Bristol Post [UK]
9 July 2019
Anger after someone filled a
ball with concrete and left it in the middle of a field with menacing messages
on
People in east Bristol have been left shocked after a
football was filled with concrete, covered in taunts, and left in the middle of
a playing field. […] Although the ball has not yet been put on the scales, it
is believed to weigh between 15kg and 20kg and had the potential to inflict a
serious injury upon anyone who tried to kick it forcefully. […]
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Deutsche Welle [Germany]
7 July 2006
Two Arrested for Concrete
Soccer Ball Art Project
Two Austrian art students
were taken into custody and later released after at least three people were
injured while trying to kick soccer balls filled with concrete set up by the
two in Berlin as part of an art project. The two, aged 26 and 29, had posted a
sign saying "Can you kick it?" near the 15-kilogram (33-pound) balls,
all 16 of which were also attached to utility poles, trees or street lights.
The duo could now face charges of causing dangerous bodily harm and dangerous
interference with traffic. […]
These reports
remind me of the old April Fool’s prank of placing a brick
underneath a hat on the ground, with the expectation that someone would
kick the hat and hurt their foot.
Frank King, Gasoline Alley, 1 April 1927.
Ernie Bushmiller, Nancy,
1 April 1944.
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