# 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:** 17
**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, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/321 "2005-09-05T20:59:18Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who wonders why he and **Feydeau** seem locked in a one-on-one. I flip the ball into a crowd of picnickers, where… **gardentraveler** catches it. She has just come iover from cleaning up in the garden in the hopes that the game is still going. She throws it in the direction of her sidewalk and sweeps it with her grass cuttings to… ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/322 "2005-09-05T21:01:23Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **gardentraveler** catches it. She has just come iover from cleaning up in the garden in the hopes that the game is still going. She throws it in the direction of her sidewalk and sweeps it with her grass cuttings to… … **Feydeau** who grabs it with one hand while reading his overdue library book. Turning a page, he off-handedly (ha!!) tosses it to… ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/323 "2005-09-05T21:04:44Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > … **Feydeau** who grabs it with one hand while reading his overdue library book. Turning a page, he off-handedly (ha!!) tosses it to… **Sternvogel** , who wonders whether the arts festival **gardentraveler** mentioned was the Upper Arlington one, as he is a postcard collector and has a card that promotes said festival. His pass is grabbed out of a leaping throng by… ---
**Author:** ![Enterprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/324 "2005-09-05T21:06:49Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Sternvogel, who wonders whether the arts festival gardentraveler mentioned was the Upper Arlington one, as he is a postcard collector and has a card that promotes said festival. His pass is grabbed out of a leaping throng by… **Enterprise** , finally wearing a pink thong that leaves little to the imagination. He pulls a racket from Nature’s Pockets and hits the ball 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, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/325 "2005-09-05T21:08:23Z")
> [@Enterprise](#): > > **Enterprise** , finally wearing a pink thong that leaves little to the imagination. He pulls a racket from Nature’s Pockets and hits the ball towards… **Feydeau** , who fumbles and tumbles while trying not to be too obviously staring at the thong thing. The ball is picked up by… ---
**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:** [September 5, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/326 "2005-09-05T21:10:42Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > **Feydeau** , who fumbles and tumbles while trying not to be too obviously staring at the thong thing. > > The ball is picked up by… **Strinka** , who drops it down a bottemless hole. ---
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/327 "2005-09-05T21:11:15Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > **Feydeau** , who fumbles and tumbles while trying not to be too obviously staring at the thong thing. > > The ball is picked up by… **Sternvogel** , who is clad in a Utah State T-shirt and purple Land’s End shorts as he hands off to… ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/328 "2005-09-05T21:12:33Z")
On further review, I see I actually took it from fellow Hoosier **Strinka**. Who’s open for the potential game-winner? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/329 "2005-09-05T21:12:34Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who is clad in a Utah State T-shirt and purple Land’s End shorts as he hands off to… …me, as I deposit the ball AGAIN in the passenger seat of my car and drive AGAIN to Target, this time to exchange a computer desk, as the one I just pulled out of the box and prepared to assemble is broken. :mad: Hopefully someone from the Hairy A’s will come along and find it… ---
**Author:** ![Enterprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/330 "2005-09-05T21:13:16Z")
> [@Strinka](#): > > **Strinka** , who drops it down a bottemless hole. **Enterprise** watches it fall…and fall…and fall…and decides to pick up a replacement ball, which he tosses to… ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/331 "2005-09-05T21:14:37Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > …me, as I deposit the ball AGAIN in the passenger seat of my car and drive AGAIN to Target, this time to exchange a computer desk, as the one I just pulled out of the box and prepared to assemble is broken. :mad: > > Hopefully someone from the Hairy A’s will come along and find it… Nope, me again. Hoping **honeydewgrrl** can find customer service on Labor Day, I start what I hope is the winning drive by passing to… ---
**Author:** ![Enterprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/332 "2005-09-05T21:14:46Z")
…but no such luck! **Enterprise** expertly lock-picks the open door of the car, only to find the ball gone, taken by… ---
**Author:** ![Enterprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/333 "2005-09-05T21:17:19Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Nope, me again. Hoping **honeydewgrrl** can find customer service on Labor Day, I start what I hope is the winning drive by passing to… _grmbl…blast those infernal simulposts_ … **Enterprise** , who merely wants to pass the ball on to… ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/334 "2005-09-05T21:17:30Z")
> [@Enterprise](#): > > …but no such luck! **Enterprise** expertly lock-picks the open door of the car, only to find the ball gone, taken by… …a very confused **Feydeau** who passes it 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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/335 "2005-09-05T21:19:06Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > …a very confused **Feydeau** who passes it to… **Marque Elf** takes it from **Feydeau** and looks for help… ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/336 "2005-09-05T21:20:49Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Marque Elf** takes it from **Feydeau** and looks for help… **Sternvogel** foils the plan by intercepting and flipping to… ---
**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:** [September 5, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/337 "2005-09-05T21:20:55Z")
> [@Marque Elf](#): > > **Marque Elf** takes it from\*\* Feydeau\*\* and looks for help… But **Strinka** get the ball. He tosses it off, hoping that **Sternvogel** and **Enterprise** will be able to grab it to make a goal. ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/338 "2005-09-05T21:21:28Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Marque Elf** takes it from **Feydeau** and looks for help… I would gladly help you out, but I can’t touch … ummm. I can’t grab your… well, you know, the rules. The rules. ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/339 "2005-09-05T21:22:36Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** foils the plan by intercepting and flipping to… **Feydeau** grabs the errant ball and lobs it quickly toward… ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/340 "2005-09-05T21:22:50Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Marque Elf** takes it from **Feydeau** and looks for help… Ha! No help here! Any of my team members handy? Turns… Turns… Who’s that running my way? Damn this fog! Well, here goes…I hope that was someone I know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=18)