Archive for July, 2007
Shoefiti Variation: Shoeshoes
Junkyard Sports takes a look at the various forms of shoefiti but ends up siding with a variation called Shoeshoes:
Junkyard Sports Community - Shoe Tossing
As for me, I prefer the happier, less trodden shoe-tossing sport, known by the Fortunate Few as Shoeshoes.
Published by admin on July 24th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | 1 Comment »
Shoefiti in Sweden
Jonathello takes a look at shoes hanging from powerlines from a Swedish perspective on his blog, Fresh to Death.
Häng upp dem.
Published by admin on July 21st, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Tree Shoefiti in Lost?
Is there shoefiti in the show Lost? It sounds like it based on this thread from LOST-Theories.com:
LOST-Theories.com: The shoe in the tree in Pilot P1
I noticed after watching the episode “Greatest Hits”, that the shoe in the ocean after Charlie dives in is the same as the shoe in the tree when Jack wakes [...]
Published by admin on July 20th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings, Shoes in Trees | Comment now »
Shoefiti = Meth House in High Desert
Kristine lives in the high desert of California where shoes hanging correlates with nearby meth houses:
keisler: So true!!!
…you know that shoes hanging over a telephone wire means theres a meth house nearby.
Published by admin on July 19th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 2 Comments »
Shoefiti Strikes the South of France
An Irish blogger on exchange in the South of France put together a photo documentary of life in France and found shoes dangling on his walking tour.
Published by admin on July 18th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings | Comment now »
Shoefiti = Drug Dealing in New Mexico
A New Mexico resident weighed in on a “secret powerline codes” post on Museum of Hoaxes explaining her perspective from the Southwest:
Secret Powerline Codes (Comments)
I’ve been told by more than one police officer that sneakers hanging from power lines mean there is a drug dealer nearby. Not necessarily right where the sneakers are, but [...]
Published by admin on July 17th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti means drug dealer lives nearby
Bitful posts interesting, “what I’ve learned this week” posts with random looking into new insights, including this one on shoes hanging from a wire this past week:
bitful » Blog Archive » 7 things I did not know last week
Shoes hanging on a Wire is usually a sign that a dealer lives nearby, or that [...]
Published by admin on July 9th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti Caption Contest
TheSalems are running a caption contest regarding a photo of a pair of shoes hanging from a wire:
Came across these training shoes hanging from telephone wires..
“” Any Captions Anyone ? “”
They have 10 comments so far. Go join in the fun.
Published by admin on July 8th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
David W. Boles on NYC Shoefiti Meanings
David W. Boles explains shoes on wires in a post on his Urban Semiotic blog:
Shoes on a Wire « David W. Boles’ Urban Semiotic ™
“Shoes on a Wire” is a well-known street semiotic that drugs are nearby and available for purchase.
In New York City there is a special sort of whistling Dealers use to [...]
Published by admin on July 7th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 1 Comment »
Shoefiti Strikes Puyo, Ecuador
A friend of mine, on his way into the Amazon, captured this photo of shoefiti just outside Puyo, Ecuador.