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    A man who ordered a special size 14.5 slipper to fit his oversized foot was sent a size 1,450 after the Chinese manufacturers failed to spot a decimal point in his order.



    Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China' - Telegraph
    Tom Boddingham, 27, has a size 13 right foot while his left is slightly bigger measuring a size 14 and a half.

    When he ordered his custom slipper, the manufacturers in China misread "size 14.5" and instead built a size 1,450 measuring 7ft long.

    Mr Boddingham, who has always worn custom made shoes, said he now plans to sell the giant slipper on eBay.

    He said: "It was sent directly from Hong Kong and measures 210 x 130 x 65cms - the same length as a grizzly bear or a family car.
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    #2
    Hmmm - the headline now reads "Monster slipper 'revealed as elaborate PR stunt'"

    since Mr Boddingham looks uncannily like the PR guy for Monster Slipper.
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      #3
      PR guy:


      Slipper guy:
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        #4
        Don't know why he's looking happy, he ordered a size 1,450, so it should have been about 9m long.

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            #6
            We have not had any thread domination for a while


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              #7
              Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
              Hmmm - the headline now reads "Monster slipper 'revealed as elaborate PR stunt'"

              since Mr Boddingham looks uncannily like the PR guy for Monster Slipper.
              The accurate headline would be "revealed as simple PR stunt that a child could've seen through"

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                #8
                Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
                The accurate headline would be "revealed as simple PR stunt that a child could've seen through"
                A child, yes.

                A Maily Telegraph churnalist, no.
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                  #9
                  I don't like how online news papers change their stories like that, its a bit too 1984.
                  The original story should have remained with a link to the revelation story.
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                    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
                    I don't like how online news papers change their stories like that, its a bit too 1984.
                    The original story should have remained with a link to the revelation story.
                    Ah, but if you did that then it might prove embarrassing to the publication.

                    Like when the Mail published the reaction and quotes from when Amanda Knox failed in the appeal
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