JohnCenaFan28
12-23-2008, 06:36 PM
A Turkish shoe firm says it's had to take on 100 extra staff to cope with demand after an Iraqi threw shoes at President Bush.
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Istanbul-based Baydan Shoes claims it made the shoes which were thrown at the president, reports the BBC.
It now has tens of thousands of orders from around the world - including the US and Iraq - for the shoe which was called Model 271 but has now been renamed the Bye Bye Bush shoe.
Oner Bogatekin, Baydan Shoes' export representative, said the staff recognised their handiwork from the news reports.
"We saw it on videos and also in newspapers. We have been producing this shoe for 10 years, so know it very well and we can recognise them anywhere," he told the BBC.
Mr Bogatekin said the firm was pleased with the publicity it was getting, but insisted the shoes would not have done President Bush any serious harm.
"Actually, they are not heavy shoes so they wouldn't hurt him," he said.
Meanwhile, an online game giving people the chance to throw virtual shoes at President Bush has become a surprise hit - and made thousands for its creator on eBay.
Alex Tew, 24, from London, thought up Sock And Awe a week ago and within days 45 million shoes had been thrown by 4.5 million unique users. He sold it for £5,215 to web company Fubra.
-Nova
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/1464167.jpg
Istanbul-based Baydan Shoes claims it made the shoes which were thrown at the president, reports the BBC.
It now has tens of thousands of orders from around the world - including the US and Iraq - for the shoe which was called Model 271 but has now been renamed the Bye Bye Bush shoe.
Oner Bogatekin, Baydan Shoes' export representative, said the staff recognised their handiwork from the news reports.
"We saw it on videos and also in newspapers. We have been producing this shoe for 10 years, so know it very well and we can recognise them anywhere," he told the BBC.
Mr Bogatekin said the firm was pleased with the publicity it was getting, but insisted the shoes would not have done President Bush any serious harm.
"Actually, they are not heavy shoes so they wouldn't hurt him," he said.
Meanwhile, an online game giving people the chance to throw virtual shoes at President Bush has become a surprise hit - and made thousands for its creator on eBay.
Alex Tew, 24, from London, thought up Sock And Awe a week ago and within days 45 million shoes had been thrown by 4.5 million unique users. He sold it for £5,215 to web company Fubra.
-Nova