# So...Who's The Best At Ball Touching Around Here? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229 "2006-03-06T06:03:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 6, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/1 "2006-03-06T06:03:36Z")
I’d doubt the record will stand for very long, but I’ve managed to touch 122 balls. [Ball touching](http://www.balltoucher.com/) is fun. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/2 "2006-03-06T06:07:17Z")
1. Will keep you posted…I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/3 "2006-03-06T06:20:32Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I’d doubt the record will stand for very long, but I’ve managed to touch 122 balls. Left the keyboard unattended again I see … . ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/4 "2006-03-06T06:23:32Z")
Tried three times, last time=357 balls, the square ended up the size of the playing area. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/5 "2006-03-06T06:35:12Z")
Wow, that _is_ fun! After several attempts, 136 balls! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/6 "2006-03-06T06:36:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Tried three times, last time=357 balls, the square ended up the size of the playing area. WHAT? How on earth… ? I thought it was getting pretty speedy after 100! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/7 "2006-03-06T06:50:51Z")
I’d love to say it’s skill (it is partially), but I got lucky. First two yellow balls=slow motion Third yellow ball=invicibility…bingo! BTW, the game ends when the square gets too big. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/8 "2006-03-06T07:44:16Z")
I am not very good at it, but it might be because I was giggling inanely at the choice of Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean as the soundtrack for a song about ball touching… ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/9 "2006-03-06T09:57:19Z")
Billy Jean did not touch my balls She’s just a girl that thinks that I have a scrote! ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/10 "2006-03-06T14:55:15Z")
> [@my employer's firewall](#): > > [http://www.robkamphausen.com/games/balltoucher/](http://www.robkamphausen.com/games/balltoucher/) > > **ACCESS TO THIS PAGE IS DENIED** Now my imagination is running wild. Which balls are you all so good at touching, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/11 "2006-03-06T15:06:30Z")
180 on my first try, but I’ve been playing this game for a long time as “Squares.” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/12 "2006-03-06T15:04:53Z")
180 on my first try, but I’ve been playing this game for a long time as “Squares.” ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/13 "2006-03-06T15:32:33Z")
211 is my best so far. Also, it occurred to me while playing that a ‘Billie Jean’ vs ‘Heard it through the Grapevine’ mash up would sound pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/14 "2006-03-06T15:52:03Z")
[Tom Green] Hey, kids, feel your balls, so you don’t get cancer! Hey, kids, feel your balls…you don’t want cancer. Rub your balls, feel your balls, squeeze your balls, please your balls… [/Tom Green] ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/15 "2006-03-06T16:52:26Z")
I found the music choice puzzling at first and then it hit me, “Why are they playing Michael Jackson in this game about touching ba…ohhhhh…” 😃 135-pretty good ball toucher here. Buh-bye productivity for today! ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/16 "2006-03-06T17:23:00Z")
I hate blue balls! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/17 "2006-03-06T18:05:38Z")
192, and the square was massive. I do think you have to get lucky to get the invincibility power at the right time to get much past this score. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/18 "2006-03-06T18:08:49Z")
So unfair! What happened to the “addictive” warning? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/19 "2006-03-06T18:19:50Z")
_groan_ Just what I needed… 😛 My record’s 87, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229/20 "2006-03-06T21:33:49Z")
Am I a total spazz? My best so far is only 47! Of course I’ve only played for a couple of minutes. Productivity? Nope, nothing to see here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-the-best-at-ball-touching-around-here/347229.md?page=2)