This is the farewell kiss, you dog…This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!

—Muntadar al- Zeidi shouted in Arabic

All I can report is it is a size 10

—Bush, in response

Iraqis Protest Detention of Shoe-Tossing Journalist

Hitting someone with a shoe is considered the supreme insult in Iraq. It means that the target is even lower than the shoe, which is always on the ground and dirty. (NYT)