# 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:** 17
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/321 "2007-02-08T21:02:59Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] SNIPE AGAIN ! ! !.. who juggles it for a bit and tosses it to… [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** , who’s thinking of e-mailing a Quetzal and telling him or her to get over to the Doperball field _pronto_. Hoping this game ends by 5:30, when I head over to a Chinese buffet for dinner, I cover the ball in Crab Rangoon and hope for a hungry teammate to happen by… ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/322 "2007-02-08T21:07:02Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] **Sternvogel** , who’s thinking of e-mailing a Quetzal and telling him or her to get over to the Doperball field _pronto_. Hoping this game ends by 5:30, when I head over to a Chinese buffet for dinner, I cover the ball in Crab Rangoon and hope for a hungry teammate to happen by… [/QUOTE] But Rhythm’s allergic to seafood, so he takes the ball, washes it off in good scotch, and tosses 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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/323 "2007-02-08T21:10:03Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] But Rhythm’s allergic to seafood, so he takes the ball, washes it off in good scotch, and tosses it to… [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** again. Hoping that the smell of food will entice some new competitors onto the pitch, I place the ball in a pan of pot stickers, and see it selected by… ---
**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, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/324 "2007-02-08T21:14:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Sternvogel again. Hoping that the smell of food will entice some new competitors onto the pitch, I place the ball in a pan of pot stickers, and see it selected by… SNIPE ! ! who loves food and is enticed by the pot stickers, getting grease all over the ball he throws it to… ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/325 "2007-02-08T21:19:10Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] SNIPE ! ! who loves food and is enticed by the pot stickers, getting grease all over the ball he throws it to… [/QUOTE] Rysto, who’s desperately trying to prevent the winning goal… ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/326 "2007-02-08T21:21:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Rysto, who’s desperately trying to prevent the winning goal… But fails, as Snipe grabs the ball and hurls 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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/327 "2007-02-08T21:22:51Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] Rysto, who’s desperately trying to prevent the winning goal… [/QUOTE] However, **Sternvogel** is trying to mount the winning drive, and hides the ball in a pan of General Tso’s Chicken, which is discovered by… ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/328 "2007-02-08T21:24:32Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] But fails, as Snipe grabs the ball and hurls it to… [/QUOTE] Okay, I got it from **Snipe**. Wondering whether it will be **Rysto** who again prolongs the affair, I hide the ball in a giant fortune cookie… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/329 "2007-02-08T21:37:38Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Okay, I got it from **Snipe**. Wondering whether it will be **Rysto** who again prolongs the affair, I hide the ball in a giant fortune cookie… [/QUOTE] whose fortune reads: No Goal For You, This Time! Danceswithcats pauses to dribble in a most awe-inspiring manner, then wipes up the dribble and passes 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:** [February 8, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/330 "2007-02-08T21:38:40Z")
Nope-got it from Sternvogel- one of them darn S-peeps, and I pass 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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/331 "2007-02-08T21:39:03Z")
> [@](#): > > whose fortune reads: No Goal For You, This Time! > > Danceswithcats pauses to dribble in a most awe-inspiring manner, then wipes up the dribble and passes the ball to… Snipe again, who really, really, really wants this game to be over, and throws the ball over 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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/332 "2007-02-08T21:44:11Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] Snipe again, who really, really, really wants this game to be over, and throws the ball over to.. [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** , who’s reminded of the wisdom of Lawrence Peter “It ain’t over 'til it’s over” Berra. Sharing **Snipe** ’s hope, I exit the restaurant and leave the Doperball as a tip for… ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/333 "2007-02-08T21:48:18Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] **Sternvogel** , who’s reminded of the wisdom of Lawrence Peter “It ain’t over 'til it’s over” Berra. Sharing **Snipe** ’s hope, I exit the restaurant and leave the Doperball as a tip for… [/QUOTE] Rhythm, whose glad to see some s-dillution going on. Here, catch … ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/334 "2007-02-08T21:52:20Z")
I think it’s fine, just that they only score one point, because **dances** scored, then Kotick commented, then Rhythmdvl took it, then you commented, now I’m taking it, and bumping 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, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/335 "2007-02-08T21:52:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Rhythm, whose glad to see some s-dillution going on. Here, catch … Hey, thanks man, now I’m getting really agravated, I toss the ball up in the air and punt in as hard as I can 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, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/336 "2007-02-08T21:54:08Z")
> [@](#): > > I think it’s fine, just that they only score one point, because dances scored, then Kotick commented, then Rhythmdvl took it, then you commented, now I’m taking it, and bumping it to… Snipe, who bumps 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, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/337 "2007-02-08T21:54:50Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] Hey, thanks man, now I’m getting really agravated, I toss the ball up in the air and punt in as hard as I can over to.. [/QUOTE] Rhythm, who really isn’t passive aggressive by nature, but is enjoying the aggrivation he seems to have caused the collective Ss today. So glad, that he tosses his cookies as well as 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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/338 "2007-02-08T21:56:44Z")
wait, was that a legitimate catch there Captain Carrot? Who’s got the ball now anyway? I think it was me who had last legal possesion of it and passed it off? Good Geebus this is confusing ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/339 "2007-02-08T21:56:50Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] Snipe, who bumps it to… [/QUOTE] Rhythm, who is being just as careful in quoting as Snipe is. Then passing 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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/340 "2007-02-08T21:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Rhythm, who really isn’t passive aggressive by nature, but is enjoying the aggrivation he seems to have caused the collective Ss today. So glad, that he tosses his cookies as well as the ball to… Snipe, who in his last pass of the day, throws it headlong over to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=18)