Friday 28 June 2013

Here's To The Ridiculous

  Ever wonder why no matter where you go in the world you always see abandoned shoes strewn lifeless at the side of the curb? 
  It has always fascinated me; like who's shoes are they?  Do they know one is missing?  Are they distraught because they can't find it?  Was the pair of them perhaps their favorites and now they are searching everywhere to no avail for the missing match?
  What about that tied together pair dancing on air, draped over a power line? Could they not bear to be separated? Who would throw their shoes up there?  How did their owner get home after, and do they always carry an extra pair with them just in case shenanigans of this nature ensue?
  Strange and bizarre.
  For a while I chose to believe that they were worn out shoes that had just somehow fallen from the garbage truck; simple, no harm done.  But now I've elaborated my thoughts on this, because seriously, you can't go anywhere without noticing the shoes once you really start paying attention.
  
  The What If's
  
~maybe the shoe got lost while it was seeking out that far away place where all the lost socks go?  I mean socks and shoes have to have some sort of connection, right?

~maybe shoes, like the creatures from Toy Story, have an ultimate purpose, like a quest to find their originator, only come to life when no one is watching, which would be tricky as we are always wearing shoes.

~maybe the "Lost World" has a quota to fill and shoes are small enough and easy enough, like socks and keys, to go unnoticed and are transported easily by the "Lost World" fairies.

~maybe shoes can teleport, and as we walk miles in them daily, want desperately to see a different part of the world.

~or speaking of teleporting, perhaps, it really is a thing and those special people teleport with such power that their shoes are ripped from their bodies and left behind or transported somewhere different all together.

~I like to keep my favorite shoes in the box in which they were purchased (they're safe there).  I would actually like to build a shelf strictly for those beauties, because I Love Shoes, but here is something, (and I find teleporting much more realisitic in comparison to this one!)  Maybe people simply don't care about their shoes.......GASP!

  I warned you this was all ridiculous, and truly it is, but it makes you stop and wonder a minute doesn't it?
  Maybe you dismiss the shoes without a second thought or glance.  
  Maybe you, like me, try to picture their owner.
  Maybe you create a magical parallel universe where bizarre stuff happens.
  Maybe 
  Maybe
  Maybe
  Maybe
  Sometimes maybe is better than the reality!

  I like the ridiculous. I think everyone needs a bit for themselves! 
  It's as simple as that!

Happy Friday, folks!  
Cheers to the weekend and the end of another fantastic school year!!


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