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juldea ([personal profile] juldea) wrote2004-10-07 12:15 pm

shoes on the electric cable; zipcar

I keep noticing something on my walk to the bus stop in the morning, and thinking, "I should post about that in my Livejournal!"... but then I forget by the time I get to work. Today I remembered.

A couple blocks from my house, there is a phone/electric/whatever line with a pair of sneakers, tied together by laces, slung over it. Those who know what this means... know what it means. It amuses me.

Also, I signed up for Zipcar, considering that through work I get to waive every single fee except for a $25 signup and the car hourly/daily fees. I figure for $25 it's a useful backup to have, even if the cars seem prohibitively expensive for anything more than an hour trip ($8.50/hr generally).

[identity profile] eustacia42.livejournal.com 2004-10-07 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
Um.... (raises hand) ...what DOES it mean?

Cause I thought it was a "wag the dog" reference until someone told me people have been stringing their old shoes over telephone wires for ages before that movie ever came out. hmmmm.....

[identity profile] juldea.livejournal.com 2004-10-07 09:50 am (UTC)(link)
Wag the Dog (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120885/)

[identity profile] eustacia42.livejournal.com 2004-10-07 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, that movie from 1998...
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[personal profile] tpau 2004-10-07 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
what does it mean? i have always wondered...

[identity profile] alendres.livejournal.com 2004-10-07 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
I've never heard of this even happening; what DOES it mean? TELL US!

[identity profile] en-ki.livejournal.com 2004-10-07 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
What does (http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/sneakers.htm) it mean?
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[identity profile] alexx-kay.livejournal.com 2004-10-07 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
What it means? I always heard it meant "These sneakers are too old to wear any more", which doesn't seem *that* amusing. What do you think it means?

[identity profile] belladonna1015.livejournal.com 2004-10-07 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
From my understanding it means that that is where drugs are dealt. I was told that last night, b/c there is a pair of sneakers over the power lines behind the fine arts bldg that never ceases to amuse me. So then I was told that is what it means.