10 extra points??? When we played, if you were caught *intentionally* throwing the ball at some one's head, it was a three day suspension.
At 05:15 PM 1/30/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Um, the last time I played dodge ball the rules were: >1. if the ball is caught from the person throwing the ball, the person >throwing the ball was out. >2. if the person dodging the ball got hit, they were out. >3. if the person throwing the ball pegged the dodger in the head, the >person throwing the ball got an extra 10 points :-) > >The rules may have changed though since I played. > >Mark > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:10 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Church and State > > >in dodgeball the dodging team cant' throw the ball back. > >--Beth, Pseudo usenet cop >Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike >Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) >Anchorage, Alaska > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 11:43 AM >Subject: Re: Church and State > > > > A sport can't be unsportmanslike. Conduct is unsportsmanlike. If one > > team were not allowed to throw the ball back or be able to "dodge the > > ball" then that would be unsportsmanlike. i.e. not fair. If the >winners > > gloat, that is unsportsmanlike conduct. If the losers blame the refs >or > > the other team mates, then that is unsportsmanlike conduct. This is > > where it is terribly important to have good teachers and coaches so as > > to teach the kids how to conduct themselves in victory AND defeat, > > because those lessons permeate through so many aspects of one's life. > > Of course there are a number of other sports that can teach the same > > lessons but the rules of dodge ball are very easy to learn and one > > doesn't require much more skill than to be able to throw the ball and > > the only resources needed is a ball. > > > > Michael Corrigan > > Programmer > > Endora Digital Solutions > > 1900 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > > Lombard, IL 60148 > > 630/627-5200 x-136 > > 630/627-5255 Fax > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: BethF > > To: CF-Community > > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:17 PM > > Subject: Re: Church and State > > > > > > Challenged sure! But a game whose premise is to hit other folks as > > hard as > > possible with a ball isn't what I would call challenging, its what i > > would > > call unsportsmanlike. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists