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Pranksters in Berlin took things a step too far when they filled footballs with concrete and displayed a sign goading fans to kick them -- with inevitable results.

Can u kick it? -- The guilty concrete footballs.
OK, so not everyone is into football, and to those who are not enthusiasts this must feel like the longest month ever, but that hardly justifies the sick joke that unknown perpetrators played recently on football fans in Berlin. Someone seems to have gone out of their way to cause people genuine harm by placing six footballs on the capital's streets and a sign asking people to kick them. The catch? The balls were filled with concrete.

"Can u kick it?" was written on a poster near the innocuous looking footballs. So, probably without thinking too long about it, two young guys, aged 21 and 23, took up the challenge and gave the balls a good kick. Unfortunately the leather balls had been filled with concrete and weighed around 10kg each. The men sustained foot injuries so severe that they had to go to hospital.

According to the police, the balls were tied to lampposts, banisters and trees near the Fan Mile in the city center, a spot where thousands of football fans pass through each day.

Police spokesperson Hansjörg Dräger told Spiegel Online, "Unfortunately we have no information about the suspects." He confirmed that they are being sought for assault. The police are still not certain if all the balls are out of circulation, and have asked Berliners to report any suspicious looking footballs immediately.

Yup, that goes beyond silliness. :thumbsdown:

THat is AWESOME! that really appeals to my sense of Socail Chaos!

like when a friend and i made a huge pile of jellyfish on the beach (not stinging ones or anything) adn then covered it in sand. We hid in the bushes and laughed maniacally when some 4 year old kid thoguht he would jump on someones sand castle.... do you have any idea what a 4 year old sounds like when they find themselves waist deep in jellyfish?

Bet that little punk never jumped on a sandcastle again!

The football one was classic, but Captain Obvious you take the gold. Had be LOL-ing there! :D

Sorry, but hurting people so bad they're put in hospital or have severe pain isn't my idea of fun. :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by JrKASperov:
Sorry, but hurting people so bad they're put in hospital or have severe pain isn't my idea of fun. :rolleyes:

Yeah, crying is enough for me to be satisfied.. :D

I see the took the correct aproach, at least. That being: Kick it really hard! :D

in a way, it could have been a good thing. Like the 4 year old in my story, those guys will always think twice before following strange instructions, and will be less gulliable in the future.

and Pain is only temporary... the embarassment of being the moron who kick a concrete soccer ball will last forever!

One part of me want to laugh about this, the other thinks that this is uncool.

When I was a kid, we'd fill the balls with water on gas stations. But not concrete. We were young, not stupid.