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Organise stalking tours of major cities. Groups of      Editor’s note:
                       interested people would meet at a given start point, andWe do sometimes
                       then simply follow a local home. Once the passer-by had wonder, when every
                       arrived home or at work, a new tour would begin. The    tube carriage we get
                       tours would provide an unusual way of getting to know a on immediately fills
                       city.                                                   up with 40 French
                                                                               schoolchildren in
451DushawnJackson                                                              matching yellow
                                                                               vests and knapsacks,
                                                                               whether this idea isn’t

4 June 2003                                                                    in covert operation

                                                                               already.

                       Design a wristwatch that digitally counts down to the Editor’s note:
                       end of the wearer’s life. Given that the average life The Trevor Webb
                       expectancy for a male is 74 years, or 650,000 hours, aTop Five:
                       34-year-old would have 322,560 hours of life          1. Hair Hats
                       remaining. Once the wearer enters in their present age2. Licksticks
                       the watch would beep as every hour passed to their    3. Rat Bags
                                                                             4. Sleeping Celebrity
452eventual estimated demise. The watch would be called                      CDs
                                                                             5. Slacker
                                                                             Wheelchairs

the DeathWatch.

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