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December 27, 2010
When not to post Facebook status updates
184:365 - Don't tase me, Bro., originally uploaded by CalebKerr.
I love a good story of somebody who runs onto the field during sporting events. But I think the code is rather simple - run onto the field, do your thing, and get off the field. Don't approach players. Don't taunt security. Sometimes, you might end up like the gentleman pictured above, who crossed Philadelphia security and was tased for his trouble.
But this fellow, who apparently has become a celebrity "pitch invader," as they are known in Europe, made the mistake of crashing the field at a match in Abu Dhabi. After disrupting the Club World Cup final, Abu Dhabi police arrested Italian citizen Mario Ferri and confiscated his passport. He then hatched a plan to smuggle himself out on a freighter. All was going well, but somehow the police got wind of his plans. Whoops:
His passport in the hands of local police as he awaited trial, Ferri decided to smuggle himself out of the Emirates in the hold of a passing cruise ship, only to be promptly arrested after he made the mistake of announcing his secret plan on Facebook, telling fans: "I hope they don't catch me, otherwise I will be in a heap of trouble."
Real good, man. Real good. I mean, sometimes you shouldn't talk about things on Facebook. Do you think Andy Dufresne, had he had Facebook, would have updated on the progress of his prison escape while it was in progress? Of course not!
entry no. 1535
Posted at December 27, 2010 06:29 PM