Balls

This may just be geeky enough to start a trend. After seeing a screen cap of my son Sean, standing at a bus stop and seen from home on a webcam, I let the overseas part of the family know I'd stand by the big balls in the Mall in my lunch break. There's a webcam there. That's it below, the little dome hanging under the arm of the street light.


The Balls are something of a landmark. Sculptured, if that's the word, by one Bert Flugelman, Wikipedia describes them with absolute but uninformative accuracy as "a pair of sphere shaped balls". Succint.

After a dummy run a couple of weeks back (the week it rained every lunchtime) we tried again, with the rest of the family notified. I stood round for about ten minutes.


Then my mobile declared "Message for yew!" It was Erin, who SMS'd "Boo!" So I had to wave. What else could I do when picked up by the Balls?


I reckon these are the most photographed balls anywhere. I guess it's the reflections. You know, like bright objects attract magpies.


Well, you can do quite a lot with a camera and a couple of polished balls, of course. And I sort of hope this encourages others to stand around in front of webcams. I don't want to look foolish on my own.

I can't believe I used that awful "balls" pun ...