Say Something Nice

[demmiblue]

For our latest mission we constructed a custom wooden lectern with a megaphone holster and an attached sign that read, "Say Something Nice." The lectern was placed in public spaces around New York and then left alone. We wanted to see what would happen if New Yorkers were given the opportunity to amplify their voices to "say something nice." This project was produced by Improv Everywhere as part of the Guggenheim Museum exhibition stillspotting nyc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwEYYI-AGWs


Have a great day, DUers! :hi:

[Fumesucker]

1. "It's nice to be nice to the nice." -Major Frank Burns n/t

[Danmel]

23. My favorite quoute ever

:)

[safeinOhio]

2. It cost nothing to be nice.

[Electric Monk]

3. It is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast.

Around 350 BC, Greeks of Marseille founded a permanent settlement and called it Nikaia, after Nike, the goddess of victory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice

[whosinpower]

4. If I were in New York - I would recite.....

Love is but a song we sing
fears' the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
or make the angels cry

Though the dove is on the wing
and you may not know why

*Come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
and try to love one another right now

Some may come and some may go
He will surely pass
When the one that left us here
returns for us at last
We are but a moment's sunlight
fading in the grass

*Come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
try to love one another right now

Lyrics from the Youngbloods. I would recite it - as my singing is really quite atrocious - but I love the words.

[demmiblue]

21. What a wonderful message...

it would make me :) !

[MilesColtrane]

5. Nice pants.

[seabeyond]

6. that was nice. i like. nt

[HappyMe]

7. Okay.

I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend.

Palin has nice hair.

NYC really is a friendly, clean city.

[Chorophyll]

8. Didn't think I was gonna like this...

But I did. Those ladies at the end were the best! :)

[tblue]

9. "Fill it up and let it overflow."

So lovely!!!

[ThatsMyBarack]

13. "Just let your love flow like a mountain stream."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dft63gHqqKo

:hi:

[tawadi]

10. I heart New York

:D

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. I love NY. Happy Saturday, everyone!

:pals:

[Zywiec]

12. Thanks for sharing!

Have a great day too!

:hi:

[HappyMe]

14. kick

We need a little bit more 'nice' around here.

[demmiblue]

22. Yes, yes we do!

:hi:

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. I saw this on Rachel (or maybe it was Olbermann).

People were walking up and actually saying NICE things! Freaked my cynical ass right out, you betcha!

By the way, love what you've done with the place...:thumbsup:

[ZombieHorde]

16. How fun. Recommended. nt

[A-Schwarzenegger]

17. Good Job.

:*

[Kadie]

18. Wonderful!

K&R

[BoWanZi]

19. I didn't want to like this but I loved it.

I'm just too much of a realist and thought it would be stupid and patronizing but it ended up being totally the opposite. Watched it and was totally surprised at the results.

[rbnyc]

20. I love New York. (nt)

[azul]

24. Softness, warmth, compassion

Pygar (The angel): You're soft and warm. We're told earth beings are cold.
Barbarella: Well... not all of us.
-from the 1968 film

[Mosaic]

25. "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"

"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" is the French motto which came about around the time of the french revolution.

Liberty represents freedom, a word that has many meanings; firstly it can stand for being able to make ones own decisions freely and having the opportunity to be able to express ones own beliefs without fear (I could continue thus for a while but I'm sure you get the idea). To be physically and/or legally free is different, and involves being free from confinment servitude or forced labor.

Equality can stand for being equal in law and so to maintain a sameness of rules, status, rights, respect, oppotunities and privilidges, that must be applied to all.

Fraternity is a word associated with the idea of community, which is a body of people that share a common interest or purpose, such as a guild. It is also associated with brother/sisterhood and having/working/fitting/producing something together as a group. Also, a fraternity can be recognised as a group viewed as a forming a distinct segment of society.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_Liberty_Equality_and_Fraternity_mean#ixzz1Wzv4E7JL

[alfredo]

26. Open-faced roast beef sandwich, mashed potatoes and gravy.