Inspiration: The Most Horrifying Shoes You've Ever Seen

Posted by Scalzi about 1 year ago | Permalink | Comments (1)

Oooooh. This is prime ficlet material

Thirteen-year-old Katharine Tuck’s sneakers smell as bad as they look. Now, at least, the Utah seventh-grader can afford some new ones.

On Tuesday, she out-ranked six other children to win $2,500 in the 32nd annual National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest, stinking up the joint with a pair of well-worn 1½-year-old Nikes so noxious they had the judges wincing.

“I’m so proud of the little stinker,” said her mother, Paula Tuck.

I wish I had known about this contest when I was a kid. When I was thirteen, I had a pair of Vans knock-offs so rank the smell you sterilize your pets. I would have won in a walk. A very smelly walk.

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  1. StrugglingWriter's Buddy IconStrugglingWriter

    Posted about 1 year ago

    The funny thing is that this story got big play on CNN Headline News this morning. I found myself holding my breath when they showed the “winning sneakers” on the screen.