Flash Mobs -- get a life

No Mob meets at a grassy knoll without someone getting their brains splattered.

(xpost, but Horace's idea would also rule)

Again, hilarious.

Too much worry about coppyright infringement, and getting wired from caffeine.

Yup only they had stepping discs (a.k.a. teleporters).

Don't really understand all the hate here, I think this is wonderfully absurd.

i may be confusing with the demolished man here

they're good fun, much like Santarchy is.

Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 17:46:01 -0700 (PDT)
>From: The Mob Project
>Subject: MOB #1
>To: themobproject@yahoo.com
>
>You are invited to take part in MOB, the project that
>creates an inexplicable mob of people in New York City
>for ten minutes or less. Please forward this to other
>people you know who might like to join.
>
>FAQ
>
>Q. Why would I want to join an inexplicable mob?
>
>A. Tons of other people are doing it.
>
>INSTRUCTIONS - MOB #1
>Location: Claire's Accessories (Broadway between 8th
>and 9th Sts.)
>Start Time: Tuesday, June 3rd, 7:24 pm
>Duration: 7 minutes
>
>(1) At some point during the day on June 3rd,
>synchronize your watch to
>http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java/java.
>(If that site doesn't work for you, try
>http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5.) If you
>have a digital watch, or a cell phone with an alarm,
>please set it to beep at 7:31 pm.
>
>(2) The mob should form at precisely 7:24 and not
>beforehand. As such, we will need to divide evenly
>among the paths by which the site can be approached.
>Based on the month of your birth, please walk toward
>the site as follows:
> - January or July: up Broadway from the south
> - February or August: down Broadway from the north
> - March or September: 8th St. from the east (Astor
>Place)
> - April or October: 8th St. from the west (NYU)
> - May or November: 9th St. from the east
> - June or December: 9th St. from the west
>By 7:20 pm, please position yourself on the street or
>in a store one to two blocks away from the site. Begin
>walking toward the site at 7:22. NO ONE SHOULD ARRIVE
>AT THE SITE BEFORE 7:23.
>
>(3) At 7:24, you should arrive at Claire's Accessories
>and enter in an orderly fashion. Walk to the back of
>the store so others can enter. Look at merchandise. If
>the store is already full, or if you are turned away
>at the door, mass around the front of the store,
>facing its window. You will see people you know, but
>please keep chatter to a minimum.
>
>(4) If you are approached by a salesperson, say you
>are "just looking." If you are asked why you came, say
>that you "heard a mob was going to be here." If you
>are stuck outside, you can yell or chant, or not,
>depending on the vibe. (Possible chants: "[clap clap]
>Acc-ess [clap clap] o-ries"; or, simply, "Mob.")
>
>(5) At 7:31, when the alarms begin to beep, the mob
>should disperse. Walk away from the site as fast as
>possible, in as many directions as possible. NO ONE
>SHOULD REMAIN AT THE SITE AFTER 7:33.
>
>(6) Return to what you would otherwise have been
>doing. Await instructions for MOB #2.
>

"This is just the sort of thing that happens when you forbid New York to smoke."

<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/10/MNMVT8UM9.DTL";> people still talking about this and doing this as though it is important and meaningful</a>. i still think they should introduce violence.

I've always assumed flash mobs had more to with bad art projects and bored college students than anything *important*.

Mobs of flashers > flashers of mobs > flash mobs.

Mussolini would've put Flash Mobs to creative use, I bet

Man, before I even knew flash mobs were a phenomenon or whatever, I accidentally went into Target wearing a red t shirt and khaki shorts. I was sort of a shutin back then and didn't recognize this as the Target uniform til I was in there. I felt a little awkward, but on the way home, I had an idea: what if I got a whole bunch of people together and dresssed up in red and khaki and all went to Target - boy would that freak some people out! So I got home and told my roommate about it and she was all like "Why the HELL would you want to do that?"

http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/fox-orders-flash-mob-reality-special-with-howie-mandel/

Howie Mandel to host a Candid Camera-type show about Flash Mobs.

http://gothamist.com/2013/11/12/flash_orgasm_mob_takes_over_katzs_b.php

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https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/old-town/edinburgh-set-to-take-action-to-curb-silent-disco-craze-1-4834496

just run the fuckers over