My Fellow Americans...
 

some guy threw a shoe at presidant bush!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28235031?GT1=43001

when i saw the video i was crackin up! the guy was all like "you killed my family you bastard! now you will pay!" and bush is all like "what size what that shoe?"! he was laughing and everything! i cant belive somebody didnt already make a thread on this.

I can't believe how much I hate you.

President Bush should've stolen that man's goat. Y'know... the one that fetches soup.

What impresses me are those reflexes. He dodged the SH*T out of that first shoe.

Uh...yeah...

That was the best dodge I've seen in a long time.

He must've leveled up or something, or that suit gave him +5 to speed.

Or he's got an Ogre Slaying Knife. It's got a +9 against ogres.

You aren't there!! You're getting drunk!!

What I find amusing is that throwing shoes is apperantly the BIGGEST insult in the Middle East and Bush is like "Meh...so?" :lol:

No, throwing the shoe isn't. As the internet woud say, "lrn2culture." The problem herein lies with the sole of the shoe, which is in the middle east a sign of utter disrespect (not insult). And it's easily explained. You see, you stand on the soles of you shoes all day long, which basically means that everything that is under your shoes is beneath you..

In the middle east as well as in parts of asia, it is considered very disrespectful to show a person the soles of you shoes since it is interpreted as "You are beneath me." And throwing the soles of your shoes at someone (normally with shoes attached) is just a one-up for that.

EDIT: As to this insult in real life, it starts with you sitting there with crossed legs ( having the ankle on your thigh) and you show the sole of your shoe to your neighbour who happens to be of arabic origin, he'll be insulted. Not to the point where he'll be damning my ancestors (a real life insult in arabic) but to the point where you'd get the odd look or so. Most people, however, do acknowledge the fact that we have different moral values and that the showing of the sole isn't an insult in our culture, so they will tell you that you should probably watch that a bit in the presence of arabs.

As for insults per se, the arabic language holds a lot of very beautiful insults among which are "Curse your mother's faith," "Damn your seventh grandfather," "A shoe is on your head!" and - here's a really awesome one - "I hope that 60000 dicks will dance on your mother's pussy." You see, arabic is a language that is really heavy on imagery.

As for what Bush should do now... Do not go "Shoe... meh" as he wouldn't just disrespect the shoethrower but also every arab speaker there is and follower of the culture. Maybe a "I'm sorry the guy feels so strongly about me, but America will stay her course and freedom will prevail."

Did Anarky just out-Raph's Girl Raph's Girl?

Sometimes I wonder how I'm going to get through the day without some random bit of useless information, but then either Raph's Girl or Anarky save the day for me, and I can go on living.

Thank you, both of you.

I think Thailand is one of the parts of Asia that also has this belief.

Speaking of cultural insults, apparently in some countries in Europe if you make the "rock on" (or Texas Longhorns) gesture, it means whoever you're directing it toward has a cheating spouse. :o

yeah i know! he was like the matrix. it was like he knew. and he was smiling! it looked like a movie. man, that will be the best youtube clip for like 10 weeks, lol.

I did, didn't I? I feel... dirty?

You can never know enough about swearing, man, since you never know when you might have to insult someone. I should write a book "Insulting 101 - Make everyone angry in no time."

Yup, that's true.

There's also a problem with that OK sign:

http://www.tedhoisington.com/Graphic...es/OK_Sign.jpg

as in some countries it might mean you're a c*nt.

Is it Australia where Clinton left a bad impression by flipping everyone off with the 'peace' sign? He was such an entertaining President. ^_^

Why the hell are you trying to hotlink 4chan? You're just ASKING for trouble.

Whoops, didn't realize. Haha, oh well. It was a gif of Bush dodging shoes matrix style.

I got to say, after all is said and done, Bush could have an amazing career as a stunt double for future Matrix movies.

But really, this is the most amusing video conserning a political figure I've seen since Fidel Castro fell on his face. I'd love to see a montage of comical mishaps to world leaders. You know, to show, that they are made out of flesh and blood like the rest of us, after all!

Former President Gerald Ford became known as a klutz because he tripped and fell down on camera!

Yes, and Bush 41 barfed on a head of state, what's your point? :P

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081217/...s_bush_bride_3

:lol:

LOL WHUT?

:shakes head:

wow. just... wow.

*plans to throw a shoe at one of Michelle Trachtenberg's father's enemies.*

WTF!? how did this gem slip by me for so long!!! :lol: