Posted October 2, 200618 yr I always wondered why people did that. And how they get them up there. In the country ive never seen it. Yet its all over brooklyn bronx and manhatten.
October 2, 200618 yr They steal some kids shoes some how tie them together and throw them up once the catch onto the wire they should wrap around from the force by wich they were throw leaving the kid without shoes eh?
October 2, 200618 yr It's for tons of reasons. Common in the inner cities, it was once a sign that someone was killed, and around there or lived by there, and the shoes were the victims. I've seen it done as a sign of respect for the dead some places in Los Angeles as a vigil type thing. I'm fairly positive that's where it originated, although it could be for any number of reasons nowadays.
October 2, 200618 yr they do it in my area for three reasons: in the east LA area its to remember / praise a dead nigg.er in west LA/venice/santa monica its usually for drug deals around high schools at the end of the year (when they throw away shoes from PE)
October 2, 200618 yr locally (upstate new york) down a hill in a scumbag area you see them every few blocks and according to the daughter of a local police officer it's what crack dealers used to use to say "here i am" to people they dealt to. now, it's usually just kids fucking with other kid's shoes.
October 2, 200618 yr basically what everyone else said. it's around some of the areas where i live, and some are just kids throwing old shoes up, and some it's for where a drug dealer is.
October 2, 200618 yr im sure glad i live in a bum fuck state with a black population of about 10. i know i would hate it if my nice shoes were on some power line or some shit!
October 2, 200618 yr sideways;388265']they do it in my area for three reasons: in the east LA area its to remember / praise a dead nigg.er in west LA/venice/santa monica its usually for drug deals around high schools at the end of the year (when they throw away shoes from PE) LOL YOUR SO MEXICAN
October 2, 200618 yr pr4wn;388354']LOL YOUR SO MEXICAN zomg how many times do i have to fucking tell u im white&persian reeehh i still <3 u
October 2, 200618 yr its to label drug spots instead of streat names for example it wold be meet me at the reeboks or nikes
October 2, 200618 yr I work for an eletricicity distribution company as an eletrical fitter mechanic and we are constantly pulling shoes off power lines from the povo areas on the coast, areas full of ethnics. Doesnt really worry me though, easy as getting into and ewp and getting them off. I dont see why some people find it so facinating. :confused:
October 2, 200618 yr You beat up some guy. Take his shoes. Throw them up to a power line. He wakes up, no shoes. Completely raged. All of you should understand this.
October 2, 200618 yr Author But sometimes I see some really good shoes. Like if I was a dirt poor I would go up there and get them.
October 2, 200618 yr high school kids do it here all the time definitely not significant of any gangs or drug deals in my city. i think it's just another example of canadians trying to be 'cool american gangsters' (gang graffitti, gunit, exco)
October 2, 200618 yr I always wondered why people did that. And how they get them up there. In the country ive never seen it. Yet its all over brooklyn bronx and manhatten. well when you get beaten up over something you did wrong if its like a final insult dat you have to walk home in your socks.
October 4, 200618 yr It's a sign, telling you that you're in a n!gger area. wrong chris rock says niggas are trying to learn how to fly
October 5, 200618 yr very annoying, i live in little italy of toronto and these shoes are on pratically every streets phone wires. Dont know about where you guys live but here its either -kids being dumb and wasting shoes -marking gang/drug dealer territory of entire streets/blocks (like graffiti)
October 5, 200618 yr Its all over here in the south It comes from a old kid game,you know the game of take the ***s shoes at the bus stop and tie them together and throw over the line.
October 5, 200618 yr round here if your shoes get thrown on the telephone wire its mainly for humiliation if you get beat in a fight
