In this case, it's forgivable because the ball wasn't usable anymore anyway. If you had done that to a usable one, I would agree that bored and curious was a bad combo. The funny part is that if you let one of these sit long enough, it comes apart anyway. I had a Paradigm do that and it split completely in half in a matter of a couple of months. I used to use primarily Storm & Roto, but after 5 balls cracked in the period of a couple of months, I'm going to take a break from Storm, but I will try a Cell in the near future.