Kya aap par kisi ne Shoe Hurl kiya hai ?

Hurling a shoe now is a fashion and if you are hit by a shoe or have missed it by some whisker, then you are a touch above in the social ranks. After all there are very few in the company. George Bush, Chinese Prime Minister some Woo Foo Wang Twang, Iranian Prez Ahmadjinaad, PC and now Navin Jindal. The elite people who are now hit by the shoe would now put a tag in their CV :

Section Question : Are you ever hit by a shoe or missed the shoe by a whisker ?

Answer : Yes / No. If Yes <<Please provide the answer in not more than 20-25 words providing the background of the reason why the shoe was hurled in your opinion>>.

And then there could be this question:

Did you witness the shoe hurling process on anybody anywhere LIVE? If so provide following details:

Name of the person being hurled at:

Hit or miss :

Name of the person who hurled the shoe:

Would you like to see a repeat of this incident?

Hurling of shoe this days is a new way to express your anger or vent out your frustration. And surprisingly most of that is being done by journos. Sounds cryptic though to me. Iraqi scribe who initiated this glorious tradition was irked by cheeky smile of Bush in the farewell tour in December. The Delhi journo had his reason to get irked at the home minister on the sensitive issue of 84 carnage. PC was the least likely person to be thrown shoe at. He is one of the cool, composed and performing minister of this government. SO it’s a bit of a amusement. What if the PM was addressing the conference and Jarnail Singh hirled shoe at him?

So now if you go to a shop for shopping shoes, you would find a separate category for the shoes besides the existing ones. Shoes for hurling. Different sizes, different prices. Cheap ones for small time leaders or less offending people. Mid sized and mid priced ones for the ones who irk you a bit more and heavier ones to hurl them to people who almost get to your nerves.

Vig board like “ This is the category of shoes that can be hurled. End of the season sale.” And the season of peak would be elections or the appraisal times J.

Another thing to note is that the dignities who have been the targets of shoe hurlings have missed being hit. That is, the shoes never hit them. Today Jindal missed and PC did it too. So good reflexes even in late 40s. And we say that Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly have slowed down. LoL.

The Cong leaders should put the shoes in the MUSEUM. This is a high talking point of 2009 elections. May be it would start a trend. Wow. We cant be living in more interesting, curious and funny age than this one. Constant sources of fun and amusement just keep coming.