Shoes on the power lines at the Park?

[shady]

Are you aware of what that means???

[clumberdude]

Somebody going to have some cold toes this week?

[hokiekat]

I'm a dumb bunny when I haven't had enough sleep. What exactly does that mean?

[Knotthead]

It means some of our kids have the skill and ability to fling shoes like a bolero.

[shady]

According to Drug and Gang experts it can mean. #1 gang activity in the area. or #2 It is used to advertise drug sales activity in the area.

[xenophon]

It would seem that there is no definitive answer. The following link give a reasonable explanation. "Reasonable" being the operative word.

www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/sneakers.asp

[xenophon]

As long as I'm at it. Here's another one that reaches the same conclusions:

urbanlegends.about.com/cs/factoids/a/sneakers.htm

[xenophon]

I guess this one firms it up. An actual experiment was conducted.

urbanlegends.about.com/b/2004/03/08/sneakers-on-power-lines-and-now-for-the-science.htm

[xenophon]

Didn't mean to hi-jack the board, but it was interesting. Compared to where I used to live, I feel extremely safe here. Hope we get to do more research like this.

[freshfish]

I know nothing for UR gang crap...I do know that when VietNam era Marines were released from active duty, it was customarily for them to tie & toss their combat boots over the power lines closest to the base's main gate exit...Signifying Been There/done that, now"Going Home" In a Strange way it was comforting to see these images.

[Knotthead]

I think one of the articles up there mentions something to that effect. Tugboaters have rituals with their old work boots too.