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Is it a british thing to pass a football to strangers on the street? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We were on a trip in Scotland and walking through a somewhat shady neighbourhood. These 2 kids were walking towards us and randomly passed a football to me, expecting me to pass it back.

Is this a usual occurrence? I have never had this happen in my country but I have seen it done for videos. I'm asking about the UK specifically because I feel like you guys have an interesting street football culture. Maybe I'm wrong and this is a normal thing in lots of countries.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I'm in my 50s. This is not something that I have ever encountered in the street.

Perhaps, when walking through a park or similar, when I was in my teens or twenties, some kids might have kicked a ball in my direction a couple of times, with the hope/expectation that I would return it, but that it about as close as I have experienced.