the village are being placed, one by one, as sacrificial offerings to the mighty wingtip.

10-23-2002, 09:04 PM	#7
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	Make a giant cake in the shape of a giant shoe? Kill two records with one stone.

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