While you and I can't make things like this up, someone else can, and the RPS backstory isn't all it's cracked up to be. See the comments on SbaCL (http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2006/09/rock-paper-scissors-and-scissors-paper.html) (hey, I started the blog during my sabbatical and its anagram sounds like sabbatical! How spooky!) for more details.
don't believe everything you read
Date: 2006-09-18 12:02 am (UTC)Thanks for the link!