By the book, a perfect fit (world's biggest shoe)

A hundred old ladies could live in this shoe. Built with 80 cowhides, 1,200 feet of rope and 300 pounds of adhesives, this supersize "638-D" beauty is the latest addition to Minnesota's oversize landmarks. Scraping the factory rafters, the creation of Red Wing Shoes was crowned the world's largest shoe by the Guinness Book of Records at a special measuring session Saturday at a Las Vegas trade show. Using ladders, cranes and special rigging equipment, 60 employees and retirees built the boot in Red Wing over 13 months and finished it in time to mark the company's 100th anniversary Feb. 15. Employees came up with the idea to mark the centennial with the world's largest boot and called Guinness to find out just what they had to beat -- a pair of Filipino shoes measuring 18 feet long, 7 feet wide and 6 feet tall.

100 years of Red Wing Shoe Co:

1905: Charles H. Beckman organizes the company in Red Wing. The first boot sells for $1.75. 1915: Production tops 200,000 pairs a year. World War I soldiers are issued the Red Wing No. 16. 1930-39: To save money on coal during the Depression, Red Wing workers burn scrap leather to heat the factory. 1940-49: Red Wing makes 239 sizes for the Army during World War and its aftermath. 1970-79: Red Wing expands into Canada, Mexico, South America and Europe. 1980-89: Production reaches 2 million pairs a year. Factory expands and adds night shift at two plants.

I feel like Senor Wences should be coming on any minute now. Out in our audience tonight, currently appearing on Broadway in "Pal Joey" how about a big hand for Betsy Palmer.

The bigger the shoe
"The larger the foot"

drew voight-4MEN Health staff
You’ve heard it before: The size of a man’s penis is directly related to his shoe size. Freakishly tall men, football players and even insecure journalism students with abnormally large feet have lived and died by this claim since they were 13-year-olds, touting their shoe size as an indication of their manliness.

Or perhaps you’ve heard a man’s penis is the same length as the distance between the bottom of his palm and the tip of his middle finger. Other rumors suggest the size of your nose can indicate penis size.

According to the article “Can Shoe Size Predict Penile Length” in a 2002 edition of the British Journal of Urology International, the association between penile length and shoe size has no scientific basis. Small-footed men rejoice! No longer must you buy tennis shoes three sizes too large, only to stuff a sock in the toe so the shoes will fit. You can walk with confidence knowing you don’t wear your penis size on your shoes

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