At Foxboro Stadium today, a pre-game tailgate party of Buddhists went out of control, temporarily leading to widespread awareness among innocent bystanders.
A police spokesman reported that the group had been meditating in the parking lot "at least since 9 this morning", and by game time were heavily enlightened. "They just lost control," he said, "they smashed through the preoccupations of everyone around them, and brought understanding of the universality of suffering to half the lot."
Fears that an epidemic of compassion might force cancellation of the football game between the Patriots and Colts were allayed when authorities herded the Buddhists, without resistance, to the far corner of the parking lot. The smell of burning animal flesh in the air brought the rest of the crowd back to their senses, and the game proceeded without incident.