http://www.shoefiti.com/2005/10/23/the-meaning-of-shoes-on-power-lines-in-brooklyn/ Why are shoes hanging from power lines? Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:24:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.shoefiti.com/2005/10/23/the-meaning-of-shoes-on-power-lines-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Shoefiti » A Marine’s Personal Experience with Shoefiti Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:06:42 +0000 http://shoefiti.com/?p=55#comment-393 [...] A recent commenter named Robert explains his involvement with shoefiti in the 1980’s In the late 80’s, I was in the U.S. Marines. On your last day of serving 4 years of active service, guys would throw a pair of combat boots up in the air on power lines. I guess it was to say “I won’t be needing these f*cking things anymore”. Nobody ever said why we did it, we just did it. [...] [...] A recent commenter named Robert explains his involvement with shoefiti in the 1980’s In the late 80’s, I was in the U.S. Marines. On your last day of serving 4 years of active service, guys would throw a pair of combat boots up in the air on power lines. I guess it was to say “I won’t be needing these f*cking things anymore”. Nobody ever said why we did it, we just did it. [...]

]]> http://www.shoefiti.com/2005/10/23/the-meaning-of-shoes-on-power-lines-in-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Robert Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:47:39 +0000 http://shoefiti.com/?p=55#comment-385 In the late 80's, I was in the U.S. Marines. On your last day of serving 4 years of active service, guys would throw a pair of combat boots up in the air on power lines. I guess it was to say "I won't be needing these f*cking things anymore". Nobody ever said why we did it, we just did it. In the late 80′s, I was in the U.S. Marines. On your last day of serving 4 years of active service, guys would throw a pair of combat boots up in the air on power lines. I guess it was to say “I won’t be needing these f*cking things anymore”. Nobody ever said why we did it, we just did it.

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