# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/61 "2007-02-05T21:49:39Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] …which is intercepted by **Snakescatlady** who cleans off the char marks and kicks it toward any available Team 1 member (she hopes.). [/QUOTE] (Wow…I’ve been contemplating starting a new DoperBall game for a few days now…neat timing. Anyway…) **Hal** rebounds the ball off of **SCL** ’s pick, showboats a bit with the fancy footwork and the snazzy dribbling, and then pulls a Grossman-esque display of ineptitude by tripping over his own shoelaces. The ball dribbles away from him, straight 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 5, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/62 "2007-02-05T21:59:51Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] (Wow…I’ve been contemplating starting a new DoperBall game for a few days now…neat timing. Anyway…) **Hal** rebounds the ball off of **SCL** ’s pick, showboats a bit with the fancy footwork and the snazzy dribbling, and then pulls a Grossman-esque display of ineptitude by tripping over his own shoelaces. The ball dribbles away from him, straight over to… [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** , who flips it in for the GOAL! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/63 "2007-02-05T22:02:39Z")
Wanted to make sure my post got through before I announced that Team 1 shall be henceforth known as the **Jovial Quetzals**. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/64 "2007-02-05T22:09:59Z")
Well awlright! This Jovial Quetzal takes the ball from the ref (assuming the ref finds no fault with that goal), ties a dozen helium balloons to it, and proceeds to set a record for distance kicking. The ball gently wafts it’s way down 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 5, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/65 "2007-02-05T22:12:21Z")
I catch the pass from Hal and punt it directly to… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/66 "2007-02-05T22:14:51Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] I catch the pass from Hal and punt it directly to… [/QUOTE] **Sternvogel** , who gambles on a multi-point opportunity by throwing a Peyton Manning spiral (or unreasonable facsimile thereof) to… ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/67 "2007-02-05T22:16:13Z")
**Rysto** , who catches \*\*Sternvogel/b]'s throw with no Quetzals in sight. He heads upfield, looking for a teammate to pass to, and tries a desperation heave across the field to… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/68 "2007-02-05T22:18:10Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] **Rysto** , who catches \*\*Sternvogel/b]'s throw with no Quetzals in sight. He heads upfield, looking for a teammate to pass to, and tries a desperation heave across the field to… [/QUOTE] Me. I toss the ball off the upright, and it caroms crazily into the hands of… ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/69 "2007-02-05T22:28:21Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Me. I toss the ball off the upright, and it caroms crazily into the hands of… [/QUOTE] **Ludy** who in an extreme sugar/caffeine rush caused from a morning snacking on chocolate covered almonds and coffee goes into a sugar inducted tirade that leaves her slightly comatose and twitching but not before passing the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/70 "2007-02-05T22:28:31Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Me. I toss the ball off the upright, and it caroms crazily into the hands of… [/QUOTE] Rubystreak for the yet unnamed Team 2. swampbear, I have asbestos hands. It’s my superpower. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/71 "2007-02-05T22:29:33Z")
[QUOTE=Ludy] **Ludy** who in an extreme sugar/caffeine rush caused from a morning snacking on chocolate covered almonds and coffee goes into a sugar inducted tirade that leaves her slightly comatose and twitching but not before passing the ball to… [/QUOTE] Crap, simul-post, Ludy gets in first, but I’m getting it next, dammit! ::realizes Ludy is a teammate, pipes down, hopes another Team 2 member wanders by, finally:: ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/72 "2007-02-05T22:33:14Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Crap, simul-post, Ludy gets in first, but I’m getting it next, dammit! [/QUOTE] However, I take it right back, wrap it in the _Indianapolis Star_’s special “COLTS WIN!!!” tribute issue, and place it in a newspaper vending box, from which it’s purchased by… ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/73 "2007-02-05T22:44:12Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] However, I take it right back, wrap it in the _Indianapolis Star_’s special “COLTS WIN!!!” tribute issue, and place it in a newspaper vending box, from which it’s purchased by… [/QUOTE] **Ludy** who has come too and after realizing what has happened shakes her fist sternly at **Sternvoge** for ruining Team 2’s chance of scoring. During the furious fist shaking she trips on the discarded newspaper and the ball is haphazardly tossed into the hands of…. ---
**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 5, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/74 "2007-02-05T23:29:27Z")
Captain Carrot fumbles Ludy’s throw, and finally manages to get it settled, before relinquishing it to… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/75 "2007-02-05T23:47:45Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Captain Carrot fumbles Ludy’s throw, and finally manages to get it settled, before relinquishing it to… [/QUOTE] . . . **anyrose** , who hugs the now-cleaned-off-formerly-icky ball close as she plows forward a few yards then notices she has a clear shot 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:** [February 5, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/76 "2007-02-05T23:50:40Z")
GT, who grabs the ball super-athletically, then trips over the goal line to SCORE!!! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/77 "2007-02-05T23:51:42Z")
And, of course, because I was busy, I forgot to say I got the ball from **anyrose…** ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/78 "2007-02-05T23:55:50Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] And, of course, because I was busy, I forgot to say I got the ball from **anyrose…** [/QUOTE] **Rubystreak** , disgruntledly picking up the ball just spiked by **gardentraveler** , wondering if Team 2 will ever score a point, hurls the ball in frustration right into the face of… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/79 "2007-02-05T23:56:14Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] **GT** , who grabs the ball super-athletically, then trips over the goal line to SCORE!!! (And, of course, because I was busy, I forgot to say I got the ball from **anyrose** …) [/QUOTE] WooHoo! another point for the **Jovial Quetzals**! ---
**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 5, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/80 "2007-02-05T23:57:26Z")
Captain Carrot, almost breaking his glasses again (which Rubystreak, as the previous poster, offers to replace), but he secures it firmly before kicking it to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=5)