ADIDAS INVENTS A DISSOLVABLE SHOE

Adidas has invented a shoe made from biodegradable artificial spider silk that will melt away when you’re done with them. Once you’ve worn them out (the company recommends two years of use), you can immerse the shoes in water, add a digestion enzyme called proteinase, and let it work for 36 hours. It will cause the protein-based threads to break down, and you’ll be able to drain the liquefied shoes down the sink – everything except the foam sole, which will still require disposal.
* Fall apart shoes? K-mart has been selling those for years.
* It’s not as good as the taco salad where you can eat the bowl, but whatever.
* What if you’re at a concert and somebody barfs on your shoes, and then you spill beer on them. Are they going to make it home?
* Typical. Ten zillion tons of plastics out there and NOW they think about biodegradable.
* Too bad we didn’t do this before we trashed the Pacific Ocean.
* To break them down, just add a digestive enzyme called proteinase. You all have some of that around, right?
* How much you wanna bet a jug of proteinase costs more than the sneakers?
* Plus, you have 36 hours to kill while it works.
* And no using the sink while you’re waiting.
* See? This is why I don’t go running.