# 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:** 18
**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, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/341 "2007-02-08T21:59:15Z")
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! > [@](#): > > Rhythm, who is being just as careful in quoting as Snipe is. Then passing it to.. Who really hopes this isn’t a simulpost as he throws one last ditch effort over to… ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/342 "2007-02-08T22:00:50Z")
Dammit! Icky ball landed in the crab dip, now it’s ruined! Lucky I have a back up batch… kicks silly icky ball toward… ---
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/343 "2007-02-08T22:01:51Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Who really hopes this isn’t a simulpost as he throws one last ditch effort over to… [/QUOTE] Ok, icky ball in crab dip, backup, icky ball nudged to… ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/344 "2007-02-08T22:02:47Z")
Captain Carrot taking the ball from swampbear, scores! I posted in response to the last post on page 5, not realizing that the thread had progressed well beyond that point; I never caught it, since I didn’t take it from the right person. Sorry. ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/345 "2007-02-08T22:03:19Z")
Swampbear had it, Rhythms got it, now it goes 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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/346 "2007-02-08T22:04:37Z")
Or did Captain Carrot have it, now Rhythm has it, now he doesn’t (it flops 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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/347 "2007-02-08T22:07:32Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Or did Captain Carrot have it, now Rhythm has it, now he doesn’t (it flops to … ) [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** , who hopes that with at least three other Quetzals hanging around, a score will soon be forthcoming. I pass to… ---
**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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/348 "2007-02-08T22:08:08Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Or did Captain Carrot have it, now Rhythm has it, now he doesn’t (it flops to … ) [/QUOTE] Me again, if you’re taking it. Throwing caution to the winds, Captain Carrot leaves the ball in a gym locker… ---
**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, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/349 "2007-02-08T22:09:53Z")
Captain Carrot’s gym locker had no scotch ☹ But it had the ball, which Rhythm takes and leaves a dirty sock. Rhythm flibbers the ball to… ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/350 "2007-02-08T22:10:35Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Me again, if you’re taking it. Throwing caution to the winds, Captain Carrot leaves the ball in a gym locker… [/QUOTE] the same gym locker I stored the caviar for the victory party. **swampbear** heaves the icky ball out of the gym locker and it goes toward that goal thingy and falls in. Did I do good? ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/351 "2007-02-08T22:11:36Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Captain Carrot’s gym locker had no scotch ☹ But it had the ball, which Rhythm takes and leaves a dirty sock. Rhythm flibbers the ball to… [/QUOTE] Captain Carrot, who hopes that with two JQs checking the thread often, we can get a score, with the assistance of… (well, hopefully swampbear will refresh soon…) Team 1(Jovial Quetzals): A B C G H I M N O S T U Y Team 2(Team Lazy Explosion): D E F J K L P Q R V W X Z Currently 10-7 JQ, I believe. ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/352 "2007-02-08T22:14:59Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Captain Carrot, who hopes that with two JQs checking the thread often, we can get a score, with the assistance of… (well, hopefully swampbear will refresh soon…) [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** , who is indeed refreshing the thread, takes the ball and flings it furiously toward the goal. Come on, Quetzals, let’s finally put this one away! ---
**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, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/353 "2007-02-08T22:15:01Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Captain Carrot, who hopes that with two JQs checking the thread often, we can get a score, with the assistance of… (well, hopefully swampbear will refresh soon…) [/QUOTE] Rhythm’s assistance? Huh? Oh well, I hope I caught the right ball, and send it to the right person… ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/354 "2007-02-08T22:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] **Sternvogel** , who is indeed refreshing the thread, takes the ball and flings it furiously toward the goal. Come on, Quetzals, let’s finally put this one away! [/QUOTE] Rhythm wonders if it’s been a minute yet. Then tosses to… ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/355 "2007-02-08T22:16:43Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Rhythm’s assistance? Huh? Oh well, I hope I caught the right ball, and send it to the right person… [/QUOTE] Your hopes are disappointed, as I intercept your throw; however, while landing, the ball pops out of my hands, bounces in **swampbear** ’s dip, and… ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/356 "2007-02-08T22:21:29Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Rhythm wonders if it’s been a minute yet. Then tosses to… [/QUOTE] **Captain Carrot** , your post appears late, while this one appears to be right on time. Believing this to be Touch One of a needed three, I despairingly heave the ball to… ---
**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, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/357 "2007-02-08T22:23:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] **Captain Carrot** , your post appears late, while this one appears to be right on time. Believing this to be Touch One of a needed three, I despairingly heave the ball to… [/QUOTE] Eh, Rhythmdvl quoted the wrong person, and I wrote before he fixed it, but posted afterwards, so he was late, not me. Either I took it from him, and you got it from me, or you got it from him, and I’m taking it from you, and slipping it under the table to… (In any case, this makes two passes by the JQs.) ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/358 "2007-02-08T22:24:48Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Eh, Rhythmdvl quoted the wrong person, and I wrote before he fixed it, but posted afterwards, so he was late, not me. Either I took it from him, and you got it from me, or you got it from him, and I’m taking it from you, and slipping it under the table to… (In any case, this makes two passes by the JQs.) [/QUOTE] Rhythm, who glibbitzes it it… ---
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/359 "2007-02-08T22:27:10Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Rhythm, who glibbitzes it it… [/QUOTE] Nice try. I take it back, paging Sternvogel… ---
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/360 "2007-02-08T22:27:12Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Rhythm, who glibbitzes it it… [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** , who hopes **Rhythmdvl** will soon be enticed away from the computer by an irresistible hottie. As hope springs eternal, I pass to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=19)