# Doperball VII -- The Game Rooming **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 11, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910 "2008-04-11T16:16:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/141 "2008-04-12T12:00:32Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] CatInASuit, who finds himself surrounded by a bunch of **Nuts** , and passes over the top to… [/QUOTE] Eddie after a long nap grabs the ball runs down field and passes to… ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/142 "2008-04-12T12:09:18Z")
[QUOTE=Edward The Head] Eddie after a long nap grabs the ball runs down field and passes to… [/QUOTE] Oh no you don’t, you caused enough trouble at the start of the game. CIAS intercepts and reverse passes to… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/143 "2008-04-12T13:08:22Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] Oh no you don’t, you caused enough trouble at the start of the game. CIAS intercepts and reverse passes to… [/QUOTE] **chrisk** , who’s late to the game as usual, and awkwardly lobs off to… ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/144 "2008-04-12T13:18:06Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] **chrisk** , who’s late to the game as usual, and awkwardly lobs off to… [/QUOTE] **Fachverwirrt** , who fools everyone by actually holding on to the ball this time, then punts it straight up, to be caught by… ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/145 "2008-04-12T13:21:59Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] **Fachverwirrt** , who fools everyone by actually holding on to the ball this time, then punts it straight up, to be caught by… [/QUOTE] A brilliant interception, which I catch yet causes me to stumble and heave a hail mary in the other direction to… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/146 "2008-04-12T13:23:02Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] A brilliant interception, which I catch yet causes me to stumble and heave a hail mary in the other direction to… [/QUOTE] Yes! I got it, and pass it over to… ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/147 "2008-04-12T13:43:59Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] Yes! I got it, and pass it over to… [/QUOTE] Wow, being a Nut Cluster is hard work. I prevent a score, but, needing to pee really badly, quickly hand off to… ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/148 "2008-04-12T13:45:30Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Wow, being a Nut Cluster is hard work. I prevent a score, but, needing to pee really badly, quickly hand off to… [/QUOTE] someone on the opposite team, who passes to… ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/149 "2008-04-12T13:52:58Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] someone on the opposite team, who passes to… [/QUOTE] Me, fresh back from the bathroom. Sick of all this back and forth, I wrap the ball up and send it certified mail, addressed c/o Nut Clusters, This Game, Dope—No Average Athletics Allowed. It gets lost, rerouted to Alaska, is mistaken for a long lost tribal fertility totem and displayed in an Anchorage mueseum, and three years later finally arrives to be opened by… ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/150 "2008-04-12T13:55:53Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Me, fresh back from the bathroom. Sick of all this back and forth, I wrap the ball up and send it certified mail, addressed c/o Nut Clusters, This Game, Dope—No Average Athletics Allowed. It gets lost, rerouted to Alaska, is mistaken for a long lost tribal fertility totem and displayed in an Anchorage mueseum, and three years later finally arrives to be opened by… [/QUOTE] a very surprised CIAS who wasn’t expecting anything, who promptly mails it back to… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/151 "2008-04-12T13:57:50Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] a very surprised CIAS who wasn’t expecting anything, who promptly mails it back to… [/QUOTE] Me! Okay, what the heck is with this mailing cakaa? (kicks the ball all the way across the room to…) ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/152 "2008-04-12T14:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] Me! Okay, what the heck is with this mailing cakaa? (kicks the ball all the way across the room to…) [/QUOTE] Not me, who is pinning up the Team Rotas [QUOTE=Hal Briston] First, figure out what team you’re on. This is determined by the first letter in your username – Team 1: A B C G H I M N O S T U Y Team 2: D E F J K L P Q R V W X Z [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/153 "2008-04-12T14:20:40Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] Me! Okay, what the heck is with this mailing cakaa? (kicks the ball all the way across the room to…) [/QUOTE] me, who forgoes mailing the ball for the more traditional strapping it to an ACME rocket and shooting it toward… ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/154 "2008-04-12T14:22:32Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] me, who forgoes mailing the ball for the more traditional strapping it to an ACME rocket and shooting it toward… [/QUOTE] Me, who is wondering where the heck his team is. Hail Mary to… ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/155 "2008-04-12T14:24:31Z")
[QUOTE=fachverwirrt] Me, who is wondering where the heck his team is. Hail Mary to… [/QUOTE] my last defensive play before running out to get drunk for the evening! passing to… ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/156 "2008-04-12T14:45:14Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] my last defensive play before running out to get drunk for the evening! passing to… [/QUOTE] The A-man, whois wondering why the hell \*\*Bell/b] didn’t score a moment ago! While he ponders this, he is run over by a stampeding herd of bulls, and the ball flies towards… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/157 "2008-04-12T15:05:44Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] The A-man, whois wondering why the hell \*\*Bell/b] didn’t score a moment ago! While he ponders this, he is run over by a stampeding herd of bulls, and the ball flies towards… [/QUOTE] **Inner Stickler** , who vacillates between scoring and trying for a two pointer, but upon seeing the opposing team bearing down on him gives a yelp and launches himself ball and all towards the goal for a point. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/158 "2008-04-12T15:13:24Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] **Inner Stickler** , who vacillates between scoring and trying for a two pointer, but upon seeing the opposing team bearing down on him gives a yelp and launches himself ball and all towards the goal for a point. [/QUOTE] Hey, I was open over here! 😃 But a point is a point. Go team! I pick up the ball post-goal, and hand it off to… ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/159 "2008-04-12T17:23:11Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] Hey, I was open over here! 😃 But a point is a point. Go team! I pick up the ball post-goal, and hand it off to… [/QUOTE] CatInASuit who dribbles the ball downfield, gives it a mighty kick in the direction of… ---
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910/160 "2008-04-12T17:24:07Z")
[QUOTE=CatInASuit] CatInASuit who dribbles the ball downfield, gives it a mighty kick in the direction of… [/QUOTE] Tirial who isn’t sure what is going on but will kick it vaguely at the goal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperball-vii-the-game-rooming/444910.md?page=9)