[turtle777]

Seriously, WTF ?



Is this a joke ? Could this be any more obvious ?

That dude was caught in Pakistan in an airport.
Inside of the shoe was a battery, but no explosives.



He's an engineer, and that's all he could come up with ?

Somehow, I feel much safer now.

-t

[Andy8]

A built-in foot warmer perhaps?

[Simon]

Shoe bombs don't kill people. Shoe bombers kill people.

I say let the market take care of it. If there's no demand the guy will stop making these shoes.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Is this a joke ?

No. It's a conscious effort by the authorities to get you to submit to more rectal examinations.

Or it's a new medical device out on a test run.

[The Final Dakar]

I keep imagining the shoe making the Mac boot sound when you hit the switch.

[subego]

The crime here is mixing leather, suede, and whitewall soles.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

No. It's a conscious effort by the authorities to get you to submit to more rectal examinations.

Maybe he's turned 50 and needs a checkup.

[CRASH HARDDRIVE]

Dr. Scholls Exploding Gel Insoles with the convenient on-off switch. A few year ago, I would have suspected this was one of Terror-U's dropouts, but now it's probably one of their top graduates.

[Doofy]

They're actually "massage shoes". Cheap third world massage shoes.

[andi*pandi]

I can no longer tell when you're joking. It sounds like you're joking.

Hmm.

[subego]

Air Passenger's Massage Shoes Mistaken For Bomb - World Watch - CBS News

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by subego 

Air Passenger's Massage Shoes Mistaken For Bomb - World Watch - CBS News

What kind of idiot would wear that kind of shoe at the airport ?

It's his own darn fault.

Now, don't get me started on the whole idea of message shoe. F*cking dumb.

-t

[The Final Dakar]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

the whole idea of message shoe.

[osiris]

OT but imagine if we never got past the rotary dialer? iPhones will little virtual rotaries... wait a pain.

[The Final Dakar]

There was at least one iPhone concept that was a PSed nano with a rotary.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

What kind of idiot would wear that kind of shoe at the airport ?

Shoes fail. But beard win!

[The Final Dakar]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Shoes fail. But beard win!

SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

(**** no caps)

[finboy]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

He's an engineer, and that's all he could come up with ?

Somehow, I feel much safer now.

-t

It was either a diversion or an attempt to test the limits/availability of screening. That's all. Or an attempt to make people think that the threat isn't real. Hey, it worked!

[subego]

Originally Posted by finboy 

It was either a diversion or an attempt to test the limits/availability of screening. That's all. Or an attempt to make people think that the threat isn't real. Hey, it worked!

[CRASH HARDDRIVE]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

They're actually "massage shoes". Cheap third world massage shoes.

Wait, so it's actually NOT an NSA plot to increase rectal exams?

I hope you didn't crank up the presses on a couple thousand newsletters before this was revealed.

[Shaddim]

I have to order a pair, just to try them out.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Shaddim 

I have to order a pair, just to try them out.

The company seems to have gone out of business in 2008.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine

I'm surprised

-t

[Simon]

So the market has decided.

[Big Mac]

I really like the O/I switch.

If the Muslim Shoebombers were smart, they'd find some Nike or Reebok Pump shoes from 1992-1995 era and use those as triggers instead. They'd be less conspicuous that way!