Pillow Fight in San Francisco!

posted by Scott Beale on Friday, February 3rd, 2006

This just in from an anonymous source…making its way back around to the US, a massive Pillow Fight is being planned for 6pm on Valentine’s Day (February 14th) at San Francisco’s Justin Herman Plaza (at Market and Embarcadero). Here’s more on the history of Pillow Fight Club.

It’s not a flash mob, it’s a

PILLOW FIGHT!!!

Rules:

1) Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
2) Wait for the Ferry Building clock to strike 6:00pm
3) Don’t hit anyone with out a pillow (unless they want it)
4) Don’t hit anyone with a camera
5) HAVE FUN!!!

(Rain plan: put your pillow in a plastic bag, see Rules 1 - 5)

Links:

Wikipedia
London
Madrid
Tel Aviv
Toronto

UPDATE: The San Francisco Pillow Fight 2006 was a huge success! Photos are now online.

photo credit: Sam Javanrouh (from last November’s Toronto Pillow Fight)

- Pillow Fight Returns to San Francisco

- Portland Pillow Fight

- 3rd Annual Pillow Fight in San Francisco on Valentine’s Day

- Pillow Fight! New York

- Melbourne Pillow Fight

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Ted Rheingold 02/03/2006 02:48 PM 1 point
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Brilliant!

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David F 02/04/2006 09:26 AM 1 point
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How do you start a Pillow Fight Club in your own city? Rochester, NY desperately, desperately needs this.

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Dean Paxton 02/04/2006 12:57 PM 1 point
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Sorry to burst the pillowlicios bubble, but there's already been one in the US. Right here in Flint... there weren't even any knives or cops either.

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http://www.paxtonland.com

Demon 02/04/2006 01:13 PM 1 point
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http://boingboing.net/

We need a pillow fight in Los Angeles!

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CrackMonkey 02/04/2006 01:49 PM 1 point
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Alas, I do not have a pillow: just this pillowcase full of grapefruit and bars of soap!

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http://crackmonkey.org

Lauren 02/04/2006 06:24 PM 1 point
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Please bring only pillows filled with plant materials (like cotton, hemp), not animal byproducts (like down) or synethetics which will wash into the Bay and harm marine life, thank you.

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The Instigator 02/05/2006 06:31 PM 1 point
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How to host a Pillow Fight:

1) Live in a city w/ enough of a freak-friendly demographic for the thing to fly, and hopefully self-propagate, as this one has.

2) Pick a suitable venue; you want an open space in a central location to make it convenient for a large number of people to get to.

3) Write the rules (starting time/signal is the only unique element to this), and collect some links and images from other pillow fights so people will know *what* in addition to where and when.

4) Apply the first rule of Pillow Fight.

Which is to say, all it really takes is a few web posts. If you hustle, you might still be able to get the word out for V-Day in your town.

p1ll0wf1ght AT hotmail DOT com

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Anonymous Coward 02/07/2006 03:54 PM 1 point
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I hope some young ladies show up in lingerie. It isn't a pillow fight unless at least some of the participants are in bras and undies.

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gangsta 02/08/2006 05:19 AM 1 point
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It'd be neat to do a drive by pillowing...

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Dr. Durbann H. Poison 02/09/2006 01:48 AM 1 point
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Pillow fighting has reach the shores of the Pacific! EVERYONE must be there. Call in well, eat your homework, blame nothing on the dog and have a pillow fight, OUTDOORS too. My only reason for comming to SF on V-Day is for this pillow fight.

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correveidile 02/09/2006 07:33 PM 1 point
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ouh!! Itâ€™s a so wonderful idea than we fight too the same date!!;)

thanks for your post (beautiful blog)

see: here and here

much love and moBs

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http://www.madridmobs.net

SFSlim 02/10/2006 04:38 PM 1 point
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For your promotional pleasure:

A new SF Pillow Fight Club flyer.

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http://www.fluxdesign.com

SFSlim 02/10/2006 04:40 PM 1 point
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And a cut-and-pasteable link to the same image on imageshack:

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7871/sfpillo...

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sjpillow 02/12/2006 10:09 PM 1 point
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whoever made the comment about filling a pillowcase with bars of soap is an asshole.

there was actually a little-known pillowfight in san jose the other month. not many people are aware of this.

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http://sjpillow.blogspot.com/

Mike 02/15/2006 02:43 AM 1 point
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Are there any women interested in a flash mob oral sex event?
We are 7 HUNG smart creative educated nice guys. I am the organizer and I can even quote Camus. For instance...

"life is the sum of your choices" -- camus

i have not idea what that means but it's suppose to make girls wet

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Plunkatone 02/15/2006 02:15 PM 1 point
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The air was thick as a blizzard with feathers. I inhaled so many that I'm still feeling a little down in the mouth.

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Russ 02/15/2006 07:11 PM 1 point
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Hi folks, added my own photos at the following link:

San Francisco Pillow Fight Photos

Enjoy and feel free to link to that page also-- but please credit the work (Russ Juskalian)

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http://photos.russjuskalian.com/

Jenn 02/16/2006 12:45 PM 1 point
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Hey, looked like a TON of fun, but how did all those feathers get cleaned up?!

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James 02/12/2007 09:54 PM 1 point
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When is the next fight in NYC????!!!!

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Eli 02/14/2008 01:48 AM 1 point
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I wouldn't want to be hit with a camera. Good thing that's in the rules.

On that note, I'm bringing a camera.

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