# The Great SDMB Snowball Fight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630 "2002-12-24T00:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/81 "2002-12-25T09:03:51Z")
_borrows the trebuchet, loads it up, aims for Redmond, and deluges Bill Gates with snow_ ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/82 "2002-12-25T10:59:00Z")
_Wakes up from a self-induced coma [sub]mumble mumble Xmas shopping mumble[/sub], realizes she’s still holding the hose, and that (miraculously) the water’s still gushing out_ MERRY FREAKING CHRISTMAS!! _Runs around vigorously spraying everyone within range_ YAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/83 "2002-12-25T11:12:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* > \*\*[list] > [li]Gathers up yellow snow[/li] – ☹ (walks off to rewrite his name in the snow) ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/84 "2002-12-25T15:00:16Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* \*\*[list] [li]Gathers up yellow snow[/li][li]Who can I throw it at?[/li][li]Hi Opal! \*\*[/li][/QUOTE] **TelcontarStorm** Brings around the Huskies. (Who, BTW have just been fed and watered) Watch out where they go! I’m protecting these here Baby Seals so no funny business. (Scans the distance for Fur Trappers who are strickly comercial.) ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/85 "2002-12-25T18:32:32Z")
**Washte** , cold from having so much snow shoved up and down her jumper, sneaks away then emerges 20 minutes later. Wonders why **Kal’s** bum is sticking out of the Snowball Launcher of _DOOM_. Walks by, give it a swift kick. Then feels sorry for him and begin tugging his belt loops. With a final yank, removes the Kalcicle, whack the ice off his jacket and tell him it was **CJ** who kicked him in the bum. Before he can retalliate I shout: _Time Out_! Then walk around handing everyone a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows or a hot buttered rum, and old-fashioned cinnamon toast. Need to keep our energy up 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/86 "2002-12-25T18:54:19Z")
Comes running out of his house just in time to get some hot buttered rum and cinnamon toast, which he sorely needs after shovelling off the snow that was supposed to go south of Chicago. 🙂 Apologizes for missing the snowball fight, expresses regrets due to family obligations, and mutters incoherently about “damn hospital” as he goes back inside. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/87 "2002-12-25T19:21:35Z")
mmmm cocoa and hot cinnamonn toast mmmmmm That’ll keep my energy up and with all that chilly snow down **Washte’s** jumper, that may not be the only thing up \ ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Juliet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@Lady\_Juliet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Juliet)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/88 "2002-12-26T01:47:14Z")
::comes out from behind a tree and throws snowballs in various directions:: I suppose there’s no use trying to hit one particular person, seeing as how, with my skill, when I throw it will go in a completely opposite direction, so I’ll just hurl snowballs in every direction. Hah! I got someone! ::hides again:: ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/89 "2002-12-26T02:07:47Z")
_throws snowballs at everyone and runs_ ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/90 "2002-12-26T14:16:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*_throws snowballs at everyone and runs_ \*\* Dodges said ball and checks on Baby seals. Everything is fine. \*\* Raises fist on air \*\* COWARD! Continues watching for man wearing lead filled snow shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/91 "2002-12-26T14:51:04Z")
Hey someone just snowballed me. Was it **Lady Juliet**? I’ve got two huge balls waiting just in case ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/92 "2002-12-26T15:06:51Z")
Much to everyone’s dismay, when they break through **Spaz’s** snow fort, they discover that she has tunneled through the snow, blocking the way behind her. As they all stare in dismay at the empty fort, warmed with **Washte’s** treat, they do not hear the sounds of a fire hydrant being dragged through the snow behind them. **Spaz** giggling maniacally, although quietly, carefully hooks up a fire hose. \ Prepare to freeze. : Turns on the hose : ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/93 "2002-12-26T15:11:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* > \*\*I’ve got two huge balls waiting just in case \*\* Oh _reeaaalllyy_??? I’d put them puppies away before they got frostbite!! 😃 **Washte** runs up behind **Lady Juliet** , grabs a branch on the tree and gives it a massive shake… Covering us both with snow! WWEEEEEEEEE!!! ---
**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/94 "2002-12-26T18:30:09Z")
_flies through the air riding on the stream of water from **SpazCat’s** hose_ Weehee!!! _crashes into a tree_ Owww… _impact shakes tree, dumping 5 tons of snow and an abandoned bird’s nest full of rotten eggs onto everyone else_ Hahaaaaaaaa!!! _tries to prance away, realizes she’s bleeding, shrugs, and skips over to the first aid snow fort_ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/95 "2002-12-26T18:40:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Washte \* > \*\*Oh _reeaaalllyy_??? I’d put them puppies away before they got frostbite!! 😃 > \*\* Looks for someone to warm them up on, just in case ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/96 "2002-12-26T18:45:23Z")
Quite bracing, this weather is, wot? _smack_ I say! One of you urchins knocked off my hat with a snowball! (Picks up hat, brushes it off, clamps it tightly on head.) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/97 "2002-12-26T18:58:47Z")
sshhh! I just filled a hat I found with yellow snow. Don’t tell the owner. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/98 "2002-12-26T19:06:12Z")
Takes advantage of superior lack of size and maneouverablity to duck away from **Kal**. Jumps up, graps **Legomancer** ’s top hat, fills it with loose snow, and puts it back on Legomancer’s head. [British urchin accent] “Here you are, sir!” [/British urchin accent] Shoots a fond grin at **whkeith** who, being internet-connection-less at the moment, is completely oblivious. (He said to say he’ll get you later, **agentfroot**. Fieldstrips, cleans, and reassembles _The Snowball Launcher of DOOM_ while befriending one of the huskies. Tosses **Kal** his hat, which somehow got lodged in the works. Gets hit in the back of the head by a snowball. Turns and sees **Lady Juliet** who was apparently aiming at someone else. Notices the complete absence of Moderators. Raises eyebrow as an evil grin graces her face as she takes her life into her hands. “Hey **Coldfire**! Happy Boxing Day!” Sets _The Snowball Launcher of DOOM_ to Lancashire Christmas and turns it on him. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/99 "2002-12-26T19:19:23Z")
Confound it! ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630/100 "2002-12-26T19:26:42Z")
::grab CJ, hoist her over my shoulder, run to the nearest snowdrift and throw her in. Headfirst:: Hehe. ::goes in search of Meatros:: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-snowball-fight/144630.md?page=6)