Farkling/farggling

[Peter A. McGraw]

Since, to my puzzlement, no one else has spoken up, I guess I'll have to be
the one to offer still another variant.  I remember playing the game as a
kid in So. California, and the order was definitely "rocks, scissors and
paper."  The logical pecking order, so to speak.  (No farkling, sorry.  No
matches, either.)

Peter Mc.

--On Wednesday, July 9, 2003 12:28 AM -0400 Laurence Horn
<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

> At 9:23 PM -0700 7/8/03, Kim & Rima McKinzey wrote:
>>> Yes, but under the name (and rules) of rock-paper-scissors-match.  We
>>> New Yorkers were real sophisticated, after all.  (We could also argue
>>> about why e.g. match really does burn rock, etc.)
>>
>> Also from NY, but only as rock-paper-scissors.  Match?
>>
> Yes.  Match really does get crushed by rock, and cut by scissors,
> while of course burning paper.  Still, "rock" was the most fun,
> because you could smush those flimsy matches and scissors, and it
> wasn't too awful to get covered by paper.
>
> Larry



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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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