# 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:** 52
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1021 "2005-09-13T23:20:14Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Boy, the ball is going so fast I failed to notice I actually returned a volley from **danceswithcats**. however, I arrived unprepared for tennis, thinking we were shooting clays, and so I’ve errantly blasted the doperball with birdshot, but it did make a loud racket… ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1022 "2005-09-13T23:25:06Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > however, I arrived unprepared for tennis, thinking we were shooting clays, and so I’ve errantly blasted the doperball with birdshot, but it did make a loud racket… So I catch a perforated Doperball and run for the goal! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1023 "2005-09-13T23:29:56Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > So I catch a perforated Doperball and run for the goal! Where you hand the ball to me, who hopes there’s a third Uppercaser around to take the pass and put it in the net. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1024 "2005-09-13T23:33:51Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Where you hand the ball to me, who hopes there’s a third Uppercaser around to take the pass and put it in the net. Nope. The tenacious Luck is back… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1025 "2005-09-13T23:36:44Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Nope. The tenacious Luck is back… And once again frustrated by the fact I steal the ball from her, and toss it to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1026 "2005-09-13T23:37:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Nope. The tenacious Luck is back… and the luckacious tack is buck, too. My ball! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1027 "2005-09-13T23:38:15Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > And once again frustrated by the fact I steal the ball from her, and toss it to… me again ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1028 "2005-09-13T23:42:53Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > me again and from there to me. You here, **gt**? ---
**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 13, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1029 "2005-09-13T23:47:16Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > and from there to me. You here, **gt**? Just back from the library, she scores! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1030 "2005-09-13T23:50:10Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > Just back from the library, she scores! And **twicks** puts the ball back in play before starting the Dance of Joy. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1031 "2005-09-13T23:51:53Z")
With the score now 6-3 in favor of Team Uppercase, I put the ball into play just before heating up the lunch leftovers for my supper. I’ll be back in about an hour, so I hope at least one teammate can hold down the fort in my absence. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1032 "2005-09-13T23:53:46Z")
Okay, I intercepted from **twickster** , and now (hoping that the requirement to wait 60 seconds between posts doesn’t cost my team) pass to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1033 "2005-09-13T23:55:23Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Okay, I intercepted from **twickster** , and now (hoping that the requirement to wait 60 seconds between posts doesn’t cost my team) pass to… me again! ---
**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 14, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1034 "2005-09-14T00:01:41Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > me again! **gardentraveler** takes advantage of **Sternvogel’s** alleged absence and passes 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 14, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1035 "2005-09-14T00:29:00Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **gardentraveler** takes advantage of **Sternvogel’s** alleged absence and passes it to… and to **twicks** and we score! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1036 "2005-09-14T00:36:44Z")
Hoping to repeat the same syzygy, I put the ball in play… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1037 "2005-09-14T00:40:42Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Hoping to repeat the same syzygy, I put the ball in play… I’m still here – are you, **gt**? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1038 "2005-09-14T00:57:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I’m still here – are you, **gt**? Well, I am, and I obviously _was_ away from the computer for an hour. Yes, I was online (if you noticed the green circle next to my name), but I wasn’t looking at the screen. Speaking of screens, I toss a football pass of that variety to… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1039 "2005-09-14T00:57:29Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Hoping to repeat the same syzygy, I put the ball in play… I’m still here – are you, **gt**? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1040 "2005-09-14T01:01:46Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Well, I am, and I obviously _was_ away from the computer for an hour. Yes, I was online (if you noticed the green circle next to my name), but I wasn’t looking at the screen. Speaking of screens, I toss a football pass of that variety to… Me as I run back onto the field after an extremely prolonged bathroom break (never mix pop rocks and black bean dip). I look both ways before crossing the street then fake a handoff and see an opening. I heave the ball to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=53)