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Fists fly in game of strategy
washington times ^ | December 10, 2004 | By Patrick Hruby

Posted on 12/10/2004 2:39:25 AM PST by ovrtaxt

First things first. Dynamite is banned. Verboten. Does paper snuff wick? Or does it burn? Too ambiguous. Make a hitchhiker fist during a serious game of Rock Paper Scissors, and you'll be laughed out of the room.

Which brings us to the second point: There are, in fact, serious games of Rock Paper Scissors.

(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: rockpaperscissors
I'm still trying to figure out why this article was written, and why it made it to the front page of the Washington Times.

But there must be a reason, so I dutifully posted it.

1 posted on 12/10/2004 2:39:25 AM PST by ovrtaxt
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"We're talking to studios about an RPS movie, like 'Dodgeball' but better," said Matti Leshem, a Los Angeles-based producer who oversaw the Fox Sports Net segment. "There are all kind of things that appear to be boring on TV at first blush, like blackjack or poker. This is much more interesting."

Yes, I often fantasize about being in the high pressure, internationally televised world championship final round of Free Cell.

2 posted on 12/10/2004 2:42:47 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Political correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism.)
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To: ovrtaxt

I never thought it was a fair game - I was never fast enough to "change on the way down", like my friends. (Yeah, I know, boo hoo hoo.)


3 posted on 12/10/2004 2:45:35 AM PST by beezdotcom (I'm usually either right or wrong...)
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To: ovrtaxt

The first rule of RPS is...you don't talk about RPS.


4 posted on 12/10/2004 2:47:29 AM PST by HarryCaul
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To: ovrtaxt

http://www.rockpapersaddam.com/


5 posted on 12/10/2004 2:49:17 AM PST by Riley ("Do you not know Doctor, that in the Service, one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?")
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>>>Yes, I often fantasize about being in the high pressure, internationally televised world championship final round of Free Cell.

I long to hear a play-by-play announcer exclaim "Oh My! The Champ has tiddled his last wink! The Challenger Wins!"
6 posted on 12/10/2004 2:55:17 AM PST by Keith in Iowa (Democrats: Tolerant of all people and opinions. Except me & mine - Conservative, Christian.)
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To: Riley

I have tiger claw!!!

You can have missile pen!!!


sincerely,

Saddam

:)


7 posted on 12/10/2004 2:55:21 AM PST by MikefromOhio (32 days until I can leave Iraq for good....)
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To: ovrtaxt

I recall reading a chapter or two devoted to this in one of the Ian Fleming James Bond books. I'm not 100% sure but I think it was You Only Live Twice. It was definitely one of those things that never made it into the movies.


8 posted on 12/10/2004 2:55:24 AM PST by xp38
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To: HarryCaul

The second rule of RPS is... ah, never mind....


9 posted on 12/10/2004 2:55:43 AM PST by stands2reason
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To: Riley; martin_fierro; Lazamataz; Slings and Arrows

LOL!!! That's the funnist thing I've seen in a long time! Check out the link on post 5!


10 posted on 12/10/2004 2:56:08 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Political correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism.)
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To: xp38

Learned how to play baccarat from "Casino Royale"...


11 posted on 12/10/2004 2:56:45 AM PST by stands2reason
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Yeah... went to Vegas last week... really cleaned up at the Old Maid table...


12 posted on 12/10/2004 2:58:36 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Political correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism.)
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To: HarryCaul

You just violated rules 1 and 2 of RPS.


13 posted on 12/10/2004 3:01:18 AM PST by Petronski (Sleepin' on the interstate, ah whoa-o, Gettin' wild, wild life.)
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One of the funniest videos I ever saw was from a State Troopers "cruiser camera" that caught three burly troopers standing in front of their cruiser using "rock, paper, scissors" to decide who would have to arrest the dui guy standing in front of them.
14 posted on 12/10/2004 4:32:43 AM PST by Gerasimov (John Kerry just got his SECOND dishonorable discharge.)
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Funny stuff yet I note that he didn't capitalize God. Not a typo the truly God-fearing usually miss...I'm going to write him to at least let him know. Some of his other stuff is so-so and with a few vulgarities.


15 posted on 12/10/2004 5:46:06 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (FREE people needn't apply to a Government of/by/for the People for a gun (PERSONAL PROPERTY) permit!)
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To: ovrtaxt

Next on ESPN2 - Extreme Jarts. The champions of the illegal underground jarts leagues in the US meet for the world championship of Extreme Jarts live from the Cayman Islands.


16 posted on 12/10/2004 6:07:14 AM PST by KarlInOhio (In a just world, Arafat would have died at the end of a rope.)
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