# Doperball III **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034 "2005-02-08T18:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/301 "2005-02-11T03:24:30Z")
O-Tay! Down by one point, the mighty Chickens of Bristol continue to fight on. Heading the ball into play, we’re off! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/302 "2005-02-11T03:26:01Z")
Already in play by **gruver**. My bad. So, the ball is now passed to… ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/303 "2005-02-11T03:32:45Z")
The Axe, who just made short work of that trebuchet, picks up th ball from the **cat dancer** , and runs… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/304 "2005-02-11T03:56:02Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > The Axe, who just made short work of that trebuchet, picks up th ball from the **cat dancer** , and runs… Right into the Norse mythology exhibit I had set up as a distraction. As **Regallag** is regaled by the displays, I swim with the ball across Lake Zotti to… ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/305 "2005-02-11T03:58:19Z")
Too many papers. . .too little sleep. . .I’ll hurl my laptop at **Sternvogel** , fish the ball out, and throw it in frustrations to. . . ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/306 "2005-02-11T04:01:53Z")
Team 1: A B C G H I M N O S T U Y Team 2: D E F J K L P Q R V W X Z **Phelan** , who was waiting the whole time in a life guard chair, then takes the pass from **JimSox5** and runs across the water, and throws it to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/307 "2005-02-11T04:04:29Z")
**danceswithcats** who catches the pass from **Phelan** runs towards the goal and SCORES!!! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/308 "2005-02-11T04:06:06Z")
Tie game with 2 points to go! Let’s go Dopers and Doperettes! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/309 "2005-02-11T04:08:51Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Tie game with 2 points to go! Let’s go Dopers and Doperettes! I put the still-wet ball in play by throwing a Burleigh Grimes-like spitter to home plate, where… ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/310 "2005-02-11T04:09:19Z")
GAME ON! I put the ball into play with a resounding :thwack: of a croquet mallet. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/311 "2005-02-11T04:11:00Z")
The ball wasn’t in play when I previewed… I catch **Sternvogel** ’s spitter (ew!), dive into the lake, swim across underwater at 20 ffw, and throw the ball out at the other side to… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/312 "2005-02-11T04:13:39Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > The ball wasn’t in play when I previewed… > > I catch **Sternvogel** ’s spitter (ew!), dive into the lake, swim across underwater at 20 ffw, and throw the ball out at the other side to… Where it is intecepted by **Zebra.** The mighty\*\* Zebra \*\*give the ball a mighty throw a mighty distance to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/313 "2005-02-11T04:13:41Z")
**Scuba Ben’s** wet ball (this sounds soo wrong) is captured gently by **danceswithcats** and passed to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/314 "2005-02-11T04:15:03Z")
instead **dwc** accepts pass from **Zebra** (only in Kenya) and passes it to… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/315 "2005-02-11T04:19:41Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > instead **dwc** accepts pass from **Zebra** (only in Kenya) and passes it to… Me. I see **Scuba\_Ben** diving by a coral reef, so I send the ball down in a diving bell and… ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/316 "2005-02-11T04:32:55Z")
Ha-Ha, you sent nothing down **Sternvogel** , 'cause I have the ball right here!! I took it!! Phelan then throws a wobbling duck to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/317 "2005-02-11T04:34:32Z")
however, the ball **Sternvogel** sent down has escaped, rocketed to the surface of the very watery Cecil Field (is that from all the beer?) where it is captured by **danceswithcats** and skipped along the surface to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/318 "2005-02-11T04:35:54Z")
I’ll take that ducky pass **Phelan** and give it to… ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/319 "2005-02-11T04:36:45Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > however, the ball **Sternvogel** sent down has escaped, rocketed to the surface of the very watery Cecil Field (is that from all the beer?) where it is captured by **danceswithcats** and skipped along the surface to… \*\*Keapon \*\* with a magnificent, awe-inspiring catch… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iii/289034/320 "2005-02-11T04:39:13Z")
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