DATE: Saturday, August 29th.
LOCATION: Congress Ave. bat bridge
Show up any time between 7:15- 7:50 p.m. (that's what time people start lining up to watch the bats). Sit on the NE side of the hill (near the underneath of the bridge). Sit on your pillow, as if you're simply there to watch the bats. MAKE NO MENTION OF A PILLOW FIGHT OR FLASH MOB AUSTIN.
At 8:00 on the dot, two kids will start hitting each other with pillows. Their older brothers will start arguing, then their families will start arguing. Then suddenly one parent will hit the other parent with a pillow. Agent Filkins (who will be wearing a bright pink shirt) will yell "OH MY GOSH! PILLOW FIIIIIGHT!" at the top of their lungs. As soon as you hear that, GO!
The fight will go on for four minutes. Some of you should pretend to be dead. A referee will declare a winner. A whistle will be blown. After that, sit down, as if NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.
If spectators ask you about the pillow fight, make sure you have an excuse ready (example: "Dude, I just came her to watch the bats, then some jerk hit me with a pillow. I was just defending myself.")
NOTES:
NO FEATHER PILLOWS. If you pillow leaks, clean it up. The city of San Fransisco recently banned all flash mobs after a park pillow fight caused $20,000 worth of damage to their water lines.
Instead of having a massive fight in the middle (like last year) let it escalate. It may be funnier to have little fights all over, but feel free to whack people from other groups.
PRETEND you are not there for the pillow fight. Pretend you are simply:
1. Standing up for one of the kids, or
2. Standing up for one of the parents, or
3. Defending yourself
Don't be late. As always, parking is a task. The fight is only four minutes, so if you miss it, we'll be sad.
MAKE NO MENTION OF FLASH MOB AUSTIN.
If you want to meet on the Dominican Joes patio for a pre and post meeting, the core leadership team will be there at both 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
THERE WILL BE AN AFTER PARTY (ages 18+) downtown. Location pending.
Oh, and look! Here's a link to our Facebook event page.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
2nd Annual Bat Bridge Pillow Fiiiiight!
Posted by Indiana Adams at 7:47 PM
Labels: pillow fight
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)

4 comments:
It Was Awesome! @keepaustinwierd
thanks for letting my family be the ones to get this thing started! great time as usual!
Bad location. There were a lot of people walking around aimlessly that had pillows but missed it because they thought it was on the NE side of the bridge.
Luckily we got the right location at Dominican Joe's. Pillow fighting for 4min is a workout, thanks for keeping us young!
Post a Comment