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From: mdubuque@yahoo.com (Matthew)
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Subject: Re: FLASH MOB IN NEW YORK CITY
Date: 9 Aug 2003 19:03:28 -0700
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Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3F34B0F2.F0FF0AA8@blueyonder.co.uk>...
> Matthew wrote:
> >
> > Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3F3424EF.12D81AE8@blueyonder.co.uk>...
> > > Matthew wrote:
> > > >
> > > > E-Mail Brings Together Flash Mob at NY Toy Store
> > > > Fri Aug 8,12:03 PM ET Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's become a case of mob rule in New York.
> > > >
> > > > Reuters Photo
> > > >
> > > > Reuters
> > > > Slideshow: Flash Mobs
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > A growing flash mob craze -- when crowds organized by e-mail turn up
> > > > in unexpected places -- brought a mob late on Thursday to the flagship
> > > > Times Square store of Toys "R" Us, where a giant dinosaur roars
> > > > menacingly at customers.
> > > >
> > > > The mob of some 300 people gazed at the dinosaur, as if transfixed,
> > > > then fell to the floor screaming and waving their hands in the air. As
> > > > store staff hurried to call security, the mob dispersed as quickly as
> > > > it gathered.
> > > >
> > > > The flash mob was the sixth in New York and the latest in a string
> > > > that has popped up around the globe. Organized by e-mail, recipients
> > > > are invited to arrive at a certain place, at a certain time, and
> > > > receive instructions for a particular mobbing event.
> > > >
> > > > On Thursday evening in London, Britain's first flash mob -- a crowd of
> > > > more than 200 people -- marched to a furniture store selling sofas
> > > > with instructions to make mobile phone calls in which they praised the
> > > > merchandise.
> > > >
> > > > The New York-based Mob Project started in June with a man named Bill
> > > > who sent an e-mail to some friends. Since then, it has spread across
> > > > the nation and to many cities in Europe.
> > > >
> > > > Europe's first flash mob hit Rome last month when a group gathered at
> > > > a bookshop and peppered staff with queries about nonexistent books.
> > > >
> > > > At Toys "R" Us in New York, Maria Peters, a tourist from Texas, said:
> > > > "They just picked me up off the street and gave me directions.
> > > >
> > > > "It was just like a big mind game," she said.
> > > >
> > > > Other New York sites that have been mobbed are Central Park, where the
> > > > crowd tweeted like birds and crowed like roosters, and a Hyatt Hotel,
> > > > where the mob burst into applause.
> > > >
> > > > Organizers like to remain anonymous but say the fun of the flash mob
> > > > is its absurdist, inexplicable nature. However the flash mob could
> > > > just be a flash in the pan, they say.
> > > >
> > > > A man who seemed suspiciously like an organizer and gave an obviously
> > > > false name said after the Toys "R" Us event: "Unfortunately all the
> > > > media coverage, it's going to just destroy the cachet sooner or later.
> > > >
> > > > "You can imagine that the next one or two ... people are not going
> > > > think its cool, it's not really a happening, it's a media event," he
> > > > said.
> > > >
> > > > Bunwell
> > >
> > > This kind of thing has been going on with entirely different tones over
> > > here. Football hooligans arrange 'meetings' with opposite numbers and
> > > have huge brawls.
> >
> > A sporting bunch, yes? Those Turkees!
> >
> > Hear the concern is that over thyme the groups could disrupt the reign
> > of the parade held by the Belligerent Emperor, without warning or
> > form, only to dematerialize rapidly into corporate hideouts.
> >
> > Bunwell
>
> It is catching on quickly. I have decided to become a 'flash
> entertainer' I will charge lots of money for people to see me at
> somewhere like Wembley Stadium and appear for a couple of seconds, chant
> something obscure then disappear.
In California soon whee will be having a flash governor, hoose back
round in entertainment terminating people is instantly a qualification
for leedership.
Bunwell
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