# 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:** 54
**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, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1061 "2005-09-14T02:33:21Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **gardentraveler** , who is hoping against hope that **twicks** is still out there… Here! Here! Scooooooooooooooore! ---
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1062 "2005-09-14T02:36:26Z")
With the Uppercase lead now shaved to 6-5, I again put the ball 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 14, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1063 "2005-09-14T02:36:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Here! Here! Scooooooooooooooore! Which at least gets us within reach. 6-5, Upper Case Team is leading. In order to return some interest to this game, **gardentraveler** takes the Doperball to the bank and attempts to deposit it in a special account. The teller… ---
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1064 "2005-09-14T02:36:57Z")
Any clue what the score is without going back four pages? Do we three soldier on and run it up in the dark hours before going to sleep? Hell. Ball’s 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, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1065 "2005-09-14T02:41:06Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Any clue what the score is without going back four pages? Do we three soldier on and run it up in the dark hours before going to sleep? > > Hell. Ball’s in play. and three makes it another scoooooooooooooore! ---
**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, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1066 "2005-09-14T02:51:39Z")
Actually, I put the ball into play, and won a three-way battle of simulposts. Nobody’s had a legal touch since then. ---
**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1067 "2005-09-14T02:58:42Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Actually, I put the ball into play, and won a three-way battle of simulposts. Nobody’s had a legal touch since then. :rolleyes: Okay, a nice easy volleyball serve out to … ---
**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, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1068 "2005-09-14T03:00:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > :rolleyes: > > Okay, a nice easy volleyball serve out to … **Sternvogel** , who again hopes he’s not the only Uppercaser among lowercasers as he sets the ball to… ---
**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, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1069 "2005-09-14T03:09:31Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who again hopes he’s not the only Uppercaser among lowercasers as he sets the ball to… catdancer, but fear not-garden girl has gone to nappy land, so there are only three of us on the field. Unless some more players start getting involved, we should prolly let this thread take a nap, too. My vote is for another 24 hours and whomever is ahead is the winner of this round. ---
**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, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1070 "2005-09-14T03:13:31Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > catdancer, but fear not-garden girl has gone to nappy land, so there are only three of us on the field. Unless some more players start getting involved, we should prolly let this thread take a nap, too. My vote is for another 24 hours and whomever is ahead is the winner of this round. Unless, of course, one team gets to 11 points before then. Otherwise, I’ll second the motion, and valiantly hope some other Uppercaser is out there as I pass 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, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1071 "2005-09-14T03:16:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Unless, of course, one team gets to 11 points before then. Otherwise, I’ll second the motion, and valiantly hope some other Uppercaser is out there as I pass to… me, of course. I third the motion. Fun game all – see y’all here, or wherever… ---
**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, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1072 "2005-09-14T03:26:52Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > me, of course. > > I third the motion. > > Fun game all – see y’all here, or wherever… Okay, to make this a little more interesting, I won’t post for the rest of the night in reply to the first lowercase touch of a possession. I’ll wait until either two “lucks” have had the ball or one of my Uppercase teammates joins me. I toss the ball, and it is caught by… ---
**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, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1073 "2005-09-14T03:32:43Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Okay, to make this a little more interesting, I won’t post for the rest of the night in reply to the first lowercase touch of a possession. I’ll wait until either two “lucks” have had the ball or one of my Uppercase teammates joins me. I toss the ball, and it is caught by… me-always a sucker for a good deal, and since the score is close, I’m hoping for new blood on the field-well, not in the sense of players bleeding, but you know what I meant, aww the hell with it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1074 "2005-09-14T06:30:21Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > me-always a sucker for a good deal, and since the score is close, I’m hoping for new blood on the field-well, not in the sense of players bleeding, but you know what I meant, aww the hell with it 😉 So I take the ball and wander about, looking for another Uppercaser in the moonlight. And I fourth (or fifth or whichever…) the motion. ---
**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, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1075 "2005-09-14T06:51:04Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > So I take the ball and wander about, looking for another Uppercaser in the moonlight. Just as I am about to sign off for the night (actually early morning here in Indiana), I refresh the thread and see a new post! I take the ball and hope we’ve scored again by the time I log back on. ---
**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, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1076 "2005-09-14T10:35:28Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Just as I am about to sign off for the night (actually early morning here in Indiana), I refresh the thread and see a new post! I take the ball and hope we’ve scored again by the time I log back on. **gardentraveler** , however, delays this possibility. She’s about to have breakfast and get ready for work, but thought she’d stop in for a moment… Yep, I think we’ve lost the quorum for this game, but it was fun. We’ll see what happens while I’m at work. The ball is sitting right here, basking in the glow of a spotlight, on my desk chair, just waiting for… ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1077 "2005-09-14T11:08:05Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **gardentraveler** , however, delays this possibility. She’s about to have breakfast and get ready for work, but thought she’d stop in for a moment… Yep, I think we’ve lost the quorum for this game, but it was fun. We’ll see what happens while I’m at work. The ball is sitting right here, basking in the glow of a spotlight, on my desk chair, just waiting for… **Feydeau** to come along and claim it. Any Uckies about? ---
**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, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1078 "2005-09-14T13:43:47Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > **Feydeau** to come along and claim it. Any Uckies about? No, but this Lurky is. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1079 "2005-09-14T14:54:01Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **gardentraveler** , however, delays this possibility. She’s about to have breakfast and get ready for work, but thought she’d stop in for a moment… Yep, I think we’ve lost the quorum for this game, but it was fun. We’ll see what happens while I’m at work. The ball is sitting right here, basking in the glow of a spotlight, on my desk chair, just waiting for… _ambles by and picks up the ball with no real idea of what to do with it. Panics and throws it in a random direction before running off._ ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1080 "2005-09-14T14:58:47Z")
> [@zelie zelerton](#): > > _ambles by and picks up the ball with no real idea of what to do with it. Panics and throws it in a random direction before running off._ Yay! You did the right thing! **twicks** catches it and the Luckys score! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=55)