# Doperball IV: The Subtitling **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064 "2005-06-20T15:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/201 "2005-06-21T18:38:15Z")
So I take it from **JimSox5** and pass it to … ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/202 "2005-06-21T18:39:18Z")
No, I guess I intercepted from **Snickers** and pass it to … ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/203 "2005-06-21T18:41:09Z")
Intercepts pass from **Ponder Stibbons** , places ball on Amtrak train that departs the station just in time to be flagged down by… ---
**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:** [June 21, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/204 "2005-06-21T18:45:40Z")
Roster post – **The Soaring Naked Mole Rats** : A B C G H I M N O S T U Y **The Rabid Okapi Rage Machine** : D E F J K L P Q R V W X Z ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/205 "2005-06-21T18:45:42Z")
The Soaring Naked Mole Rats: A B C G H I M N O S T U Y The Rabid Okapi Rage Machine: D E F J K L P Q R V W X Z ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/206 "2005-06-21T18:52:12Z")
Reagan suddenly lets out the odd -sounding cheer: Great! Minds! Think! Alike! Yaaaaaaaay! Teaaaaam! ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/207 "2005-06-21T18:58:18Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Intercepts pass from **Ponder Stibbons** , places ball on Amtrak train that departs the station just in time to be flagged down by… Official train inspector, CandidGamera, who ships the ball on to… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/208 "2005-06-21T18:59:10Z")
Ok, the burgers are done! Anybody want cheese on their’s? Did we ever find the potato salad? _BOINK_ OOOOWIE! Who threw that icky ball at my head! Here, take it back. **Monstre** I thought you were protecting me. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/209 "2005-06-21T19:06:19Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > _BOINK_ OOOOWIE! Who threw that icky ball at my head! Here, take it back. **Monstre** I thought you were protecting me. Ever the protector of all things lascivious and fond of guacamole, I scoop up the abused ball and finger-roll it gently into the goal. Dare I hope? Could it be true?? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/210 "2005-06-21T19:19:36Z")
**CandidGamera** to **swampbear** to **honeydewgrrl** for the score! The **Mole Rats** are on a tear, building up to a 10-6 lead. Game point, folks…we’d best see from D from the **Rage Machine** if they want a chance… Game on! ---
**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:** [June 21, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/211 "2005-06-21T19:21:37Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > …we’d best see **from** D from… **…some** D, even… ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/212 "2005-06-21T19:23:20Z")
Humble Referee, I got the ball from Sternvogel, does that not make it a chain of four, and thus, a two pointer? ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/213 "2005-06-21T19:23:27Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > **CandidGamera** to **swampbear** to **honeydewgrrl** for the score! The **Mole Rats** are on a tear, building up to a 10-6 lead. > > Game point, folks…we’d best see from D from the **Rage Machine** if they want a chance… > > Game on! But what about **Sternvogel**? Shouldn’t that be two-pointer? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/214 "2005-06-21T19:30:37Z")
:: red flag flies onto field :: _ **\** _ We’ve got a challenge on the field…players are calling for a review of the previous play…time out! :: sticks head into zebra booth :: … … … … … … … . After reviewing the play on the field, we find the play went as follows: **Sternvogel** to **CandidGamera** to **swampbear** to **honeydewgrrl** for TWO POINTS and the game! Ladies and gentlemen, by a score of 11 to 6, I give you your Doperball IV champions, **The Soaring Naked Mole Rats**!! Also, your team MVP, with four credited goals, **honeydewgrrl**! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/215 "2005-06-21T19:33:50Z")
\>\>pulls head out of margarita pitcher\<\< Is it over? Who won? Where’s the cat? Who’s the guy in the cheerleader costume? No one told me it was a costume game! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/216 "2005-06-21T19:34:08Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Ladies and gentlemen, by a score of 11 to 6, I give you your Doperball IV champions, **The Soaring Naked Mole Rats**!! > > Also, your team MVP, with four credited goals, **honeydewgrrl**! Yeah, teaaaaaammmmm! ::Cheerleader-Reagan! does a high jump into the air, and keeps going up, and up, a la’ how Poochy went back to his home planet, in a simpsons episode. :: ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/217 "2005-06-21T19:36:22Z")
Hooray! Now, as is Mole Rat tradition, we strip the MVP, dip her in oil, and set up a webcam! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/218 "2005-06-21T19:36:31Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > Who’s the guy in the cheerleader costume? No one told me it was a costume game! Don’t worry, he is gone now, via the miracle of cel-based animation, and still backgrounds. Also, it wasn’t a costume, it was a uniform. String, or nothing seemed to be the team uniform today. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/219 "2005-06-21T19:46:06Z")
phthtbtbthtbt ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/220 "2005-06-21T19:56:03Z")
Is it over? Will the icky ball leave me alone now? I’m havin’ another burger and a beer now. RAH! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064.md?page=12)