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OT unofficial question for the day – Oct 6

Question:

What is the oddest or most eccentric thing you have ever done?

The time I picketed a picket line.  :) During the Free Speech Movement (FSM) at Berkeley California in the mid 1960s, students formed picket lines in front of all the entrances to the campus and walked back and forth carrying signs. They were trying to shut down the university because they thought there wasn’t enough free speech. But I thought there was *too much* free speech, so I picketed the picket line at the main entrance. About 100 students formed a picket line and walked back and forth in front of the main entrance. I made up a picket sign (using their materials) and walked back and forth through their picket line. No one tried to stop me. I guess they were just peaceful. Only now am I realizing I am lucky to be alive. I always did hate mass movements, where everyone has to think the same way. Chip — The charter is available at:

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