One of my favorite activities during school PE was dodgeball. I wasn’t accurate at throwing the ball, but I was a pro at not getting hit — and that’s what counts most.
The way I did this was duck behind others until the ranks thinned, and then constantly run football stop-and-go patterns. I remember several times being the last one standing. Some classmates claimed I cheated, yet I’d never seen any official rules for playing the game.
My friend, Jeff Thimsen, was deadly with a dodgeball, nailing me more than once. Jeff hit a smaller student square in the face during one contest, and this fellow instantly wanted to fight. The guy should’ve ducked, but he was already the shortest person in class. I’d love to mention this person’s name, yet won’t out of respect because the 71-year-old man is now quite well known in music circles.
Coach Chuck White would often join in, and he didn’t cut us any slack in letting a ball fly. I was smacked in the leg by Coach White, leaving a big red whelp. Payback time eventually came my way. After PE was over, I hit him on back of the head with a ball when no one was watching. The coach never suspected me, with the angry instructor screaming at another student instead.
I haven’t played dodgeball in years, but should the Havasu Senior Center start a league with seniors only, count me in. I’m sure those watching us play would get a hoot out of this harmless activity. As long as the balls aren’t fully inflated, no one should get seriously hurt. It’s a different story when those round weapons are fully pumped up with air.
Elon Musk is an excellent dogeball player. The game he plays is a bit different than the one I know. Elon finds a target, then hurls his invisible ball, seemingly never missing. For each agency his dogeball strikes, a bundle of cash rolls out, much like a Piñata stuffed with candy.
Sometimes, a politicized judge steps out of nowhere and rules that Elon cheated, taking this prize money away from him. Then, out of nowhere, another judge pops up, ruling that Musk and team are privy to it.
It’s sort of like tennis — only much different. I enjoy watching Elon’s game play out on the 6:00 news, especially when those on the losing end throw temper tantrums.
Some politicians are now calling Elon Musk a cheater at dogeball, claiming that Elon’s not playing fair with “their” money. I was always under the impression that tax money belonged to the citizens of this country. Have the rules changed here?
I know precisely how Mr. Musk feels in being labeled unsportsmanlike while playing dogeball, having incurred the same wrath in dodgeball.
Researching things for about three seconds, I couldn’t find any defining guidelines for dogeball. It appears to me that whatever way Elon wants to play his game is okay with the majority of citizens in this country.
One thing that hasn’t changed in our country since 1789 is that a majority still rules. That’s how things are supposed to work in a democracy, with the United States Constitution dictating this under Article VI.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
This saying goes way back in time.
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