# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/121 "2004-05-13T22:15:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > DAMMIT! **Brahe’s** lob landed in my ice cold beer. Oh well, licks beer off ball and lobs it (once again!) back onto the field where it’s caught by… MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! BALL! MY BALL! I gotta pass it? Aw heckydarngosh. Here’s the ball for someone… ---
**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, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/122 "2004-05-13T23:59:42Z")
Yes, thanks **iampunha**. I’ll take that and toss it downfield to my WIDE-OPEN TEAMMATE– ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/123 "2004-05-14T00:49:56Z")
**Nightwatch Trailer** watch my new frosty cold beer already! Luckily I ducked soon enough to not get that damn ball in my beer. I told y’all all I’m doin’ is watching sweaty shirtless doper men who willingly bend over to show me buttshots. _sigh_ I pick up the ball once again and toss it out on the playing field and it’s caught by… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/124 "2004-05-14T00:54:23Z")
Me! MEEEE! MY BALL!! …you mean I gotta pass it AGAIN? Next person who gets this ball better score… ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/125 "2004-05-14T01:37:10Z")
So I guess this means I have to get laid, since I don’t want to disappoint you, **iampunha** , because I’m afraid I’ll be doing no scoring just now. 😃 I hacky-sack the ball around a few times and knee it over there -------\> ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/126 "2004-05-14T03:09:19Z")
**JimSox5** once again comes out of the rainy Indiana night to grab the ball for team 2 (which, by the way, could use a name.) After doing a very awkward cartwheel, he lands on his head and lets the ball roll away. After rolling a short distance, it’s picked up by. . . ---
**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 14, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/127 "2004-05-14T03:19:02Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > (which, by the way, could use a name.) Ya know, I’d been thinking about that for a bit now…here’s what we’ll do. The next person to score for their team, gives the team a name. So, since we’re currently at \*\*honeydewgrrl \*\* to **JimSox5** , if a Team Two person posts next, then can score \*and \* name the team. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/128 "2004-05-14T03:27:46Z")
I hope whoever scores for us is creative. I don’t want to be the wildcats or the Leprechauns or something like that. ---
**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 14, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/129 "2004-05-14T03:38:37Z")
I pick up **JimSox** ’s ball and make a run towards the goal. Aim and fire - no! A spectacular no-look pass instead! Nice move, eh? I call it “The Cop-Out”! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/130 "2004-05-14T04:01:49Z")
Yer cop-out cost you a point. Now if I can just channel a team member to catch this pass… ---
**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 14, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/131 "2004-05-14T04:13:11Z")
Wait, wait. **iampunha** didn’t say who he got the ball from, which means his move didn’t happen. Which means **JC** is on the receiving end of **Nightwatch’s** cop-out, shoots, scores, and christens this team… (count the point, I’m thinking) ---
**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 14, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/132 "2004-05-14T04:16:19Z")
**Team Fire On Pants.** ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/133 "2004-05-14T11:07:32Z")
So its back in the middle **JC**? I grab it for Team 2 and stroll down field… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/134 "2004-05-14T12:01:47Z")
Don’t throw that ball out of bounds **Trillionaire**! _kersplat_! Awww dammit the ball landed in my beer again! Whaddya mean why am I drinking beer at 8 a.m.? Anytime’s a good time for beer. Picks up the ball, licks the beer off, can’t waste now can we, and lobs it back out on the field, hitting the particulary nice butt of a shirtless sweaty doper man… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/135 "2004-05-14T12:11:08Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > hitting the particulary nice butt of a shirtless sweaty doper man… Oh, yeah, that’s me. And we’re even on the same team, I lob it back at **Swampy** … ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/136 "2004-05-14T12:26:20Z")
Well I’m off to bed but before I do I’d better thwart Team One’s drive. Throwing it HIGH in the air now, and … goodnight. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/137 "2004-05-14T12:38:01Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Oh, yeah, that’s me. And we’re even on the same team, I lob it back at **Swampy** … Who thinks of a new twist, lobbing the ball at butts, watching for **Shibb** to bend over again, aims ball and… **thwhap!** Man, that **Shibb** can jump! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/138 "2004-05-14T12:45:02Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Who thinks of a new twist, lobbing the ball at butts, watching for **Shibb** to bend over again, aims ball and… **thwhap!** Man, that **Shibb** can jump! 😃 And he jumped so high! But I come to earth cradling the ball. I kick it high in the air, wait for it to come down, and then head it back to **Swampbear** … ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/139 "2004-05-14T12:47:43Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > And he jumped so high! But I come to earth cradling the ball. I kick it high in the air, wait for it to come down, and then head it back to **Swampbear** … Day-umn! I am the spectator and I play more than folks playing. Oh well, looks around for a really nice butt to aim the ball at… spies one and… ---
**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 14, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/140 "2004-05-14T13:18:32Z")
If I’d have been here, I may have ruled in favor of **iampunha** because he clearly mentioned the “cop-out” in the earlier post. But too much time has passed, so we’ll let the play stand, and clarify the rule: Name the person you’re getting the ball from, or quote their post. Don’t do one of those two, you don’t have the ball. There, hopefully that’ll make things clearer in the future. 🙂 Also, **swampy** , check this rule: “once you touch the ball you cannot touch it again until there is a score, or the opposing team gains control”. So, we have Team Fire On Pants over Team One, 8-3. The current play is **swampbear** to **ShibbOleth**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840.md?page=8)