From  Bryan Boyer via flickr:

Around Harvard you can tell the MBAs in the rain because they’re the ones with the giant umbrellas. Those are are nice about it raise their umbrella and generally play well with others on the sidewalk. The jerks are the ones who barge through the city hitting the umbrellas of others at will.

It’s because of them that I’ve invented the Urban Combat Umbrella which lets you exact virtual revenge by putting them in your sights and making shooting noises until you heart’s content. Watch out!

Photo and comments on his flickr page.

Alternate post title: Facing Chalk Shortage, Australian Police Improvise

Australia’s NSW Police commissioned agengy DDB Sydney for this campaign to alert people to the dangers of crossing the road while listening to your iPod. I’ve seen several close calls in various cities myself of people almost getting hit, while getting their groove on, while crossing the road. Australian police claim that the number of teenagers dying as a result of this is beginning to reach “epidemic proportions”. It’s a shame though that the ad frames the iPod as the Angel of Death. It’s only a matter of time before someone gets really tasteless and starts in with the whole “I’d rather die with an iPod than live with a Zune” thing. Whoops.

Still, nice art direction, a good campaign for a very serious problem, presented in a fresh way.