RPS: zoobie refresher 101

ance is in the business school at byu and needed to attend an event for class, so lali and i tagged along. the event, organized by the byu entrepeneurial something or other, was to set the world record for Rock Paper Scissors. around 800 zoobies made an appearance to compete. it's been a long, long time since i've been on campus, and i was pleased to find that nothing has changed. the zoobies are still zoobies, which means i still hate byu.

there was the really lame band playing a rock take on sarah mclaughlans's "i will remember you". there were still the "funny guys" making attempts at mormon pop-culture humor that make you want to tuck and roll. there were braided leather belts and haircuts only your dad should sport. and to top it all off-the runner up for the grand prize (a geode sort of rock and $2500) took two buys(bys?-i am not a sportsy person) and didn't even play a hand at the finals until the deciding game. something about that seemed wrong to me, but then again, maybe it was all rigged so the zoobiest of zoobies would take the final round.

i'm not sure if some of these people were real-life die hard RPS players or just acting the part, but i overheard one sore loser commenting that he lost to a "back-side paper maneuver". only at byu would anyone develop moves other than the classic rock, paper, and scissors...but then again, i was only one of two there with a baby, so maybe the byu is forever in my blood?


and just one more tidbit from the event that illustrates my hate for byu: my entire (way too long) time spent at byu was plagued with authority issues. a.k.a, the power trip. it was the intramural officials or the RA's or any other number of people. no matter how easy the task at hand should have been, the folks at byu had a way of making it nearly impossible to complete. while waiting for the finals round (by the way, ance made it to fifth place) i decided to grab a drink in the creamery. before placing my items on the checkout:

lizzythebotanist to neilthecashier: do you guys take debit?
neilthecashier: yes, but we need to see i.d.
lizzythebotanist: so then you don't take debit...the point is that i have a pin so you won't need i.d.; do you not have a pin pad?
neiltheccashier: no, we run it as credit.

he then ran the card and didn't make me sign for the credit card purchase. wow. all i can say to that is "HELLS BELLS!"