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babyblue 
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Joined: 06-Aug-2004 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1174 |
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 Topic: Paper Scissors Rocks!Posted: 10-Dec-2004 at 00:20 |
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just wondering...where was this game originated? how long has we been playing this game? why is it paper scissors rock? why not a fourth or fifth object?
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vagabond
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Joined: 07-Aug-2004 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 524 |
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Posted: 10-Dec-2004 at 13:01 |
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Good question - not only do I have no idea - I don't even know where to begin looking to find out. It has a modern feel to it - when did we start using scissors to cut paper? If it's comonly played in Asia it could be older - paper reached Europe much later. Scissors in one form or another have been around a long time - but didn't Come into common use until the Renaissance. The word scissors came into English through Old French, from the Latin caesus. Wikipedia did have an article tracing the origin back to Rome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%2C_Paper%2C_Scissors#Histo ry The most modern version that I have run into is Foot - Cockroach - Nuclear Bomb Foot squashes cockroach - Nuclear Bomb kills foot - cockroach survives even Nuclear Devastation The only thing that we can really learn from this is - if we're discussing it - we have way too much time on our hands. |
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Gubook Janggoon
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Posted: 10-Dec-2004 at 20:36 |
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I think it origionates from Japan.
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Guests
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Posted: 11-Dec-2004 at 10:35 |
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It originated in theCentral Asian Steppes in what is now Krgyzstan in
the 11th century AD by Turkic seminomadic tribes as a game of chance
when two competing suitors were asking the hand of one bride in
marriage. The winner got the girl andthe loser was killed by a stampede
of oxen!
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Posted: 14-Dec-2004 at 10:35 |
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i'm just BSing btw!
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Gubook Janggoon
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Posted: 14-Dec-2004 at 17:44 |
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Ok..now you tell us...
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Cywr
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Posted: 14-Dec-2004 at 17:57 |
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 Arrrgh!!"
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white dragon
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Posted: 15-Dec-2004 at 14:58 |
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