Comments on: Joy is round: children make beloved soccer balls from trash http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 23:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nagurski http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1645935 Nagurski Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1645935 Regretting turning away the photojournalist who wanted to document our  pretend  guns made of sticks and forts made from construction castoffs with fake gunfire when I was a kid. Regretting turning away the photojournalist who wanted to document our  pretend  guns made of sticks and forts made from construction castoffs with fake gunfire when I was a kid.

]]> By: Symbiote http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644875 Symbiote Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644875 I used jackets or rucksacks for goalposts in the 1990s in the UK, and if we'd forgotten or lost the ball then a scrunched up drinks can or similar would suffice. A rucksack works as cricket stumps, too. I used jackets or rucksacks for goalposts in the 1990s in the UK, and if we’d forgotten or lost the ball then a scrunched up drinks can or similar would suffice.

A rucksack works as cricket stumps, too.

]]> By: lewarch http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644854 lewarch Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644854 Lived in Africa and saw this.  My nephew came for a visit, soccer player in high school.  we brought soccer balls to give the kids and these guys schooled him!  I guess if you can make do with a soccer ball made of plastic grocery bags you do really well with a real ball! Lived in Africa and saw this.  My nephew came for a visit, soccer player in high school.  we brought soccer balls to give the kids and these guys schooled him!  I guess if you can make do with a soccer ball made of plastic grocery bags you do really well with a real ball!

]]> By: Neill "Dire" Mitchell http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644848 Neill "Dire" Mitchell Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644848 This takes me back to my decidedly 1st world night shift warehousing job during collage. Packing foam and tape worked well. This takes me back to my decidedly 1st world night shift warehousing job during collage. Packing foam and tape worked well.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644596 Paul Renault Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644596 My father once told me that to for playing hockey, they used to cut a small log into disks, and soak them in water for a while, then let them freeze.  Pucks. My father once told me that to for playing hockey, they used to cut a small log into disks, and soak them in water for a while, then let them freeze.  Pucks.

]]> By: dioptase http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644574 dioptase Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644574 My granny grew up during the Depression.  They had a clever way of making a ball.  When a hog could get butchered, they'd save the bladder.  It could be inflated to make a durable ball. My granny grew up during the Depression.  They had a clever way of making a ball.  When a hog could get butchered, they’d save the bladder.  It could be inflated to make a durable ball.

]]> By: $19428857 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644420 $19428857 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644420 I am acquainted with an older man who goes on church service projects to many impoverished areas, and he used to bring as many "store bought balls" as he could. He stopped doing it when he noticed the same thing happening over and over soon after he gave the kids a good ball:  it was confiscated by a parent and sold for food. Now he brings bags of old tennis balls, which he swears the kids love, but have no resale value, so they get to keep them. Given, it is hard to play soccer with one... I am acquainted with an older man who goes on church service projects to many impoverished areas, and he used to bring as many “store bought balls” as he could. He stopped doing it when he noticed the same thing happening over and over soon after he gave the kids a good ball:  it was confiscated by a parent and sold for food. Now he brings bags of old tennis balls, which he swears the kids love, but have no resale value, so they get to keep them. Given, it is hard to play soccer with one…

]]> By: Nawel http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644326 Nawel Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644326 there's a tradition of "home-made" soccer balls, made out of everything, in Southamerica. Old socks and old pantyhose are a good combo. Then you put some jackets or backpacks or whatever to mark the goals and you're on! The street is your field! there’s a tradition of “home-made” soccer balls, made out of everything, in Southamerica. Old socks and old pantyhose are a good combo. Then you put some jackets or backpacks or whatever to mark the goals and you’re on! The street is your field!

]]> By: steve heath http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644270 steve heath Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644270 I saw the same kind of homemade balls and barefoot kids through out many years of travel in Peru...jungle, mountain or desert the game was on, they had to play. Futbol is a universal language like dance or music. I love the spirit of youth. I saw the same kind of homemade balls and barefoot kids through out many years of travel in Peru…jungle, mountain or desert the game was on, they had to play. Futbol is a universal language like dance or music. I love the spirit of youth.

]]> By: Kellen Blankenship http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/joy-is-round-children-make-be.html#comment-1644109 Kellen Blankenship Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210239#comment-1644109 For anyone that enjoyed that article, check out this awesome organization - http://www.oneworldfutbol.com/.  Not affiliated, but I did buy two of them for a village I used to work in and they are amaaaaazing. For anyone that enjoyed that article, check out this awesome organization – http://www.oneworldfutbol.com/.  Not affiliated, but I did buy two of them for a village I used to work in and they are amaaaaazing.

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