courtesy of flickr user Nivad
Left wondering what to do with those old, deflated pillows?
Problem solved: At 2PM on the National Mall in front of the Smithsonian Castle or at 3PM in Dupont Circle, show up with a CONCEALED SOFT pillow – in a bag, backpack or something similar and act completely nonchalant. Wait for the crowd to gather and when you hear the signal it’s on!
Hooray! It’s International Pillow Fight Day, part of The Urban Playground Movement, whose goal is to organize free, fun, all age appropriate, non-commercial public events all over the world. DC’s pillow fights are being “organized” by DC Defenestrators.
Pillow fighting etiquette dictates:
-Soft pillows only! I don’t like to use a simple pillow, my favorite to play are Beckham Hotel Collection Pillows.
-Swing lightly, many people will be swinging at once.
-Do not swing at people without pillows or with cameras.
-Remove glasses beforehand!
-The event is free and appropriate for all ages.
-Wait until the signal to begin.
-The event is more fun with feathers. I logged onto the DC Defenestrators facebook page for the event and they’ve updated their last pillow fight rule: + *CHANGE* you are responsible for your own feathers! – California had a pillow fight that required $10,000 to clean up from the city. If you leak any feathers, you are responsible for cleaning them up. We want this to be fun for everyone, don’t be d**ks that make a mess and leave.
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No feathers! Apparently they cost money to clean up and could get the event in trouble.
Santarchy is one thing, this mess is quite another. Have your fun if you must: but do the world (and the sanitation folks) a favor and CLEAN UP after yourselves.
http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/03/18/who-cleans-up-city-fun/
I was just thinking, “Feathers? Someone’s got to clean that up!”
And then I was thinking, “Good lord, why don’t I turn RIGHT into my mother?”
I think there’s only so much cleaning up that really needs to happen. They’re feathers, after all – birds notoriously lack morticians, and tend to leave feathers out in the world when they croak.
The SanFran article describes it happening in a very built-up area. Maybe the smart thing to do is have these events where there’s a lot of open land, like on the mall rather than next to the fountain or close to the Smithsonian castle. Then the spilled feathers can disperse and degrade.
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Just posted some pics of the Pillow Fight i have HUNDREDS more but check them out message me if you want any of them http://www.flickr.com/photos/peasyboy/