# Floridian Shoe Fetish Blocks Traffic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689 "2009-01-03T08:24:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/1 "2009-01-03T08:24:51Z")
[Da hell?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202326.html) > [@](#): > > Thousands of work boots, bath slippers, tennis sneakers, beach sandals and even roller skates all inexplicably materialized Friday morning on the Palmetto Expressway, disrupting traffic for hours, the Florida Highway Patrol said. > > Lt. Pat Santangelo said he was not sure where the shoes came from. There were no signs of a crash, and no one claimed them. This is as weird of those stories about a shoe clad foot washing up in the PNW. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/2 "2009-01-03T09:03:10Z")
I just want to say the Google ads for this thread are hilariously appropriate. Heels By Crocs You By Crocs Where Fashion Meets Comfort. Shop The Latest Styles! DryJoy Golf Shoes Ever heard of Flextability? Check Out the new DryJoys from FootJoy. Foot Odor Treating skin problems on feet Same day appoinments available. (yes the misspelling is in the ad) ---
**Author:** ![longPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/3 "2009-01-03T11:50:45Z")
I just keep getting the ad for some product which is supposed to “Undo Circumcision Damage” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/4 "2009-01-03T12:00:33Z")
What a soleful story ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/5 "2009-01-03T13:12:59Z")
The foot in a shoe on the beach stories are better. I categorize this one with pranks like a tree or power line full of shoes. [Shoe Trees](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/shoetrees.html) Do you remember those threads on what to do for a million dollar prank we have on this board from time to time? ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/6 "2009-01-04T07:11:19Z")
Even if I wanted to do this as a prank, how could I collect that many shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/7 "2009-01-04T12:55:37Z")
The shoes were reportedly told to stop loafing around. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/8 "2009-01-04T13:22:56Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Even if I wanted to do this as a prank, how could I collect that many shoes? Those were all from one woman’s closet. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/9 "2009-01-07T22:25:16Z")
Still a mystery? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridian-shoe-fetish-blocks-traffic/479689/10 "2009-01-07T22:29:04Z")
Is this like that commercial where all your dreams come true as shoes rain down from heaven? > [@Autolycus](#): > > The shoes were reportedly told to stop loafing around. And to quit tonguing one another in public.