http://wordsandunwords.com/ Words and Unwords (Words & Unwords) Where scientific and intelligent humor dominates en Serendipity 1.6 - http://www.s9y.org/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:32:29 GMT http://wordsandunwords.com/templates/bulletproof/img/s9y_banner_small.png http://wordsandunwords.com/ 100 21 http://wordsandunwords.com/archives/60-Rock,-Paper,-Scissors.html Rock, Paper & Scissors http://wordsandunwords.com/archives/60-Rock,-Paper,-Scissors.html#comments http://wordsandunwords.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=60 0 http://wordsandunwords.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=60 nospam@example.com (L. Chang) Ever played "Rock, Paper, Scissors" as a kid? Did you win consistently, after five or ten tries? The game, played by two or more people, is known by many names, including 'rock-scissors-paper', paper-rock-scissors, paper-scissors-rock, fargling, cachi-pún, scissors-paper-rock/stone, jan-ken-pon, "jenken" kauwi-bauwi-bo, and rochambeau. 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