# Remember all those tennis shoes with a foot found floating in waterways? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227 "2011-05-26T00:08:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/21 "2011-05-26T11:54:02Z")
You guys are really arching to get some of these foot puns in. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/22 "2011-05-26T12:41:05Z")
I say give 'em the boot! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/23 "2011-05-26T12:54:53Z")
Some scientists have been expecting water levels to come up a few feet. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/24 "2011-05-26T14:34:48Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Never heard about that. Although confirming the identity doesn’t really count as “solved” in my book (their words in the article). They still don’t seem to have any idea how the feet ended up there. I don’t get how foul play could not be suspected. Were these people just trying to get a new Internet meme going or something? > > ETA: also, what “natural processes” could separate a healthy young person’s foot/feet from their body? Clearly they must have died somehow, but the bodies were never found? The person’s car was found near a bridge, so I assume the police are thinking he jumped off the bridge (“no foul play”) and the shoes remained bouyant enough to float away once the sea life (“natural processes”) had disarticulated the body. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/25 "2011-05-26T15:09:31Z")
Nah, the detectives were just doing things by the book - toeing the line, as it were. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/26 "2011-05-26T15:22:37Z")
The weird part is that the victim used to be six feet tall, now he’s just 48 inches. That’s right. He lost two feet. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/27 "2011-05-26T15:45:52Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Nah, the detectives were just doing things by the book - toeing the line, as it were. Actually I heard there was just a sole detective working the case. After solving this case he should be a shoe-in for a promotion. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/28 "2011-05-26T15:52:46Z")
The cops need more boots on the ground to investigate this. And some gumshoes. They were caught flat-footed. They are not gonna walk this off. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/29 "2011-05-26T18:01:50Z")
The detectives haven’t been able to find the location of the bodies because they are always a foot off…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/30 "2011-05-26T19:44:23Z")
Well they certainly got off on the wrong foot investigating it. And they’re clearly not putting their best foot forward. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/31 "2011-05-26T19:47:21Z")
They’d better tread carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/32 "2011-05-26T20:11:06Z")
Otherwise they will find the shoe on the other foot. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/33 "2011-05-26T20:25:04Z")
I wonder if the victim had any archenemies? ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/34 "2011-05-26T22:17:31Z")
I’m waiting on the other shoe to drop. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/35 "2011-05-26T23:00:36Z")
Well, this thread is certainly off and running. It’s rare that these kinds of stories get this amount of traction around here. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/36 "2011-05-27T02:19:56Z")
No more puns! I’m putting my foot down! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/37 "2011-05-27T02:31:22Z")
Which jurisdiction foots the bill for the investigation? ---
**Author:** ![medicated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@medicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medicated)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/38 "2011-05-27T03:01:59Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The weird part is that the victim used to be six feet tall, now he’s just 48 inches. > > That’s right. He lost two feet. > mmm Thanks. I was drinking coffee when I read that, and it really hurt. Had to wipe some off my monitor. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/39 "2011-05-27T14:10:29Z")
> [@medicated](#): > > Thanks. I was drinking coffee when I read that, and it really hurt. Had to wipe some off my monitor. Don’t worry. I’m sure **mmm** will foot the bill for a new monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227/40 "2011-08-31T14:10:22Z")
[Another one](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44339796/ns/world_news-americas/#.Tl5AP0bgRFM), yesterday afternoon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-all-those-tennis-shoes-with-a-foot-found-floating-in-waterways/583227.md?page=3)