From: ashiq khondker
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:41 PM
Subject: 9/9/06 !!! FLASH MOB AT GENO’S !!! Please Forward Forward Forward to your Philly Friends !!!

Hello friends and fellow humans,
You’ve probably heard of random flash mobs happening around the country by now – masses of people suddenly, unexpectedly showing up at a public space, doing something marginally absurd, such as pillowfighting in Love Park, or 5-minute mega dance parties in a plaza, etc. Well, here’s another one coming up you can be a part of! Please forward it along to your friends if you think it’s interesting.

Imagine this scenario:
Hundreds of people lining up to order cheese steaks at Geno’s. Nothing unusual, right? Right. That’s the usual scene there anyways. However, here’s the twist: everybody lined up, one after another, will be ordering in any language besides English! Don’t be surprised if none of those people get served. They probably won’t be. Imagine the confusion!

Full info after the jump.

Where:
Geno’s Steaks
S. 9th & E. Passyunk, between Federal and Wharton

When:
Saturday September 9, 2006
5 PM sharp
**show up between 4:30pm and 4:50pm or so, hang around the area, in the park, etc, and at exactly 5pm, everybody ‘in on it’ will start lining up.**

What:
Going to Geno’s for the specific purpose of ordering in non-English. Come equipped with a couple of lines in another language to order cheese steaks, fries, anything really. They probably won’t serve you, and if they do and you don’t want to buy it, just say, “Sorry, no thanks,” or, “Sorry, I changed my mind,” in your other language.

Remember:
You may sincerely want to buy a cheese steak/fries/soda/etc. For this purpose, we will try to be as polite as possible. However, you are not obliged to buy anything.

Here are some examples. Feel free to add sentences in other languages and forward the email along:

1. How much is a cheese steak/cheese fries?
2. May I please have one cheese steak/cheese fries?
3. With onions please.
4. With mushrooms please.
5. Thank you.
6. No thank you.
7. Sorry, I have no money. I’ll come back.

Spanish
1. cu?°nto cuesta un bistek/papas fritas con queso por favor
2. dame un bistek/papas fritas con queso por favor
3. con cebolla por favor.
4. con championes por favor.
5. gracias.
6. no, gracias.
7. lo siento, pero no tengo dinero. me volver?©.

French
1. combien ca coute le biftek avec fromage/pommes de frites avec
fromage si vous plait?
2. je vous prende un biftek avec fromage/pommes de frites si vous plait?
3. Avec des oignions si vous plait.
4. Avec les champignions si vous plait.
5. Merci!
6. Non, merci!
7. Excusez moi, je n’ai pas de l’argent! Je reviendrai!

Japanese
1. Cheezusteaki wa ikura desu ka?
2. Cheeszusteaki/ farenchi fariezu o kudasai.
3. Issho ni tamanegi o kudasai
4. issho ni kinoko o kudasai
5. origato gozaimasu!
6. iie, origato gozaimasu
7. Sumimasen, watashi ga okane nai. Chotto matte, kudasai, watashi ga kaiteru.

Bengali
1. ekta cheese steak/ alu bhaji coto dam?
2. doya ko-re ekta cheese steak/ alu bhaji den.
3. tar shat-e peeyaj den.
4. tar shat-e bang-er chata den.
5. dhonnobadh.
6. na, dhonnobadh.
7. dukhito, amar kono taka ney. ami firot ashbo.

Portugese
1. Quanto e um sanduiche da carne con queso?
2.Eu gostaria um sandu??che da carne/fritadas francesas con queso por favor.
3.con cebolas
4.con cogumelos
5.obrigado/a
6.non obrigado/a
7.desculpe , eu nao tenho deniero, mas eu voltarei mais tarde.

Pig Latin
1. Owhay uchmay siay ayay eesesteakchay/ eesechay riesfay eeseplay?
2. Aymay aiay avehay unway eesesteakchay/ eesechay riesfay eeseplay?
3. Ithway nions-uh-ay eeseplay.
4. ithway ushroomsmay eeseplay.
5. ankthay ouyay.
6. Onay, anksthay.
7. Orrysay, aiay avehay onay oneymay. aiay illway omecay ackbay aterlay.

Gibberish
1. Hidigow midiguch idigis idiga chidigeese stidigake?
2. midigay idigai hidigave widigun plidigeez?
3. widigith udigun idigi odigons plidigeez.
4. widigith midigush ridigooms plidigeez.
5. thidigank yidigoo.
6. nidigo thidigank yidigoo.
7. sidigaw ridigee, idigai hidigave nidigo midiguh nidigee. idigai widigill cidigome bidigack.

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1. sut sai tyuru sarpsa?
2. amin ve’ tyuru sarpsa.

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