In what can only be described as every New Yorker's fevered fantasy, those masters of orchestrated disruption, Improv Everywhere, recently executed a stunt in which an entire mass of city-dwellers briefly went mute.
From dogs, to break dancers, to buskers to preachers, Improv Everywhere took to the street to make as much noise as possible. And, when signalled, the assembled volunteers suddenly made like mimes, thoroughly confusing passersby.