Concrete Soccer Ball Prank

Status: Prank
I probably shouldn't be amused by this. After all, it could cause someone to really damage their toes:
TWO people in Berlin are nursing bruised toes after kicking footballs that have been filled with CONCRETE. German cops are hunting the prankster who has been filling the balls with cement and leaving them around Berlin along with signs saying: "Can you kick it?" Six of the concrete stuffed footballs have been found so far, all chained to fences. A police spokesman said: "So far two young men, a 21-year-old and a 23-year-old, have been treated for injuries to their feet after kicking the footballs. We think they could have been left by someone who is sick of the World Cup and are investigating the matter as the balls seem to be deliberately designed to injure."

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Posted on Wed Jul 05, 2006


Comments

As I was saying here the other day, schools need to introduce a required course on the difference between a funny prank and a criminal assault.
Posted by Big Gary  on  Wed Jul 05, 2006  at  10:11 AM
Um, a ball, chained to a fence with a sign reading "Can you kick it?" ..... If I put a sign on top of a three story building that says "Can you jump?" we would have the same common sense issue.
Posted by Legbo  on  Wed Jul 05, 2006  at  11:30 AM
Germans were always renowned for their booby traps...
Posted by LaMa  on  Wed Jul 05, 2006  at  04:58 PM
So Alex, you probably shouldn't be amused, but let me guess, you actually were? 😉
Posted by Nettie  on  Wed Jul 05, 2006  at  05:26 PM
and they have been caught....

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5759838?FSO1&ATT=HMA>1=8393
Posted by Absolut  on  Wed Jul 05, 2006  at  08:32 PM
I fell for a very similar prank in my early childhood. Some guys filled a soccer ball with rocks and left it in the street. No sign was attached to the ball--but I needed none to kick the hell out of it. Ouch! No long-term damage though.
Posted by Gutza  on  Thu Jul 06, 2006  at  03:06 AM
It's only funny till someone gets hurt, THEN IT'S HILARIOUS!!! :lol:
Posted by Christopher  on  Thu Jul 06, 2006  at  05:19 AM
booby Traps For Booby Troops!
Nuff Said
Posted by Mongoose  on  Fri Jul 07, 2006  at  08:14 AM
It sounds like a variation on the old prank of hiding a brick under a hat in the road and waiting for people to kick it as they walked along.
Posted by cthelmax  on  Mon Jul 10, 2006  at  11:45 AM
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