# I can't move. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950 "2000-10-06T13:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/1 "2000-10-06T13:30:54Z")
It’s the end of the tennis season, and it’s supposed to get cold. This weekend they take down the nights. A few friends and myself went to play tennis after work. We played nine sets, starting at 6:00 and ending at about 11:30. I also drank 2 or 3 (or maybe 10) beers, strictly for hydration of course. 3 sets of singles, 6 of doubles. I’m 33, but right now I feel very very old. My lower back is a painful knot, my legs are stiff, my right arm feels like it’s been wrenched from its socket, and I have a headache. I am at work now, and there are things I have to do today. I would really rather curl up into a ball of self-satisfied tired pity. But I won 7 of the 9 sets. My serve was a thunderbolt. My groundstrokes inspired fear. When I charged the net the angels retreated, and the ground shook at my overheads. It was worth it, a great night. This morning though… Owww. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/2 "2000-10-06T13:32:00Z")
They don’t really take down the nights. They take down the nets. ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/3 "2000-10-06T13:33:50Z")
With apologies to **Libertarian** : I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/4 "2000-10-06T13:33:52Z")
This was supposed to be in the Pit or Mpsims, doesn’t matter. Sorry. Must…jumpstart…brain. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/5 "2000-10-06T14:04:59Z")
I’ll move it over to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/6 "2000-10-06T14:10:35Z")
Ahhh… Here’s your thread… 😃 I say we call you Tennistilus. God of the Green Court. I’m an avid Racquetball player, and got hit in the kidney by a very hard shot yesterday. It hit bare skin because of the tank I was wearing and actually managed to suck blood out through the skin. Pretty funny really, but boy oh boy does it hurt today. I empathize with you… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/7 "2000-10-06T14:16:15Z")
I used to play tennis. I used to play racquetball. Now I just play with my computer. I may be out of shape, but I don’t hurt this morning. 🙂 Feel better! ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/8 "2000-10-06T14:18:59Z")
Yeah, but it’s a good hurt though. It’s the kind of hurt that lets you know you’re strong. That you can dominate and be powerful. It’s the second best hurt there is. IMHO. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/9 "2000-10-06T14:19:57Z")
Actually I would have felt really guilty if Unclebeer had had to waste his 4000th post moving my stupid thread. I for one am looking for something truly inspiring, that will lift me up out of my physical and mental malaise, and give me a reason to live through the long dark winter of tennislessness. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/10 "2000-10-06T14:24:04Z")
That’s what r-ball is for Scylla. Maybe a totally different game, but the same pricipals. Plus you don’t have to go chasing down little yellow balls. You can chase down blue or green balls. Tho’ I now see the irony in always getting blue-balls when I go to the gym. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-move/35950/11 "2000-10-06T14:25:43Z")
I play squash, but it ain’t the same.