August 17, 2006

Mental Floss Magazine's Top 25 Questions. A fun little fluff piece about those little things we just sat around and wondered about in the days before the Internets. Kind of an electronic Cliff Clavin. There's a link inside to the AOL "You've Got Mail" voiceover guy's website, where you can order custom messages.
posted by The Underpants Monster 17 years ago
  • MonkeyFilter: Kind of an electronic Cliff Clavin. I get a strange thrill of attainment, right Nahmie?
  • Players who are in the lead will often use scissors, because it’s believed to symbolize aggression, while paper is used for a more subtle attack. Rock is usually a last resort, when players feel their strategies are failing. There are also techniques you can use to mask your move, such as cloaking, in which players will pretend to throw rock and then stick out two fingers at the last second to make scissors. In addition, the true professionals (who do exist) will use sets of three moves, called "gambits," to help them make their moves out of strategy, not reaction. Good ol' rock. Nothin' beats that!
  • i spy a sporkener. nice link tum!
  • Oh, so that's what sea monkeys are.
  • Good link TUM!
  • rock is wrapped but metal cracks while scissors cut in an attack yet paper wins because on it the winner's score is often writ
  • Very fun.
  • I throw a rock A rock I throw And pounding scissors Starts the show But scissors strike A scissor gain And cuts opponents Into twain But now I've saved The final caper It looks like rock But no! It's paper! Ha ha! The win! The besting beat Looks like I'm in The shotgun seat --Davis "Beerrun" Sciwyckhe