There is no DYNAMITE in Rock, Paper, Scissors, nor is there GOD. Geesh, I hope nobody will ever have to argue this ever again -
Little Travis: I call DYNAMITE!!! You know, nothing beats dynamite except ONE thing and you didn't do it.
Me: That's not dynamite!?!! That’s a broken pair of scissors! I had a full pair of scissors so I WIN.
Little Travis: Nu-uhhh (in that sing-song-y voice). The only thing that beats dynamite is GOD (presses his palms together). Nothing beats GOD you know.
The loser had to wash the dishes, and regardless of this change in rules - I swiftly delegated the task to the guy who still thinks there's dynamite in Rock, Paper, Scissors.
I was thinking about this in the shower, and you should know that Little Travis is not physically "little" at all - he's actually a good 60 lbs bigger than me. He's little because he has a little brain. Have you ever dissected a sheep's brain?
The sheep's brain has got to be the smallest brain of any mammal, proportionate to it's body size. This isn't bad for the sheep - they're just really easily manipulated and do what they're told. Actually, I take that back - I've only dissected a sheep brain, I've never actually handled live sheep. I'm not sure that I've even seen a sheep....it doesn't stick out that any zoos would have them around.
And who knows - maybe lots of people have little brains too. Maybe they just have a lot of excess cranial fluid between their skull and brain. Hmm – if I had to guess, I think people with small brains are very docile, mild-mannered, and just do what their told without ever thinking to question anything. Heh – my parents’ dream kid!
I guarantee this will come up again in a couple of weeks, maybe months, when neither of us feels like doing housework again. Apparently, in Hawaii, they have different rules for these games. But dude, if there's dynamite and GOD in Rock, Paper, Scissors; I'm creating a new thing too: SHIELD.
the only thing that beat dynamite is lava. you do a "paper" but with your palm up, and then you slide your otherhand, palm down, from your forearm to your other hand and go "SSSSSS" lava beats all. lava IS molten rock, melts scissors and burns paper to a crisp in seconds. dynamite? I PITY THE FOOL who uses dynamite against lava, dynamite just spreads lava around more so it can BURN things. GOD? he'd be like the terminator, in T2, when he goes into the molten metal, he'd wave goodbye and give the thumbs up, but never the less he'd still burn in the lava.
what would shield be? and what would the nature of the shield be?
Yours truly,
.demosthenes
hahaha - alright, I envision the "shield" to be this forcefield-like barrier that protects against EVERYTHING, especially dynamite, and yes, even GOD! Ha!
Re-reading the blog reminds me exactly of my frustration at that moment! If only we had a dishwasher....
P.S. Travis doesn't really have a small brain; I just have a larger one. :-)
ignorance is bliss.
This left me wishing it were longer, which means it is good writing!
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I always hated it when people made up rules for Rock, Paper, Scissors. It always seemed like cheating to me.
This is kind of sad how a simple game of paper, rock, scissors can be such o good topic. I guess that is what I'll calll it but yeah I liked this. It made me laugh and of course eveyone needs a good laugh.
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