Haunted shoes
My missus and her mates were chatting about ghosts and stuff, while I was trying to watch the footie. So I told them about my cousin being haunted by a pair of shoes that she threw out before their time. I spun a great yarn about how she could hear them walking up the stairs in her house, but when she went out to look, there would be nothing there. The tall tale culminated in my cousin getting a priest to perform an exorcism and the priest telling her that these kinds of hauntings were quite common, since "shoes have souls".

I expoected to be rumbled at this point, but my missus just said "I may never throw out a pair of shoes again". Which could explain why we now have three cupboards dedicated to her collection.

Thanks to Grant and Naylor for the inspiration.
(ScousersPet, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:13, 4 replies)

HAHAHAHAHA
YES
(ratthingbazzterd, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 11:49, closed)

i was just about to pull you up
for stealing the "petersen's A.I shoes" joke, but then i read your last line.

i shall be getting a mr.flibble t-shirt for my birthday next month. red dwarf ftw!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 12:37, closed)

One of my all time favourite Dwarf gags.
And one I've used myself on many a gullible aquaintance.
(Uncle Comrade, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 14:24, closed)

You could also...
...bring up the story of Lister's stepfather that 'went to the same place as the goldfish'...
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 18:57, closed)