# 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:** 57
**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, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1121 "2005-09-14T22:46:19Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > me, who hopes there are some non-sleeping lurkers I catch it and pass it on, hoping that **Sternvogel** is gone… ---
**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, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1122 "2005-09-14T22:51:49Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > I catch it and pass it on, hoping that **Sternvogel** is gone… But your hope is dashed as I pick it off 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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1123 "2005-09-14T22:53:25Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > But your hope is dashed as I pick it off and pass to… me again, for the umpteenth time… ---
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1124 "2005-09-14T22:55:11Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > me again, for the umpteenth time… And for the umpteenth time, I grab it back, and toss 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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1125 "2005-09-14T23:06:22Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > And for the umpteenth time, I grab it back, and toss to… me, and I can’t even count to umpteen. 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 14, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1126 "2005-09-14T23:10:54Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > me, and I can’t even count to umpteen. Pass to… Me. Since I’m about to eat dinner, I’m hoping some other Uppercasers soon take the field as I pass 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, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1127 "2005-09-14T23:12:39Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Me. Since I’m about to eat dinner, I’m hoping some other Uppercasers soon take the field as I pass to… me again just before I go out for a walk… ---
**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, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1128 "2005-09-14T23:16:27Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > me again just before I go out for a walk… Now we have a real chance! Come on, lowercasers! 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 14, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1129 "2005-09-14T23:30:00Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > Now we have a real chance! Come on, lowercasers! I pass to … **Sternvogel** , who’s putting another Shrimp Alfredo dinner in the microwave and is thus able to intercept the pass and hand off 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, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1130 "2005-09-14T23:36:28Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who’s putting another Shrimp Alfredo dinner in the microwave and is thus able to intercept the pass and hand off to… me, who hands off 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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1131 "2005-09-14T23:41:07Z")
me again. And it goes on to … ---
**Author:** ![What\_Is\_Schwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8baadc/32.png) [@What\_Is\_Schwa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Is_Schwa)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1132 "2005-09-14T23:41:16Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > me, who hands off to… me, a newcomer on the field. I tuck the ball under my shirt and casually walk up the field, rubbing my pregnant belly. Not to be fooled, it gets ripped out from under my shirt like a Brittany cesarean by… ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1133 "2005-09-14T23:42:16Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > me, who hands off to… Aaa! I forgot the quote! But now… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Is\_Schwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8baadc/32.png) [@What\_Is\_Schwa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Is_Schwa)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1134 "2005-09-14T23:46:14Z")
and i snuck in there before you, so does it count? 😛 ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1135 "2005-09-14T23:46:50Z")
> [@What Is Schwa](#): > > me, a newcomer on the field. I tuck the ball under my shirt and casually walk up the field, rubbing my pregnant belly. Not to be fooled, it gets ripped out from under my shirt like a Brittany cesarean by… **Sternvogel** , who welcomes you to the game and hopes that this pass will be caught for the Uppercasers’ seventh point… ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1136 "2005-09-14T23:47:57Z")
I don’t know. I’m new to this game, too. We need someone more experienced to clarify the rules. **Sternvogel**? ---
**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, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1137 "2005-09-14T23:49:02Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who welcomes you to the game and hopes that this pass will be caught for the Uppercasers’ seventh point… Semms that it wasn’t a score. I catch this one! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Is\_Schwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8baadc/32.png) [@What\_Is\_Schwa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Is_Schwa)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1138 "2005-09-14T23:57:42Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > Semms that it wasn’t a score. I catch this one! and **What Is Schwa** tips it off his head to… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1139 "2005-09-15T00:03:00Z")
> [@What Is Schwa](#): > > and **What Is Schwa** tips it off his head to… **Sternvogel** , who explains that you can go back and correct an attribution mistake without penalty, but you also run the risk of losing a simulpost battle. I pass to… ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1140 "2005-09-15T00:47:50Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , who explains that you can go back and correct an attribution mistake without penalty, but you also run the risk of losing a simulpost battle. I pass to… **photopat** who has nothing pithy to say at the moment, so I simply cry out “SPOON” and lob the ball to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=58)