Sunday, August 03, 2003

 
MOB #6.
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All are invited.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:32:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: The Mob Project
To: themobproject@yahoo.com
Subject: MOB #6

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.

Q. Can I wear a costume to the mob?

A. Please don't.

Q. If I am a reporter, can I write about the mob? I
am aware that many articles have already been written
about the mob, and yet I feel that the world needs
another.

A. Feel free to write about the mob. Press builds the
mob, and anything that builds the mob is pro-mob.

Q. Does the Mob Project take requests?

A. The Mob Project will take precisely one request.
Write an email describing your dream mob and send it,
under the subject heading "My Dream Mob," to
mydreammob@yahoo.com. Entries must be received by
August 15th. The winning entry will be used as the
basis for a future mob. (Note: New York City ideas
only.)

Q. The last mob didn't have enough spectators. I want
to be seen whilst I mob.

A. Alright, then.

INSTRUCTIONS - MOB #6
Start time: Thursday, August 7th, 7:18 pm

(1) At some point during the day on August 7th,
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.)

(2) By 7 PM, based on the month of your birth, please
situate yourselves in the bars below. Buy a drink and
act casual. NOTE: if you are attending the MOB with
friends, you may all meet in the same bar, so long as
at least one of you has the correct birth month for
that bar.
January, February, March: Hamburger Harry's, 145
W. 45th St. (just east of Broadway). Meet by the bar.
April, May, June: Connolly's Pub, 121 W. 45th St.
(between 6th Ave. & Broadway). Meet in the back, by
the window to the kitchen.
July, August, September: Charley O's, 218 W. 45
St. (just west of Broadway). Meet by the bar.
October, November, December: Howard Johnson's,
1551 Broadway (at 46th St.). Meet in the back to the
left, by the bar.

(3) Then or soon thereafter, a MOB representative will
appear in the bar and will pass around further
instructions.

(4) In particular, the instructions will specify when
to disperse. Make sure that two minutes after the
specified time, you are no longer at the mob site. The
instructions will also specify a short window of time
--two to three minutes--when we ask that you not take
photographs of the mob, or interview participants or
bystanders.

(5) After the mob, return to what you otherwise would
have been doing. Await instructions for MOB #7.

This is The Official Record. 8:31 PM
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