# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/321 "2005-06-25T04:19:32Z")
7-zip. Is there a skunk rule, **Hal**? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/322 "2005-06-25T04:21:37Z")
Rats and distelfink!! C’mon _you as yet unnamed shites_ who should be playing on this team! After loading the doperball into my pocket Acme doperball cannon, a three second spray of Aqua Net is fed into the firing chamber, the loading cap screwed tight, and as the piezo electric igniter is pressed, the doperball erupts from the muzzle with a satisfying _yeeeowww_ and a very nice blue flame, before scorching the buttocks of… ---
**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 25, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/323 "2005-06-25T04:34:39Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Rats and distelfink!! C’mon _you as yet unnamed shites_ who should be playing on this team! After loading the doperball into my pocket Acme doperball cannon, a three second spray of Aqua Net is fed into the firing chamber, the loading cap screwed tight, and as the piezo electric igniter is pressed, the doperball erupts from the muzzle with a satisfying _yeeeowww_ and a very nice blue flame, before scorching the buttocks of… **featherlou** - EEYOOOUCH! Hot potato hot potato tossing it off to… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/324 "2005-06-25T04:43:40Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > **featherlou** - EEYOOOUCH! Hot potato hot potato tossing it off to… **Sternvogel** , who’s hoping a teammate is on hand as the ball heads off his hands into those of… ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/325 "2005-06-25T05:54:57Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who’s hoping a teammate is on hand as the ball heads off his hands into those of… **Monstre** , who’s not quite sobered up and starts running towards the wrong goal… then suddenly realizes his mistake and, as he WHUMPS into his own goalpost, flings the ball high over his head behind him, to… ---
**Author:** ![the4thmooncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce7236/32.png) [@the4thmooncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the4thmooncat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/326 "2005-06-25T14:24:35Z")
… **MoonCat** , who catches **Monstre** ’s drunken throw. Uncertain if she should go for the goal or not, she sends it winging wildly in the general direction of the goal… ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/327 "2005-06-25T17:47:00Z")
> [@the4thmooncat](#): > > … **MoonCat** , who catches **Monstre** ’s drunken throw. Uncertain if she should go for the goal or not, she sends it winging wildly in the general direction of the goal… …trips over cat again while shouting loudly “GOAL!!” ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/328 "2005-06-25T18:26:23Z")
That, I believe, is another 2-pointer, making it 9-0. For shame! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/329 "2005-06-25T18:26:44Z")
With the Ferrets up 9-0, **Sternvogel** picks up the ball and places it inside the freezer at West Lafayette’s Silver Dipper ice cream parlor. Coming in to place an order on this hot Indiana summer day is… ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/330 "2005-06-25T18:37:14Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > With the Ferrets up 9-0, **Sternvogel** picks up the ball and places it inside the freezer at West Lafayette’s Silver Dipper ice cream parlor. Coming in to place an order on this hot Indiana summer day is… SCL, who picks up a double dip rocky road and the ball, which she passes out the door to… ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/331 "2005-06-25T19:03:27Z")
I think you just inspired me to make the trip to Lafayette after I get off work. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/332 "2005-06-25T19:04:34Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > With the Ferrets up 9-0, **Sternvogel** picks up the ball and places it inside the freezer at West Lafayette’s Silver Dipper ice cream parlor. Coming in to place an order on this hot Indiana summer day is… That’s what I meant to quote in my above post. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/333 "2005-06-25T19:31:29Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > SCL, who picks up a double dip rocky road and the ball, which she passes out the door to… **Monstre** , who dives for the ice cream cone but catches the ball instead and stumbles into the street. Remembering what his momstre told him about playing in traffic, he leaps aside as a car passes, honking its horn angrily at him. **Monstre** retaliates by beaning the car with the ball, which bounces back into the playing field (and hopefully into the hands of a teammate who’s ready to score the final 2-pointer) – and the ball is caught by… ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/334 "2005-06-25T20:14:02Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > **Monstre** , who dives for the ice cream cone but catches the ball instead and stumbles into the street. Remembering what his momstre told him about playing in traffic, he leaps aside as a car passes, honking its horn angrily at him. **Monstre** retaliates by beaning the car with the ball, which bounces back into the playing field (and hopefully into the hands of a teammate who’s ready to score the final 2-pointer) – and the ball is caught by… …knocking the ice cream off SCL’s cone and bouncing off her nose into the goal for a SCORE!! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/335 "2005-06-25T20:45:50Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > …knocking the ice cream off SCL’s cone and bouncing off her nose into the goal for a SCORE!! erpp… except I don’t think you’re allowed to touch twice on the same sequence. But as soon as another teammate happens along… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/336 "2005-06-25T20:48:53Z")
While I appreciate your enthusiasm and dedication to the game, **Snakescatlady** , I must point out that you can’t touch the ball twice on one possession. The sequence still stands me to you to **Monstre** , and the ball is lying on the ground, ready to be picked up by a Ferret for the game-clinching deuce… ---
**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 25, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/337 "2005-06-25T20:52:55Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > But as soon as another teammate happens along… I was under the mistaken impression that the same rules applied as for Mornington Cross. I was about to start a GQ, but after having searched, I found the following [info.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255868&) Furtheremore- > [@Monstre](#): > > and the ball is caught by… no one. Instead, it hit’s scott’s head so hard he collapses into the ground. He’s out of the game, for now. ☹ On the rebound off his head, it enters the GOAL!!!1111!!! ---
**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 25, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/338 "2005-06-25T20:54:27Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > **Monstre** , who dives for the ice cream cone but catches the ball instead and stumbles into the street. Remembering what his momstre told him about playing in traffic, he leaps aside as a car passes, honking its horn angrily at him. **Monstre** retaliates by beaning the car with the ball, which bounces back into the playing field (and hopefully into the hands of a teammate who’s ready to score the final 2-pointer) – and the ball is caught by… CandidGamera, for the score! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/339 "2005-06-25T20:54:38Z")
sorry. scuffs toe on ground, peers into empty margarita pitcher… ---
**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 25, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064/340 "2005-06-25T20:55:29Z")
Or, Scott. Either way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-iv-the-subtitling/309064.md?page=18)