Huge Yes Men shenanigans on Monday in New York

Posted on | September 20, 2009 | No Comments

The uncanny Yes Men are up to something big on Monday. Five days ago, they sent out an email to their mailing list with a message saying that “If you live in New York, please visit http://newyorkbigevent.com/ to sign up for some GIANT, extremely FUN, potentially WORLD-FIXING shenanigans on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. (…) We can’t tell you much about what we’ll be doing, as the element of surprise here is crucial. But we can tell you that it’ll be huge and absurdly fun, and when a hundred world honchos meet the next morning to discuss climate change at the UN, you may have helped set the tone for progress.”

An additional mail-out followed this Friday: “Watch for that email SUNDAY afternoon, and a text message shortly (If you’re not in New York, but signed up to be part of our ‘digital fun squad,’ more instructions to come!)”.

Most recent communication was this tweet: “CALLING ALL TWEETERS: Be ready to re-tweet something scary, wacky, and cool on MONDAY!!!”

I’m ready.

UPDATE OCT 1, 2009:

I meant to post these way earlier, but haven’t been able to find the time. These are just selected reactions and coverage of the highly profiled and awesome ‘Survivaball’ Yes Men spectacle:

‘YES MEN HONCHO SPRUNG FROM CLINK‘ – Officiel Yes Men blog post (text).

‘THEY LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF BEACH BALLS‘ – CNN-news coverage (video).

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