Wrong Chemical Makes Shoes 'Flatulent'

[Jamastiene]

Wrong Chemical Makes Shoes 'Flatulent'

Thu Feb 17, 4:36 PM ET

Strange News - AP

SANFORD, Fla. - There's no tiptoeing around the problem. Call it flatulent footwear. Customers complained that with every step, their shoes made the sound of someone passing gas.



"They were whoopie cushions for the feet," said Bryan Thomas, an officer with shoe maker Goosebumps Products Inc.

The Orlando-area company on Wednesday sued a supplier, accusing it of delivering the wrong chemical for an insole gel, giving the shoes an unwanted sound effect.

"It very nearly put us out of business," Thomas said.

read the rest here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&ncid=757&e=10&u=/ap/20050217/ap_on_fe_st/flatulent_footwear

Is it me, or will msm cover just about anything to keep from facing the truth about Idiot, the wonder boy?

[Dookus]

1. oh come on

it's obviously a funny story. It's not being presented in order to distract from Bush.

I get tired of the notion that unless a news article is negative about Bush, it's a sign that the "MSM" (ugh!) are covering for him.

[TheModernTerrorist]

2. I agree totally...

now, if this gets brought into the "frivolous lawsuit" arena, then you've got your argument :-)

[Jamastiene]

4. Ahem...

Can't you just play along? ;)

[Dookus]

9. lol

ok, now I get it. Sorry, it was late, and coincidentally, I had JUST had a discussion with an online friend about the very topic of people who see every news item as a rove-created distraction.

good job :)

[Jamastiene]

10. All is well

I thought it would be a funny thing to say, because it's obviously a funny story...:hug:

[PowerToThePeople]

3. Wrong food makes me flatulent

[charlie]

5. I had a shoe do that once

Started in the morning with odd little squerks and by lunch was ripping full-bodied blasts -- squeeeephbbbbBRUMP! Wasn't funny at all. Spent the day glowering at everyone I passed: "Yeah, it's me. I'm just bursting with flavor and aroma today."

[jmowreader]

6. Obviously a case of misdirected marketing

Every little boy's favorite sound is the fart sound. George Carlin said it must have been an important sound, because we found so many ways to make it.

I coulda turned this company into a member of the Fortune 500 by making these insoles (Goosebumps makes two things--gel insoles for shoes and massage balls) in children's shoe sizes, then marketing them via Saturday-morning cartoons. What male child in America wouldn't want shoes that fart?

[Crazy8s]

7. Post 'em on Ebay

and I bet they'll sell like hotcakes! Heck, sell 'em as clown shoes. Nothing funnier than a farting clown!

[BrainRants]

8. Market them as Republican footwear.."Full of...and sound like shit" n/t