Who Throws a Shoe? Honestly?

[Austin Powers infamous shoe scene]

Up until this point in my life, I've seen two shoes thrown.  One being that chubby Asian assassin in Austin Powers (see video clip above).  And two, when I pegged a guy, from my freshman-year dorm, right in the head with my sneaker, after being told I'd never be able to do it (one of my most proud moments as an undergrad...no video clip available, but it would be much cooler if there was one).  Today, myself and the rest of the world, got twice the hilarity when George W. Bush got not one, but two shoes thrown at him while conducting a press conference in Iraq.  President Bush was not hit by either of the size 10 shoes, apparently he majored in dodge ball at Yale because there's no way he was that agile without practice.  Especially when Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, wasn't even quick enough to dodge one. 

     [President Bush's soon to be infamous shoe scene]    

So to answer Austin Powers question, "Who throws a shoe?  Honestly?" 

 The answer is: more people than you think.