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Article: Ping-Pong: Net result likely to be boredom
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 2, 2000
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With the exception of self-consciously crabby types, we liked the
cows. The cows were whimsical street art.
But let's face it: By the end of last summer, we were getting sick
of sidestepping those colorful plastic bovines. We were cow-ed out.
In fact, we were in a cow-tipping state of mind. If one more
camera-toting tour group blocked our paths as we tried to navigate
that plaza by the Wrigley Building, it could've turned ugly.
So when the cows went home, so to speak, we cheered. Summer 2000
would surely be gimmick-free!
Well, don't look now, but we're facing a season of Ping-Pong
tables, if you can believe it.
Ping-Pong games in malls. Ping-Pong games in the lobbies of
downtown buildings. ...