When the new Nike space-themed basketball shoes debuted last month, police had to quell the rowdy crowds of people who wanted to be the first to buy the $220 shoes. We've all heard the stories of people being assaulted for their shoes, stores being overrun, mothers abandoning their children while they wait in line, etc. I guess Essie's getting old, but I don't understand the fuss.
That being said, I'd bet a pair of those shoes that at least 50% of the people in that crowd to buy them are drawing food stamps, section 8, Medicaid, or some other government check. Anybody want to take that bet?
"New-shoe launch out of this world." The Dallas Morning News; February 25, 2012; p. 6A.
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