# Tennis, anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291 "2001-04-08T23:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/1 "2001-04-08T23:41:28Z")
::Mahaloth serves a hard shot right on the center line(and hopes someone shows up to receive it:: ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/2 "2001-04-08T23:51:01Z")
::catches the ball and throws it over the fence:: ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/3 "2001-04-09T00:51:49Z")
::Kat is standing next to a fence, minding her own business, when she gets hit on the head with a tennis ball:: Hey! ::grabs tennis ball and races around to other side of fence:: All right, whose is this? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/4 "2001-04-09T12:11:17Z")
It’s mine; it’s mine!!! ::readying my racquet and hoping I have clean underwear on under my little skirt:: ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/5 "2001-04-09T13:48:24Z")
::Checking under Pundit’s little (teeny, tiny, tight, white) skirt:: Looks clean from here! ::swoon:: ---
**Author:** ![walor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@walor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/walor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/6 "2001-04-09T13:53:53Z")
:: ‘you’re under arrest’ says walor, checking Doctor Jackson’s credentials:: ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/7 "2001-04-09T14:08:17Z")
:: **Borborygmi** wants a refund on his tennis match ticket, wonders what the double colons mean, is having flashbacks to the analogy section of the SAT he took 15 years ago:: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/8 "2001-04-10T01:54:06Z")
::Mahaloth sits here thinking that this is definately the longest time he’s waited for a return:: ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/9 "2001-04-11T01:47:42Z")
Well, Lisa, you might want to be careful who you hit on the head with your tennis ball in the future. :throws tennis ball to PunditLisa:: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/10 "2001-04-11T02:46:51Z")
::Mahaloth jumps in the middle of its flight and knocks it to the ground, laughing uncontrolably:: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/11 "2001-04-11T03:00:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Borborygmi \* > \*\*:: **Borborygmi** wants a refund on his tennis match ticket, wonders what the double colons mean, is having flashbacks to the analogy section of the SAT he took 15 years ago:: \*\* :: **dublos** thinks one should not post about doubled colons so shortly after a doctor’s been checking someones panties:: ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/12 "2001-04-11T03:14:30Z")
I entered this thread thinking it was about Humphry Bogart’s first film line. If I am wrong about it, please fight my ignonance and correct me. MTS ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/13 "2001-04-11T04:35:15Z")
::gives Mahaloth an odd look:: What’s with him? Nutcase? ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-anyone/61291/14 "2001-04-11T04:42:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Booker57 \* > **I entered this thread thinking it was about Humphry Bogart’s first film line. If I am wrong about it, please fight my ignonance and correct me. MTS** OK. It’s spelled ‘ignorance’. Stand corrected. As for the tennis ball, my dog has it, and good luck getting it back from her. Not that you’d want the slobbery thing now, anyway. Get a new ball from the can, OK?