[OT] N&O article: Re: [TriLUG] Mob results

[Jeremy Portzer]

Here's the somewhat skeptical take from the News & Observer:
http://newsobserver.com/news/triangle/story/2808166p-2595579c.html

Don't miss this zinger at the end:
"The fad's appearance at a suburban shopping mall in North Carolina's
high-tech headquarters might suggest that the oddball trend, which began
in May in New York City, has just about run its course."

--Jeremy

On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 19:14, Paul Jones wrote:
> This report just in from the Mob organizer (not me for sure, but i was 
> there and it was delightful):
> 
> Well, the first flash mob in North Carolina went off without a hitch.  At
> 3:35 PM on Saturday, August 23, about 80 mobbers suddenly appeared in the
> center of an outdoor section of a large, new mall in the area called
> Southpoint on a busy Saturday afternoon.  Half were wearing a light
> colored top, half a dark, and there was a shootout with hand guns (make a
> gun with your hand, and say "bang").  Everybody was killed pretty quickly
> (quicker than I had hoped, but it was still a wild shootout), and promptly
> laid down to die and moan in the middle of the mall.  After the corpses
> had started to stink in the sun (about a minute... it was hot out), the
> entire mob got up and promptly dissapated.  I'm happy to say that it went
> off without a hitch.  One of the flyer-hander-outer-guys came close to
> being thwarted by a security guard, but luckily, that didn't happen.  The
> crowd was apprpriately shocked and confused, and traffic in that part of
> the mall temporarily stopped due to the large shootout and subsequent
> death of the mob.  All of the participants seemed to grasp the concept.  
> There was no sign of the mob either before or after the event.  All in all
> it was a fun time.  STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT NORTH CAROLINA MOB COMING
> SOON!!!
> 
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