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Old Nov 25, 2015 | 5:17 am
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Originally Posted by LondonElite
You took the words right out of my mouth, word for word.

I can't tell you how many times security people have told me that it was the shoes that set off the alarm. I inform them that my shoes don't have a metal shank, which they laugh off with 'you obviously don't know very much about shoes; they ALL have a metal shank!'
What can I say? Brother from another mother!
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