# 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:** 56
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1101 "2005-09-14T18:27:06Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who topped off his afternoon meal with a Snickers-brand ice cream cone. I scoop the ball to… once again posting after falling victim to the simulpost-I’ll hand this nice doperball on 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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1102 "2005-09-14T18:35:23Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > **danceswithcats** who doesn’t care for ice cream with a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. **twickster**? where are you?? it’s scorey time… Nope, **Sternvogel** intercepted… ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1103 "2005-09-14T18:36:24Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > once again posting after falling victim to the simulpost-I’ll hand this nice doperball on to… …but I think this play is good. Yoo-hoo, Luckys! ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1104 "2005-09-14T18:37:21Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > once again posting after falling victim to the simulpost-I’ll hand this nice doperball on to… **Sternvogel** , who is about to invite SDMB newcomer **Bismillah** to take the field for the Uppercasers, but first passes 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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1105 "2005-09-14T18:38:23Z")
Actually, I intercept **twickster** ’s pass. ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1106 "2005-09-14T20:29:29Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Actually, I intercept **twickster** ’s pass. …and I grab the ball and serve it up on a pizza 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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1107 "2005-09-14T20:33:15Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > …and I grab the ball and serve it up on a pizza to… **twicks** , who blocks the goal and 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 14, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1108 "2005-09-14T20:39:25Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **twicks** , who blocks the goal and hands off to … **Sternvogel** , who hopes **Feydeau** is soon joined by at least one other Uppercaser. I 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 14, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1109 "2005-09-14T21:30:38Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who hopes **Feydeau** is soon joined by at least one other Uppercaser. I pass to… but that would be too easy, as we continue to continue… ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1110 "2005-09-14T21:32:09Z")
and the receiver was me, but you couldn’t tell that… ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1111 "2005-09-14T21:42:04Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > and the receiver was me, but you couldn’t tell that… Well, I just got it back from you. Five hours or so from the end of the game, unless one team gets to 11 before 10:00 Chicago time. I pass to… ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1112 "2005-09-14T22:16:05Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Well, I just got it back from you. Five hours or so from the end of the game, unless one team gets to 11 before 10:00 Chicago time. I pass to… … me, and I quicly pass on 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 14, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1113 "2005-09-14T22:23:30Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > … me, and I quicly pass on to … **gardentraveler** who does a complex ritual scoring dance across the goal line to make the score 7-6, Luckys… ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1114 "2005-09-14T22:24:34Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **gardentraveler** who does a complex ritual scoring dance across the goal line to make the score 7-6, Luckys… I don’t think so. I grab the ball from **gardentraveler** and pass it along to… ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1115 "2005-09-14T22:26:29Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > I don’t think so. > > I grab the ball from **gardentraveler** and pass it along to… What I meant by “I don’t think so” was that the ball progression was **Sternvogel** to **mkl12** to **gardentraveler** , therefore no score. (I just wanted to post quickly enough to intercept.) ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1116 "2005-09-14T22:28:52Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > I don’t think so. > > I grab the ball from **gardentraveler** and pass it along to… **Sternvogel** , whose team can break the 6-6 tie if we get a touch here. ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1117 "2005-09-14T22:29:30Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > I don’t think so. > > I grab the ball from **gardentraveler** and pass it along to… **mkl12’s** block. ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1118 "2005-09-14T22:30:38Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , whose team can break the 6-6 tie if we get a touch here. Ok, then I block this one. ---
**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, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1119 "2005-09-14T22:32:38Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > Ok, then I block this one. And I get it back, and 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 14, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1120 "2005-09-14T22:43:48Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > And I get it back, and pass to… me, who hopes there are some non-sleeping lurkers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=57)