# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/161 "2004-05-14T17:38:24Z")
:\*\* harmless\*\* _hops_ on it instead : MINE! Who’s next? : throws like a girl to… : ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/162 "2004-05-14T17:39:26Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > :\*\* harmless\*\* _hops_ on it instead : > MINE! > > Who’s next? > > : throws like a girl to… : From **Edward The Head** , nat. 😉 ---
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/163 "2004-05-14T17:39:39Z")
> [@Edward The Head](#): > > Grabs swampbear’s pass, hops on my motorcycle and tears up the field. Gives the ball a bit of a toss and hops one of his team can pick up the ball. > > rides back and smacks swamp’s butt for luck. **WOOHOO!!!** Now the game’s gettin’ fun! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/164 "2004-05-14T17:42:32Z")
: before lobbing, **harmless** takes a moment to wipe the ball down with a disinfectant. : Please, people! No more ass-to-ball maneuvers! ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/165 "2004-05-14T17:46:55Z")
**harmless** does throwing like a girl involving lobbing the ball out of bounds and knocking down my beer can pyramid I spent hours on? :dubious: Picks ball up from pile of cans, licks the ball in case any beer mighta got on it, slaps **harmless** on the butt and lobs the ball out… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/166 "2004-05-14T17:54:55Z")
Eh, was a pretty pathetic pyramid if you ask me. Now, if you turn your attention to my beer can pyramid (sneaks ball from **swampbear** while distracted), now **that’s** a beer can pyramid! Steel Reserve works best! ( tosses ball behind back to next player ) ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/167 "2004-05-14T17:57:26Z")
(Swoops in, catches ball from **harmless,** tucks ball under arm, flexing all the way, stuffs banana in **Edward’s** exhaust pipe [now \* that’s\* a double entendre] boots ball downfield, helps with beer can cleanup.) One more two-pointer and it’s pizza for everyone, kids. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/168 "2004-05-14T18:23:19Z")
Who put this bannana in my pipe? :Hops off bike and grabs the ball Jimmy Chitwood threw: ---
**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, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/169 "2004-05-14T18:35:36Z")
I snag **Edward** ’s pass, but I need to go shopping for pants soon (ironic, eh?), so I’ll just lob it back in play and make my egress… ---
**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:** [May 14, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/170 "2004-05-14T19:02:24Z")
Grabs the ball back from Night, then wonders where the hell the rest of his team is. I even patted Bear’s butt to keep him here! :tosses ball: ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/171 "2004-05-14T20:11:23Z")
: catches ball from **Edward The Head** : Mine, mine, mine! No one can have it! 😛 ---
**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, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/172 "2004-05-14T20:20:47Z")
:: uses ref whistle like a bolo and trips up **harmless** , sending the ball flying :: Don’t be a ball hog! 😛 Of course, my actions do not count towards **Fire On Pants’** scoring total. ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/173 "2004-05-14T20:58:00Z")
: has no idea what is going on, so **JimSox5** aimlessly kicks the ball in the general direction of the goal : ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/174 "2004-05-14T21:06:56Z")
_ **\** _ Key rule, **JC** : “Name the person you’re getting the ball from, or quote their post”. (Errr…in this case it’d be from **harmless** , not from me) Care to try again? _ **\** _ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/175 "2004-05-14T21:34:06Z")
He’s off line. Can’t I just pants him and we try again? 😛 ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/176 "2004-05-14T21:48:40Z")
Pants him all you like…just no touching the ball. Err…the **Doper** ball! :o _Errrr_…the regulation ball that we are currently using for this game! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/177 "2004-05-14T21:53:13Z")
I’m not even going to go there, **Hal**. 😛 **Harmless** , you’ll need to use both hands to pants **Jim**. At least in these uniforms… Who designed these things, anyway? :: Shifts his clothes around :: I’ll just take the ball from you, and you can pants him whenever he comes back. In the meantime, I’ll just throw the ball towards… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/178 "2004-05-14T21:55:46Z")
: pantseses **JimSox5** and play continues. : I swear, no balls were touched in the pantsing of **JimSox5**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/179 "2004-05-14T21:57:22Z")
Suddenly, dramatically, I crash through the skylight and rappel down towards the court, snagging **BraheSilver** ’s pass. I feel very smug about this until I realize that I’ve taken both hands off the rope, and plummet to the floor. As I land with a sickening thud, the ball bounces away and is captured by… ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840/180 "2004-05-14T23:09:50Z")
Me, naturally! 😉 : grabs the bouncy ball from **Gyrate** for one last steal before heading home from work : Who wants a free ball? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-beautiful-day-for-doperball/244840.md?page=10)