# It's A Beautiful Day...For Doperball!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840 "2004-05-12T19:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/61 "2004-05-12T23:34:01Z")
Shibb (team 1) Snatches it, nice between the legs pass it off to… ---
**Author:** ![Aragowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@Aragowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aragowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/62 "2004-05-13T00:02:28Z")
Caught the pass from **Shibby**. Come on, Team 1, anyone else out there? Throws wildly hoping against hope… ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/63 "2004-05-13T00:16:11Z")
Stealing **stevenalice** ’s throw, then pegs Team 1’s mascot with the ball, which bounces to… ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/64 "2004-05-13T00:16:56Z")
me, I catch the ball from Brahe and toss politely to… ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/65 "2004-05-13T00:32:38Z")
**Nightwatch** (thanks **Rufus** ) who decides to take a chance and keep the ball in play one more round…be there, team… ---
**Author:** ![Aragowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@Aragowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aragowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/66 "2004-05-13T00:45:24Z")
Sorry Team 2, but I grabbed it from NWTrailer. Passing now to… ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/67 "2004-05-13T00:47:18Z")
I’ve jumped in and stolen the ball from **stevenalice** , before a quick pass to… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/68 "2004-05-13T01:12:43Z")
Ta Da! **harmless** is here! : throws it harmlessly to : ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/69 "2004-05-13T01:16:16Z")
**Nightwatch** again, who has learned from his past mistake and now takes **harmless** ’ pass, aims at the goal and fires… ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/70 "2004-05-13T01:19:55Z")
So that should be **robinc308** to **harmless** to **Nightwatch** for the score? So the score should stand at: Team One - 0 Team Two - 4 Right? So the ball is back in play. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/71 "2004-05-13T01:27:16Z")
10, 42, 878, HIKE! : **harmless** hikes the ball to : ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/72 "2004-05-13T01:31:08Z")
me! **robin** fumbles at the pass from **harmless** and then runs… She ducks, she weaves, she spins… She trips over her own shoelaces, the ball goes flying in the air and is caught by… ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/73 "2004-05-13T03:16:25Z")
emekthian! He stops time, launches his body in a feat of amazing acrobatics so that he is floating in midair with his finger near the ball. The players are all leaping towards him, frozen in midair. Finally, he restarts time and flicks the ball to… ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/74 "2004-05-13T04:03:06Z")
**JimSox5** grabs the toss from **emekthian** to save the shut-out by team 2. After doing three backflips and bouncing the ball four times, he drop kicks the ball into the hands of. . . ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/75 "2004-05-13T04:07:29Z")
Sniped! **Nightwatch** snags **JimSox5** ’s errant pass, but realizing that he’s playing this game too much, he throws the ball up for grabs, opens a Mountain Dew Code Red and flops down on the sofa for a while. The ball falls into the surprised paws of… ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/76 "2004-05-13T04:12:17Z")
**Nightwatch** forgot that **JimSox** is on our team, but it counts anyway as the ball settles into the waiting arms of **JC**. Scanning the defense, **Jimmy Chitwood** decides to gamble for the extra points, flipping a no-look pass across the field to his sharpshooting teammate… ---
**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:** [May 13, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/77 "2004-05-13T04:27:20Z")
Damn computer problems keeping me away from the game… :mad: Anyway…Thanks for keeping score, **Nightwatch**. As a reminder (so people don’t have to back to Page 1), here are the teams: Team One: A,C,E,G,I,K,M,O,Q,S,U,W or Y Team Two: B,D,F,H,J,L,N,P,R,T,V,X or Z We’re currently have Team Two over Team One, 4-zip. Team Two has posession, and is looking for a 2 or 3-pointer. Game on! ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/78 "2004-05-13T04:30:42Z")
> [@Jimmy Chitwood](#): > > **Nightwatch** forgot that **JimSox** is on our team, but it counts anyway as the ball settles into the waiting arms of **JC**. Sitting on the couch, drinking his Mountain Dew, **Nightwatch** realizes he is an idiot. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/79 "2004-05-13T04:53:25Z")
**BraheSilver** is in position to collect **Jimmy** ’s risky pass, and throws it in for another 2 points for Team 2. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/80 "2004-05-13T13:06:27Z")
\*\*JimSox5 \*\* to **Nightwatch Trailer** to \*\*Jimmy Chitwood \*\* to \*\*BraheSilver \*\* – 2 points! Team One - 0 Team Two - 6 C’mon Team One! Need a few more players on the field here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840.md?page=5)