# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/81 "2007-02-06T00:10:59Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] 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… [/QUOTE] **Rysto** , who seems to be Team 2’s designated punt returner, calls for a fair catch, and is promptly run over by a stampede of Quetzals. The ball dribbles out of the pile to… ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/82 "2007-02-06T00:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] 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… [/QUOTE] But **Rubystreak** is a brutal, heartless player who actually would stomp on **Captain Carrot** ’s glasses with nary a second thought if she thought it would get her team one stinking point, wrests the ball away from him and runs, or tries to, until she is calculatingly intercepted by… ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/83 "2007-02-06T00:15:35Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] **Rysto** , who seems to be Team 2’s designated punt returner, calls for a fair catch, and is promptly run over by a stampede of Quetzals. The ball dribbles out of the pile to… [/QUOTE] Too busy talking smack to notice that Rysto posted first, Rubystreak can get the ball before it lands back in Team 1’s hands. Anyone from Team 2 besides us can score now and name the team! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/84 "2007-02-06T00:19:07Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Too busy talking smack to notice that Rysto posted first, Rubystreak can get the ball before it lands back in Team 1’s hands. Anyone from Team 2 besides us can score now and name the team! [/QUOTE] Except that **anyrose** steals the ball from **Rubystreak** and passes 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 6, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/85 "2007-02-06T00:21:00Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Except that **anyrose** steals the ball from **Rubystreak** and passes it to . . . [/QUOTE] **Rysto** , who’s wondering when a third member of Team 2 will show up, passes the ball back in Rubystreak’s direction… ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/86 "2007-02-06T00:21:52Z")
And Ludy pulls in for the catch and hopefully tosses to a most wonderful team 2 player ---
**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 6, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/87 "2007-02-06T00:36:33Z")
Captain Carrot yet again intercepts the spiral from Rubystream, handing it casually to… ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/88 "2007-02-06T00:40:36Z")
I think that I still have the ball. **Ludy** didn’t say where he got the ball from, and **Captain Carrot** tried to take the ball from **Rubystreak** instead of me. ---
**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 6, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/89 "2007-02-06T00:40:45Z")
**Rysto** has it. Ball is currently with team 2. Score is 2 - 0 ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/90 "2007-02-06T00:44:14Z")
Paging a Team 2 Player Paging a Team 2 Player Team 2 Player requested on field ---
**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 6, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/91 "2007-02-06T00:59:12Z")
I take it from Rysto and drop-kick it to… For the record, I mentioned Rubystreak because I loaded this thread a while before I posted, and at the time, she had it last. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/92 "2007-02-06T01:06:14Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] I take it from **Rysto** and drop-kick it to… [/QUOTE] **anyrose** , who bounces it a few times, stuffs it under her shirt to pretend she’s pregnant, then takes it out and surreptitiously hands it off to… ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/93 "2007-02-06T01:10:30Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] **anyrose** , who bounces it a few times, stuffs it under her shirt to pretend she’s pregnant, then takes it out and surreptitiously hands it off to… [/QUOTE] **Rysto** makes a brilliant defensive play to break up the potential goal, and tries to find someway to generate some offense… ---
**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 6, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/94 "2007-02-06T01:21:30Z")
before Captain Carrot once again seizes the opportunity from Rysto, quickly giving it 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 6, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/95 "2007-02-06T01:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] before Captain Carrot once again seizes the opportunity from Rysto, quickly giving it to… [/QUOTE] **GT** , who, unwisely attempting to prove she can juggle, tries to grab one of **swampy’s** beer cans and the grill and trips over a chair and loses control of the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/96 "2007-02-06T01:29:28Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] **GT** , who, unwisely attempting to prove she can juggle, tries to grab one of **swampy’s** beer cans and the grill and trips over a chair and loses control of the ball to… [/QUOTE] **anyrose** , who rushes to the goal and spikes it for point # 3. _ **w00t** _! ---
**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 6, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/97 "2007-02-06T01:32:02Z")
Should have passed it, anyrose, 'cause I could have gotten it. And passed it to… ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/98 "2007-02-06T02:10:22Z")
danceswithcats, having forgotten about the game whilst working all day, shuffles onto the field, scratches himself, and snags the ball from Captain Carrot. After a brief display of spherical spinnitude, of which Meadowlark Lemon would be proud, he securely tapes the Doperball to RoboGoat, which is programmed to head towards the opponent’s goal… ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/99 "2007-02-06T02:15:30Z")
**Rysto** changes the batteries in **danceswithcats** ’ RoboGoat, and watches it scream towards the Jovial Quetzals’ goal… ---
**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 6, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873/100 "2007-02-06T02:20:21Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] **Rysto** changes the batteries in **danceswithcats** ’ RoboGoat, and watches it scream towards the Jovial Quetzals’ goal… [/QUOTE] …only to have it deftly blocked! **Hal** ties a couple of bungee cords betwixt some nearby trees, strrrrrrrrretches them back, drops the DoperBall in, and lets that sucker _fly_! It sails all the way downfield to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vi/390873.md?page=6)