in case anyone's wondering (or even reading this) the dark dangly things off the telegraph wires between the houses are shoes, thrown up there by the local scallies.
a victim is spotted and has "where'd you get them shoes from?" screeched down their ear before shortly being overwhelmed by a small group of youths (usually wearing trackies and shiney white trainers) who then remove said shoes, tie the laces together and fling them over the wires till they stay there. the sad little creatures find this highly amusing.

i once had the "where'd you get them shoes from?", luckily the three girls following me didn't attempt to remove my shoes (which were actually boots).

i really think some people shouldn't breed.

*(")