tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818789921138088490.post5319384047169541464..comments2023-07-06T10:17:47.221-04:00Comments on The Flatt Perspective: Suspended SneakersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658179241506959096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818789921138088490.post-68993034932382611422009-08-20T16:14:25.533-04:002009-08-20T16:14:25.533-04:00Good gawd! I learn something new every day. And he...Good gawd! I learn something new every day. And here I just thought it was some local quirk. Apparently I need to get out to see more movies too. Thanks for the info!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658179241506959096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818789921138088490.post-11718790474782985692009-08-20T09:01:06.263-04:002009-08-20T09:01:06.263-04:00I googled "hanging sneakers" and found t...I googled "hanging sneakers" and found the following site:<br />http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/factoids/a/sneakers.htm<br />Check out the "Straight Dope" link in that posting.<br /><br /> Have you ever seen the movie Wag the Dog? That was the first time I saw any sort of "reason" for the hanging sneakers, but obviously the concept goes back long before the movie. It's an interesting movie, especially in light of what happened to Bill Clinton shortly afterwards. And I found this piece of trivia about the movie: "The scene in which shoes laced together are hanging from telephone and electric wires was shot on East Capitol Street a few blocks behind the U.S. Capitol. The production crew left several pairs of shoes behind and they remained hanging on the wires for years."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com