# The Feud: The Not-as-Famous Athlete by 42fish \[game over\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 21, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763 "2009-07-21T19:07:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 5

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/81 "2009-07-24T17:03:45Z")

</div>

I think this is one where if you know too much about sports you won’t score well. That’s my excuse and I am sticking to it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/82 "2009-07-24T17:32:10Z")

</div>

> [@Snickers](#):
>
> Hey Dolores, could I get on that PM list too? Many thanks.

Sure!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/83 "2009-07-24T18:00:22Z")

</div>

Thanks Rebo, my usual middle of the pack. Should have gone with Jack Nicklaus, instead of Tom Watson.

hmmm, in a non-gender specific sports topic, a female tops the list? I never even considered her

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [July 24, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/84 "2009-07-24T18:48:54Z")

</div>

Woohoo! Thanks for the game, **Dolores** and **42fish**!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/85 "2009-07-24T20:07:44Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> Thanks Rebo, my usual middle of the pack.

Yeah, same here. Apparently too little sports knowledge, as well as too much, can be damaging.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763/86 "2009-07-24T23:21:35Z")

</div>

> [@Rebo](#):
>
> I let it slide because I was halfway through the scoring, but if you don’t want to play, don’t play. Stupid questions in the middle of the answers are not acceptable per the rules. Put PASS as the answer if you want to skip a question.
> 
> (I’ve added that to the boilerplate rules. If you want to skip an answer, use the word PASS.)

Fair enough, it won’t happen again.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-the-not-as-famous-athlete-by-42fish-game-over/503763.md?page=4)