So Franz Becknbauer of the World Cup Organizing Committee came up with the brilliant idea to use golden soccer balls for the finals.
“It only surprises me that no one thought of it before,” Beckenbauer said at a bizarre ceremony at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate…
Okay, that’s impressive, but…
Sorry, Franz, but that’s only the display model you’re playing with.
The real ball is behind you:
What’s that noise? Do you hear growling?
Oh my God! It’s haunted! They used gold yanked from the mouths of Nazi concentration camp victims, and they want revenge!
Aauuuuuuggggghhhh! Run for your lives!
OOOO like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Except without the grim reference to Nazi concentration camp victims…man, Lair yer bad!
…yet funny…
I’m sure that there are things that I care about less than the kind of ball used in the World Cup, but it’ll take me a long time to think of any.
The French play soccer. Americans play baseball and football.
You can even see the toothless mouths on the ball, crying out for vengeance!
(Or they may be wailing in despair over being associated in any way with soccer – it’s hard to tell)
I’ve heard of having brass ones before but this is news.
Isn’t that big ball from a Gatorade commercial? I’m expecting Pele to come busting out of it (sorry, I know Pele is like 100, but he is the only player of that lame “sport” that I know).
I see you’re boycotting humor another day.
I STILL was a handball Frings!
You’re like totally NOT supposed to use your hand in soccer unless you are the goalie. So that dude had better be a goalie or Soccer is totally a lie!