Okay the tennis shoe story;
My crazy husband had these pair of shoes and on one of them the rubber sole had peeled off. He had put that shoe on without the sole and commented how comfortable it was. He wanted the other one like that too but couldn't get the sole off. He came up with the brillant idea that if he put the shoe in the microwave for a little bit it would loosen the glue and he could peel the sole off. I told him not to do it because it would stink but of course he didn't listen. It stunk so bad we had to just open up the whole house and leave for a few hours. My microwave stunk for days!