# Doperball V--Man, I'm bored **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743 "2005-09-02T15:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/201 "2005-09-05T02:14:18Z")
aw hell. I’ll take the ball from **sternvogel** instead before passing to… ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/202 "2005-09-05T02:17:12Z")
Who has the ball? Can I have some cake? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/203 "2005-09-05T02:17:24Z")
lessee. If I gave it to **Sternvogel** who gives it back to me, then I’ll toss the damn thing into the trash can nailed to a tree which serves as a goal, I think. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/204 "2005-09-05T02:19:57Z")
Crap. I forgot the two touch before score rule. That girl by the penalty box is cute. I’ll go over there and chat her up. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/205 "2005-09-05T02:21:58Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Crap. I forgot the two touch before score rule. That girl by the penalty box is cute. I’ll go over there and chat her up. And while you’re chatting, I’ll grab the ball from the trash can and run off towards… ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/206 "2005-09-05T02:22:27Z")
Team 1 (Hairy A’s): A B C F G H I M N O T U Y Team 2 (???): D E J K L P Q R S V W X Z Just doin’ my part. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/207 "2005-09-05T02:23:18Z")
Team 1 (Hairy A’s): A B C F G H I M N O T U Y Team 2 (???): D E J K L P Q R S V W X Z **Snakescatlady** , you have a chance to score! ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/208 "2005-09-05T02:23:35Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > And while you’re chatting, I’ll grab the ball from the trash can and run off towards… … **Feydeau** – hey – how’d I get this thing again??? Looking for the chocolate cake (and milk) the ball is grabbed by… ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/209 "2005-09-05T02:24:27Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Crap. I forgot the two touch before score rule. That girl by the penalty box is cute. I’ll go over there and chat her up. Where **Marque El** f retrieves the ball from where **danceswithcats** carelessly left it and strolls nonchalantly across the goal line and scores. The score is now tied 4-4 but the Hairy A’s are on the move. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/210 "2005-09-05T02:25:09Z")
Hoping to get my post in before anyone else, I intercept from **Feydeau** and pass to… ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/211 "2005-09-05T02:25:53Z")
Ref? Is this a score? We need a ruling. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/212 "2005-09-05T02:27:54Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Hoping to get my post in before anyone else, I intercept from **Feydeau** and pass to… … **Feydeau** who has appeared again from nowhere. As we wait for the ref, I pass to… ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/213 "2005-09-05T02:30:49Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Ref? > > Is this a score? We need a ruling. We appear to be playing a self-refereed game, but I think it went from **dwc** to me (Apteryx) to **Faydeu** (Apteryx) to **Sternvogel** (that other team). You could have scored if you’d grabbed it from **Feydeu** , cuz you’re actually on _our_ team… Right? GT (hoping for consensus) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/214 "2005-09-05T02:30:57Z")
Well, I seem to have become a sort of player-ref (where is **Draelin** , anyway?), so I’ll rule that since **gardentraveler** (who justifiably protested a missed call a while back) and **Feydeau** had legal touches before **marque elf** posted, the score stands. I put the ball back into play… ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/215 "2005-09-05T02:34:12Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Well, I seem to have become a sort of player-ref (where is **Draelin** , anyway?), so I’ll rule that since **gardentraveler** (who justifiably protested a missed call a while back) and **Feydeau** had legal touches before **marque elf** posted, the score stands. I put the ball back into play… Happy that her earlier whining paid off, **GT** grabs the ball and takes it back under the table where there is a super-secret stash of chocolate cake and milk… GT ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/216 "2005-09-05T02:34:16Z")
Proving how objective Ohioans (former as well as current) can be, **gardentraveler** and I have each seen things in the respective opponents’ favor. Next poster gets to settle this unique deadlock. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/217 "2005-09-05T02:35:33Z")
Meanwhile, I steal the ball from **GT** and loft it to… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/218 "2005-09-05T02:38:28Z")
**twicks** , who’s moving a bit slowly from having had an enormous piece of crab-stuffed flounder for dinner (but damn it was good) and who can smell chocolate cake around here somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/219 "2005-09-05T02:39:10Z")
**danceswithcats** who has emerged from yonder penalty box, catching the pass from **Sternvogel** and passing to… What was that about unique dreadlocks? Who’s gone all Bob Marley? 😕 ---
**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:** [September 5, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/220 "2005-09-05T02:40:49Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > **danceswithcats** who has emerged from yonder penalty box, catching the pass from **Sternvogel** and passing to… me, who uses the ball as part of a disguise to make me look fat, and strolls down towards the goal, stopping when I think I am reall close, and I lob the ball underhand to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=12)