Shape | Hand Gesture | Relative Fighting Skills |
Rock | a tight fist | Beats scissors by smashing, is defeated by being covered by paper |
Paper | a flat hand | Trounced by scissors, but vanquishes rock |
Scissors | horizontal "V " sign | Obliterates paper, is smashed by rock |
Bowling Ball | two hands making a "hold a ball" shape accompanied by thunder noises | Works like rock, only much better. Nuetered by Blanket |
Blanket | hand with finger spread out | Can oddly vanquish just about anything |
Octopus | wiggly fingers grabbing opponent's hand | This is a judgment call each time, since you can't squash an octopus, but sharp things cut right through it |
Muffin | fingers making an umbrella shape | Everything beats muffin |
Dinosaur | hands up followed by a roar | Usually played as a comical win, espcially against... |
Baby Ant | finger making a pinch shape | Comical loss, except against muffin, since a baby ant can pick off a piece of muffin and carry it back to the hill. |
Zombie | finger walking in exaggerated manner | Can defeat anything with a brain. Steps on muffin. |
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Muffin
A while back, Maya and I were at the coffee shop and we forgot to bring cards with us, so I taught her how to play rock, paper, scissors but Maya kept adding new variants. Basically any vague shape one can make with ones hand is fair game, and its ability to beat something else is highly subjective and often cause for a debate. It is a vast improvement on the game, frankly:
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Isobel adds a crayon. One finger pointing. Writes on paper, is smashed by rock. When scissors meet crayon, we have to stop playing for a while because she usually gets frustrated and no suggestion from me however well intentioned or gentle is helpful.
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Wow! is this what they do in those tournaments? I thought they just did regular rock paper scissors and it was a Bud Bowl style joke that had gone horribly awry.
ReplyDeleteI love this new twist! I particularly like jellyfish and muffin.
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