Shouldn't Leave Me Alone

My wife is leaving for a week to attend a conference in Whistler, Canada. This means that for a week I can have everything in the house exactly the way I want them. Simply put, this means the theme for the week is “Pants are Optional!”

Man Jailed for Throwing Shoe

I heard on the radio today that some guy in Iraq who was arrested for throwing a shoe at President Bush back in December got three years in prison. Apparently, in the Mideast, displaying the soles of your shoes to someone else is considered offensive, while throwing your shoes at someone else is extremely offensive.

Apparently, the Iraqi reporter could have gotten as much as fifteen years in prison for throwing his shoe. I suppose he only got three because he missed…with both shoes.

It cracks me up to hear about a society where hijacking planes and blowing up a building with a bomb strapped to your chest are taught as a higher calling, but throwing a shoe is offensive. Seriously? Throwing a shoe is worse than killing someone? “When you shot that guy, we were willing to overlook it. But you threw a shoe, and that, we cannot tolerate!”

It’s not all bad, though. The shoe company claiming to have made the shoes had to hire one hundred more people to be able to keep up with the demand for that particular model of shoe!