# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 58
**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, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1141 "2005-09-15T00:50:38Z")
> [@photopat](#): > > **photopat** who has nothing pithy to say at the moment, so I simply cry out “SPOON” and lob the ball to… **Sternvogel** , taking a break from watching TV to 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 15, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1142 "2005-09-15T00:54:36Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** , taking a break from watching TV to pass to… **danceswithcats** who wonders if there are any more lower case kids in this sandbox… ---
**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 15, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1143 "2005-09-15T01:08:04Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > **danceswithcats** who wonders if there are any more lower case kids in this sandbox… There’s me me me me me… I fall over (you threw that kind of fast) and the ball bobbles out of my hands 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, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1144 "2005-09-15T01:11:16Z")
{b]Sternvogel\*\* takes the ball from **gardentraveler** and passes 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 15, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1145 "2005-09-15T01:38:25Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > {b]Sternvogel\*\* takes the ball from **gardentraveler** and passes to… me again…I think the ball is melting…melting…melting… (I’m off to bed; this was fun…) ---
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1146 "2005-09-15T01:52:51Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > me again…I think the ball is melting…melting…melting… (I’m off to bed; this was fun…) **Sternvogel** bids **gardentraveler** “good night” as he intercepts her pass and throws to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1147 "2005-09-15T02:02:18Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Sternvogel** bids **gardentraveler** “good night” as he intercepts her pass and throws to… me-yet again, hoping that all of the Lurkies haven’t retired for the evening… ---
**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, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1148 "2005-09-15T02:07:54Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > me-yet again, hoping that all of the Lurkies haven’t retired for the evening… Since there don’t seem to be many folks of either persuasion on the field, I’ll suggest that we adopt a modified “sudden death” rule and declare that two touches per team will be sufficient for a goal. If there’s no disagreement, every pass is a potential assist. I throw this one to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1149 "2005-09-15T03:04:43Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Since there don’t seem to be many folks of either persuasion on the field, I’ll suggest that we adopt a modified “sudden death” rule and declare that two touches per team will be sufficient for a goal. If there’s no disagreement, every pass is a potential assist. I throw this one to… **danceswithcats** who expects a 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 15, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1150 "2005-09-15T03:11:49Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > **danceswithcats** who expects a pass to… twicks, who scores. Right? ---
**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, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1151 "2005-09-15T03:12:22Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > **danceswithcats** who expects a pass to… **Sternvogel** , who points out that it’s been 24 hours since your suggestion yesterday that we put the game to bed tonight. I’ll accordingly step out now, and wait for a new Doperball thread before playing again (or officiating full-time, as the case may be). I do think the Uppercase-lowercase format produced fairly even competition, and so I humbly nominate its use when we reconvene. Good game, all! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1152 "2005-09-15T03:16:08Z")
Indeed, good game. ---
**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, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743/1153 "2005-09-15T03:26:23Z")
Yay! Now off to Dairy Queen for Dillybars for everybody! Sternvogel’s treat 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-v-man-im-bored/319743.md?page=57)