Comments on: Improvised footballs from Africa http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Clark Starr http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1585515 Clark Starr Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1585515 Love the one world futbol. Solves a problem I'd never considered. I too have done the buy-one-give-one on their site.  Love the one world futbol. Solves a problem I’d never considered. I too have done the buy-one-give-one on their site. 

]]> By: GOOT http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1585466 GOOT Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1585466 The NY Times had a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/09/giving/the-one-world-futbol-promises-a-lasting-source-of-fun-in-poor-countries.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">great article</a> about the One World Futbol Project recently. The idea of a "virtually indestructible ball" is brilliant. I am going to participate in their buy-one-give-one program. The NY Times had a great article about the One World Futbol Project recently. The idea of a “virtually indestructible ball” is brilliant. I am going to participate in their buy-one-give-one program.

]]> By: dethbird http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1585139 dethbird Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1585139 I believe the care2.com link leads here, but just for the sake of linkifying:  http://www.oneworldfutbol.com/  I believe the care2.com link leads here, but just for the sake of linkifying:  http://www.oneworldfutbol.com/ 

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1585117 Donald Petersen Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1585117 Nope.  But I also can't imagine what Jazz in Utah would sound like. Nope.  But I also can’t imagine what Jazz in Utah would sound like.

]]> By: CrivenS http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1585099 CrivenS Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1585099 $40 for two balls (one for me, one for kids in need) i can do but add an additional $40 postage to Australia and I'm afraid they have to count me out. $40 for two balls (one for me, one for kids in need) i can do but add an additional $40 postage to Australia and I’m afraid they have to count me out.

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1585073 ChicagoD Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1585073 I believe I read that in Soccernomics, but there is indirect support here as well:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football#Etymology_and_names I believe I read that in Soccernomics, but there is indirect support here as well:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football#Etymology_and_names

]]> By: foobar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1585035 foobar Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1585035 [Citation Needed] (Not being snarky, I'm honestly curious.) [Citation Needed]

(Not being snarky, I’m honestly curious.)

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584946 dragonfrog Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584946 Am I the only one who doesn't know what an Anokye Star is? Am I the only one who doesn’t know what an Anokye Star is?

]]> By: Jeff Gordon http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584926 Jeff Gordon Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584926 Amazing Amazing

]]> By: mtdna http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584893 mtdna Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584893 I think you're right. The high price will clearly limit how many will be donated, and makes buying them implausible for the people who would actually use them. But maybe if they can increase production and sales, the price will come down. I got one of these balls and I'm impressed with it. They would make great school yard balls anywhere, not just in the third world, because they're so tough. I think you’re right. The high price will clearly limit how many will be donated, and makes buying them implausible for the people who would actually use them. But maybe if they can increase production and sales, the price will come down. I got one of these balls and I’m impressed with it. They would make great school yard balls anywhere, not just in the third world, because they’re so tough.

]]> By: ChicagoD http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584839 ChicagoD Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584839 Only lately. Apparently the Brits called them soccer balls for decades before switching to the non-English usage. Only lately. Apparently the Brits called them soccer balls for decades before switching to the non-English usage.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584791 nixiebunny Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584791  At $40 each, they're a bit rich for my taste.  At $40 each, they’re a bit rich for my taste.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584790 nixiebunny Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584790 In the non-USA world, they're footballs. In the non-USA world, they’re footballs.

]]> By: ComradeQuestions http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584784 ComradeQuestions Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584784 Soccer balls. Soccer balls.

]]> By: mtdna http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584774 mtdna Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584774 This charity is trying to distribute a nearly indestructible self-inflating ball for third-world children: http://www.care2.com/causes/meet-the-indestructible-soccer-ball.html This charity is trying to distribute a nearly indestructible self-inflating ball for third-world children: http://www.care2.com/causes/meet-the-indestructible-soccer-ball.html

]]> By: saint_al http://boingboing.net/2012/11/16/improvised-footballs-from-afri.html#comment-1584768 saint_al Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194522#comment-1584768 Slightly off topic, but I wonder if all those flattened footballs that some US troops gave away to Iraqi kids ever were inflated. The story went that the kids wore them as hats that day, laughing at ridiculousness. Slightly off topic, but I wonder if all those flattened footballs that some US troops gave away to Iraqi kids ever were inflated. The story went that the kids wore them as hats that day, laughing at ridiculousness.

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