How do you say this?

mindmaniac

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Having a dispute at work on which is the correct way to phrase the name of this classic game.
 
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SlitheryDee

The way I learned it was Paper, Rock, Scissors, but everytime I've heard it on TV it's been Rock, Scissors, Paper. Guess I've been saying it wrong all my life...
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
The way I learned it was Paper, Rock, Scissors, but everytime I've heard it on TV it's been Rock, Scissors, Paper. Guess I've been saying it wrong all my life...

TV's wrong too.

It's RPS
 

Tiamat

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
The way I learned it was Paper, Rock, Scissors, but everytime I've heard it on TV it's been Rock, Scissors, Paper. Guess I've been saying it wrong all my life...

TV's wrong too.

It's RPS

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mordantmonkey

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slightly OT, what's the longest draw streak anyones had with RPS? a friend and i once had a 13 in a row draw streak. and no we didn't do the same thing each time.
 

mindmaniac

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Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
slightly OT, what's the longest draw streak anyones had with RPS? a friend and i once had a 13 in a row draw streak. and no we didn't do the same thing each time.

Check wikipedia's article on rock, paper, scissors. It was very informative.