"Putpockets" give a little extra cash (London)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090819/od_nm/us_britain_putpockets

LONDON (Reuters) – Visitors to London always have to be on the look out for pickpockets, but now there's another, more positive phenomenon on the loose -- putpockets.

Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20 former pickpockets have turned over a new leaf and are now trawling London's tourist sites slipping money back into unsuspecting pockets.

Anything from 5 pounds ($8) to 20 pound notes is being surreptitiously deposited in unguarded pockets or open handbags in Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden and other busy spots.

The initiative, which runs until the end of August in London before being rolled out countrywide, is being funded by a broadbrand provider, which says it wants to brighten up people's lives in unusual ways.

Of course, if it were THOUSAND pound notes, I could suck up the creepiness factor, no problem.

thoughtfully,
Bright

i might put that one up there with all the free beer given away by conceptual artist tom marioni

http://www.sfmoma.org/multimedia/audio/aop_tour_417

some of these performance/conceptual projects are pretty damn cool