Wednesday, August 18

Thou Doth Protest Too Oddly II

   1. "Angry NZ man sends over 80,000 SMSes"
      < http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0,4136,64259-1090598340,00.html >
   "A New Zealander sent over 80,000 text messages from his handphone last month
    - an average of 2,580 messages a day - in protest against a hike in short
    message service (SMS) rates"

   2. "Pyjama protest speeds up delivery"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_986793.html >
   "A man who had waited two months for a new bed reportedly got it delivered
    within hours when he went to the store in his pyjamas in protest"

   3. "Protesting bank customer votes with her hooves"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_869633.html >
   "A disgruntled customer protesting about interest rates rode her horse to
    the bank which uses the animal as its logo"

   4. "Topless protesters march in Pamplona to protest bullfighting in Spain"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/07/05/526155-ap.html >
   "Several hundred animal rights activists - some in their underwear, others
    topless - marched through Pamplona on Monday to condemn bullfighting on
    the eve of the Spanish city's wildly popular running of the bulls festival"

   5. "Chilean man's hotel protest"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1034423.html >
   "A Chilean man dangled himself from a balcony on the 20th floor of a Miami
    hotel to protest against local discrimination against tourists"

   6. "Protesters organize game of naked croquet"
      < http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/strange/08064_ap_sn_protest.html >
   "They were demonstrating against a recently passed anti-nudity ordinance"