# 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:** 38
**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 9, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/741 "2005-09-09T20:15:00Z")
> [@Enterprise](#): > > … **Enterprise** , who after clapping the syllabels happily welcomes **pho-to-pat** to the uneven team and sends the ball whirling, looking for **Sternvogel** … What! This is a genuine Blackwatch Plaid! I kick the ball right into the cover of Rush’s “Moving Pictures” album. ---
**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 9, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/742 "2005-09-09T20:16:03Z")
Grrr… I take it from teammate twickster, then. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/743 "2005-09-09T20:19:10Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Grrr… I take it from teammate twickster, then. And lose it to **Sternvogel** , who hopes **photopat** and **Enterprise** are around. The ball is batted to… ---
**Author:** ![Enterprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/744 "2005-09-09T20:30:34Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > And lose it to **Sternvogel** , who hopes **photopat** and **Enterprise** are around. The ball is batted to… … **Enterprise** , discovering that hope sometimes prevails…off to… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/745 "2005-09-09T20:32:27Z")
> [@Enterprise](#): > > … **Enterprise** , discovering that hope sometimes prevails…off to… **twickster** , who quickly whomps 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 9, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/746 "2005-09-09T20:40:39Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **twickster** , who quickly whomps it to … **Sternvogel** , who assumes **twickster** will be leaving work soon so that the Odds can finally put together a scoring drive. I fling the ball into a crowded market, and after bouncing off a dozen shoppers, it lands in the hands of… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/747 "2005-09-09T20:48:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who assumes **twickster** will be leaving work soon so that the Odds can finally put together a scoring drive. I fling the ball into a crowded market, and after bouncing off a dozen shoppers, it lands in the hands of… **twickster** , who will be here at least another half hour – but who is going out to dinner tonight, so won’t be back till much much later once she does leave, and who in the meantime bops the ball but good to … ---
**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 9, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/748 "2005-09-09T20:50:22Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **twickster** , who will be here at least another half hour – but who is going out to dinner tonight, so won’t be back till much much later once she does leave, and who in the meantime bops the ball but good to … Scott, who starts to dance to “Blitzkreg Bop” by the Ramones. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/749 "2005-09-09T20:52:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **twickster** , who will be here at least another half hour – but who is going out to dinner tonight, so won’t be back till much much later once she does leave, and who in the meantime bops the ball but good to … **Sternvogel** , who will also be going out to dinner tonight, but will probably be on the Doperball field for about two more hours. Wishing **twickster** a fulfilling evening, I pass to… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/750 "2005-09-09T20:54:34Z")
Okay then, I steal from **Scott** and pass (after having to wait out the 60-second delay – guess the censors need to be alert for cleverly-phrased obscenities) to… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/751 "2005-09-09T20:57:14Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Okay then, I steal from **Scott** and pass (after having to wait out the 60-second delay – guess the censors need to be alert for cleverly-phrased obscenities) to… **twickster** , whose evening should be pleasant rather than fulfilling (spur of the moment dinner with my best friend, who probably wants to talk about his new crushee but who’s going to get an earful on life in cubicle-land) – um – but who’s playing Doperball and playing it hard, passing to … ---
**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 9, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/752 "2005-09-09T21:00:46Z")
twickster passes to me, and I pass to… A moonite? What the hell are they doing here? Watch out! They’ve got the belt. ---
**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 9, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/753 "2005-09-09T21:02:06Z")
That should be Mooninite ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/754 "2005-09-09T21:04:49Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > twickster passes to me, and I pass to… **Sternvogel** , who quickly hands off to… ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/755 "2005-09-09T21:05:10Z")
Whistling under my breath, I stroll onto the court, raise one arm high and snatch the ball out of the air. Still walking across the court I lob it casually over my shoulder without looking to… ---
**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 9, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/756 "2005-09-09T21:08:02Z")
> [@EarthStone777](#): > > Still walking across the court I lob it casually over my shoulder without looking to… 5-sylabul scum. You arren’t scoring this time! I pass the ball along to… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/757 "2005-09-09T21:11:04Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > 5-sylabul scum. You arren’t scoring this time! I pass the ball along to… Nope – he’s an even! sev-en sev-en sev-en! you pass to \*\*twickster and I scooooooooooooooore! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/758 "2005-09-09T21:20:48Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Nope – he’s an even! sev-en sev-en sev-en! > > you pass to \*\*twickster and I scooooooooooooooore! Maybe it’s “Earth Stone Seven Seventy Seven”, which is nine syllables. Goal is not official until we get the poster’s word on how the name is pronounced. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/759 "2005-09-09T21:24:51Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Maybe it’s “Earth Stone Seven Seventy Seven”, which is nine syllables. Goal is not official until we get the poster’s word on how the name is pronounced. We can only hope he or she comes back in to let us know. Otherwise we’ll just have to mill around the field in utter confusion until then. Either that or hang out, enjoy snacks and refreshing beverages, and tell a few jokes. See y’all later… ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/760 "2005-09-09T21:25:22Z")
Wow. Good thing I decided to check this thread again so soon… Yes, I am “Earth Stone Seven Seven Seven” (and I’ve been pronouncing it that way for seven years), making me even. The goal is GOOD! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=39)