Sudden Mob Forms in Downtown Boise

They came from nowhere and then melted into the wind....

By Jill Kuraitis, 5-30-09

Something’s happening here, but what it is isn’t exactly clear.

It was the Boise Flash Mob Pillow Fight at Eighth and Bannock streets during the Saturday Capitol City Market. At the appointed time known only to participants, people suddenly gathered and had a five-minute pillow fight. At the sound of a horn, it stopped as suddenly as it started and everyone quietly dispersed and resumed their ordinary market activities at the end, and melted into the scene.

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Comments

By Jonathan Weber, 5-30-09

Jill, you gotta give us a hint...

By Bill Croke, 5-30-09

These are serious-minded Obama voters participating in a Civil Defense drill. Anti-terrorist procedures are very important and these training sessions keep everybody on their toes. According to CIA analysts, it's well known that Al Qaeda's biggest fear are those pillows, which they fear even more than waterboarding. Needless to say, their use is controversial, and Nancy Pelosi will not even use them on her sofa at home, in fact, in her entire life has never, never used pillows on the sofas at home. But proper use of the pillows are key, hence the training.Colonel Jill is in there somewhere in command, as can be surmised by the serious and orderly behavior of the participants. Thank God for the eternal vigilance of The Boise Civil Defense Pillow Patrol. These folks are unsung heroes. Maybe there's a good story here, and Jill could rack some more of those neat journalistic excellence awards.

By Kitty, 5-31-09

Are those people licensed to carry pillows? What is the composition of the pillows? Oh, dear, this is very serious; I see children in the pictures. Obviously, we need a pillow czar.

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By Mike Murphy, 5-31-09

The Few... The Proud... The Chaotic & Joyous!

By Jill Kuraitis, 5-31-09

See explanation added at the end of the photos....

By Tess, 6-01-09

It's called a flashmob. They're pretty cool actually. If you go to Youtube and search flash mobs there's some wild stuff people do out there. My favorite is the t-mobile, grand central flash mob. Search it. You'll be thankful.

By Mickey Garcia, 6-01-09

A staged pillow fight just to attract momentary attention? Well what the hell. It must have been fun and the silly caper obviously gave news hounds something to write about. It made all the papers and the internet. All the world's a stage as someone said ages ago.

By Bob Wire, 6-02-09

The dog seems dismayed.

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