I seem to remember some time ago reading a thread that said tennis shoes hanging from power lines are supposed to be a signal of someone selling drugs in the area. Is this true?

If it is true, there is a pair hanging from lines at the corner of Elm and Highland right next to Forest Glen Elementary School. They have been there a while. It would seem to me that the Village would see something like this and get them taken down asap.

I don't know of any drug dealers there, per se, but I do know of a home brewer in that neighborhood. Maybe he put them up there as a signal that his Hilltopper Beer is for sale to the 5th graders....

Actually it just means that someone threw them up there. Its an urban legend.

Agreed. It means some poor parent is getting drained of another $50.

Maybe you need to see Big Fish again!

Cool Beans....I knew I could count on this Board for the straight dope...thanks.

Now if I could only get rid of that illegal distillery near my house...

Distillery? What?

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Originally posted by lupechennel:
Distillery? What?

It was a joke...I have a neighbor, also on this board, who brews his own beer...purely for private consumption. I will say, it is the finest home brew I have ever tasted and better than most commercial stuff. If you like that kind of thing, you should find him.

Oh, good! Thank God. I have no problem with those either!

Cheers!

I just read the snoops article.
My guess is that maybe a graduating 5th grader threw the shoes up, or maybe there was a sexual milestone in a neighbor's backyard!

By 2 4th graders?????

I know, can you believe it!

When the tree house is rockin' don't come knockin'!

Yigo....that's just wrong....on SOOO many levels.