2006-08-31 08:46:04 · 27 answers · asked by JANICE B 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I seen a pair of sneakers hanging from a power line the other day,and I wonder the same thing.
2006-09-08 04:36:23 · answer #1 · answered by lanie1713 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
An immature way to pick on people. Sometimes it's an initiation...after getting jumped into a gang, you gotta throw a certain number of shoes from opposing gangs families to be cool.
2006-09-08 08:53:13 · answer #2 · answered by vivaldis_apprentice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means someone's sneakers stunk so bad, that the sneakers had to be thrown up high and out of smell's reach to protect the neighborhood.
2006-08-31 08:51:04 · answer #3 · answered by x 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you usually see this in messed up neighborhoods, places that have a lot of gang activity, drugs and murders. i grew up in a place like this and i've hung shoes on power lines. not for fun or just to pass the time, but because one of my friends had passed away, their was a drive by shooting and he was caught in the cross fire. i tied his shoes together and flung them on a power line to keep his memory alive and to show that he once called this street his home. so whenever you see something like this make sure to respect your surroundings because your standing in a street they once walked through.
2016-03-17 05:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means some fool just got jacked for his sneakers by some gansgta supastar and he ain't gettin' them back without a ladder ya feel me!
2006-08-31 09:13:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's an old 50's custom. Kids will throw their old sneakers to see who would hang them on the wires. Those were the "fun times" before Internet, video games and cellphones.
2006-09-05 21:03:17 · answer #6 · answered by ginger13 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lesson Learn: It symbolizes NEVER TO BE WORN AGAIN;
In Hood: symbolize one made it out of the hood......
Gotcha'
It has been done in the Military to symbolize someone had finished their tour of duty and is exiting the military.
2006-08-31 09:29:13 · answer #7 · answered by midavasha 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it means anything, especially since you see it in all kinds of neighborhoods; not just "the hood". I think it's just something kids do when they get bored.
For more insight, check out this link to an urban legends web site:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/factoids/a/sneakers.htm
2006-09-07 15:05:42 · answer #8 · answered by beanish80 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that someone had nothing better to do so they got a kick out of seeing whether they could get their old smelly sneakers online.......lol,lol,lol,lol, all jokes aside I don't think there is any specific symbol for sneakers hanging from power/telephone lines..................
2006-09-07 17:18:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When some kid gets shot by some gang banging f-wad they toss their shoes on the p l's to let you know.
2006-08-31 09:10:11 · answer #10 · answered by Lotus Phoenix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋