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Thursday, March 23, 2006
 

Fernsehturm as Soccer Ball



The company that owns Berlin's TV tower, Deutsche Telekom, has been patching over the silvery Sputnik globe with a white-and-magenta soccer ball design. I think it's sacriligious kitsch, but I don't own the tower. Deutsche Telekom presumably thinks they'll get free advertising during the World Cup, when newscasters all over the world go for "humor" or "color" by explaining with a chortle what the deal is with the big pink soccer ball on a stick.

For those of you in Berlin, this is old news. For those of you in the US (or wherever), now you know the deal, so you can throw socks at your TV screen.

... Or, I guess, your computer.

posted by Michael Scott Moore | 8:25 PM
Comments:
It looks shit.
 
Football. Football. It's spelt F O O T B A L L.
 
S - P - E - L - L - E - D. Sheesh.
 
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B - L - O - G - G - I - N - G.

Oh, and: Y - O - U - ' - R - E.

Dang, people.
 
Is this were oui come to mispel things and get you all torked up?
 
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hallo!

beim blick aus dem fenster wünscht man sich, dass die telekom schwarz wäre. oder weiss. oder was auch immer. aber mit so einem ball würden nicht einmal kinder spielen wollen.


besten gruss und schönen tag..

thought i'd share that one with you, mike..
 
Does Telekom really own the tower? I have to look that up.

But I think it's funny. I was skeptical when I first heard about it, but it looks fine.

Remember when Telekom wrapped the Brandenburg Gate during rennovation? We all hated it at first but, in the end, you have to admit the changing themes were actually spot on and -- in Germany of all places -- funny.
 
Telekom does own the tower! And T-Mobile, too.
 
If you are very close to the "object" it looks more like a mix between R2-D2 and a funky knee prosthesis then like a soccer ball.
See close up on the bottom of this page:
http://berlin.equipier.com
 
It does kind of look like R2-D2.
 
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