# Count the passes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-passes/274794 "2004-11-15T00:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-passes/274794/21 "2004-11-15T21:18:54Z")
[spoiler]Woohoo! I’m special! 🙂 14 passes and the gorilla. I’m with you, \*\*ShibbOleth \*\*…my thought process was something along the line of “…seven…eight…n-nine…umm…ten…at least I think that was ten…the fricking gorilla is getting in the way…eleven…” [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-passes/274794/22 "2004-11-16T00:09:25Z")
So, just out of curiousity…are there fourteen or fifteen passes? I counted the latter, but that included one iffy instance in which the receiver was behind the passer and the transaction couldn’t clearly be seen. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-passes/274794/23 "2004-11-16T00:35:56Z")
I’d seen this on one of those Desmond Morris shows on PBS. I didn’t see the gorilla, either, none of the dozen or so times he was on the show in different scenes. And yet, I’m a good cinematographer, a highly visual detail oriented activity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-the-passes/274794.md?page=1)