inclement weather? let's rps!

good afternoon, reeds. it's sunday, november 12th. where i live, this is what the weather looks like for this upcoming week:
boo to the max.

i don't know about you all, but i personally can't wait for snow. imagine if all this rain were flurries instead? we'd have a blizzard! snow days upon snow days. we can all play outside and have snowball fights; then come indoors and drink hot chocolate.

::sigh:: soon enough.

well, onward towards why you're reading this: today's installment of tiny damaged notions!

if you remember correctly, yesterday i mentioned rock, paper, scissors in passing. well, i must secretly control media sources, because last night i found this interesting tidbit of reporting via yahoo! news:
yep, that's right: "Rock Paper Scissors World Championships."

this is no joke. there is seriously a society known as "The World RPS Society," with official rules governing the game. they've even made a crest:
now, this is no more lame than anything i've ever done, so i can't bash the RPS society. and, to be honest, why the hell would i want to? i find it pretty nifty.

here's a short, short bio on this organization: a world governing body was formed in england during the mid-1800s. in 1918, this organization was moved to canada, which was, as they put it, a "safe, hospitable and utterly inoffensive nation."

way to go, canada.

in 1925, the organization was renamed "The World RPS Society," and i'm sure all of the 10,000 members were frequently having sexual intercourse with various sexy partners after notifying them of this name switch, and their membership to such a cool club.

"but what's the point?" you may be asking. well, tournament director graham walker,
whose shoulder is so sexy he can hardly keep his scissor off of it, had a very interesting take on the purpose of RPS:

We don't think we should be determining the fate of
Iraq, but maybe we can resolve a lot of smaller conflicts like two children fighting over a chocolate bar.
(AFP, "http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061111/od_afp/canadagamesummit_061111162450")

the idea of two children fighting over a chocolate bar is all the reason i'd need to form an organization based on a specific form of conflict resolution, and hold competitive tournaments in its name.

my one quarrel with graham walker is that he doesn't go far enough. why shouldn't we be determining the fate of iraq with RPS? american officials have tried resolving this whole war-dealy with both passive and aggressive forms of violence. what more could we do?

and frankly, i think mr. bush is down:
check out that throw! now, i don't want to give away any military secrets, but it looks like mr. bush is planning on using "the avalanche" RPS strategy:
"subtle yet aggresive." sounds like a brilliant tactic, sir.

well, reeds, i'm off to go about my day. dinner with my family in honor of my brother's birthday, and a whole lot of other good stuff (actually just homework, but let's imagine better things). you all head out and truly make this "sunday funday"!

(not a lame sentiment at all)