Rock Paper Scissors

The other day I cam upon the boys trying to solve a disagreement. Being children, they did what kids do and decided to solve their issue using Rock Paper Scissors. 

Just in case you don't know how this works (at a church board meeting it came out that one adult really didn't know how this decision making process worked, so this says something, although I guess it's mostly about how our church board makes decisions. But I digress...)

Just in case you don't know Rock Paper Scissors, I'll explain. Say two people want to resolve something, such as who gets to drive, hold the remote, has to clean up the cat puke, etc. They would face off and at the same time make one of three hand signals. Rock (a fist) Paper (a flat hand) or Scissors (two fingers extended to look like scissors). Each can beat one thing but gets beat by the other. Rock beats Scissors but Paper covers Rock. Scissors cut Paper, but get crushed by Rock. 

Unless, of course, you are playing todays game. This little scene took place after I butted in and declared that there is no GUN in Rock Paper Scissors. 

I also, as delicately as I could, tried to explain why doing Rock Paper Scissors with three people wouldn't work, especially three people who refused to change their minds about what they were going to shoot.