Roche, Papier, Ciseaux

Rock, Paper, Scissors. Tonight we watched one of the silliest shows we've ever watched. Well, maybe the craziest thing since the National Spelling Bee. We watched the USARPS Tournament on A&E. That's the United States of America Rock Paper Scissors League. I saw the listing on the T.V. Guide channel and had to turn it over to see if that was really what it was, and sure enough, people were actually playing Rock, Paper, Scissors! The "players" were all talking about their different strategies and trying to psych the other players out...it was crazy. Even crazier, perhaps, was the tournament it spawned in our living room. During the first commercial break, Mom, J and I rocked...we papered...and we definitely scissored! I don't think we had a clear-cut winner...we all won and lost some matches. We came to the conclusion that there is a very small amount of strategy that goes into the game...an aspect of predicting what the other person is going to throw based on what you know about them. I believe that when playing strangers in a tournament, however, it's pretty much just luck! It was a crazy show to watch, but we had a really fun time playing a simple childhood game and finding patterns in what we each chose to throw. The winner on T.V. got $50,000, but we got about that many laughs! One...Two...Three...?