# Doperball VI **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873 "2007-02-05T02:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/281 "2007-02-08T19:58:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Okay, I actually got the ball from **Snipe**. Once again, I send it over to **swampy** , who can end this game with any touch whatsoever… [/QUOTE] Unless I desperately get there first… but I gotta pass it to _someone_… ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/282 "2007-02-08T19:58:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Okay, I actually got the ball from Snipe. Once again, I send it over to swampy, who can end this game with any touch whatsoever… Snipe catches the ball and thows it at Swampys head, hoping it’ll bounce into the goal ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/283 "2007-02-08T19:59:35Z")
Hey… WAITASECOND!!! ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/284 "2007-02-08T19:59:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Unless I desperately get there first… but I gotta pass it to someone… That someone is Snipe, who throws it up into the air for… (dear god this is getting confusing).. again, sorry for all the simulposts, just trying to get things straigntened out. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/285 "2007-02-08T20:00:57Z")
There is no joy in Mudville ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/286 "2007-02-08T20:02:15Z")
Come On Sternvogel And Swampbear, We Can Do This, Get In There And Get That Ball ! ! ! ! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/287 "2007-02-08T20:03:33Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] There is no joy in Mudville ☹ [/QUOTE] Here, have a martini in a nice chilled martini glass with extra olives. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/288 "2007-02-08T20:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] That someone is Snipe, who throws it up into the air for… (dear god this is getting confusing).. again, sorry for all the simulposts, just trying to get things straigntened out. [/QUOTE] **Rythmdvl** grabs the ball, just in case the bottom of p. 7 didn’t really mean what he thought it meant. He again tries to pass it into play, tries to avoid an S, and tries to type veryyyyyyy quickly! Oh, and he passes it to… ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/289 "2007-02-08T20:05:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh, and he passes it to… SNIPE, who throws it to… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/290 "2007-02-08T20:10:10Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] SNIPE, who throws it to… [/QUOTE] Rhythmdvl, who _can’t_ be the only LE here! Anyone? Anyone? Catch! ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/291 "2007-02-08T20:11:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Rhythmdvl, who can’t be the only LE here! Anyone? Anyone? Catch! But Snipe grabs it back and throws it past Rhythmdvl to… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/292 "2007-02-08T20:13:32Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] But Snipe grabs it back and throws it past Rhythmdvl to… [/QUOTE] A decoy Rhythm planted, so he can keep his team in just a little longer (also in hopes of getting more martinis). He slumbs the ball over to… ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/293 "2007-02-08T20:14:48Z")
> [@](#): > > A decoy Rhythm planted, so he can keep his team in just a little longer (also in hopes of getting more martinis). He slumbs the ball over to… Snipe, who’s already having a martini, offers to share one, and flings the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/294 "2007-02-08T20:18:25Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] Snipe, who’s already having a martini, offers to share one, and flings the ball to… [/QUOTE] Rhythm, who thanks him for the ball and the martini, and passes the martini–no, wait, passes the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/295 "2007-02-08T20:20:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Rhythm, who thanks him for the ball and the martini, and passes the martini–no, wait, passes the ball to… Snipe, who takes the ball AND the martini, chugs the martini, and hurls the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/296 "2007-02-08T20:21:33Z")
Jebus! I had to draw a diagram to figure this out. The last legal catch was by Rhythmdvl in post 276 So, let’s just pretend everything after that didn’t happen, and the next person to post, quote that post. ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/297 "2007-02-08T20:23:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Grabs it out of Snipe’s hand and calls out for any ANY ANY non-S to help out!!! No such luck, Snipe grabs it back and flings it to… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/298 "2007-02-08T20:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] No such luck, Snipe grabs it back and flings it to… [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** , who has decided to accept the referee’s decision, and takes the ball in the hope that a Quetzal teammate will FINALLY end this game… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/299 "2007-02-08T20:26:08Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] No such luck, Snipe grabs it back and flings it to… [/QUOTE] Rhythmdvl, who used the diagram to scoop the ball up. It unfortunately rolls out the other side and straight to … ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/300 "2007-02-08T20:27:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Rhythmdvl, who used the diagram to scoop the ball up. It unfortunately rolls out the other side and straight to … Snipe again, who throws it to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=16)