Asheville: Shoes on a wire

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   Jamunca April 28, 2009

   I grew up with shoes on a wire indicating a retirement from the armed services.

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   greenashevilleblogspot.com April 24, 2009

   "So it that where we go to get crack or hookers."

   I’m sure the Mumps knows the best places for both.

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   Kenn April 24, 2009

   Originally it meant that you lost your virginity (pre-40s, per my Grandfather many years ago) or, in some neighborhoods that you *could* lose your virginity here (aka here there be hookers). Later the military adopted it by throwing your Basic Training boots over your hometown wires (again, signifying a coming of age of sorts).

   Now,. apparently it’s been conscripted by neighborhood thugs to means quite a few different things, commonly "sex and/or drugs here"

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   Home Cheese April 23, 2009

   So it that where we go to get crack or hookers. LOL

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   artsy April 23, 2009

   Uh oh – Mr Mumpower will have a hissy fit over this one, since shoes on a wire are supposed to mean drug dealing in the area. At least that’s the (maybe urban) legend. But I like to think of it as Ashvegas Art.

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