Rock, Paper, Dynamite

How many people do you know, who cheat at Rock, Paper, Scissors? My friend, Steve and I were trying to solve a disagreement in this time honored way. It was to be two out of three.

First round:
S: Fist (rock)  Me: Open hand (paper). Paper covers Rock. Round goes to me.

Second round:
S: Two fingers (scissor) Me: Open hand (paper). Scissor cuts Paper. Round goes to S.

Third round:
S: Two fingers (scissor) Me: Fist (rock). Rock breaks Scissor. Round and decision to me.

Steve: "No, I win." Me: "How's that?"
Steve: "Dynamite blows up Rock." Me: "Dynamite?!"
Steve: "Yes, my fingers were held together. That's Dynamite. Dynamite blows up Rock." Me: "There's no Dynamite in Rock, Paper, Scissors!"
Steve: "Yes there is. Fingers held together are dynamite." Me: "What defeats Dynamite?"
Steve: "Nothing defeats Dynamite." Me: "If that were true, wouldn't everyone be constantly throwing down Dynamite and nothing would get decided?"
Steve: "You didn't." Me: "That's because there IS no Dynamite!"

You may wonder why I was arguing this ridiculous premise. Steve's demeanor was so calm and assured that this was the truth, that I wondered if he didn't really believe all this. To solve the impasse, we consulted the official governing body of Rock, Paper, Scissors; the World RPS Society. Here are the Rules. This is serious stuff! The world championship of RPS (as they call it) carries a purse of $10,000 Canadian dollars! Throwing down Dynamite will get you disqualified in a Toronto minute!

You may also note I'm not writing about dolls. Since I have not been posting at all, I decided to re-design my blog and just write about whatever. My goal now is to post more exciting essays like the one above on at least a weekly basis. And I'll still write about my dolls too.