LA homeless benefit from knockoff seizures

**lewisipso** · 12-26-09, 06:49 PM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Thousands of people in Los Angeles area homeless shelters will get free [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]shoes[/COLOR][/COLOR] for Christmas, footwear confiscated from counterfeiters, police said.

LA homeless benefit from knockoff seizures - UPI.com

**Bob Loblaw** · 12-26-09, 08:06 PM

Ohhh....now THAT'S why that bum who showed me his wiener was wearing Air Gordons. It makes perfect sense now.....

**CTR man** · 12-26-09, 09:32 PM

Here I thought this was about Louisiana.

**TXCharlie** · 12-27-09, 12:01 AM

That's a pretty good use for them, but what's to prevent those people from reselling the stuff and thus putting it back on the street as brand names?

The only way to prevent that would be to destroy the tags and remove all the manufacturer's names and logos from all 10,000 pairs of shoes and their boxes - a monumental task, I would think, but with a bunch of volunteers it could be done.

**Bob Loblaw** · 12-27-09, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by TXCharlie

That's a pretty good use for them, but what's to prevent those people from reselling the stuff and thus putting it back on the street as brand names?

The only way to prevent that would be to destroy the tags and remove all the manufacturer's names and logos from all 10,000 pairs of shoes and their boxes - a monumental task, I would think, but with a bunch of volunteers it could be done.

And now, if I may, my impression of TXChuck if he won the lottery:

"Well, I guess there'd be a lot of taxes to pay. And you'd have to buy a new wallet. Geez..."

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

**TXCharlie** · 12-27-09, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by Bob Loblaw

And now, if I may, my impression of TXChuck if he won the lottery:

"Well, I guess there'd be a lot of taxes to pay. And you'd have to buy a new wallet. Geez..."

It will be hard, but I think I can work it out as long as it's over $4 million

**Jenna** · 12-27-09, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Bob Loblaw

And now, if I may, my impression of TXChuck if he won the lottery:

"Well, I guess there'd be a lot of taxes to pay. And you'd have to buy a new wallet. Geez..."

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

Originally Posted by TXCharlie

It will be hard, but I think I can work it out as long as it's over $4 million

What if it's $3.99 million?

**Buttercup** · 12-27-09, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Bob Loblaw

And now, if I may, my impression of TXChuck if he won the lottery:

"Well, I guess there'd be a lot of taxes to pay. And you'd have to buy a new wallet. Geez..."

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week. Try the veal.