I thought roshambo came from South Park.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Feb 03, 2009 10:26:30 am PST #4879 of 30000
brillig
Theodosia - Feb 03, 2009 10:27:18 am PST #4880 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sympathies, Calli!
Jessica - Feb 03, 2009 10:31:25 am PST #4881 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Calli, I'm sorry for your loss.
Jesse - Feb 03, 2009 11:01:40 am PST #4882 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Calli, I'm so, so sorry.
Gudanov - Feb 03, 2009 11:05:04 am PST #4883 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
So sorry for your loss Calli
Liese S. - Feb 03, 2009 11:12:45 am PST #4884 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Condolences, Calli.
Liese S. - Feb 03, 2009 11:28:14 am PST #4885 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
We say "janken pon" for rock paper scissors. Then if there's still a tie, we say "ai kode sho."
I won the tournament in our Japanese language class, beating my later-to-be boss, and playing the Japanese teacher as a result. I think people do have a tell. Generally, if I don't get put out on the first throw, I can win.
Although I haven't played in some time, so this may just be leftover arrogance.
Burrell - Feb 03, 2009 11:33:51 am PST #4886 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
WRT roshambo: When I was younger I always heard it used to describe the kicking game, but some time after I graduated college things changed and I mostly heard it used to describe rock-paper-scissors.
One of my friends has a brother who plays competitive roshambo (the hand game, not the kicking game). Went to a roshambo convention in Las Vegas one year, and won or something.
Also? Loving Liese's boast.
Typo Boy - Feb 03, 2009 11:45:03 am PST #4887 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
You know this is making me wonder whether there is any chance that "Irish Stand-down" in Zelazny's "Lord of Light" was real. (In the book the game was one where characters took turns punching each other. No defense. You take a punch. If you don't fall or if you can get up, the other waits and does not defend themselves, and you punch.) I always assumed it was invented for the book, and was called that as a snarky comment on the way truces tended to work in Northern Ireland at the time. But now I wonder if there was a real turn-taking punching contest that worked that way.
Liese S. - Feb 03, 2009 11:46:09 am PST #4888 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Also? Loving Liese's boast.
Hee. I can take you all. Bring it.