Paper-rock-scissors-spoon-tissue-elbow
A hand game for two people, similar to Rock-paper-scissors (also known as ro-sham-bo). Each player simultaneously forms one of seven shapes with an outstretched hand. It is simultaneous and zero-sum.
The order of precedence: paper beats rock, rock beats scissor, scissor beats carrot, carrot beats spoon, spoon beats tissue, tissue beats elbow, and elbow beats paper. Seven shapes, but the name lists only six. The carrot is the one left out.
The world championships are held annually in Wombley Stadium, capacity 84,000. There the full name is used, carrot included: Paper-rock-scissors-carrot-spoon-tissue-elbow.
First seen in Book 11, page 238
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Paper-rock-scissors-spoon-tissue-elbow is a hand game played between two people in which each player simultaneously forms one of seven shapes; it is a simultaneous, zero-sum game.
Similar to Rock-paper-scissors (also known as ro-sham-bo). This is a hand game played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of seven shapes with an outstretched hand. It is a simultaneous, zero-sum game insofar as it has only two possible outcomes: a draw, or a win for one player and a loss for the other. b11:c99:p337
The order of precedence in paper-rock-scissors-spoon-tissue-elbow is: Paper beats rock beats scissor beats carrot beats spoon beats tissue beats elbow beats paper.
Paper beats rock beats scissor beats carrot beats spoon beats tissue (obviously) beats elbow beats paper. b11:c99:p337
The world Paper-rock-scissors-carrot-spoon-tissue-elbow championships is held annually in Wombley Stadium, which has a capacity of 84,000.
The world Paper-rock-scissors-carrot-spoon-tissue-elbow championships is one of the largest televised events on the planet and is held annually in Wombley Stadium (the same venue in which Mr. Proudfoot won the World Rain-dancing Champion in 2018), which has a capacity of 84,000. b11:c99:p337