Man sent gigantic slipper by mistake

Posted on Sunday, 23 October, 2011 | Comment icon

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A man ordering slippers online was sent a size 1450 due to a mistake with the decimal point.

Tom Boddingham had ordered a size 14.5 slipper but was astonished when his gargantuan order arrived. "It was sent directly from Hong Kong and measures 210 x 130 x 65cm – the same length as a grizzly bear or a family car," he said. The huge slipper is in fact so large that he was able to sit inside it like a sleeping bag.

Sometimes when you buy a pair of shoes, one of them can feel snug while the other one does not quite fit. Tom Boddingham certainly knows the feeling.

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#12 Posted by AsatroGubbe on 23 October, 2011, 17:44

Fits like a sleeping bag eh? He might be on to something profitable.

#13 Posted by BaneSilvermoon on 23 October, 2011, 18:20

I would have thought this would be obvious. Companies do factor in cost of materials and production when making a product. It's not uncommon for larger sizes in clothing to cost a little more. Scaling something up like that would incur a significant increase in price and prevent such an "accident" from ever possibly occurring.

#14 Posted by greywolf on 23 October, 2011, 18:28

He could always wrap them up and give them to Bigfoot for christmas. cool story.

#15 Posted by Robert1 on 23 October, 2011, 23:40

Stunt or not, that is a really cool slipper. I would love to have one.

#16 Posted by jazzer1960 on 24 October, 2011, 9:20

Send it back.

#17 Posted by SomeguyUK on 24 October, 2011, 21:59

Surely something like that would be noticed before it was shipped? O_o

#18 Posted by Swadwa on 25 October, 2011, 14:15

Who can believe such a ridiculous story. Oh yeah, we're going to make that item and mail it to you at no extra cost. You all know the original story comes from a tabloid website. Just mark this one as not worthy of posting here!

#19 Posted by Muenzenhamster on 26 October, 2011, 6:00

False or not, it made me laugh and smile at the end of a really depressing, otherwise wasted day.

#20 Posted by xScorpinix on 28 October, 2011, 23:56

You could sleep in that thing, LOL! There once was a guy who lived in a slipper because they sent him the wrong size.

#21 Posted by thalassinus on 9 January, 2012, 1:56

pure crap. why would someone want a bigger slipper for a slightly larger foot when it has no back anyway?

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