2001.08.17
Quote of the Moment
Liberal, shmiberal. That should be a new word. Shmiberal: one who is assumed liberal, just because he's a professional whiner in the newspaper. If you'll read the subtext for many of those old strips, you'll find the heart of an old-fashioned Libertarian. And I'd be a Libertarian, if they weren't all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners.
Links of the Moment
Wow, Some people are way too into roshambo, more commonly known as rock, paper, scissors. All this via an alt.fan.cecil-adams Usenet thread which talked about extended versions of the game:
Rock (fist) Blunts scissors. | |
Scissors (pointer and middle extended) Cuts paper. | |
Paper (fingers extended, flat) Covers rock. | |
Bomb aka Dynamite (thumb up) Blows up rock. Scissors cuts Fuse. Unclear relationship with paper. | |
Fire (fingers up and wiggling) Burns everything, but you can only use it once in your life. | |
Devil (pinky and pointer extended) Beaten by everything but beats Fire. | |
Fish (like paper, but sideways and wriggling) Rock smashes, Scissors gut, Paper wraps. When you're playing to lose. | |
Bird (middle finger extended) "F*** you, I don't want to play your game, I win." |