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July 2009 
IRAQ HAD SHOES ALL ALONG, CLAIMS VINDICATED BUSH
mimi
PRESIDENT Bush last night claimed his decision to invade Iraq had been vindicated after US troops uncovered an arsenal of shoes on the outskirts of Fallujah.
A White House spokesman immediately dismissed claims the US invasion had been based on Saddam Hussein's alleged stockpile of chemical and biological weapons, adding: "No we didn't, we said shoes.
"We did and if you heard weapons of mass destruction, that's your problem. You might want to try using a cotton bud."
The spokesman added: "We believe that many of these shoes would have been built in China with Russian laces, French-made heels and odour-absorbing insoles purchased through back channels via the west African state of Niger."
Prime minister Gordon Brown backed Mr Bush insisting many of Iraq's shoes were slip-ons that could activated in less than 45 minutes.
But France denied supplying Iraq with shoe components insisting its only exports to Saddam's regime had been a 1994 shipment of humanitarian espadrilles.
Meanwhile the Kremlin said most of Iraq's shoes had actually been bought from ex-US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld when he worked for Hush Puppies in the early 1980s.
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I just saw Nikita Krushchev’s shoe up for auction on EBAY the other day…what a coincidence.
OMG I laughed and laughed and am still ROFLOLing mentally! Mimi, this is really clever!
I will never forget seeing Khrushchev on black and white TV, banging his shoe on the podium. When I Googled, there were a lot of entries about whether he really banged his shoe or not. I remember him banging with his shoe. It seems incredible that there is not a film record of such an event. Maybe someone else can find it.
thanks all for stopping by. I didn’t know shoes could be so funny. I especially liked the “humanitarian espadrilles.” I am still ROTFLMAO too
Mimi, worthy of the Onion. There is NO SHOE, even though I would have sworn on a stack of Bibles, I had seen it too? Perhaps it’s mind control woo hoo.
Pair of Nikita Khrushchev’s shoes.
405 x 305 - 81k - jpg
www.brown.edu
:)can’t stop…………
oh mimi! LOL! this has got to be crossposted to the humor pod.
Glad you are all enjoying this one as much as I am.
Nicole, can you put a link here for the humor pod.
Don’t make me try to find it myself ;>(
Sorry mimi! :) I crossposted this (and other great ones from you and others!) to the Links section of the humor pod. Hugs!