George Bush nearly pelted with shoes

[Wayne]

Yeah, the shoe thing is a high insult. Here in Michigan, the University of Michigan has been seriously considering putting in foot baths in restrooms for Muslim students. They feel the feet are the the filthy equivalent of the butt for Americans. Pretty much him throwing his shoes at the president would have been the equivalent of smashing your open ass into someone's face. And then clapping your butt cheeks together.

[AdamGB]

It's sort of like flipping off an animal in the zoo or something... like he even cares.

Feet though? SO the Arab equivalent of getting somebody to lick the shit out of your arsehole would be a foot massage?

Their loss

[CGM]

Yeah, the shoe thing is a high insult. Here in Michigan, the University of Michigan has been seriously considering putting in foot baths in restrooms for Muslim students. They feel the feet are the the filthy equivalent of the butt for Americans. Pretty much him throwing his shoes at the president would have been the equivalent of smashing your open ass into someone's face. And then clapping your butt cheeks together.

As I recall, one of the last things Jaber III Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait, said before Iraq invaded Kuwait was "Saddam Hussein can kiss my feet".