# I have a tennis ball. I'm asking you for something either a little bigger or better in exchange. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020 "2012-03-28T04:16:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/1 "2012-03-28T04:16:35Z")
What would you give me? Whatever you give me, that’ll be my new item (that I’ll have to trade). I’m wondering if I’d eventually be able to work my way up to a car (or something equally as good)… ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/2 "2012-03-28T04:21:03Z")
Here, have an [oversized tennis ball.](http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/house-oversized-tennis-ball/detail.php?p=87949). I’d keep it, but I don’t have an oversized tennis racket. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/3 "2012-03-28T04:26:23Z")
If you had a [red paperclip](http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/red-paperclip-story.html), then maybe it would be worth talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/4 "2012-03-28T06:12:32Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > If you had a [red paperclip](http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/red-paperclip-story.html), then maybe it would be worth talking about. _shakes fist_ The impressive thing was that he got there in only 14 trades. Wet finger, that’s roughly tripling your value at each stage. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/5 "2012-03-28T06:33:55Z")
For your oversized tennis ball, I’ll give you a 6 pack of Guinness stout. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/6 "2012-03-28T06:54:36Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > For your oversized tennis ball, I’ll give you a 6 pack of Guinness stout. Nice. So who will give me something for this 6 pack? Anybody? Anybody? Only give what you think you really would if this were real. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/7 "2012-03-28T08:52:53Z")
I’ll give you a copy of \*The Cowboy and the Cross: The Bill Watts Story: Rebellion, Wrestling and Redemption \*. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/8 "2012-03-28T12:10:43Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > So who will give me something for this 6 pack? Anybody? Anybody? I have a brand new tennis racquet I’ll trade you. Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/9 "2012-03-28T12:39:54Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Nice. > > So who will give me something for this 6 pack? Anybody? Anybody? > > Only give what you think you really would if this were real. 😉 I will trade you a Big Lizard in a Jar: Included: One Adult Hatian Curly Tailed Lizard, Preserved in 99% Alcohol in a lovely gasketed, wired Jar. It looks a bit like [THIS](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=WuD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1579&bih=865&tbm=isch&tbnid=ou5D-TX8F4rCYM:&imgrefurl=http://www.caymanwildlife.org/wild-lionlizardvaris.html&docid=KtowGAFq9QTvrM&imgurl=http://www.caymanwildlife.org/images/wildlifeimages/w-Curly-tailedLizard.jpg&w=468&h=251&ei=tQVzT8L7A6Ln0QHRn63QAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1003&vpy=99&dur=2526&hovh=164&hovw=307&tx=139&ty=99&sig=115664513815836219463&page=1&tbnh=114&tbnw=213&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0) one does, but is much larger. Snout to vent, she is probably 7 inches or so not counting the tail. I collected the invasive little bugger myself down here in lovely sunny south Florida. She died of natural causes, but is in a beautiful shape without any damage. Curly Tails are interesting, fat lizards with armor on their backs like little crocodiles. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/10 "2012-03-28T13:07:40Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > I will trade you a Big Lizard in a Jar: > > Included: One Adult Hatian Curly Tailed Lizard, Preserved in 99% Alcohol in a lovely gasketed, wired Jar. > > It looks a bit like [THIS](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=WuD&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1579&bih=865&tbm=isch&tbnid=ou5D-TX8F4rCYM:&imgrefurl=http://www.caymanwildlife.org/wild-lionlizardvaris.html&docid=KtowGAFq9QTvrM&imgurl=http://www.caymanwildlife.org/images/wildlifeimages/w-Curly-tailedLizard.jpg&w=468&h=251&ei=tQVzT8L7A6Ln0QHRn63QAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1003&vpy=99&dur=2526&hovh=164&hovw=307&tx=139&ty=99&sig=115664513815836219463&page=1&tbnh=114&tbnw=213&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0) one does, but is much larger. Snout to vent, she is probably 7 inches or so not counting the tail. I collected the invasive little bugger myself down here in lovely sunny south Florida. She died of natural causes, but is in a beautiful shape without any damage. Curly Tails are interesting, fat lizards with armor on their backs like little crocodiles. You would really trade that for a six-pack of beer? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/11 "2012-03-28T14:03:17Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Nice. > > So who will give me something for this 6 pack? Anybody? Anybody? > > Only give what you think you really would if this were real. 😉 How about a six-pack of “Billy Beer” from 1977? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/12 "2012-03-28T14:05:37Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > How about a six-pack of “Billy Beer” from 1977? I’d give you the pickled lizard, the six-pack of Guiness, the normal and oversized tennis balls, and the Billy Watts biography to KEEP that stuff. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/13 "2012-03-28T14:30:10Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > You would really trade that for a six-pack of beer? Sure. I can get another anytime. They are all over the place. Besides, I’d like to see what the next trade would be for such and oddball Item. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tennis-ball-im-asking-you-for-something-either-a-little-bigger-or-better-in-exchange/617020/14 "2012-03-28T14:35:38Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > You would really trade that for a six-pack of beer? Since this is all in fun though I’m willing to entertain other trades. 😉