I would like to thank all my readers a very Merry Christmas….enjoy the fun, family and food, I know I will. I will be taking a day of Zen, but never fear this opinonated SOB will be back on 26 Dec 08.
Thanks again for making this a very successful year for Info Ink.
A Turkish shoe firm says it has had to take on 100 extra staff to cope with a surge in orders after an Iraqi threw shoes at US President Bush.
Istanbul-based Baydan Shoes claims it made the shoes and says it now has tens of thousands of orders from around the world – including from the US and Iraq.
The shoe was called Model 271 but has been renamed Bush shoe, the firm said.
He said there had been a four-fold interest in the shoe – now dubbed Bush shoes or Bye Bye Bush shoes – and had to take on 100 extra workers to cope with the demand.
According to the shop’s owner, Ramazan Baydan, a US firm has ordered 18,000 pairs, a further 15,000 pairs are destined for Iraq and a British distributor has asked to be the firm’s European sales representative.
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.
The perfect Christmas gift—the shoe seen around the world.