This looks familiar, but you have to be older than 30 to remember. Artist/prankster Joey Skaggs did this same thing more elaborately in 1984. It was called "Walk Right!". He and his vigilante followers had 66 rules for street etiquette. From his Web site at http://joeyskaggs.com/html/walk.html: "All shopping and laundry carts must have their wheels well oiled. Obese people must walk single file. Different types of lanes were to be established -- one way lanes, a passing lane, window shopping lanes, etc.. Pedestrians must choose one lane and stay in it. No changing directions except at designated areas. No stopping while walking except when in the shopping lane. No gesticulating while walking. No eating while walking. No short people with umbrellas unless held at minimum height of 5' 10"." CNN and WOR among others covered the story as if it was real. Too bad it wasn't.
On Hooray! "Tourists" Lane Proposed for NYC Sidewalks
This looks familiar, but you have to be older than 30 to remember. Artist/prankster Joey Skaggs did this same thing more elaborately in 1984. It was called "Walk Right!". He and his vigilante followers had 66 rules for street etiquette. From his Web site at http://joeyskaggs.com/html/walk.html: "All shopping and laundry carts must have their wheels well oiled. Obese people must walk single file. Different types of lanes were to be established -- one way lanes, a passing lane, window shopping lanes, etc.. Pedestrians must choose one lane and stay in it. No changing directions except at designated areas. No stopping while walking except when in the shopping lane. No gesticulating while walking. No eating while walking. No short people with umbrellas unless held at minimum height of 5' 10"." CNN and WOR among others covered the story as if it was real. Too bad it wasn't.