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OneIsALonelyNumber · 02-23-2008, 10:05 AM

Due to freezing rain, I was unable to take my dog out for her nightly walk, as is our usual custom. Instead, I decided to give the dog a little exercise by throwing a tennis ball around the house. I decided to throw the ball into the kitchen. I saw the dog pursue the tennis ball around the corner and into the kitchen. Then, I heard the confused click-click of her nails on the kitchen floor as she looked in vain for the ball. After a minute, I went into the kitchen to find the ball.

The kitchen is very small. I didn't see the ball on the floor. I checked under the fridge (the ball was too small to fit under it) and under the microwave stand. I searched amongst the cookbooks on the microwave stand shelf. I searched the counter tops, even though the ball wasn't thrown with enough energy to hop up on the counter. The ball didn't go down the drain. The dog didn't eat the ball.

I'm convinced the ball went into the kitchen; I'm convinced the ball isn't there now. Is it possible the ball simply ceased to exist? If balls can cease to exist, is it possible that cars or even people can cease to exist after turning a corner?

millenniumman75 · 02-23-2008, 10:13 AM

It's probably hidden under a table or may have gotten into a cabinet

. I say, keep looking.

Dogs (I remember mine) are known to remember where things are a month later!

Becky · 02-23-2008, 10:43 AM

Did you look on top of the fridge? It probably went somewhere weird and will turn up in a few months.

Amocholes · 02-23-2008, 12:07 PM

Ther was a momentary opening in the space-time continuum and the ball is now on object of religious fervour for a village of aboriginal beings on the other side of the galaxy. It's a good thing that the dog didn't go skidding through as well!

OneIsALonelyNumber · 02-23-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Amocholes

Ther was a momentary opening in the space-time continuum and the ball is now on object of religious fervour for a village of aboriginal beings on the other side of the galaxy. It's a good thing that the dog didn't go skidding through as well!

I was thinking along those lines, too. I was thinking maybe beings from another dimension happened to open a wormhole in the kitchen just as Sadie was chasing the ball. Thinking that the ball must be of great value because it was being pursued by such a terrible beast, the beings quickly snatched the ball and closed the wormhole. The saliva-covered ball is now displayed in a museum, with a card that reads: treasures of the Earth.

copper · 02-23-2008, 02:09 PM

I thought I was the only one that had a black hole in my house where everything disappears into and never return.

sprinter · 02-23-2008, 02:19 PM

It ended up in that greedy parallel universe, the one with all the extra socks.

sean88 · 02-23-2008, 10:49 PM

Aliens abducted your tennis ball for testing. =P

UltraShy · 02-24-2008, 01:30 AM

It's a tragedy when a man loses one of his balls.

Becky · 02-24-2008, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by UltraShy

It's a tragedy when a man loses one of his balls.

millenniumman75 · 02-24-2008, 10:39 AM

Oh, UltraShy......

OneIsALonelyNumber · 02-24-2008, 10:59 AM

When they're the size of tennis balls, you can afford to lose one.

WineKitty · 02-24-2008, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amocholes

Ther was a momentary opening in the space-time continuum and the ball is now on object of religious fervour for a village of aboriginal beings on the other side of the galaxy. It's a good thing that the dog didn't go skidding through as well!

Oh please Don!!!!!!

What kind of theory is that????

Obviously, it entered a wormhole to the Delta Quadrant, just like starship Voyager did.

holtby43 · 02-24-2008, 11:29 AM

Keep us updated, this sounds interesting. Yeah, I don't have much of a life do I.

FreeSoul · 02-24-2008, 01:03 PM

No, no, no... It ascended into the 4th dimension and became a hypersphere. It's still there, you just just can't interact with it because you're a lowly 3 dimensional creature.

jas498 · 02-24-2008, 06:31 PM

How do you know there ever WAS a ball???

CaveDweller · 02-25-2008, 02:28 PM

If a man's secure enough to throw one of his balls for the dog to chase, I don't think it really matters if one gets lost or not.

I'm guessing a ghost snatched it up and transported it to the astral plane.

02-23-2008, 10:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
OneIsALonelyNumber Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mid-Missouri, USA Gender: Male Age: 42 Posts: 2,992	Where did my tennis ball go? Due to freezing rain, I was unable to take my dog out for her nightly walk, as is our usual custom. Instead, I decided to give the dog a little exercise by throwing a tennis ball around the house. I decided to throw the ball into the kitchen. I saw the dog pursue the tennis ball around the corner and into the kitchen. Then, I heard the confused click-click of her nails on the kitchen floor as she looked in vain for the ball. After a minute, I went into the kitchen to find the ball. The kitchen is very small. I didn't see the ball on the floor. I checked under the fridge (the ball was too small to fit under it) and under the microwave stand. I searched amongst the cookbooks on the microwave stand shelf. I searched the counter tops, even though the ball wasn't thrown with enough energy to hop up on the counter. The ball didn't go down the drain. The dog didn't eat the ball. I'm convinced the ball went into the kitchen; I'm convinced the ball isn't there now. Is it possible the ball simply ceased to exist? If balls can cease to exist, is it possible that cars or even people can cease to exist after turning a corner?

02-23-2008, 10:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Mentor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton, OH Gender: Male Age: 37 Posts: 91,530	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? It's probably hidden under a table or may have gotten into a cabinet . I say, keep looking. Dogs (I remember mine) are known to remember where things are a month later! __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better! TROLL ALERT STATUS: CHAT -> BERT FORUMS -> ERNIE (troll activity on the increase) WATCH WHAT YOU TYPE!

02-23-2008, 10:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Becky Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 35,557	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? Did you look on top of the fridge? It probably went somewhere weird and will turn up in a few months. __________________

02-23-2008, 12:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Retired Enforcer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Resident Curmudgeon Gender: Male Age: 53 Posts: 23,069	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? Ther was a momentary opening in the space-time continuum and the ball is now on object of religious fervour for a village of aboriginal beings on the other side of the galaxy. It's a good thing that the dog didn't go skidding through as well! __________________ ...... Attitude controls Thought. Thought controls Feeling. Feeling controls Attitude.

02-23-2008, 02:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
copper Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan Age: 42 Posts: 10,301	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? I thought I was the only one that had a black hole in my house where everything disappears into and never return. __________________ troll: man, we got a lot of snow yooper: eh? troll: three feet, man! yooper: yah troll: no school, man, it was sweet yooper: you closed school for three feet of snow?!?!??!? troll: you like excessive punctuation, don't you?

02-23-2008, 02:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
sprinter Status: symbol Join Date: Nov 2003 Gender: Male Posts: 2,999	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? It ended up in that greedy parallel universe, the one with all the extra socks.

02-23-2008, 10:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
sean88 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 2,661	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? Aliens abducted your tennis ball for testing. =P __________________ You'll never be in love like you were the first time you heard the first lines of your favorite song

02-24-2008, 01:30 AM	#9 (permalink)
UltraShy Status: Surrounded by Sadness Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI (BDSM sadist, Libertarian) Gender: Male Age: 40 Posts: 35,049	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? It's a tragedy when a man loses one of his balls. __________________ I wonder what reason I have to live Desperately I have searched for a meaning Is it now time for me to let go of the world

02-24-2008, 10:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Mentor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton, OH Gender: Male Age: 37 Posts: 91,530	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? Oh, UltraShy...... __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better! TROLL ALERT STATUS: CHAT -> BERT FORUMS -> ERNIE (troll activity on the increase) WATCH WHAT YOU TYPE!

02-24-2008, 10:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
OneIsALonelyNumber Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mid-Missouri, USA Gender: Male Age: 42 Posts: 2,992	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? When they're the size of tennis balls, you can afford to lose one.

02-24-2008, 11:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
holtby43 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,551	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? Keep us updated, this sounds interesting. Yeah, I don't have much of a life do I.

02-24-2008, 01:03 PM	#15 (permalink)
FreeSoul Status: Gilded Survivor Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Deep Dungeon, VA Gender: Male Age: 32 Posts: 1,892	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? No, no, no... It ascended into the 4th dimension and became a hypersphere. It's still there, you just just can't interact with it because you're a lowly 3 dimensional creature.

02-24-2008, 06:31 PM	#16 (permalink)
jas498 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Gender: Female Posts: 284	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? How do you know there ever WAS a ball??? __________________ Yes I think I may have lost my ramen noodles. But if the world could've remained, within a frame. Like a painting on a wall. Well then I think we'd see the beauty. Stand staring in awe. At our still lives posed. -Bright Eyes [hr:37gjmwbv][/hr:37gjmwbv] "It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." Carl Sagan

02-25-2008, 02:28 PM	#17 (permalink)
CaveDweller Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 24	Re: Where did my tennis ball go? If a man's secure enough to throw one of his balls for the dog to chase, I don't think it really matters if one gets lost or not. I'm guessing a ghost snatched it up and transported it to the astral plane. __________________ “They see only their own shadows or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave” Plato

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