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This week revellers prepare to see in the New Year at the Bourbon Street Pub Complex in Key West, Florida.
Thanks to all who entered. There are three winners this week. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
3. SkarloeyLine
Er, well, when I said I was on my uppers...
2. timtransport
Thanks to Shoe Finance, Imelda Marcos was able to consolidate all her shoes into one big shoe
1. John Ledbury
Then one day I said to the wife, "I fancy a change from bricklaying." And here I am
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Comment number 1.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe didn't look bad for her age
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Comment number 2.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Gurney Nutting wrote:OK, so why shouldn't the Borrowers have good taste in shoes?
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Comment number 3.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Raven Clare wrote:Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz regretted following the instructions on Alice's bottle
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:Sorry, Prince Charming, this isn't the one either
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Reeve Burgess wrote:Jackie was a bowler in the Borrowers' Cricket Team, as you can see from her over-developed right arm
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At 3rd Jan 2013, sarahtrieste wrote:And here is another way to give your New Year a good kick-start.....
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Pendragon wrote:Victoria Beckham files for divorce after David overestimates the size of her feet when buying her Christmas present
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Valerie Ganne wrote:As she was so short, Delia worked as Tom Cruise's stunt double
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Comment number 9.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Old lady who lives in a shoe decides to trade up after the kids are gone.
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Comment number 10.
At 3rd Jan 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Cinderella insists it's a fit.
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Steele Hawker wrote:The dress? Oh, I just knocked it up out of old Odor-eaters.
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Comment number 12.
At 3rd Jan 2013, penny-farthing wrote:Talk about baring your sole!
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Comment number 13.
At 3rd Jan 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:If the Choo fits...
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Comment number 14.
At 3rd Jan 2013, MorningGlories wrote:Too late, darling, I've finished off the champagne.
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Comment number 15.
At 3rd Jan 2013, SkarloeyLine wrote:Er, well, when I said I was on my uppers...
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Comment number 16.
At 3rd Jan 2013, GuitarKate wrote:"Happy New Year, the bottles astir.
Please may I let your First Foot in?"
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Comment number 17.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Martin Walter wrote:The big shoes? Oh, my husband's a policeman.
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Comment number 18.
At 3rd Jan 2013, SivAngel wrote:Her Majesty had been happy to skydive with James Bond, but drew the line at Rosa Klebb.
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Comment number 19.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:I know I said I wanted high heels, but this is ridiculous
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Wicked Witch manages partial slipper recovery.
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Comment number 21.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Lelystad wrote:After Her Majesty's skydive to greet the cheering crowds, Maria had some pretty big shoes to fill.
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Comment number 22.
At 3rd Jan 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Yes, and I'm waiting for the other one to drop...
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Comment number 23.
At 3rd Jan 2013, throbgusset wrote:Big is Shoe! Big is Shoe!
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Comment number 24.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Lin Vegas wrote:"... and you say Tom Cruise wants my number?"
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Comment number 25.
At 3rd Jan 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Heart and sole
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Comment number 26.
At 3rd Jan 2013, sarahtrieste wrote:Who's ready for the baring of the inner-sole?
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Comment number 27.
At 3rd Jan 2013, will_I_never wrote:Key West Foot rivals London Eye
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Comment number 28.
At 3rd Jan 2013, MorningGlories wrote:And no one will notice the handbag.
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Comment number 29.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Dame Edna decides to pop by on holiday.
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Comment number 30.
At 3rd Jan 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:No need to walk a mile for one of my smiles.
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Comment number 31.
At 3rd Jan 2013, will_I_never wrote:...and in the shoe - The Odor Eater!
...sorry, that's Theodora Etter
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Comment number 32.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Valerie Ganne wrote:Alton Towers introduces its new Jimmy Choo white-knuckle ride
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Comment number 33.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Raven Clare wrote:And let's have a big hand for the little lady!
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Comment number 34.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Mad hatter wrote:Actually, I was hoping to wake up as a butterfly.
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Comment number 35.
At 3rd Jan 2013, throbgusset wrote:I appear to have broken down ...could someone give me a toe?
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Comment number 36.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:Christian Louboutin introduces the Wellington boot for very hot countries
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Comment number 37.
At 3rd Jan 2013, AdvocateOfTheDevil wrote:Shoe-bert remained as popular as ever with revellers in Key West
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Comment number 38.
At 3rd Jan 2013, rogueslr wrote:I really must get some new glasses or a clearer font, I couldn't believe you really did mean clogging.
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Comment number 39.
At 3rd Jan 2013, CindyAccidentally wrote:Cristina Kirchner unveils plans for a suitably glamorous re-invasion of the Falklands.
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Comment number 40.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Fi wrote:In her usual understated style, Imelda Marcos marks the release of her memoirs...
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Comment number 41.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Fi wrote:Wait until you see the ugly sister who fits this shoe!
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Comment number 42.
At 3rd Jan 2013, AdvocateOfTheDevil wrote:There was a real problem with pigeons in the rafters. the management of the complex went to great lengths to shoo them away
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Comment number 43.
At 3rd Jan 2013, penny-farthing wrote:Myra really couldn't complain about the gig........she had been asked to fill someone's shoes at short notice.
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Comment number 44.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Vic_in_Berlin wrote:It would wipe the smile off your face if you had to walk in my shoes.
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Comment number 45.
At 3rd Jan 2013, AdvocateOfTheDevil wrote:This is what happens at Bourbon Street when you can't foot the bill ....
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Comment number 46.
At 3rd Jan 2013, AKA wrote:But Mr Sakamoto told me to book a gay shoe girl for his party...
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Comment number 47.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Gurney Nutting wrote:Critics were not impressed with the late Gerry Anderson's "hidden string" version of the hoverboards from "Back to the Future"
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Comment number 48.
At 3rd Jan 2013, penny-farthing wrote:CAUTION: This style of footwear NOT recommended for walking the Fiscal Cliff.
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Comment number 49.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Pendragon wrote:Victoria Beckham plans to make a spectacular return to Britain in an airship
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Comment number 50.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:Grayson Perry agrees to star in this year's pantomime, Cinderella
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Comment number 51.
At 3rd Jan 2013, AdvocateOfTheDevil wrote:Including a drag act in the cabaret for the evening was a shoe-in
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Comment number 52.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Reeve Burgess wrote:Wow! This is the latest ride at Alton Toe-rs.
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Comment number 53.
At 3rd Jan 2013, SkarloeyLine wrote:Don't land in Downing Street - we'll have another Plebgait.
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Comment number 54.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Steele Hawker wrote:Only the Americans could name a street after a biscuit!
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Comment number 55.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Bellhouse Hartwell wrote:After her success with James Bond at the Olympics, Her Majesty insists on making a similarly grand entrance at the State Opening of Parliament
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Comment number 56.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Gurney Nutting wrote:And photographs of your white-knuckle ride are available at the kiosk on your way out
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Comment number 57.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Raven Clare wrote:Belinda hated these white-toe rides
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Comment number 58.
At 3rd Jan 2013, grazvalentine wrote:You can always spot a man in drag by his big hands and bigger feet.
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Comment number 59.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:The next time Alice found a bottle marked "Drink me," she'd read the label a bit more carefully
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Comment number 60.
At 3rd Jan 2013, John_Sevenoaks wrote:Size Zero model struggles to find clothes that fit.
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Frankonline wrote:Consuela suddenly realised as she sat down, where the fireworks had been concealed.
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Comment number 62.
At 3rd Jan 2013, AdvocateOfTheDevil wrote:The plans for new seating with an uninterrupted view had all gone pair shaped
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Comment number 63.
At 3rd Jan 2013, throbgusset wrote:SqueezyJet introduce new class of air traveller ...the foot passenger
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Comment number 64.
At 3rd Jan 2013, scriveyn wrote:Rosalia entirely misinterpreted the order to appear in court.
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Comment number 65.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:Madame Zaza had misunderstood the directions to take a number 6 to Bourbon Street
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Comment number 66.
At 3rd Jan 2013, penny-farthing wrote:After the usual rigamarole Jean was finally admitted to The Foot Clinic.
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Comment number 67.
At 3rd Jan 2013, PeeJayEll wrote:I tell you, I fit the shoe. I am Cinderella!
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Comment number 68.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Gurney Nutting wrote:After the sex change operation, Long John Silver had had his hook replaced by a nice green feather duster
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Comment number 69.
At 3rd Jan 2013, will_I_never wrote:...and then someone started shoe-thing
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Comment number 70.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Jason wrote:You know what they say about big hands...
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Comment number 71.
At 3rd Jan 2013, scriveyn wrote:As of 1st January shoe boxes of high heels above 4 inches are required by law to display graphic images of acrophobia.
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Comment number 72.
At 3rd Jan 2013, PeeJayEll wrote:The midwife tells me my pelvis is big enough to give birth to a baby elephant
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Comment number 73.
At 3rd Jan 2013, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"I think you're looking for my uglier sister."
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Comment number 74.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:I said we should hold a hoedown, not a shoedown
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Comment number 75.
At 3rd Jan 2013, BeckySnow wrote:These days the Green Giant's corn needs plasters, not butter and pepper.
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Comment number 76.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:The Royal Mail unveils its latest range of stamps
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Comment number 77.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Neanderthal_Nick wrote:Orville: "I wish I could fly way up to the sky but I can’t".
Crowd: "Your shoes are too heavy"
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Comment number 78.
At 3rd Jan 2013, BeckySnow wrote:Shoe bombers show their camp side.
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Comment number 79.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Gurney Nutting wrote:As usual, Julia made an air sole of herself
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Comment number 80.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Gurney Nutting wrote:Gerry Anderson's remake of Fireball XL5 was made on a shoe-string budget
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Comment number 81.
At 3rd Jan 2013, MorningGlories wrote:Pump up the volume
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Comment number 82.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Musician, heel thyself
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At 3rd Jan 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Yes, Carmen, we have no bananas today.
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At 3rd Jan 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Shoe fly-by
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Comment number 85.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Gurney Nutting wrote:Aled Jones duets with Nancy Sinatra on their latest "These Boots Were Made for Walking in the Air"
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Comment number 86.
At 3rd Jan 2013, MorningGlories wrote:Take that, Manolo Blahnik.
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Waldo wrote:Disney showing off their new section of Magic Kingdom - Ozland.
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Comment number 88.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Hobbitmorley wrote:I feel a right heel in this outfit
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Comment number 89.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Candace9839 wrote:No, Mr Bond, I expect you to sigh.
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At 3rd Jan 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Key lime pye
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Comment number 91.
At 3rd Jan 2013, TexasMona wrote:She is a shoe for the decorations chair.
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Comment number 92.
At 3rd Jan 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Nice try, Gulliver.
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Comment number 93.
At 3rd Jan 2013, abz wrote:"There's no business like shoe business"
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Filboid wrote:Wheeee!!! I can see my house from here!
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Comment number 95.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Nick Fowler wrote:I should be abseiling for charity? I could have sworn you said ab-soling.
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Comment number 96.
At 3rd Jan 2013, Hobbitmorley wrote:Visit Shoeburyness campaign takes off
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Hobbitmorley wrote:Mermaid on a shoestring? It'll never fly...
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At 3rd Jan 2013, Candace9839 wrote:Shoe me the way to go home, darlings.
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At 3rd Jan 2013, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:We're definitely not in Kansas anymore.
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At 3rd Jan 2013, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Hands up all those whose Prince has come.
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