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By Chris in Paris Their deployment as a makeshift missile robbed President George Bush of his dignity and landed their owner in jail. But the world's most notorious pair of shoes have yielded an unexpected bonanza for a Turkish shoemaker.
Ramazan Baydan, owner of the Istanbul-based Baydan Shoe Company, has been swamped with orders from across the world, after insisting that his company produced the black leather shoes which the Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi threw at Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last Sunday.
Baydan has recruited an extra 100 staff to meet orders for 300,000 pairs of Model 271 - more than four times the shoe's normal annual sale - following an outpouring of support for Zaidi's act, which was intended as a protest, but led to his arrest by Iraqi security forces.
Orders have come mainly from the US and Britain, and from neighbouring Muslim countries, he said.
Around 120,000 pairs have been ordered from Iraq, while a US company has placed a request for 18,000. A British firm is understood to have offered to serve as European distributor for the shoes, which have been on the market since 1999 and sell at around £28 in Turkey. A sharp rise in orders has been recorded in Syria, Egypt and Iran, where the main shoemaker's federation has offered to provide Zaidi and his family with a lifetime's supply of shoes.
To meet the mood of the marketplace, Baydan is planning to rename the model "the Bush Shoe" or "Bye-Bye Bush". http://www.americablog.com/2008/12/shoe-thrower-creates-100-jobs.html |
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| | From: Lodi-_ | Sent: 12/23/2008 2:52 PM |
That man that threw his shoes had a pretty good shot at bush's face. It's too bad that he missed because bush had good reflexes, probably due to his cheerleader techniques that he learned. It's very bad that bush gave the tv audience the impression that he wouldn't do a thing to him, because all that man did was throw shoes at him and he missed, "So What". Now I wonder why that man was thrown into prison and both of his arms were broken and his ribs smashed. Now he has to write an apology letter to the dumbass that acts like he's the president. If I could afford them, I don't think I'd mind ordering some heavy duty combat boots from Turkey. Then I just might have something heavy enough to knock bush to the ground on January 20 of this year, when he leaves office. |
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| | From: Jan53 | Sent: 12/23/2008 9:33 PM |
LMAO @ the OP!!! Gotta love capitalism, no matter where it is! |
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Indeed Jan! ROFLMAO! Capitalism and free enterprise at its finest. I would like a pair myself. Only 300,000 pairs ordered? Word must not be out. It will be. There aren't enough cows in India to meet the demand once that happens. |
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